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Connor brought a Large Yellow Underwing to class. It’s quite a dull brown moth until it opens its wings when you get a flash of bright yellow. It’s a large moth that is usually abundant from July to September. Good work Connor!
Week commencing:
26 June 2009
Date:
28 June
Weather:
dry, part overcast, min 12.5C, light S winds, 50% moon
Trapped:
yes - 15W actinic
No. of moths:
87 moths
No. of species:
34 species
New for 2009:
Diamond-back Moth, Riband Wave, Garden Carpet, Spruce Carpet, July Highflyer, Scalloped Oak, Purple Clay, Double Square-spot, Pale-shouldered Brocade, Smoky Wainscot, Â Poplar Grey, Dark Arches, Pinion-streaked Snout
Comments:
Excellent conditions brought the best ever [...]
Week commencing:
19 June 2009
Date:
21 June
Weather:
dry, part overcast, min 12.5C, light N winds, 5% moon
Trapped:
yes - 15W actinic
No. of moths:
79 moths
No. of species:
29Â species
New for 2009:
Little Emerald, Common Marbled Carpet, Foxglove Pug, Waved Carpet, Clouded Border, Scorched Wing, Peppered Moth, Mottled Beauty, Common White Wave, Buff-tip, Green Arches, Marbled Minor sp., The Uncertain, Burnished Brass
Comments:
The mothing continues [...]
A Purple Clay moth and a moth we forgot the name of (oops!)
They were perched happilly in the barthroom, Rachel found them and dicided to bring them into school, we were amazed to see them!
Izzy&Rachel
Week commencing:
12 June 2009
Date:
14Â June
Weather:
dry and clear, min 8.5C, light W winds, 55% moon
Trapped:
yes - 15W actinic
No. of moths:
40Â moths
No. of species:
18Â species
New for 2009:
Buff Ermine, Beautiful Golden Y, Heart and Dart, Ingrailed Clay, Large Yellow Underwing, Poplar Hawk-moth, Privel Hawk-moth, Peach Blossom, Straw Dot, The Snout, Clouded Silver, Sharp-angled Peacock, The Nutmeg, Dusky Brocade
Comments:
Best night so far and [...]
The first moth emerged on Friday 12 June from the pupa being looked after in the caterpillar rearing net.Â
The moth is called The Drinker.
Week commencing:
5 June 2009
Date:
7 June
Weather:
dry and clear, min 3.5C, light E winds, 100% moon
Trapped:
yes - 15W actinic
No. of moths:
6Â moths
No. of species:
3 species
New for 2009:
White Ermine
Comments:
3.5C in June!!!
Week commencing:
29 May 2009
Date:
31 May
Weather:
dry and clear, min 10C, light E winds, 60% moon
Trapped:
yes - 15W actinic
No. of moths:
38Â moths
No. of species:
14Â species
New for 2009:
Common Swift, Common Lutestring, Fox Moth, Middle-barred Minor, Sandy Carpet, Small Phoenix, Small Angle Shades, Silver-ground Carpet, Flame Shoulder
Comments:
The best weather yet for GMS night.
This daytime-flying migrant moth was seen in the school grounds when setting the trap for GMS on Sunday.
Have you been to Crooklets Beach lately?
Those of us who have were amazed by the amount of Painted Lady butterflies covering bushes and swarming the beach!
Apparently, they have come from Africa, and are on their way to Scottland.
Amazing!
Izzy
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WASP We are St Mark's CE Primary School in Morwenstow, Cornwall. This blog records results and events to do with our Wild About Science Project.
We have mapped the various habitats in the school grounds and are recording the wildlife species. We are also running scientific experiments examining different aspects of the flora and fauna.
Between March and November we contributed to the Garden Moth Scheme 2009 - a national scientific survey of moth species. The final count of macro (big) moths is shown below.
Total macro moth species:-  | 125 |
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