This was the fourth trapping session that I’ve held at
Carr Wood since beginning in April and although the weather was a little
disappointing there were some interesting results from the traps.
As in previous sessions we ran two traps – 1 x 80W MBF
Robinson-type and a 15W Actinic/117W CFL combo Skinner-type. These were located
on the main footpath through the wood around 150m from the entrance to the wood
from Fletcher Street.
The traps were assembled at 9pm and a number of people
gathered to meet up for this event with the majority staying until the end at
midnight. Many thanks to all those that turned up, it was really great to meet
you all! The traps were lit at 2145hrs and the moths starting arriving around
2210hrs, a little later than anticipated. Plenty of other bugs and insects also
frequented the traps and sheet, with midges, gnats, some sort of scarab
beetle(?) and lots of craneflies.
The final tally was 49 moths which was quite a respectable
haul given the cool temperature (it dropped to 100C by midnight),
and poor weather Thurs/Fri/Sat morning. Fortunately the gusty winds had dropped
by Saturday.
15W Actinic/117W CFL combo trap
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80W MBF Trap
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Agonopterix
arenella
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1
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Argyresthia
spinosella
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1
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Angle
Shades
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1
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Barred
Fruit-tree Tortrix
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1
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Beautiful
Golden Y
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1
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Blastobasis
lacticolella
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2
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Blastodacna
hellerella
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1
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Bright-line
Brown-eye
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1
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Brimstone
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2
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Burnished
Brass
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1
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Chrysoteuchia
culmella
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1
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Common
Marbled Carpet
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1
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Common
Marbled Carpet
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1
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Common
Pug
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2
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Common
Pug
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4
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Common
Wave
|
1
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Dipleurina
lacustrata
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1
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Flame
Shoulder
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1
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Freyer’s
Pug
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1
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Garden
Carpet
|
1
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Green
Carpet
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1
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Green
Carpet
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2
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Grey
Pug
|
1
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Grey
Pug
|
1
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Ingrailed
Clay
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4
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Light
Emerald
|
1
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Marbled
Minor agg.
|
1
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Melanic
pug sp
|
1
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Melanic
pug sp
|
1
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Mottled
Beauty
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2
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Nematopogon
swammerdamella
|
1
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Prays
fraxinella
|
1
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Pseudargyrotoza
conwagana
|
1
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Riband
Wave
|
1
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Scoparia
ambigualis
|
1
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Scoparia
ambigualis
|
1
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Small
Dusty Wave
|
1
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Small
Fanfoot
|
1
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Small
Fanfoot
|
2
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White-shouldered
House Moth
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1
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Totals
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20
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29
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All this means that I managed to pick up one new micro (Argyresthia spinosella) but more importantly managed to add 26 species to the Carr Wood List! Great news!
Now for the photos...
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| Small Dusty Wave |
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| Common Wave |
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| Beautiful Golden Y |
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| Mottled Beauty |
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| Angle Shades |
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| Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix |
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| Various shades of Ingrailed Clay |
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| Flame Shoulder |
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| Brimstone |
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| Light Emerald |
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| Small Fan-foot |
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| Grey Pug |
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| Bright-line Brown-eye |
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| Argyresthia spinosella |
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| Burnished Brass |
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| Pseudargyrotoza conwagana |
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