{"id":888,"date":"2022-06-02T06:11:51","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T06:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandwichbaybirdobservatorytrust.org.uk\/sitefiles\/?p=888"},"modified":"2022-08-13T16:01:39","modified_gmt":"2022-08-13T16:01:39","slug":"moths-february-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/moths-february-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Moths: February 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The Kent Moth Group have a new revamped website <a href=\"https:\/\/kentmoths.org\/\">https:\/\/kentmoths.org\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It has lots of new features including maps and details of flight times. Give it a look.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Thursday 17th<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Two Tortricoides alternella<\/em> in The Elms were our first records since 2011.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Wednesday 9th<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Another, and possibly the last chance for a few days, night when conditions were mild for this time of year. The minimum was 9.8\u00b0C and there were seven moths of four species - two<strong> Dark Chestnuts<\/strong>, two <strong>Satellites<\/strong>, two <em>Agonopterix yeatiana, <\/em>and an <em>Acleris umbrana. <\/em>The Satellites were one of each colour form.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19619\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19619\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19619 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sandwichbaybirdobservatorytrust.org.uk\/sitefiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/P2093894-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19619\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two colour forms of Satellite. I Hunter 9\/2\/22.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Tuesday 8th<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The main carpark trap was set for the first time in a while last night. There were three moths - <strong>Chestnut<\/strong>, <strong>Hebrew Character<\/strong>, and <em>Acleris umbrana<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Sunday 6th<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is still too windy and \/or cold to run the trap but in the sunny conditions during the day two <em>Epiphyas postvitanas <\/em>(Light Brown Apple Moths) were disturbed from a garden on Sandown Road.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>You can scroll through past records using the drop down menu to the right.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We welcome your photos and records from our <a href=\"https:\/\/sandwichbaybirdobservatorytrust.org.uk\/sitefiles\/our-wildlife-reserves-recording-area\/\">Recording Area<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Please send us your sightings at <a href=\"mailto:info@sbbot.org.uk\">info@sbbot.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kent Moth Group have a new revamped website https:\/\/kentmoths.org\/ It has lots of new features including maps and details of flight times. Give it a look. &nbsp; Thursday 17th Two Tortricoides alternella in The Elms were our first records since 2011. Wednesday 9th Another, and possibly the last chance for a few days, night when conditions were mild for&hellip; 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