Suffolk Moths Blog » ivy http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog Topical information from the Suffolk Moth Group Thu, 30 Apr 2020 14:24:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 County Ivy total http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/index.php/2013/10/09/county-ivy-total/ http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/index.php/2013/10/09/county-ivy-total/#comments Wed, 09 Oct 2013 05:39:43 +0000 Mark Nowers http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/?p=3867 Continue reading ]]> Well it looks like the ivy might be on hold for a while (or that may be it for the season). The Stutton total has broken the 50-mark and currently stands at 52. I have trawled the blog posts and the cumulative county total so far as I can see is 63. If anyone else has a list they would like to blog, please do. Can we make it to 70?

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Cracking evening on the Ivy http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/index.php/2013/10/06/cracking-evening-on-the-ivy/ http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/index.php/2013/10/06/cracking-evening-on-the-ivy/#comments Sun, 06 Oct 2013 22:01:12 +0000 Mark Nowers http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/?p=3807 Continue reading ]]> Seventeen species tonight, a few short of our best, but a couple of belters. Tony had taken a Tawny Pinion off the patch in his lane, but this was well and truly trumped by the three Vestals we had in Lower Street later on. Eleven Dark Sword-grass added to the migrant flavour.

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Recent Ivy searching at IGC – best night’s recording bettered? http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/index.php/2013/10/06/recent-ivy-searching-at-igc-best-nights-recording-bettered/ http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/index.php/2013/10/06/recent-ivy-searching-at-igc-best-nights-recording-bettered/#comments Sun, 06 Oct 2013 19:48:04 +0000 Neil http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/?p=3840 Continue reading ]]> I’ve been checking the Ivy patch at home regularly since it came into flower and up until the night of the 4th it has been fairly quiet. Even the warm stormy night of the 3rd only brought in 11 moths of 6 species. Went out to check at around 8.30p.m. on the 4th and the first moth spotted on the blooms was a Dotted chestnut, a new moth for the site as well as the first one I’ve actually recorded myself anywhere! What a surprise, I couldn’t believe my eyes! A quick check of other flowers revealed the patch was absolutely covered in moths, so a quick dash back inside the house to collect more pots and my notebook then I was back out counting what was there. Thought it might be of interest to produce the full list below.

Dotted chestnut – 1
Chestnut – 55
Yellow-line quaker – 12
Barred sallow – 7
Pink-barred sallow – 7
Angle shades – 7
Square-spot rustic – 2
Lesser yellow underwing – 4
Large yellow underwing – 4
L-Album wainscot – 6
Large ranunculus – 1
Autumnal rustic – 1
Pine carpet – 2
E. monodactyla – 1
Red-green carpet – 3
Feathered ranunculus – 1
Lunar underwing – 1
Dark chestnut – 1
Grey shoulder knot – 1
Green brindled crescent – 1
Dusky-lemon sallow – 1 (first site record of one on Ivy here, a quite yellow example that had me scratching my head for a short while)

21 species recorded, think that’s my highest species count in one night on the Ivy here with some real quality species. As I said in my previous blog, I wonder whether the rain has brought the moths out?
Now going out to check the patch again to see if I can add to the Ivy species total here, maybe with a Crimson speckled?:)

Neil

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Stutton latest http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/index.php/2013/10/03/stutton-latest/ http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/index.php/2013/10/03/stutton-latest/#comments Thu, 03 Oct 2013 14:33:35 +0000 Mark Nowers http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/?p=3784 Continue reading ]]> Three more species added to  the village ivy list last night – Monopis weaverella, Oak Nycteoline and at last, a Silver-Y. These take the ivy total for Stutton this autumn to 45. On a personal note, I had my first Pink-barred Sallow from ivy.

Tony had a Convolvulus Hawk in his trap on the 2nd, whilst my trap this morning was busy, but uneventful. 22 species of 112 moths. 44 were Large Yellow Underwing, 19 Setaceous Hebrew Character and 16 Lunar Underwing. 2 Dark Sword-grass, a fresh Red-green Carpet and 2 Grey Shoulder-knot the best of the rest.

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Ivy – keeps getting better http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/index.php/2013/09/24/ivy-keeps-getting-better/ http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/index.php/2013/09/24/ivy-keeps-getting-better/#comments Tue, 24 Sep 2013 21:44:26 +0000 Mark Nowers http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/?p=3730 Continue reading ]]> The two patches that were in full flower around ten days ago are now on the wane, but other smaller patches are starting to come through and there is plenty more to come. Volume may have been down tonight, but quality was well up. The highlight was an Orange Sallow (a new moth for me), which was well supported by a Barred Sallow, Pale Pinion, Brindled Green and a Mother of Pearl. All of these are new for the village ivy list. Square-spot Rustics are nearly over (just two), but Angle Shades (5) are starting to pick up now. The ivy list now stands at 33 for the month and 46 over the last two seasons. I may have to revise my 30-40 species prediction upwards.

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Stutton Ivy last night http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/index.php/2013/09/23/stutton-ivy-last-night/ http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/index.php/2013/09/23/stutton-ivy-last-night/#comments Mon, 23 Sep 2013 21:09:03 +0000 Mark Nowers http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/?p=3718 Continue reading ]]> Another check last night bumped the autumn Ivy list up by two to 28 with the addition of a chestnut sp. (still need to confirm it) and a Deep-brown Dart. The latter is new for the overall ivy list here in the village, taking us to 41 species. We need to make a clever device to catch moths feeding higher up the ivy bank. I may end up sticking a moth pot on to a litter picker.

I saw on Twitter that Merveille Du Jours are now on the wing in Norfolk. One of those would be very welcome.

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Record evening for Ivy in Stutton http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/index.php/2013/09/21/record-evening-for-ivy-in-stutton/ http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/index.php/2013/09/21/record-evening-for-ivy-in-stutton/#comments Sat, 21 Sep 2013 20:01:39 +0000 Mark Nowers http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/?p=3680 Continue reading ]]> Tony Fox and I were out last night for a couple of hours checking the prime locations in Alton Hall Lane and Lower Street. We amassed 23 species, including seven new ones – Small Dusty Wave, postvittana, Lunar Underwing, Garden Carpet, Pale Mottled Willow, Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing and best of all Pearly Underwing (never seen one before). Square-spot Rustics are thinning out at last. The Stutton ivy year list stands at 26 and the full list is at 40.

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Ivy, and a bee to watch out for. http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/index.php/2013/09/18/ivy-and-a-bee-to-watch-out-for/ http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/index.php/2013/09/18/ivy-and-a-bee-to-watch-out-for/#comments Wed, 18 Sep 2013 16:44:25 +0000 tonyhopkins http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/?p=3688 Continue reading ]]> Very quiet couple of weeks in my garden. A trawl through my notes suggests that although there were very good moths through July and August the total numbers (ie biomass!) was less than last year. I think things may be catching up through good second/third broods – which bodes well for next year. And good second broods in the area probably accounts for a few of my new garden records (eg lunar yellow underwing), and unexpected late things like heart and dart.

I checked my patches of ivy today and they are just coming into flower, so I’ll have a look again this autumn. It was good last year to see sallow and angle-shades nectaring, well away from the MV.

Incidentally, anyone in sandy areas might like to keep an eye open for a pretty solitary bee called Colletes hederae. A recent colonist which is now fairy common along the south coast and is recorded from Essex, but as far as I know not yet from Suffolk. Easy to spot – it visits ivy blossom (in the day!), and nests in sandy places. Orange thorax and ringed abdomen. This year has been good for bees – especially bumbles. The recent colonist Bombus hypnorum (the tree bumble-bee) was quite common earlier in the summer (in my garden it was especially fond of buckthorn flowers).

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The Ivy League http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/index.php/2013/09/17/the-ivy-league/ http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/index.php/2013/09/17/the-ivy-league/#comments Tue, 17 Sep 2013 18:50:32 +0000 Mark Nowers http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/?p=3670 Continue reading ]]> All this gloom about the crash in numbers. Here is something to cheer you up. Ivy is in flower and is already pulling in the moths. A mild evening on the 12th had me knocking on Tony Fox’s door to join me in checking a fabulous stretch of ivy along Alton Hall Lane in Stutton. It is west-facing so receives a good helping of afternoon sun, bringing on some early flowers. In an hour we noted in excess of 50 moths of 12 species. Either side of our joint effort, Tony recorded four other species.

We didn’t catch the ivy bug until October last year, but in the time left in that season we still managed to record 25 species before the month was out. Starting earlier this year (with only 10% of the ivy seemingly in flower currently) we would hope to get the village ivy list to between 30-40 species.

Back the title of this post. I thought it would be an enjoyable exercise to gather a Suffolk ivy list this autumn. Enjoyment aside, putting a figure to the importance of ivy for moths as a nectar source would add to existing wildlife facts – Holly Blue foodplant, shelter for birds and bats etc, etc. I often hear figures quoted for invertebrate usage of ragwort – wouldn’t it be nice to set the ball rolling for ivy?

I hope that this will spur you in to action, get recording (go on, put those traps away for a bit) and post your results on the blog. If you do, I would be happy to receive end of season scores to come up with a grand total Suffolk figure.

For your interest, here our results from the 12th – Square-spot Rustic (20+), Large Yellow Underwing (6), Lesser Yellow Underwing (4), Vine’s Rustic (2), Snout (2), Angle Shades (3), Emmelina monodactyla (2), Agonopterix arenella (2) and singles of Light Emerald, Brimstone, White-Point, Double-striped Pug, Setaceous Hebrew Character, Common Wainscot, Turnip and Flounced Rustic.

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<![CDATA[ <p>Well it looks like the ivy might be on hold for a while (or that may be it for the season). The Stutton total has broken the 50-mark and currently stands at 52. I have trawled the blog posts and the cumulative county total so far as I can see is 63. If anyone else has a list they would like to blog, please do. Can we make it to 70?</p> ]]>
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<![CDATA[ Seventeen species tonight, a few short of our best, but a couple of belters. Tony had taken a Tawny Pinion off the patch in his lane, but this was well and truly trumped by the three Vestals we had in &#8230; <a href="http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/index.php/2013/10/06/cracking-evening-on-the-ivy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a> ]]>
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<![CDATA[ <p>Seventeen species tonight, a few short of our best, but a couple of belters. Tony had taken a Tawny Pinion off the patch in his lane, but this was well and truly trumped by the three Vestals we had in Lower Street later on. Eleven Dark Sword-grass added to the migrant flavour.</p> ]]>
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<![CDATA[ I&#8217;ve been checking the Ivy patch at home regularly since it came into flower and up until the night of the 4th it has been fairly quiet. Even the warm stormy night of the 3rd only brought in 11 moths &#8230; <a href="http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/index.php/2013/10/06/recent-ivy-searching-at-igc-best-nights-recording-bettered/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a> ]]>
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<![CDATA[ <p>I&#8217;ve been checking the Ivy patch at home regularly since it came into flower and up until the night of the 4th it has been fairly quiet. Even the warm stormy night of the 3rd only brought in 11 moths of 6 species. Went out to check at around 8.30p.m. on the 4th and the first moth spotted on the blooms was a Dotted chestnut, a new moth for the site as well as the first one I&#8217;ve actually recorded myself anywhere! What a surprise, I couldn&#8217;t believe my eyes! A quick check of other flowers revealed the patch was absolutely covered in moths, so a quick dash back inside the house to collect more pots and my notebook then I was back out counting what was there. Thought it might be of interest to produce the full list below.</p> <p>Dotted chestnut &#8211; 1<br /> Chestnut &#8211; 55<br /> Yellow-line quaker &#8211; 12<br /> Barred sallow &#8211; 7<br /> Pink-barred sallow &#8211; 7<br /> Angle shades &#8211; 7<br /> Square-spot rustic &#8211; 2<br /> Lesser yellow underwing &#8211; 4<br /> Large yellow underwing &#8211; 4<br /> L-Album wainscot &#8211; 6<br /> Large ranunculus &#8211; 1<br /> Autumnal rustic &#8211; 1<br /> Pine carpet &#8211; 2<br /> <em>E. monodactyla</em> &#8211; 1<br /> Red-green carpet &#8211; 3<br /> Feathered ranunculus &#8211; 1<br /> Lunar underwing &#8211; 1<br /> Dark chestnut &#8211; 1<br /> Grey shoulder knot &#8211; 1<br /> Green brindled crescent &#8211; 1<br /> Dusky-lemon sallow &#8211; 1 (first site record of one on Ivy here, a quite yellow example that had me scratching my head for a short while)</p> <p>21 species recorded, think that&#8217;s my highest species count in one night on the Ivy here with some real quality species. As I said in my previous blog, I wonder whether the rain has brought the moths out?<br /> Now going out to check the patch again to see if I can add to the Ivy species total here, maybe with a Crimson speckled?<img class="wp-smiley" alt=":)" src="http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" /></p> <p>Neil</p> ]]>
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<![CDATA[ Three more species added to  the village ivy list last night &#8211; Monopis weaverella, Oak Nycteoline and at last, a Silver-Y. These take the ivy total for Stutton this autumn to 45. On a personal note, I had my first &#8230; <a href="http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/index.php/2013/10/03/stutton-latest/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a> ]]>
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<![CDATA[ <p>Three more species added to  the village ivy list last night &#8211; <em>Monopis weaverella</em>, Oak Nycteoline and at last, a Silver-Y. These take the ivy total for Stutton this autumn to 45. On a personal note, I had my first Pink-barred Sallow from ivy.</p> <p>Tony had a Convolvulus Hawk in his trap on the 2nd, whilst my trap this morning was busy, but uneventful. 22 species of 112 moths. 44 were Large Yellow Underwing, 19 Setaceous Hebrew Character and 16 Lunar Underwing. 2 Dark Sword-grass, a fresh Red-green Carpet and 2 Grey Shoulder-knot the best of the rest.</p> ]]>
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<![CDATA[ The two patches that were in full flower around ten days ago are now on the wane, but other smaller patches are starting to come through and there is plenty more to come. Volume may have been down tonight, but &#8230; <a href="http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/index.php/2013/09/24/ivy-keeps-getting-better/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a> ]]>
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<![CDATA[ <p>The two patches that were in full flower around ten days ago are now on the wane, but other smaller patches are starting to come through and there is plenty more to come. Volume may have been down tonight, but quality was well up. The highlight was an Orange Sallow (a new moth for me), which was well supported by a Barred Sallow, Pale Pinion, Brindled Green and a Mother of Pearl. All of these are new for the village ivy list. Square-spot Rustics are nearly over (just two), but Angle Shades (5) are starting to pick up now. The ivy list now stands at 33 for the month and 46 over the last two seasons. I may have to revise my 30-40 species prediction upwards.</p> ]]>
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<![CDATA[ Another check last night bumped the autumn Ivy list up by two to 28 with the addition of a chestnut sp. (still need to confirm it) and a Deep-brown Dart. The latter is new for the overall ivy list here &#8230; <a href="http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/index.php/2013/09/23/stutton-ivy-last-night/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a> ]]>
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<![CDATA[ <p>Another check last night bumped the autumn Ivy list up by two to 28 with the addition of a chestnut sp. (still need to confirm it) and a Deep-brown Dart. The latter is new for the overall ivy list here in the village, taking us to 41 species. We need to make a clever device to catch moths feeding higher up the ivy bank. I may end up sticking a moth pot on to a litter picker.</p> <p>I saw on Twitter that Merveille Du Jours are now on the wing in Norfolk. One of those would be very welcome.</p> ]]>
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<![CDATA[ Tony Fox and I were out last night for a couple of hours checking the prime locations in Alton Hall Lane and Lower Street. We amassed 23 species, including seven new ones &#8211; Small Dusty Wave, postvittana, Lunar Underwing, Garden &#8230; <a href="http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/index.php/2013/09/21/record-evening-for-ivy-in-stutton/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a> ]]>
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<![CDATA[ <p>Tony Fox and I were out last night for a couple of hours checking the prime locations in Alton Hall Lane and Lower Street. We amassed 23 species, including seven new ones &#8211; Small Dusty Wave, postvittana, Lunar Underwing, Garden Carpet, Pale Mottled Willow, Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing and best of all Pearly Underwing (never seen one before). Square-spot Rustics are thinning out at last. The Stutton ivy year list stands at 26 and the full list is at 40.</p> ]]>
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<title>Ivy, and a bee to watch out for.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2013 16:44:25 +0000</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[ Very quiet couple of weeks in my garden. A trawl through my notes suggests that although there were very good moths through July and August the total numbers (ie biomass!) was less than last year. I think things may be &#8230; <a href="http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/index.php/2013/09/18/ivy-and-a-bee-to-watch-out-for/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a> ]]>
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<![CDATA[ <p>Very quiet couple of weeks in my garden. A trawl through my notes suggests that although there were very good moths through July and August the total numbers (ie biomass!) was less than last year. I think things may be catching up through good second/third broods &#8211; which bodes well for next year. And good second broods in the area probably accounts for a few of my new garden records (eg lunar yellow underwing), and unexpected late things like heart and dart.</p> <p>I checked my patches of ivy today and they are just coming into flower, so I&#8217;ll have a look again this autumn. It was good last year to see sallow and angle-shades nectaring, well away from the MV.</p> <p>Incidentally, anyone in sandy areas might like to keep an eye open for a pretty solitary bee called Colletes hederae. A recent colonist which is now fairy common along the south coast and is recorded from Essex, but as far as I know not yet from Suffolk. Easy to spot &#8211; it visits ivy blossom (in the day!), and nests in sandy places. Orange thorax and ringed abdomen. This year has been good for bees &#8211; especially bumbles. The recent colonist Bombus hypnorum (the tree bumble-bee) was quite common earlier in the summer (in my garden it was especially fond of buckthorn flowers).</p> ]]>
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<title>The Ivy League</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2013 18:50:32 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mark Nowers</dc:creator>
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<![CDATA[ All this gloom about the crash in numbers. Here is something to cheer you up. Ivy is in flower and is already pulling in the moths. A mild evening on the 12th had me knocking on Tony Fox&#8217;s door to &#8230; <a href="http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/index.php/2013/09/17/the-ivy-league/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a> ]]>
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<![CDATA[ <p>All this gloom about the crash in numbers. Here is something to cheer you up. Ivy is in flower and is already pulling in the moths. A mild evening on the 12th had me knocking on Tony Fox&#8217;s door to join me in checking a fabulous stretch of ivy along Alton Hall Lane in Stutton. It is west-facing so receives a good helping of afternoon sun, bringing on some early flowers. In an hour we noted in excess of 50 moths of 12 species. Either side of our joint effort, Tony recorded four other species.</p> <p>We didn&#8217;t catch the ivy bug until October last year, but in the time left in that season we still managed to record 25 species before the month was out. Starting earlier this year (with only 10% of the ivy seemingly in flower currently) we would hope to get the village ivy list to between 30-40 species.</p> <p>Back the title of this post. I thought it would be an enjoyable exercise to gather a Suffolk ivy list this autumn. Enjoyment aside, putting a figure to the importance of ivy for moths as a nectar source would add to existing wildlife facts &#8211; Holly Blue foodplant, shelter for birds and bats etc, etc. I often hear figures quoted for invertebrate usage of ragwort &#8211; wouldn&#8217;t it be nice to set the ball rolling for ivy?</p> <p>I hope that this will spur you in to action, get recording (go on, put those traps away for a bit) and post your results on the blog. If you do, I would be happy to receive end of season scores to come up with a grand total Suffolk figure.</p> <p>For your interest, here our results from the 12th &#8211; Square-spot Rustic (20+), Large Yellow Underwing (6), Lesser Yellow Underwing (4), Vine&#8217;s Rustic (2), Snout (2), Angle Shades (3), <em>Emmelina monodactyla (2), </em><em>Agonopterix arenella (2) </em>and singles of Light Emerald, Brimstone, White-Point, Double-striped Pug, Setaceous Hebrew Character, Common Wainscot, Turnip and Flounced Rustic.</p> ]]>
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