26th July 2012 ... Garden traps

Here are the latest additions to the 2012 garden year list :-

1183 Epiblema foenella

1304 Agriphila straminella

1305 Agriphila tristella

1313 Catoptria pinella

640 Batia lunaris

427 Yponomeuta cagnagella

2299 Mouse Moth

2353 Flounced Rustic

1894 Latticed Heath

2044 Dingy Footman

2297 Copper Underwing

15th July 2011....Summer ?

The calm, sunny morning was short lived as the weather deteriorated as the day went on.
Traps on, but restricted by their crude covers so the catch was poor.
After the mornings Hummingbird Hawkmoth, a year first AGRIPHILA STRAMINELLA 1304 was an anticlimax. 15th July:-
1 x Hummingbird Hawkmoth @ 08.45 am on petunia
4 x Common Footman
3 x Scarce Footman
1 x L.Y.U'wing
16 x S.S.Dart
4 x Riband Wave
2 x Cloaked Minor
2 x Least Carpet
7 x Dark Arches
1 x Brimstone Moth
1 x Dot Moth
1 x Yellow Shell
2 x Buff Ermine
1 x Dun-bar
1 x Nutmeg
1 x Pyrausta aurata
3 x Eudonia mercurella
5 x Chrysoteuchia culmella
2 x Crambus pascuella
1 x Udea prunalis
1 x Crambus perlella
1 x Clepsis consimilana
3 x Hofmannophila pseudospretella
2 x Cydia pomonella
1 x Camararia ohridella
1 x Agriphila straminella
1 x Batia lunaris
2 x Cnephasia agg.
1 x Acleris variegana
1 x Argyrotaenia ljungiana
3 x Endotricha flammealis
Totals :-
323 species....194 macro, 129 micro