16th Aug 2011....Daily trap latest plus some leaf mines

Overnight min temp:- 12.9 deg, calm, clear, bright waning moon.                            Half-way through August and very few hot steamy nights so far...never mind, back to the mothing !
The bright moon directly overhead for most of the evening meant the traps were relatively quiet.
Did a bit of leaf mining for the first time in my Lord Lambourne cooking apple tree and found 5 species, thanks to our micro recorder David Manning for the ID.



PHYLLONORYCTER BLANCARDELLA 0326

The pics above are Phyllonorycter blancardella 326, One of the blotch mines has been scratched away to reveal the larva and frass.





CALLISTO DENTICULELLA 0310



STIGMELLA INCOGNITELLA 0075



PHYLLONORYCTER LEUCOGRAPHELLA 0332a

Firethorn Leaf Miner on apple.

Some of last nights macros :-



SMALL BLOOD-VEIN



GREEN CARPET



ANGLE SHADES

Total for garden 2011:-
386 species...215 macros, 171 micro

Wine bet......
I'm trailing by around 16 species (:0((
Bothered ?........yes
Undaunted ?.....NO (:0))
It needs an old dog for a hard road ! And no 3 year old has ever won a Grand National.
Congrats to The Captain on passing the 500 species mark since July 2009....Awesome. With any luck I may just reach that milestone myself this year. Tough call