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September 2010 archives          

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

September 2010

Date

Site

County

VC

DSG

HHM

PU

SMW

SY

DbM

RdP

RV

Other species / notes

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30-Sep

Cronykeery

Wicklow

H20

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

T2998

 

Angus Tyner per MothsIreland newsgrp

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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29-Sep

Cape Clear Island

Cork

H3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delicate Mythimna vitellina

 

 

Michael O'Donnell per MothsIreland newsgrp

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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28-Sep

Cronykeery

Wicklow

H20

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

T2998

at light

Angus Tyner

28-Sep

Cape Clear Island

Cork

H3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

Michael O'Donnell per MothsIreland newsgrp

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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26-Sep

Brownstown Head

Waterford

H6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

X6197

day obs

PM Walsh

26-Sep

Tramore town

Waterford

H6

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

S578014

at light

Tony Bryant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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25\26-Sep

Co Waterford?

Waterford?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Death's Head Hawk-moth Acherontia atropos

 

(photograph)

John Crawford per Waterford News & Star

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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25-Sep

Brownstown Head

Waterford

H6

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

X6298

at light

PM Walsh

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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24-Sep

Carrickavrantry

Waterford

H6

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

S5502

day obs

Tony Bryant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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20-Sep

Tramore town

Waterford

H6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

S578014

at light

Tony Bryant

Date Site County VC DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV Other species / notes Grid ref Method Recorder
19-Sep Killough Bridge (gravel pit) Down H38 3_4 Ian Rippey per www.bcni.org.uk
19-Sep Strand Lough, Killough Down H38 1 "
19-Sep Tramore town Waterford H6 2 S578014 dusk obs Tony Bryant
Date Site County VC DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV Other species / notes Grid ref Method Recorder
16-Sep Tramore town Waterford H6 1 S578014 at light Tony Bryant
Date Site County VC DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV Other species / notes Grid ref Method Recorder
13-Sep Tramore town Waterford H6 1 S578014 dusk obs Tony Bryant
Date Site County VC DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV Other species / notes Grid ref Method Recorder
11-Sep Tramore town Waterford H6 2 S578014 at light Tony Bryant
11-Sep " Waterford H6 2 S578014 dusk obs "
Date Site County VC DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV Other species / notes Grid ref Method Recorder
10-Sep Dunree Head Donegal H34 1 Convolvulus Hawk-moth Agrius convolvuli C2838 at light George McDermott
10-Sep Tramore town Waterford H6 2 S578014 dusk obs Tony Bryant
Date Site County VC DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV Other species / notes Grid ref Method Recorder
09-Sep Ballingeary Cork H3 1 W1768 at light Jenny Seawright per MothsIreland newsgrp
09-Sep Sunday's Well, Cork city Cork H4 Convolvulus Hawk-moth Agrius convolvuli Debbie Chapman per KGM Bond/MI newsgrp
09-Sep Annestown Waterford H6 1 Micheal Cowming
Date Site County VC DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV Other species / notes Grid ref Method Recorder
08-Sep Johnstown Kilkenny H11 Convolvulus Hawk-moth Agrius convolvuli S2964 per Angus Tyner
08-Sep Cronykeery Wicklow H20 10 6 1 T2998 at light Angus Tyner per MothsIreland newsgrp
Date Site County VC DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV Other species / notes Grid ref Method Recorder
07-Sep Cronykeery Wicklow H20 2 2 Vestal Rhodometra sacraria T2998 at light Angus Tyner per MothsIreland newsgrp
Date Site County VC DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV Other species / notes Grid ref Method Recorder
06-Sep Three Castles Head Cork H3 Convolvulus Hawk-moth Agrius convolvuli Sean Ronayne per www.flickr.com/photos/sean_cronin/
06-Sep Tramore town Waterford H6 Convolvulus Hawk-moth Agrius convolvuli S578014 night obs Tony Bryant
Date Site County VC DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV Other species / notes Grid ref Method Recorder
05-Sep Ballingeary Cork H3 1 W1768 at light Jenny Seawright per MothsIreland newsgrp
05-Sep nr Tourmakeady Mayo H27 Death's Head Hawk-moth Acherontia atropos M054619 found dead Martin MacCormack
05-Sep Brownstown Head Waterford H6 1 X6298 day obs PM Walsh
05-Sep Tramore town Waterford H6 Convolvulus Hawk-moth Agrius convolvuli S578014 night obs Tony Bryant
Date Site County VC DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV Other species / notes Grid ref Method Recorder
04-Sep Mountstewart (garden) Down H38 1 J558703 at sugar David McCormick
04-Sep Cloonascragh, Ballinasloe Galway H17 4 M8725 Ian Rippey per MothsIreland newsgrp
04-Sep St John's Wood, Lough Ree Roscommon H25 1 M9956 "
04-Sep Brownstown Head Waterford H6 6 2 8 Convolvulus Hawk-moth Agrius convolvuli X6298 at light PM Walsh
04-Sep Tramore town Waterford H6 1 2 3 7 S578014 at light Tony Bryant
04-Sep " Waterford H6 Delicate Mythimna vitellina S578014 dusk obs "
04-Sep " Waterford H6 1 Convolvulus Hawk-moth Agrius convolvuli S578014 night obs "
04-Sep Cronykeery Wicklow H20 2 1 1 T2998 at light Angus Tyner per MothsIreland newsgrp
Date Site County VC DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV Other species / notes Grid ref Method Recorder
03-Sep Co Tyrone Tyrone H36 1 H575740 Sylvia Hetherington per www.bcni.org.uk
03-Sep Inishmurry, Shannon Clare H9 1_2 R2456 Ian Rippey per MothsIreland newsgrp
03-Sep Brownstown Head Waterford H6 8 2 Death's Head Hawk-moth Acherontia atropos X6298 at light PM Walsh
03-Sep Tramore town Waterford H6 1 4 S578014 at light Tony Bryant
03-Sep " Waterford H6 5 S578014 dusk obs "
03-Sep Tramore Burrow Waterford H6 8 S6100 day obs "
Date Site County VC DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV Other species / notes Grid ref Method Recorder
02-Sep Mounstewart (oak forest) Down H38 1 J561707 at light David McCormick
02-Sep Mountstewart (garden) Down H38 1 form gammina J558703 at sugar David McCormick
02-Sep Ballycotton Cork H5 Delicate Mythimna vitellina Phil Davis per MothsIreland newsgrp
02-Sep Knockanore Waterford H6 Death's Head Hawk-moth Acherontia atropos at apiary Pat Deasy
02-Sep Carrickavrantry Waterford H6 1 S5502 day obs Tony Bryant
02-Sep Tramore Waterford H6 2 S578014 dusk obs "
Date Site County VC DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV Other species / notes Grid ref Method Recorder
01-Sep Lough Fadda, Sneem Kerry H1 1_2 V762664 Ian Rippey per MothsIreland newsgrp
01-Sep Newtown Cove, Tramore Waterford H6 1 X5799 day obs Tony Bryant
01-Sep Tramore Waterford H6 1 S578014 at light "
01-Sep Tramore Waterford H6 7 S578014 dusk obs "

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