9th June 2013 ... Garden Traps report

Still cool for June but signs that warmer weather is on the way (and wetter)
Last nights traps produced a few more for the year list, but tonight I expect the Moth Fairy to bring me something special for my birthday today (10th) :)
9th June :-
409a ... Argyresthia trifasciata ... Triple-barred Argent ... 3
0647 ... Hofmannophila pseudospretella ... Brown House-moth ... 1
0648 ... Endrosis sarcitrella ...White-shouldered House-moth ... 4
0779 ... Bryotropha affinis ... Dark Groundling ... 1 ... YF
The beast escaped during photo shoot, but I took an earlier "saver" shot in the pot.

779 ... Bryotropha affinis

0808 ... Platyedra subcinerea ... Mallow Groundling ... 1
0947 ... Agapeta smeathmanniana ... Yarrow Conch ... 1 ... YF

947 ... Agapeta smeathmanniana

0998 ... Epiphyas postvittana ... Light Brown Apple Moth ... 2
1288 ... Alucita hexadactyla ... Twenty-plume Moth ... 1
1728 ... Garden Carpet ... Xanthorhoe fluctuata ... 10
1764 ... Common Marbled Carpet ... Chloroclysta truncata ... 1 ... YF

1764 ... Common Marbled Carpet ... Chloroclysta truncata

1776 ... Green Carpet ... Colostygia pectinataria ... 1
1827 ... Freyer's Pug ... Eupithecia intricata ... 1 ... YF ...(28mm wingspan !)

1827 ... Freyer's Pug ...

8 other pugs to be sorted :(
2 x Mottled, at least 1 Common and ???
1920 ... Scalloped Hazel ... Odontopera bidentata ... 1
1936 ... Waved Umber ... Menophra abruptaria ... 2
2028 ... Pale Tussock ... Calliteara pudibunda ... 1
2061 ... Buff Ermine ... Spilosoma luteum ... 1 ... YF

2061 ... Buff Ermine ... Spilosoma luteum

2069 ... Cinnabar ... Tyria jacobaeae ... 1
2089 ... Heart and Dart ... Agrotis luteum ... 2
2092 ... Shuttle-shaped Dart ... Agrotis puta ... 8
2126 ... Setaceous Hebrew Character ... Xestia c-nigrum ... 1
2147 ... Shears ... Hada pleteja ... 1 ... YF

2147 ... The Shears ... Hada pleteja

2154 ... Cabbage Moth ... Mamestra brassicae ... 1
2289 ... Knot Grass ... Acronicta fumicus ... 1 ... YF

2289 ... Knot Grass ... Acronicta fumicus

2384 ... Vine's Rustic ... Hoplodrina ambigua ... 3
2387 ... Mottled Rustic ... Caradrina morpheus ...1 ... YF
2389 ... Pale Mottled Willow ... Paradrina clavipalpis ... 2