WINE RACE 2016 .. MATTc380 .. TRENT 353 .. BEN 347 ...... Garden species:- Macros 357, Micros 365, Total 722

Saturday 23 April 2011

22nd April 2011...What's that coming over the hill...

....no, it's not a monster, but a head-on view of a PUSS MOTH and a brand new tick for the garden

PUSS MOTH 1995








another new addition to the garden list last night was this MULLEIN 2221





PEBBLE HOOK-TIP 1648






RED TWIN-SPOT CARPET 1724 .... year first x 2





V-PUG 1858..another year first ALSO:-

16 x S.S.Dart

8 x Brimstone Moth

1 x Clouded Drab

1 x Ruby Tiger

1 x Garden Carpet

Brindled (3), Common (2), Double-striped (2), Currant (2), V-pug, and twelve other pugs unidentified.

1 x Hebrew Character

2 x Dark/Grey Dagger

2 x Common Quaker

3 x Nut-tree Tussock

1 x Least Black Arches

2 x Powdered Quaker

1 x Sallow Kitten

1 x Knot Grass

8 x Argyrotaenia ljungiana

3 x Tinea trinotella

3 x Endrosis sarcitrella

2 x Alucita hexadactyla

2 x Epiphyas postvittana

1 x Hofmannophila pseudospretella

1 x Agonopterix arenella

Plus 2 micros' sent to recorder for ID

GARDEN SPECIES now stands at 79 spp,

54 macro, 25 micro
















2 comments:

  1. A few lifers for me in that list Trent....would love a Puss Moth.

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  2. That was the first one I've ever seen. Matt had one last year and he had another last night too.
    Quite a spectacular moth. Hope you break your duck on that one soon Stewart

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