19th June ... Garden Moth trap results

Catch list for June 19, 2015
10.9 deg C fresh, low humidity.

0647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella,, 2
0648 Endrosis sarcitrella, 1
0787 Bryotropha terrella, 1
0989 Aphelia paleana, 1, year first 

BF 989 ... Aphelia paleana, Timothy Tortrix

0994 Pandemis cerasana, 1
1175 Epiblema uddmanniana, 1
1261 Cydia pomonella, 1
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella, 2
1344 Eudonia mercurella, 1
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata, 1
1421 Aglossa pinguinalis, 1

BF 1421 ... Aglossa pinguinalis, Large Tabby

1428 Aphomia sociella, 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla, 2
1713 Riband Wave, 2
1728 Garden Carpet, 4
1834 Common Pug, 2
1837 Grey Pug, 1
1860 Green Pug, 1
1862 Double-striped Pug, 1
1937 Willow Beauty, 3
2000 Iron Prominent, 1
2050 Common Fopotman, 3
2069 Cinnabar, 4
2088 Heart and Club, 2

BF 2088 ... Heart & Club

2089 Heart and Dart, 18
2092 Shuttle-shaped Dart, 2
2098 Flame, 2

BF 2098 ... The Flame

2107 Large Yellow Underwing, 1
2126, Setaceous Hebrew Character, 2
2154 Cabbage Moth, 1
2170 Varied Coronet, 1
2321 Dark Arches, 3
2331 Small Clouded Brindle, 1

BF 2331 ... Small Clouded Brindle

2337x Marbled Minor agg. 3
2381 Uncertain, 2
2387 Mottled Rustic, 1
2389 Pale Mottled Willow, 1

11th & 12th July ... Chrysoesthia drurella, mine and adult...Plus new Pug

No traps on tonight, I'm waving the white flag to the weather.
A nice little micro appeared on the patio window this afternoon, before it started to pee it down.
746 Chrysoesthia drurella ... I have noticed some mines on the garden Goosefoot, ( Chenopodium ) but nice to find the adult..........
Well I got the adult right, but the mine is a fly mine !
Cheers Andy...

746 Chrysoesthia drurella mine

746 Chrysoesthia drurella, adult

Last night the temperature dropped to 8 degrees and last July was about the same but not so wet.
Haworth's Pug was recorded, a site first for the garden, but surely overlooked in the past......

No traps tonight, too wet, but a micro drifted past my PC screen and landed on the curtain.
It's an Oegoconia and past gen. dets. have proven to be O. caradjai.
However, this one looks different, the patches are not as brassy as caradjai and it is a little smaller.
My guess is O. quadripuncta....

One more for Mr Manning !
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I seem to be getting more "year first" moths without the traps....
Aphelia paleana (Timothy Tortrix), found in the outside loo.

6th June 2011....Argy bargy, new county micro

Star moth from last nights garden trapping was undoubtedly this Argyresthia cupressella 409b. Originating in Western United States and first noted here in 1997. This is the first VC30 record. Many thanks to county micro recorder David Manning for confirming the ID and the information on the species. A garden first Hawthorn Moth, Scythropia crataegella 0450 ALEIMMA LOEFLINGIANA 1032 caught at 10.32 coincidentally ! EUDONIA MERCURELLA 1344....... year first visitor ELEPHANT HAWK-MOTH 1991.... year first record Caught using the "laid back" method, a Timothy Tortrix.

APHELIA PALEANA 0989 My second BARRED STRAW 1758 6th June :-

2 x Buff Ermine

29 x Heart & Dart

3 x Marbled Minor agg.

1 x Riband Wave

1 x Common Emerald

1 x Green Silver-lines

2 x Grey Dagger agg.

2 x Turnip Moth

2 x Dark Arches

1 x Elephant Hawk-moth * year first

1 x Scalloped Hazel

1 x Barred Straw

1 x Garden Carpet

2 x The Flame

1 x The Snout

3 x Mottled Rustic

1 x Brimstone Moth

1 x Common Footman

3 x Cinnabar

1 x Peppered Moth

6 x Large Nutmeg

4 x Willow Beauty

1 x The Miller

8 x Uncertain

1 x Brown Rustic

1 x Small Dusty Wave

3 x Double-striped Pug

3 x Common or Grey Pug ( I really can't tell them apart )

4 x Emmelina monodactyla

2 x Hofmannophila pseudospretella

3 x Aphemia sociella

4 x Ephestia parasitella

1 x Epiphyas postvittana

1 x Aleimma loeflingiana * year first

1 x Aphelia paleana

1 x Evergestis forficalis

1 x Crambus perlella * year first

1 x Celypha striana

1 x Ditula angustiorana

2 x Eurrypara hortulata

1 x Argyresthia cupressella *** VC30 County first

1 x Eudonia mercurella * year first

3 x Chrysoteuchia culmella

1 x Crambus pascuella

4 x Bryotropha tedella

2 x Pempeliella dilutella

1 x Blastodacna hellerella

1 x Scythropia crataegella * garden first

Garden running total :

222 species.....131 macro, 91 micro