Bogong Moth, Common Cutworm at Hughes, ACT
Identification history
| Agrotis infusa | 14 Feb 2022 | donhe | ||
| Agrotis infusa | 13 Feb 2022 | ibaird | ||
| Unidentified | 13 Feb 2022 | LisaH |
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7 comments
ibaird
wrote:
14 Feb 2022
Mothers (ie. 'moth-ers)' may like to keep an eye out for this, now apparently much less common, species. Migration back to the lowland breeding grounds may have already re-commenced this season. It will be interesting to see whether the extensice drought breaking rains in the breeding grounds lead to a recovery in the numbers we see in the near future,
michaelb
wrote:
14 Feb 2022
Shall we have a new group called MothWatch, to match FrogWatch, Water Watch & Bat Watch?
ibaird
wrote:
14 Feb 2022
Its interesting that moth watching seems almost to rival bird watching in popularity in the UK. Not so in Australia. Every UK macro moth seems to have a common name there. They only have about 2,500 species compared to Australia's estimated 10,000. I am currently reading 'Much Ado About Mothing' by James Lowen (Bloomsbury Wildlife, London) available for purchase on the NHBS website.
ibaird
wrote:
14 Feb 2022
Museum Victoria has been running a group to monitor Bogong Moth numbers. iNaturlist lists 'Moth Projects' nationally, see here:
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/moths-of-queensland-australia/journal/21062.
Moths of NSW and the ACT is leading the count on moth observations with Queensland running second.
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/moths-of-queensland-australia/journal/21062.
Moths of NSW and the ACT is leading the count on moth observations with Queensland running second.
LisaH
wrote:
14 Feb 2022
Fascinating discussion, thank you. I'm going to keep a closer eye out for moths in future, and learn more about life cycles, safe capture etc.
michaelb
wrote:
15 Feb 2022
We are doing well on CNM with 1273 species, better than all Aussie states on iNat except NSW with 1337 species.
ibaird
wrote:
15 Feb 2022
Yes. Canberra is 'Moth Central'! But as usual, most likely due to the distribution of the observers than the moths themselves.
Location information
- Maps Hughes Grassy Woodland
- Places Hughes, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 12 Feb 2022 05:40 PM Recorded on
- LisaH Recorded by
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Agrotis infusa Scientific name
- Bogong Moth, Common Cutworm Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Migratory
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 2159.76m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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