13th June 2013 ... Nice weather ..... (for November)

The wind eased to a moderate monsoon as skies cleared and temperatures dropped to 6.9 degrees.
Just two new faces for 2013, The Lychnis and Scoparia ambigualis....

1334 ... Scoparia ambigualis

2173 ... The Lychnis ... Hadena bicruris

Garden Traps ....
0808 ... Platyedra subcinerea ... Mallow Groundling ... 1
0998 ... Epiphyas postvittana ... Light Brown Apple Moth ... 3
1174 ... Epiblema cynosbatella ... Yellow-faced Bell ... 1
1334 ... Scoparia ambigualis ... Common Grey ... 1 ... YF
1356 ... Evergestis forficalis ... Garden Pebble ... 1
1428 ... Aphomia sociella ... Bee Moth ... 1
1474 ... Ephestia unicolorella, ssp woodiella ... False Cacao Moth
1728 ... Garden Carpet ... Xanthorhoe fluctuata ... 3
1776 ... Green Carpet ... Colostygia pectinataria ... 1
1931 ... Peppered Moth ... Biston betularia ... 2
2089 ... Heart and Dart ... Agrotis exclamationis ... 4
2092 ... Shuttle-shaped Dart ... Agrotis puta ... 4
2126 ... Setaceous Hebrew Character ... Xestia c-nigrum ... 3
2160 ... Bright-line Brown-eye ... Laconobia oleracea ... 1
2173 ... Lychnis ... Hadena bicruris ... 1 ... YF
2223 ... Toadflax Brocade ... Calophasia lunula

2223 ... Toadflax Brocade ... Calophasia lunula

Yet another Toadflax Brocade, which has laid eggs in the pot,

I'm going to attempt to breed them through ...

Toadflax Brocade eggs in capture pot

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2321 ... Dark Arches ... Apamea monoglypha ... 1

2333 ... Large Nutmeg ... Apamea anceps ... 1

2380 ... Treble Lines ... Charanyca trigrammatica

2384 ... Vine's Rustic ... Hoplodrina ambigua