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I had an Oegoconia in Plymouth last week. Almost certainly caradjai (the only species I've recorded here), but I will gendet it to confirm.

The female's chelicerae have a green glow to them, hence their scientific name

That Segestria florentina is all legs.... and fangs!!

And uber-fresh too. It just goes to show you really don't know what's going to be under the egg trays!

Chocolate-tip

Chocolate-tip amongst some usual autumnal moths

Devon info for Chocolate-tip

A Chocolate-tip in my work trap near Plymouth overnight was Devon's latest by over 2 months. 1 of 13 species at this trap. 18 species at home included a female Gem
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Yes, that's correct. The Salsovian (Eremohadena chenopodiphaga) potted in my garden on 29th October 2022. Found nectaring, it doesn't come to light very often. It's my profile picture

Amazing! Well done Tim. Your 4th for Britain certainly looks better than my 4th/5th Dichomeris acuminatus earlier this month!

First is Square-spot Rustic, the other is a faded Setaceous Hebrew Character

Thanks Dave

Cheers Steve.

Thanks Stephen

Following on from my first for Devon Dichomeris acuminatus on 2nd October, Phil Sterling has dissected the large Phycitodes sp that I also had on the same night in my Plymouth trap. It turned out to be a female Homeosoma nebulella, just the 2nd record for Devon after one in September 1987!
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Cheers Dave. I forgot to add the the Dichomeris was also new for Devon

Finger's crossed. Phil Sterling is gen detting it for me. I would have gotten around to it eventually myself, but he was happy to do this, as well as the Dichomeris.

Dichomeris acuminatus

Dichomeris acuminatus

Phycitodes sp

A rather battered gelechid that came to my Plymouth garden trap on 2nd October has been confirmed by gendet as Dichomeris acuminatus. The 4th or 5th (pending a record in Sep from the Scillies) record for the UK. A Phycitodes sp caught on the same night is awaiting confirmation
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Soak some ropes, don't put them all out, but replace them every few days with ones still soaking in the mixture. Only replace the mix once it's all used up

I dissolve 1kg of sugar in a bottle of red wine (12%abv or higher), then soak some rope and hang up. Simple as that. You can add a dash of dark rum to the mix before you hang the ropes each time to improve your chances. I replace the ropes about once a week

Red Sword-grass

Sallow

Pink-barred Sallow

One of 4 ropes deployed with several Angle Shades

A good evening using wine ropes from our holiday cottage near Oban last night: 17 Angle Shades, 3 Pink-barred Sallow, 4 Square-spot Rustic, Sallow, Red-line Quaker, Chestnut, Dark Sword-grass and a lifer with Red Sword-grass. Much more productive than using lights!

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Strange. The Thorns have done very well down here in Plymouth. My best year for both August and Canary-shouldered. Not as many Dusky as previous years, but by no means scarce.

At the garden centre where I work near Plymouth, a member of the hardy plants team found this male Convolvulus Hawk-moth this afternoon. Luckily I was in work, unlike in the spring when they found a Striped Hawk-moth
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I found this sad remnant of a Striped Hawk-moth hanging by some webbing yesterday morning in my Plymouth garden. Probably a victim of the resident Magpie population that scours the garden most mornings. Fortunately for me, at least, not a year tick.
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I feel your pain. Went on a field trip near Paignton last night. Really mild, but the moths weren't flying. Around 20 species and 40 moths between 2 traps. The same setup produced over 400 moths a couple of weeks earlier. The rain during the day certainly didn't help.

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Nice one Alan. I had Devon's first in 2021. This is possibly Devon's 6th record (unless any others have been seen this year)

I had my second Clepsis peritana in my Plymouth garden trap last night, possibly Devon's 3rd after my 1st on 8th July, followed by another caught by a moth-er a couple of days later near Exeter.
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They're great spiders though. Like you, I'm forever moving spiders from the trap surrounds. Noble False Widows are the main ones here

I think I must have verified around 10,000 records so far this year. It certainly helps the CMR out, though

That must hurt! Did you get to see it, though?

Thanks for your records, Alan. Keeping me busy! 😂

Ooh, who was that Richard? Barry?