26th May 2013 ... Nice mix

Following a cracking day in Bedfordshire, with the first BBQ of the year (which is one more than last year !), I had high hopes for some good moth species last night.
The big full moon didn't appear over the garden until midnight and it remained quite warm up until then.
Temperatures plummeted to a chilly 4 deg soon after the witching hour but still a good mixed bag was recorded ....
The afternoon found grandson Louie head down in the grass and bushes searching for new species at a £ a time before overeating and coming to a halt, but not before he produced a Dichrorampha species which could be "plumbagana" or "plumbana" and therefore cost me a quid ! Confirmation asap.
A new for year micro was added in the evening in the shape of Eudonia angustea and a Pug or two that need a better look.
Confirmation ... 1276 Dichrorampha plumbagana.
D.V.Manning, Beds. micro recorder

1276 ... Dichrorampha plumbagana

(Above) ..Louies' Dichrorampha

The Catch...
0648 ... Endrosis sarcitrella ... White-shouldered House-moth ... 3
0649 ... Esperia sulphurella ... Sulphur Tubic ... 2
0808 ... Platyedra subcinerea ... Mallow Groundling ... 1
0892 ... Mompha subbistrigella ... Garden Cosmet ... 3
0964 ... Cochylis dubitana ... Little Conch ... 2
0974 ... Argyrotaenia ljungiana ... Heather Tortrix ... 3
0998 ... Epiphyas postvittana ... Light Brown Apple Moth ... 1
1279 ... Dichrorampha acuminatana ... Sharp-winged Drill ... 1
1276 ... Dichrorampha plumbagana ... Silver-lined Drill ... 1 ... Garden first
1342 ... Eudonia angustea ... Narrow-winged Grey ... 1 ... YF

1342 ... Eudonia angustea

1361 ... Pyrausta aurata ... Mint Moth ... 3
1428 ... Aphomia sociella ... Bee Moth ... 2
1524 ... Emmelina monodactyla ... Common Plume ... 1
1728 ... Garden Carpet ... Xanthorhoe fluctuata ... 5
1834 ... Common Pug ... Eupithecia vulgata ... 2
----- ... Pug spp ... to be identified ... 1
1906 ... Brimstone Moth ... Opisthograptis luteolata ...6
1920 ... Scalloped Hazel ... Odontopera bidentata ... 1
1936 ... Waved Umber ... Menophra abruptaria ... 1
1979 ... Lime Hawk-moth ... Mimas tiliae ... 2
Sorry Stewart if you see this ! ..............

1979 ... Lime Hawk-moth ... Mimas tiliae

2063 ... Muslin Moth ... Diaphora mendica ... 1
2092 ... Shuttle-shaped Dart ... Agrotis puta ... 6
2102 ... Flame Shoulder ... Ochropleura plecta ... 1
2223 ... Toadflax Brocade ... Calophasia lunula ... 1

2223 ... Toadflax Brocade ... Calophasia lunula

2243 ... Early Grey ... Xylocampa areola ... 1
2283/4. Dark/Grey Dagger agg. ... Acronicta tridens/psi ...4
2334 ... Rustic Shoulder-knot ... Apamea sordens ... 1
2450 ... Spectacle ... Abrostola tripartita ... 2
2469 ... Herald ... Scoliopteryx libatrix ... 1

2469 ... The Herald ... Scoliopteryx libatrix