Migrant Moths Ireland: July-August 2007

Migrant Moths Ireland

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July-August 2007 archives Last updated 19 Oct 2007

Key & photo-links DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV Blair's Mocha Cyclophora puppillaria Delicate Mythimna vitellina Scarce Bordered Straw Helicoverpa armigera Nutmeg Discestra trifolii

to species Dark Hummingbird Pearly Small Mottled Silver Y Diamond- Rusty-dot Rush Bordered Straw Heliothis peltigera Eastern Bordered Straw Heliothis nubigera Striped Hawk-moth Hyles livornica Shuttle-shaped Dart A.puta

(scarcer species to right) Sword-grass Hawk-moth Underwing Willow back Moth Pearl Veneer Convolvulus Hawk-moth Agrius convolvuli Gem Orthonama obstipata Small Marbled Eublemma parva

red = first Irish Agrotis Macroglossum Peridroma Spodoptera Autographa Plutella Udea Nomophila Cosmopolitan Mythimna loreyi Great Brocade Eurois occulta Vestal Rhodometra sacraria Antigastra catalaunalis

orange = first reported of year ipsilon stellatarum saucia exigua gamma xylostella ferrugalis noctuella Death's Head Hawk-moth Acherontia atropos Ni Moth Trichoplusia ni White-speck Mythimna unipuncta Palpita vitrealis

August 2007 Scroll right for scarcer species, methods and recorders; click underlined species for photos

Date Site County VC DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV Other species / notes Grid ref Method Recorder

31-Aug Brownstown Head Waterford H6 2 1 X6298 at light PM Walsh

31-Aug Great Newtown Hd, Tramore Waterford H6 2 3 X5698 at light Tony Bryant

31-Aug Tramore sandhills Waterford H6 2 S607004 day obs Tony Bryant

Date Site County VC DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV Other species / notes Grid ref Method Recorder

30-Aug Brownstown Head Waterford H6 1 X6298 at light PM Walsh

Date Site County VC DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV Other species / notes Grid ref Method Recorder

29-Aug Tramore town Waterford H6 1 S578019 at light Tony Bryant

Date Site County VC DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV Other species / notes Grid ref Method Recorder

28-Aug Cahernaleague, Ballinamult 1 S200066 day obs JJ Cahill

Date Site County VC DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV Other species / notes Grid ref Method Recorder

26-Aug Tramore town Waterford H6 1 S578019 at light Tony Bryant

Date Site County VC DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV Other species / notes Grid ref Method Recorder

25-Aug Brownstown Head Waterford H6 3 1 X6298 at light PM Walsh

25-Aug Great Newtown Hd, Tramore Waterford H6 2 3 1 X5698 at light Tony Bryant

25-Aug Tramore sandhills Waterford H6 1 S607004 day obs Tony Bryant

25-Aug Tramore town Waterford H6 1 Four-spotted Footman Lithosia quadra S578019 at light Tony Bryant

Date Site County VC DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV Other species / notes Grid ref Method Recorder

24-Aug Sheepland, nr Ardglass Down H38 1 Ian Rippey per Migrant Recorders Network

24-Aug Brownstown Head Waterford H6 1 1 X6298 at light PM Walsh

24-Aug Tramore town Waterford H6 1 1 S578019 at light Tony Bryant

Date Site County VC DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV Other species / notes Grid ref Method Recorder

23-Aug Tramore sandhills Waterford H6 1 S607004 day obs Tony Bryant

23-Aug Tramore town Waterford H6 1 S578019 at light Tony Bryant

Date Site County VC DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV Other species / notes Grid ref Method Recorder

21-Aug Lisburn Antrim H39 Great Brocade Eurois occulta Ted Rolston

21-Aug Helen's Bay Down H38 Great Brocade Trevor Boyd per Ted Rolston

Date Site County VC DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV Other species / notes Grid ref Method Recorder

18-Aug Brownstown Head Waterford H6 1 Convolvulus Hawk-moth Agrius convolvuli X6298 at light PM Walsh

Date Site County VC DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV Other species / notes Grid ref Method Recorder

16-Aug Tramore town Waterford H6 1 S578019 at light + day Tony Bryant

Date

Site

County

VC

DSG

HHM

PU

SMW

SY

DbM

RdP

RV

Other species / notes

Grid ref

Method

Recorder

12-Aug

Murlough NNR

Down

H38

3

A Crory et al. per www.bcni.org.uk

12-Aug

Brownstown Head

Waterford

H6

1

X6298

at light

PM Walsh

Date

Site

County

VC

DSG

HHM

PU

SMW

SY

DbM

RdP

RV

Other species / notes

Grid ref

Method

Recorder

11-Aug

Helen's Bay

Down

H38

1

National Moth Night

J453825

at light

Trevor Boyd per MothsIreland newsgroup

11-Aug

Helvick Head

Waterford

H6

2

"

X3189

at light

PM Walsh

11-Aug

Mine Head

Waterford

H6

1

1

"

X2882

at light

JJ Cahill/PM Walsh

11-Aug

Little Saltee

Wexford

H12

2

on honeysuckle

cX9699

dusk obs

David Cabot

Date

Site

County

VC

DSG

HHM

PU

SMW

SY

DbM

RdP

RV

Other species / notes

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Method

Recorder

10-Aug

Brownstown Head

Waterford

H6

2

2

X6298

at light

PM Walsh

Date

Site

County

VC

DSG

HHM

PU

SMW

SY

DbM

RdP

RV

Other species / notes

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Method

Recorder

05-Aug

Brownstown Head

Waterford

H6

1

X6298

at light

PM Walsh

05-Aug

Ballycullinan L., Corofin

Clare

H9

1

R2886

Ian Rippey per MothsIreland newsgroup

Date

Site

County

VC

DSG

HHM

PU

SMW

SY

DbM

RdP

RV

Other species / notes

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Method

Recorder

02-Aug

Kylemore Abbey, Connemara

Galway

H16

1

L7458

Ian Rippey per MothsIreland newsgroup

Date

Site

County

VC

DSG

HHM

PU

SMW

SY

DbM

RdP

RV

Other species / notes

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Method

Recorder

01-Aug

Tramore town

Waterford

H6

1

Gem Orthonama obstipata

S578019

at light + day

Tony Bryant

July 2007 Scroll right for scarcer species, methods and recorders; click underlined records for photos

Date

Site

County

VC

DSG

HHM

PU

SMW

SY

DbM

RdP

RV

Other species / notes

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Method

Recorder

31-Jul

Tramore town

Waterford

H6

Striped Hawk-moth Hyles livornica

S578019

dusk obs

Tony Bryant

Date

Site

County

VC

DSG

HHM

PU

SMW

SY

DbM

RdP

RV

Other species / notes

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Method

Recorder

30-Jul

Cooloorta, Boston

Clare

H9

1

R3496

Ian Rippey per MothsIreland newsgroup

Date

Site

County

VC

DSG

HHM

PU

SMW

SY

DbM

RdP

RV

Other species / notes

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Method

Recorder

29-Jul

Tramore town

Waterford

H6

2

S578019

at light

Tony Bryant

Date

Site

County

VC

DSG

HHM

PU

SMW

SY

DbM

RdP

RV

Other species / notes

Grid ref

Method

Recorder

28-Jul

Brownstown Head

Waterford

H6

11

X6298

at light

PM Walsh

28-Jul

Tramore town

Waterford

H6

1

S578019

day obs

Tony Bryant

Date

Site

County

VC

DSG

HHM

PU

SMW

SY

DbM

RdP

RV

Other species / notes

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Method

Recorder

27-Jul

Brownstown Head

Waterford

H6

4

Delicate Mythimna vitellina

X6298

at light

PM Walsh

27-Jul

Great Newtown Hd, Tramore

Waterford

H6

1

1

X5698

at light

Tony Bryant

27-Jul

Tramore town

Waterford

H6

1

S578019

at light

Tony Bryant

Date

Site

County

VC

DSG

HHM

PU

SMW

SY

DbM

RdP

RV

Other species / notes

Grid ref

Method

Recorder

26-Jul

Tramore town

Waterford

H6

1

S578019

at light

Tony Bryant

Date

Site

County

VC

DSG

HHM

PU

SMW

SY

DbM

RdP

RV

Other species / notes

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Method

Recorder

25-Jul

Ram Head

Waterford

H6

1

X1977

day obs

PM Walsh

Date

Site

County

VC

DSG

HHM

PU

SMW

SY

DbM

RdP

RV

Other species / notes

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Method

Recorder

24-Jul

Great Newtown Hd, Tramore

Waterford

H6

2

X5698

day obs

Tony Bryant

Date

Site

County

VC

DSG

HHM

PU

SMW

SY

DbM

RdP

RV

Other species / notes

Grid ref

Method

Recorder

23-Jul

Great Newtown Hd, Tramore

Waterford

H6

2

X5698

day obs

Tony Bryant

23-Jul

Tramore sandhills

Waterford

H6

1

1

S607004

at light

Tony Bryant

23-Jul

Tramore town

Waterford

H6

1

1

S578019

at light

Tony Bryant

Date

Site

County

VC

DSG

HHM

PU

SMW

SY

DbM

RdP

RV

Other species / notes

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Method

Recorder

21-Jul

Brownstown Head

Waterford

H6

3

Delicate Mythimna vitellina

X6298

at light

PM Walsh

Date

Site

County

VC

DSG

HHM

PU

SMW

SY

DbM

RdP

RV

Other species / notes

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Method

Recorder

19-Jul

Great Newtown Hd, Tramore

Waterford

H6

1

3

X5698

at light + day

Tony Bryant

19-Jul

Tramore town

Waterford

H6

2

1

S578019

at light

Tony Bryant

19-Jul

Magheramore

Wicklow

H20

1

on sunflower

T316884

nectaring

Aynia Brennan

19-Jul

Wicklow Town outskirts

Wicklow

H20

1

T333928

day obs

Aynia Brennan

Date

Site

County

VC

DSG

HHM

PU

SMW

SY

DbM

RdP

RV

Other species / notes

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Method

Recorder

17-Jul

Riverstown

Louth

H31

1

1

Enda Flynn

Date

Site

County

DSG

HHM

SMW

DbM

RdP

Other species / notes

Grid ref

Method

Recorder

12-Jul

Glendaloughin

Waterford

White-speck Mythimna unipuncta

S236163

at light

Stiof MacAmhalghaidh

12-Jul

Great Newtown Hd, Tramore

Waterford

X5698

at light

Tony Bryant

Date

Site

County

DSG

HHM

SMW

DbM

RdP

Other species / notes

Grid ref

Method

Recorder

11-Jul

Stamullen

Meath

O146662

Eamon O'Donnell per MothsIreland newsgroup

11-Jul

Tramore town

Waterford

S578019

at light

Tony Bryant

Date

Site

County

DSG

HHM

SMW

DbM

RdP

Other species / notes

Grid ref

Method

Recorder

10-Jul

Brownstown Head

Waterford

2 Delicate Mythimna vitellina

X6298

at light

PM Walsh

10-Jul

Tramore town

Waterford

S578019

at light

Tony Bryant

Date

Site

County

DSG

HHM

SMW

DbM

RdP

Other species / notes

Grid ref

Method

Recorder

07-Jul

Brownstown Head

Waterford

2 Delicate Mythimna vitellina (one a retrap)

X6298

at light

PM Walsh

Date

Site

County

DSG

HHM

SMW

DbM

RdP

Other species / notes

Grid ref

Method

Recorder

06-Jul

Brownstown Head

Waterford

2 Delicate Mythimna vitellina

X6298

at light

PM Walsh

Date

Site

County

DSG

HHM

SMW

DbM

RdP

Other species / notes

Grid ref

Method

Recorder

02-Jul

Tramore town

Waterford

S578019

at light

Tony Bryant

Date

Site

County

DSG

HHM

SMW

DbM

RdP

Other species / notes

Grid ref

Method

Recorder

01-Jul

Tramore town

Waterford

S578019

at light

Tony Bryant

Records here may include unverified reports, are subject to later updates or corrections, and are not a complete listing. They should not be quoted in print publications without first checking with the webpage compilers. All photographs are © the named photographer. General content © the Irish Moth & Butterfly Group.