Animal

Flamingo Airport, Bonaire, Caribbean Netherlands

Kaup,1866Sex: FemaleData: 02-2011 - Mt Argopuro - JavaSize:

Mbombela, Mpumalanga, South Africa

Cradley, Malvern Worcs SO729470

Hawford, England, United Kingdom

Garden first Eyed Hawk meets it's peril :(A very pleasing night with good night time temperatures and plenty of cloud cover. Unfortunately it did rain during the night, and this morning it was drizzling a little.Still I was rewarded with a garden first Eyed Hawk-moth, unfortunately a Garden Spider had got to it before me and had already delivered the fatal bite :( Puss moth was also new, after rearing 3 Males recently, this one was a female and another garden first, delighted!Stigmella aurella was certainly the smallest moth in the catch, a moth I recorded earlier on in the year as a tenanted mine within Brambles at the back of the garden.Also Pseudoswammerdamia combinella was a good new micro for the garden, and despite letting go one from last weeks catch at Roughdown Common, thinking this was initially the same individual....after a photo of the same side it clearly has different markings.Catch Report - 05/05/14 - Back Garden Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson TrapMacro Moths1x Eyed Hawk-moth [NFG]1x Puss Moth (F) [NFG]1x Orange Footman [NFY]2x Red-green Carpet [NFY]1x Buff-tip [NFY]1x Spruce Carpet 2x Brindled Pug1x Flame Shoulder1x Nut-tree Tussock2x Brimstone Moth3x Shuttle-shaped DartMicro Moths 1x Pseudoswammerdamia combinella [NFG]1x Syndemis musculana [NFY]1x Argyrotaenia ljungiana [NFY]1x Stigmella aurella1x Agonopterix purpurea1x Endrosis sarcitrella1x Epiphyas postvittana

Roughdown Common and Gadesprings Field Trip report - 30/04/14I was joined by Roger and Lucy last night at Roughdown Common, for our first trip to this fantastic mixture of open chalk grassland with intersecting woodland.This is the earliest in the year that we have trapped this site, and we waited with baited breath to see what might turn up to the lights.Conditions were quite good with a faint breeze and a temperature of around 15c at dusk, dropping to 10c when driving home.We set 1 light up overlooking the lower grass field, the second one along the edge of the woodland and the third (MV) within the wood itself and under a large Oak.Interestingly my Mercury blended bulb did quite well on the edge of the field and attracted a good variety of species, equal to that of the Mercury vapour (this isn't always the case!)It was slow going at first, with a few Waved Umber's and Green Carpet's first to the trap, then the variety performance turned up and we started to accumulate a nice list.Lights were on at 8.45pm and by 11.15pm we were ready to pack up as there was a distinct chill in the air and the sky had cleared.In 2 and a half hours of trapping with 3 lights we had amassed 70 moths roughly of 38 species, a very pleasing result.Moth species were also very specific to which light they went to. Only Small Phoenix, Powdered Quaker and Sallow Kitten went to the Actinic.Most of the Brimstones favoured the 160w Blended bulb.To the MV we had Knot Grass.Common Marbled Carpet was my earliest ever, and I didn't expect a Twin-spotted Quaker either having last seen them a few weeks back now thinking that they had finished.All in all a very pleasing catch and nice to add some Spring species to the site list.On our way back from Roughdown Common, we checked to see how the trap had fared at Gadesprings...we couldn't believe it. Although there was only 14 moths present, 7 species were recorded here that did not feature in the catch at Roughdown Common!I look forward to coming over again soon.Thanks to Roger and Lucy for helping me set up, and for Roger being with me as always until the bitter end!Catch Report - 30/04/14 - Roughdown Common - Hemel Hempstead - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap, 1x 160w MBT Robinson Trap & 1x 80w Actinic Suitcase Trap.Macro Moths8x Brimstone Moth5x Green Carpet5x Red Twin-spot Carpet4x Waved Umber1x Streamer1x Knot Grass1x Common Pug1x Common Carpet2x V-pug3x Hebrew Character4x Least Black Arches2x Small Phoenix1x Common Marbled Carpet1x Common White Wave2x Scorched Carpet1x Spectacle1x Pebble Hook-tip1x Twin-spotted Quaker2x Brindled Pug1x Grey Dagger1x Yellow-barred Brindle1x Lesser Swallow Prominent1x Powdered Quaker1x Sallow Kitten1x Clouded Border1x Garden Carpet1x Light Brocade2x Nut-tree Tussock1x Shuttle-shaped Dart1x Coxcomb ProminentMicro Moths 2x Phyllonorycter quercifoliella2x Cochylimorpha straminea2x Alucita hexadactyla2x Phyllonorycter harrisella1x Nematopogon swammerdamella1x Agonopterix arenella2x Parornix sp1x Pseudoswammerdamia combinella----------------------------------------------------Catch Report - 30/04/14 - Gadesprings - Hemel Hempstead - 1x 125w MV Robinson Macro Moths1x Pale Tussock2x Pebble Prominent1x Grey-pine Carpet2x Clouded Drab3x Brindled Pug1x Oak-tree Pug1x Flame Shoulder1x Nut-tree Tussock1x Scalloped HazelMicro Moths None recorded!

Limpopo, South Africa

Lower Sabie, Mpumalanga, South Africa

Hluhluwe Game Reserve, Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

Barberton, Mpumalanga, South Africa

Letaba, Limpopo, South Africa

Barberton, Mpumalanga, South Africa

possibly: Junonia atlites ??? LINNAEUS, 1764Genus: Junonia[det. "bayucca", 2012, based on this photo]Subfamily; Nymphalinae (Fleckenfalter)Family: Nymphalidae (Edelfalter)Superfamily: PSuborder: GlossataOrder: LepidopteraClass: InsectaPhylum: ArthropodaIndonesia, W-Java, ca. 10 km S Tangerang: BSD (Kampung), ca. 50m asl., 20.04.2011IMG_0920

Long Terawan, Sarawak, Malaysia

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Fabricius,1792Sex: Female Data: 14-07-14 - Oklahoma - USASize: ?

Elveden, England, United Kingdom

Phylum: Arthropoda LATREILLE, 1829 (arthropods, Gliederfer)Subphylum: Hexapoda BLAINVILLE, 1816 (Sechsfer)Class: Insecta LINNAEUS, 1758 (insects, Insekten)Subclass: Pterygota LANG, 1888 (Fluginsekten)Infraclass: Neoptera MARTYNOV, 1923Order: Diptera LINNAEUS, 1758 (true flies, mosquitoes & gnats, Fliegen & Mcken)Suborder: Brachycera SCHINER, 1862Infraorder: Muscomorpha [Syn.: Cyclorrhapha]Superfamily: Syrphoidea LATREILLE, 1802Family: Syrphidae SAMOUELLE, 1819 (hoverflies or flower flies, Schwebfliegen)Subfamily: Syrphinae SAMOUELLE, 1819Tribus: Syrphini SAMOUELLE, 1819Genus: Chrysotoxum MEIGEN, 1803Central Germany, N-Hesse, Kassel: Dnche NP, ca. 180m asl, 02.06.2013IMG_0208