Red-green Carpet moth

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By: Rob Coleman
OPAL iSpot mentor

Location: Sheringham Park

Observed on: 6th January 2010

Added to iSpot: 8th January 2010

Likely ID: Red-green Carpet (Chloroclysta siterata)

Identifications: 1

Agreements: 3

Comments: 3

Description: Shaken from hibernation spot during scrub clearance work

GRASS EMERALD MOTH

GRASS EMERALD (Pseudoterpna pruinata)
By: foxy

Location: KNOCKNANUSS HORSE & JOCKEY

Observed on: 12th August 2009

Added to iSpot: 28th November 2009

Likely ID: Grass Emerald Moth (Pseudoterpna pruinata)

Identifications: 1

Agreements: 1

Comments: 0

Description: Bluey green moth with dark lines across wings.Found on lawn early morning.

SMALL GREY MOTH

GREY MOTH
By: foxy

Location: KNOCKNANUSS HORSE & JOCKEY

Observed on: 24th November 2009

Added to iSpot: 24th November 2009

Likely ID: Red-green Carpet (Chloroclysta siterata)

Identifications: 2

Agreements: 3

Comments: 0

Description: A SMALL GREY MOTH CAME TO LIGHT AND WAS CAUGHT IN SPIDERS WEB.IT WAS ABOUT 15MM LONG

SMALL MOTH

SMALL BROWN MOTH CAME TO LIGHT.
By: foxy

Location: KNOCKNANUSS HORSE & JOCKEY

Observed on: 23rd November 2009

Added to iSpot: 23rd November 2009

Likely ID: Agonopterix sp. (heracliana or ciliella)

Identifications: 1

Agreements: 2

Comments: 2

Description: SMALL MOTH WITH TWIN DOTS ON EACH WING FOUND WHEN IT CAME TO LIGHT.

VAPOURER MOTH

MALE VAPOURER MOTH   (ORGYIA ANTIQUA)
By: foxy

Location: KNOCKNANUSS HORSE & JOCKEY

Observed on: 14th October 2009

Added to iSpot: 7th November 2009

Likely ID: VAPOURER MOTH (ORGYIA ANTIQUA)

Identifications: 1

Agreements: 5

Comments: 1

Is this a Pale Pinion

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By: gary.hilton
S159 Neighbourhood Nature - course complete

Location: Horncastle - Garden

Observed on: 24th October 2009

Added to iSpot: 25th October 2009

Likely ID: Blair's Shoulder-knot (Lithophane leautieri subsp. hesperica)

Identifications: 2

Agreements: 3

Comments: 2

Description: Grey Mottled moth caught in light trap

Larval tents on Sea Buckthorn

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By: Rob Coleman
OPAL iSpot mentor

Location: Holme-next-the-Sea

Observed on: 26th September 2009

Added to iSpot: 2nd October 2009

Likely ID: Brown-tail (Euproctis chryorrhoea)

Identifications: 1

Agreements: 2

Comments: 1

Description: Lots of these on buckthorn bushes

Feathered Gothic Moth

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By: gary.hilton
S159 Neighbourhood Nature - course complete

Location: Horncastle - Garden

Observed on: 26th August 2009

Added to iSpot: 1st September 2009

Likely ID: Feathered Gothic (Tholera decimalis)

Identifications: 1

Agreements: 2

Comments: 0

Description: Moth with complex pattern on wings and very feathered antanae

Swallow Prominent moth

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By: gary.hilton
S159 Neighbourhood Nature - course complete

Location: Horncastle - Garden

Observed on: 26th August 2009

Added to iSpot: 1st September 2009

Likely ID: Swallow Prominent (Pheosia tremula)

Identifications: 1

Agreements: 2

Comments: 2

Description: Beautiful cream and brown moth.

Brown Moth

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By: gary.hilton
S159 Neighbourhood Nature - course complete

Location: Horncastle - Garden

Observed on: 26th August 2009

Added to iSpot: 1st September 2009

Likely ID: Square-spot Rustic (Xestia xanthographa)

Identifications: 1

Agreements: 1

Comments: 0

Description: Brown moth caught in trap. Suspect it s Square Spot Rustic colouring is very different to the last of those I had.