20th May 2013 ... Small Ranunculus returns

Loving  these warm nights of late.
My stock moth returned last night ... Small Ranunculus.
This is quite prevalent in the Biggleswade town area and the larvae are found on the wild lettuce plants that spring from the road/path edges and any undisturbed rough ground.

2165 ... Small Ranunculus ... Hecatera dysodea

Last nights trap results ....
0647 ... Hofmannophila pseudospretella ... Brown House-moth ... 2
0808 ... Platyedra subcinerea ... Mallow Groundling ... 2
0974 ... Argyrotaenia ljungiana ... Heather Tortrix ... 5
0986 ... Syndemis musculana ... Dark-barred Tortrix ... 2 ... YF

986 ... Syndemis musculana

986 ... Syndemis musculana

1288 ... Alucita hexadactyla ... Twenty-plume Moth ... 1
1428 ... Aphomia sociella ... Bee Moth ... 1
1524 ... Emmelina monodactyla ... Common Plume ... 2
1728 ... Garden Carpet ... Xanthorhoe fluctuata ... 3
1834 ... Common Pug ... Eupithecia vulgata ... 2
1862 ... Double-striped Pug ... Gymnoscelis rufifasciata ... 1
1883 ... Yellow-barred Brindle ... Acasis viretata ... 3
1906 ... Brimstone Moth ... Opisthograptis luteolata ... 4
1936 ... Waved Umber ... Menophora abruptaria ... 1
1979 ... Lime Hawk-moth ... Mimas tiliae ... 1
2007 ... Swallow Prominent ... Phoesia tremula ... 2
2063 ... Muslin Moth ... Diaphora mendica ... 2
2092 ... Shuttle-shaped Dart ... Agrotis puta ... 10
2102 ... Flame Shoulder ... Ochropleura plecta ... 1 ... YF

2102 ... Flame Shoulder ... Ochropleura plecta

2154 ... Cabbage Moth ... Marnestra brassicae ... 1
2165 ... Small Ranunculus ... Hecatera dysodes ... 1 ... YF
2190 ... Hebrew Character ... Orthosia gothica ... 1
2223 ... Toadflax Brocade ... Calophasia lunula ... 1
2283/4. Dark/Grey Dagger agg ... Acronicta tridens/psi ... 1
2306 ... Angle Shades ... Phlogophora meticulosa ... 2
2450 ... Spectacle ... Abrostola tripartita ... 2
Plus some unidentified pugs