{"id":3605,"date":"2022-09-24T01:01:14","date_gmt":"2022-09-24T01:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/?p=3605"},"modified":"2022-12-12T02:16:12","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T02:16:12","slug":"spring-2022-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/2022\/09\/24\/spring-2022-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A mild night with a light sprinkle of rain saw the light shining for the first time this spring. A reasonable number of moths came in from the garden and beyond, with an unusual number of carrion beetles, Ptomaphila lacrimosa also on the job. The most numerous species were Spilosoma curvata and Melanodes anthracitaria, several of each coming in. Following is a selection of the night&#8217;s\u00a0 visitors.<\/p>\n<p>The Chevron Cutworm, Diarsia intermixta.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/spring22\/noct.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Australian Cabbage Looper, Chrysodeixis subsidens.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/spring22\/chry.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"406\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A spectacular little Oecophorid, Arachnographa micrastrella, first for the site.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/spring22\/arach.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"824\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Cream Wave, Scopula perlata, a strongly marked individual.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/spring22\/scop.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Pome Looper, Chloroclystis testulata, white-patched form.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/spring22\/chloro.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"357\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Black-banded Wedge-moth, Capusa senilis.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/spring22\/cap.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"813\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Streaked Notodontid, Destolmia lineata.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/spring22\/dest.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"831\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Ring-tipped Bark Moth, Syneora hemeropa, male. When Moths of Victoria Volume 7 was published, Victorian specimen data numbered just three. Since that time males and females of the species have come to the light from the garden, suggesting that there is a resident population. A bush record has also been made recently.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/spring22\/syn.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"448\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A mild night with a light sprinkle of rain saw the light shining for the first time this spring. A reasonable number of moths came in from the garden and beyond, with an unusual number of carrion beetles, Ptomaphila lacrimosa also on the job. The most numerous species were Spilosoma curvata and Melanodes anthracitaria, several &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/2022\/09\/24\/spring-2022-1\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Spring 2022<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-moths"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3605"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3622,"href":"https:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3605\/revisions\/3622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}