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In the News (Fri 18 Dec 09)

  
  Common Swift - Apus Apus
Swifts were seen in South Wales in the United Kingdom (UK) several times between 2nd October and 17th November 1882, and several were seen in the period up to 12th November 1957 in Malmö and Lund in Sweden.
In Holland a Swift was killed by a tennis ball, and in Thuringia, Germany, fire fighters released a trapped Swift from a hole in a wall.
Swifts usually return to the area where they were born to breed, and from ringing recoveries it has been established that in two cases, chicks from a specific nest returned there as adults to breed some years later.
www.commonswift.org /records_english.html   (2642 words)

  
  Probert Encyclopaedia: Nature (Comm-Con)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The Common Carpet (Epirrhoe alternata) is a moth of the family Geometridae with a wing span of between 20 and 25 mm found in the deciduous forest belt of Europe and Asia flying in two generations from April to September.
The Common Heath (Ematurga atomaria) is a moth of the family Geometridae with a wing span of between 22 and 30 mm found in Europe and Asia in heaths, peat-bogs, alpine meadows and clearings, flying from April to September in two generations.
The Common Swift (Hepialus lupulinus) is a moth of the family Hepialidae with a wing span of between 22 and 35 mm found in the temperate regions of Europe and Asia flying from May to June before dusk.
www.probertencyclopaedia.com /B2CA.HTM   (2767 words)

  
 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for moth
The moth Galleria mellonella belongs to the subfamily Galleriinae of the family Pyralidae, in which the females characteristically lay their...
Browntail moth adults are white, with a tuft of brownish hairs...
A microscopic ally against gypsy moths; The insect invaders that have destroyed millions of acres of trees are inching their way to Minnesota.
www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=moth   (804 words)

  
 Light-trapping
Silver Y moths were also extremely common as large numbers moved through the area during the month.
A total of 430 moths, of 46 species were caught at light during June.
Common species caught were again Silver-ground Carpet, The Rivulet and White-shouldered House-moth.
mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /eakringbirds/mothstrappingresults.htm   (1259 words)

  
 Hand Rearing Swifts
She worked as a volunteer at the Common Swift Rescue Centre in Frankfurt am Main, (supported by the German Society for the Common Swift), where over several years she reared hundreds of young Swifts.
Swifts are best kept in a half-open plastic box, a minimum of 30 cm long, 20 cm broad and 15 cm high.
All of the hand-raised Swifts are ringed with a number, and this bird was noted by ornithologists when it was searching for a nesting place.
www.commonswift.org /Hand_rearing_Swifts.html   (1772 words)

  
 Common Swift (moth) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Common Swift (Korscheltellus lupulina) is a moth of the family Hepialidae.
It is a common, often abundant European species.
The male has a wingspan of about 30 mm with dark brown forewings with white apical and basal streaks meeting to make a 'v' shape with another spot close to the costa.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Common_Swift_(moth)   (191 words)

  
 Swift
Suddenly she realized that they were inside the vineyard walls, for fragrance assailed her nostrils, fragrance of ripened grapes, of grapes crushed under foot as the swift pickers went snipping the full purple bunches with their shears.
Father Jean would steal a swift glance at her from under his shaggy eyebrows and fall into a silence.
That was the essential thing about him as regards his relations with his fellow-traveller, though, when next morning the spires of Cologne and the swift river of his Fatherland came into sight, he burst out into a sort of rhapsody of patriotism that mockingly covered a great sincerity.
www.cooldictionary.com /?word=Swift   (423 words)

  
 Swift Moths   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Their distinctively shaped brown pupal cases are often seen at this time of year, sticking up from the larval tunnel, the only indication most of us have that swift moths are about.
Most of the local swifts are various shades of brown with sometimes striking markings of fl, white and silver.
The Splendid Ghost moth of northern Australia is one of the most spectacular Hepialids with a pale blue male, a green and pink female and a wingspan of 250 mm.
home.vicnet.net.au /~gfnc/articles/swift_moths.htm   (342 words)

  
 Australian Moth Larvae
The common names of many moths are derived from the behaviour and appearance of their Caterpillars.
Also, moth Caterpillars are often made conspicuous by the damage they do to plants, as the Caterpillars of many moth species are important agricultural pests.
Even the moth families are usually referred to by derivatives of their scientific names in Australia.
linus.socs.uts.edu.au /~don/larvae/moths.html   (253 words)

  
 UKMoths
A distinctive red and fl species, normally nocturnal but easily flushed in the daytime.Can be confused with the Burnet moths, which are strictly day-flyers, preferring sunshine.
A yellow, fl and white caterpillar which is sometimes found in gardens, as it has a tendency to feed on Buddleia in addition to its normal foodplants.
A species which occurs in the spring as well as early autumn, this moth has a subtlecombination of chocolate brown and white colours, but is very similar to the Swallow Prominent
ukmoths.org.uk /top20.php   (599 words)

  
 Swift - definition from Biology-Online.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
In form and habits the swifts resemble swallows, but they are destitute of complex vocal muscles and are not singing birds, but belong to a widely different group allied to the humming birds.
The common European swift (Cypselus, or Micropus, apus) nests in church steeples and under the tiles of roofs, and is noted for its rapid flight and shrill screams.
The European alpine swift (Cypselus melba) is whitish beneath, with a white band across the breast.
www.biology-online.org /dictionary/Swift   (275 words)

  
 Stereophile: Meadowlark Swift loudspeaker
The Swift's drivers are a 1" impregnated fabric-dome tweeter and a 4.5" bass/midrange unit with a plastic-coated pulp cone and dustcap, both drivers made by Vifa.
Nevertheless, the Swift's greatest strength, it seems to me, was its ability to be driven at least reasonably well by only a few watts, yet still sound as timbrally neutral and spatially convincing as certain much less efficient—and more expensive—perfectionist loudspeakers.
Viewed in that light, the Meadowlark Swift is a good all-arounder, and may in fact be an ideal choice for someone who's just getting into SETs but is leery of realizing huge efficiency gains by having to sacrifice areas of performance that are otherwise common to high-end loudspeakers.
www.stereophile.com /loudspeakerreviews/104meadowlark/index1.html   (1485 words)

  
 SBSG - Moth Trapping in Rawmarsh near Sheffield - Dean Stables
Macro moths not previously trapped this year were: Common Swift - 1; Riband Wave - 1; Rivulet - 1; Lime-speck Pug - 1; Freyer`s Pug - 6; Green Pug - 3; Pale Prominent - 1; Ingrailed Clay - 1; Grey/dark Dagger - 1; Spectacle - 1; Small Fan-foot - 2; Heart and Dart - 28.
At Stubbin, Rawmarsh [not trapped]: Common Carpet - 2; Cinnabar - 7; Small Yellow Underwing - 1; Mottled Umber larva - 1; Yellow Tail larva - 1; Ghost Moth - 1 larvae; Crambus lathionellus - 1 [one of several species often referred to as grass moths].
This is the mark of the larvae of a leaf mining moth that actually tunnels between the upper and lower surface of leaves.
www.sbsg.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /rawmarsh_moths_data.html   (1473 words)

  
 Syd's Sightings   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Moth Trapping : 2 Map-winged Swift (one normal and one 'northern' form), 1 Heart and Dart, 1 Garden Carpet, 1 Plain Golden Y, 1 Bulrush Wainscot and 1 Burnished Brass.
Moth Trapping : 6 Common Swift, 1 Heart and Dart, 1 Bulrush Wainscot and 2 White Ermine.
Moth Trapping : 6 Common Swift, 1 Flame Shoulder and 4 White Ermine.
freespace.virgin.net /tom.hubball/sydssightingsJun02.htm   (571 words)

  
 The Pikewing Moth
In the case of a female moth attacking to defend her territory rather than to feed, she will be able to sense her opponent’s sensitive spots and likely attempt to injure the face, especially the eyes or throat.
Young moths have a lot of difficulty finding good spots that are not yet occupied, and sometimes even grown moths will give up a spot to fight for another, better one.
The female, who lies in wait nearby, will use this moment to deliver the unfortunate father-to-be a swift death, and use his body as a source of food while she is unable to hunt when guarding the eggs.
www.santharia.com /bestiary/pikewing_moth.htm   (1889 words)

  
 Moth Heaven: February 2005
When you discover something has moth damage, you should assume that it is infested, since the eggs are really hard to detect, and the larvae are very small before they've glutted themselves on your lovely alpaca handspun you bought at the Alpaca Farmers' open house last winter.
Moths will eat through a plastic grocery in short order, and the heavy plastic zippered bags many of us favour don't breathe and traps moisture with the wool, and moths like moisture and the dark.
Even moth balls, as loathsome as I find the smell, are probably only effective within a radius of a few feet; good for trunks and small closets, not so good for your walk-in.
scrubberbum.typepad.com /moth_heaven/2005/02/index.html   (5403 words)

  
 dogwood borer
A member of the clearwing moth family, the dogwood borer, Synanthedon scitula (Harris), is one of the most destructive pests of flowering dogwood, Cornus florida L., affecting plantings in homes and parks (Johnson and Lyon 1991).
Adults are swift flyers and most active at dawn and twilight (Anonymous 2000).
Seasonal captures of clearwing moths (Sesiidae) in traps baited with various formulations of 3, 13-octadecadienyl acetate and alcohol.
creatures.ifas.ufl.edu /trees/moths/dogwood_borer.htm   (842 words)

  
 Stereophile: Moth Audio Cicada loudspeaker
The Moth Audio Cicada is built around a 7" full-range, dual-cone driver with a small voice-coil gap, moderately large magnet assembly, and asymmetric mounting bolts.
The Moth driver felt stiffer than the average Lowther, said stiffness appearing to come from the spider rather than from the foam surround, and the voice-coil gap appeared a bit bigger than I'm used to seeing in drivers of this type.
That said, the Moth was perfectly well aligned and exhibited no sign of scraping (a common occurrence with Lowthers that pick up crud in their voice-coil gaps or have been damaged in shipping), although one Moth driver appeared to play very slightly louder than the other.
www.stereophile.com /loudspeakerreviews/104moth/index1.html   (1306 words)

  
 Portland Bird Observatory - wildlife diary January to May 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Immigrant moths in the Obs garden moth-traps this morning: 11 Plutella xylostella and 1 Dark Sword Grass; also a single Blossom Underwing (the first record since 12 were caught in April 1999), and the first records for the year of Knot-grass, Pale Pinion and Brimstone.
National Moth Night was conspicuously unproductive, with the first few Shuttle-shaped Darts of the year being the only faintly interesting captures in the Obs garden moth traps.
Despite promising-looking weather conditions, no immigrant moths were caught in the Obs garden moth-traps this morning (no immigrant species have been caught yet this year); among the resident species, a lone Red Chestnut was a first record for the year.
www.portlandbirdobs.btinternet.co.uk /wildlife_diary_1to5_2003.htm   (1748 words)

  
 Attenborough Nature Reserve   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The vast majority of moth species fly at night and are recorded by attracting them to an ultra-violet light (mercury-vapour 125 watt lamp) where they are identified.
Several rare or scarce species have been identified, one of which, the Brown-veined Wainscot was a new species for the county.
Of these nine species, seven rely on willow/sallow or on marginal aquatic vegetation for their larval food indicating the significance of the reserve.
www.paul.wetton.care4free.net /butterflies1.html   (448 words)

  
 Sphinx Moth
The moth ranges across most of North America from Mexico to central Canada; this species is most common in the western US.
The Sphinx Moth is also called the Hawk Moth and the Hummingbird Moth because of its hovering, swift flight patterns.
To meet its energy needs, the moth feeds exclusively on nectar and seeks flowers which contain high amounts of sugar (like members of the Primrose family, which the White-lined Sphinx Moth is responsible for pollinating).
www.toddshikingguide.com /FloraFauna/Fauna26.htm   (260 words)

  
 Wonders Nature 3
Once a moth is swallowed by a bat, it cannot warn its offspring.
But now the little moth is falling for its life, and its only hope of safety is to suddenly drop to the ground.
Using some of the techniques employed by the millions-of-dollars stealth plane, the tiger moth makes it to safety—as the bat heads off toward where he thought the return echo was coming from.
www.evolution-facts.org /nature3.htm   (8639 words)

  
 Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve - Sightings Highlights June 2003
A Common Buzzard was over the upper valley during the morning as well as a Hobby.
At least 14 Eider were close in to the harbour, whilst a Mediterranean Gull was reported in the estuary at low water.
The first Common Tern chicks have appeared in the last few days and can be observed on the nesting rafts from the public viewing platform close to the harbour.
www.hants.gov.uk /countryside/titchfield/sightings/2003/jun.html   (721 words)

  
 Light trapping results 2005
Catch consisted of 53 moths of 22 species in 1h 00m trapping time (22:30-23:30h) Temperature 14C.
Catch consisted of 38 moths of 10 species in 0h 40m trapping time (22:10-22:50h) Temperature 14C.
Catch consisted of 47 moths of 12 species in 1h 00m trapping time (21:50-22:50h) Temperature 15C.
mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /eakringbirds/mothstrappingresults2005.htm   (238 words)

  
 Insects on the Eyes
A list of Moths and Butterflies not given in Table 1 but reported by Steve and others, and published in a article by Steve in the 1990 Woolston Eyes Annual Report, is given below together with Steve's comments.
The Dusky-lemon Sallow, (Xanthia gilvago D.&S.), is not common in the County and despite extensive recording I have never taken it myself.
The Lesser Common Rustic, (Mesapamea didyma Esp. (auct.
home.clara.net /nortonw/reports/insect.htm   (668 words)

  
 UTB Moths   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
A few more moth sightings from Dave Maunder in Aylesbury during the last week of August, with the Small Mottled Willow bringing the UTB Species Count to 450 for the year:- Smoky wainscot(1), Small dusty waves(3), Square-spot rustics(3), Silver y(1), Many plume(1), Brimstone moths(4), Common wainscots(4), Orange swifts(6), Flounced rustics(5), Red underwing(1), Yellow shells(3), Lg.
Moths recorded by Dave Maunder since 18th August were:- Yellow shells(2), Small dusty wave, Marbled beauties(3), Bulrush wainscot, Smoky wainscot, Common wainscot, Lg.
Jan Haseler recorded the following new moths for her garden in Tilehurst last night: snout, bee moth, common emerald and 2 white plumes disturbed from vegetation this morning.
www.wendy.campbell6.btinternet.co.uk /utb_moths_MayToDec04.htm   (5231 words)

  
 Korscheltellus lupulinus (L.)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
- The moth flies in May-June then lays eggs.
The caterpillars grow and feed until spring of the following year.
Korscheltellus lupulinus (L.) Moth Despite its noctuid-like appearance this species is distinguished by its very short antennae.
www.inra.fr /Internet/Produits/HYPPZ/RAVAGEUR/6korlup.htm   (258 words)

  
 Shetland Wildlife - Moths   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Eupoecilia angustana (Hb.) R: common in grassy areas on Unst, scarce or overlooked on Mainland.
Polyommatus icarus (Rott.) Common Blue formerly R, now extinct and V: locally common in South Mainland in 1960s and 1970s, possibly present before that and more widespread, but this is unconfirmed.
Mythimna pallens (Linn.) Common Wainscot M: first record on Unst in August 1895, singles South Mainland in July 1992 and August 1994 and Unst in July 1994, but about 30 in Central and South Mainland, Fair Isle and Unst in August 1996.
www.wildlife.shetland.co.uk /insects/moths.htm   (6506 words)

  
 Braunton Burrows Moth Species Lists
Vice County where the species was seen - For the purpose of recording moths, counties are split into a number of smaller regions, each with its own code number
To search for a particular moth within the list below, hold the "Ctrl" key down whilst pressing the "F" key.
In the requester box which appears enter the moth name, word or phrase and click on "Find Next".
www.offwell.free-online.co.uk /braunton_moths/braunt_moths.htm   (125 words)

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