15/16th June 2011...Expect the unexpected !

16th June.... much cooler than the previous evening and a much brighter moon !
Nothing new in and around the traps but this year first SMALL BLOOD-VEIN 1690 appeared on the dining room door !
IRON PROMINENT 2000 one of the few trap highlights THE SNOUT 2477 a regular visitor to the garden traps 16th June :-

11 x Heart and Dart

3 x Dark Arches

2 x Willow Beauty

1 x The Snout

2 x Double-striped Pug

2 x Common Footman

1 x Scarce Footman

2 x Garden Carpet

1 x Poplar Grey

3 x Buff Ermine

1 x Iron Prominent

1 x Fan-foot

9 x Uncertain

2 x Light Arches

1 x Bright-line Brown-eye

1 x Heart and Club

1 x Small Blood-vein * year first

1 x Depressaria heraclei

2 x Crambus lathionellus

1 x Blastobasis lacticolella

1 x Emmelina monodactyla

1 x Ephestia parasitella

1 x Celypha striana

1 x Eudonia mercurella

Garden running totals :-

252 species....154 macro, 98 micro

15th June :-

Normally a moth of open grassy areas, this GRASS RIVULET 1807 gave me a bonus garden tick when it came to town. YELLOW-TAIL 2030 new for 2011 One of two SMALL RANUNCULUS 2165 see previous blog entry Full garden list for 15th June :-

5 x Willow Beauty

1 x Yellow Shell

4 x Marbled Minor agg

3 x Common Emerald

2 x Green Pug

4 x Dwarf Cream Wave

5 x The Flame

16 x Heart and Dart

9 x Dark Arches

2 x Elephant Hawk-moth

1 x Dot Moth * year first

3 x Common Footman

1 x Fan-foot

16 x Uncertain agg

2 x Sycamore

4 x Riband Wave

1 x Yellow-tail * year first

1 x Scarce Footman

2 x Garden Carpet

1 x Bright-line Brown-eye

1 x Mottled Rustic

3 x Buff Ermine

1 x Varied Coronet

1 x Brimstone Moth

1 x Grey Dagger agg

1 x Short-cloaked Moth

2 x Cinnabar

1 x Least Carpet * year first

1 x Flame Shoulder

3 x Broad-barred White

1 x Large Nutmeg

1 x Peppered Moth

2 x Light Arches

1 x Privet Hawk-moth

2 x Small Ranunculus * year first

1 x Grass Rivulet ** garden first

1 x Celypha lacunana

4 x Aphomia sociella

2 x Eudonia mercurella

1 x Udea prunalis

5 x Chrysoteuchia culmella

1 x Cydia pomonella

1 x Eurrhypara hortulata

3 x Homoeosoma sinuella

1 x Epiblema uddmanniana

1 x Hofmannophila pseudospretella

1 x Aphelia paleana

2 x Cnephasia agg

1 x Endotricha flammealis * year first

1 x Tortrix viridana * year first

2 x Clepsis consimilana

2 x Emmelina monodactyla

1 x Bryotropha terrella

1 x Batia unitella * year first

Garden running totals :-

250 species....153 macro, 97 micro