On 28th March 2022 I joined a birding friends moth trapping morning in his garden near Larvik in Vestfold. Two different types of moth trap had been used during the night and as I arrived just before 08:00 am he had just started to investigate the nights catch. Fortunately for me it turned out to a very successful catch, probably the best this year so far possibly due to the slightly warmer weather. Fortunate also as during the following days the weather turned colder which prevented any moth trapping at all. Altogether we caught 50 different moth individuals which amounted to 21 different species and a female Great Water Beetle. The beetle was released at a suitable unfrozen pond nearby. Here is a selection of images containing all species of moth we caught. English names were these exist and Norwegian names in brackets.
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| Yellow
Horned Moth (vårhalvspinner) Achlya flavicornis |
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| Yellow
Horned Moth (vårhalvspinner) Achlya flavicornis |
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Early Flat-body Semioscopis avellanella
 | Semioscopis oculella - #1 We caught three individuals of this relatively rare Norwegian species and these appeared to be only the second record also of three individuals for Vestfold county. |
 | Semioscopis oculella - #1 We caught three individuals of this relatively rare Norwegian species and these appeared to be only the second record also of three individuals for Vestfold county. |
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Semioscopis oculella #2 We caught three individuals of this relatively rare Norwegian species and these appeared to be only the second record also of three individuals for Vestfold county.
 | Semioscopis oculella - #3 We caught three individuals of this relatively rare Norwegian species and these appeared to be only the second record also of three individuals for Vestfold county. |
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 | Semioscopis strigulana |
 | Dotted Border (vårfrostmåler) Agriopis
marginaria |
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March Moth (vintermåler) Alsophila aescularia |
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Oak Beauty (eikelurvemåler) Biston
strataria |
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Pale Brindled Beauty (marsmåler) Phigalia
pilosaria |
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Lanceolate-winged Pug (spissvingedvergmåler) Eupithecia lanceata |
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Barred Tooth-striped Moth (leddvedtungemåler) Trichopteryx polycommata
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Common Quaker (tverrlinjet seljefly)
Orthosia cerasi
 | Hebrew Character (buemerket seljefly)
Orthosia gothica |
 | Clouded Drab (variabelt seljefly) Orthosia
incerta |
 | Lead-coloured Drab (plettseljefly) Orthosia
populeti |
 | Pine Beauty (furufly) Panolis flammea |
 | | Pine Beauty (furufly) Panolis flammea |
 | | Pine Beauty (furufly) Panolis flammea |
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| Rannoch
Sprawler (vårlurvefly) Brachionycha nubeculosa |
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Chestnut Moth (variabelt flatfly) Conistra
vaccinii |
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Pale Pinion (brunt kappefly) Lithophane
socia
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Pale Pinion (brunt kappefly) Lithophane socia
 | Tufted Button (slåpetornflatvikler)
Acleris cristana |
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(lys ospeflatvikler) Acleris roscidana |
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Dark-streaked Button (heggflatvikler)
Acleris umbrana
 | Great Diving Beetle (stor vannkalv)
Dytiscus marginalis - female |
 | | Great Diving Beetle (stor vannkalv) Dytiscus marginalis - female |
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