11th July 2014 ... Garden moths update

Last nights trap results.
Min temp 14.9 deg C
Brown-tail made it's 2014 appearance the previous evening followed by 3 more last night. Still no Yellow-tail to date.
5 Diamond-backed moths was a good tally for this tiny migrant and Small Ranunculus just keeps on coming.
Dusky Sallow, Mere Wainscot and Campion were present in the traps.
Sycamore, Poplar Grey and Grey Dagger (agg) represented the Acronicta family, Poplar and Privet were the only two Hawk-moths.
Silver Y, Shaded Broad-bar, Garden Carpet, Peppered Moth, Marbled Beauty, Small Waved Umber, Least Carpet and Dot Moth were amongst the Darts, Rustics and Underwings.
Double-striped and Bordered were the only Pugs, Bordered being a year tick.

Above ... Brown-tail, from 10th July

Below
A year first 366a Cameraria ohridella

below
Bordered Pug

14th Aug 2013 .. Worst Red Underwing shot ever

I recorded my "year first" Red Underwing last night and to dispel any doubts I photographed it.....

.... 5 metres high on the house wall, fluttering about.
Torch in one hand, Lumix in the other on full zoom, I grabbed the above quickly taken one-off shot before it took off again.
As it flew from the wall I followed it with the torch hoping the light would lure it down, which it did.. Narrowly avoiding the clutches of a hungry Bat it landed in my neighbours rose bush on the wrong side of the dividing wall and out of sight.
Crap pic, but good enough for another year tick and it doesn't have to sit in a pot in my cold fridge overnight for a mornings photo shoot.
14th Aug .....
0247 ... Tinea trinotella
0424 ... Yponomeuta evonymella ... 3
0426 ... Yponomeuta malinellus
0427 ... Yponomeuta cagnagella
0647 ... Hofmannophila pseudospretella ... 5
0648 ... Endrosis sarcitrella
0658 ... Carcina quercana ... 2
870x ... Oegoconia spp
0974 ... Argyrotaenia ljungiana ...2
0985 ... Cacoecimorpha pronubana
1048 ... Acleris variegana ... 3
1159 ... Rhopobota naevana
1304 ... Agriphila straminella ... 3
1309 ... Agriphila geniculea ... 10+
1361 ... Pyrausta aurata ... 2
1405 ... Pleuroptya ruralis ... 5
1428 ... Aphomia sociella
1524 ... Emmelina monodactyla ... 4
1713 ... Riband Wave ... 2
1728 ... Garden Carpet
1742 ... Yellow Shell ... 2
1781 ... Small Waved Umber ... 2
1825 ... Lime-speck Pug ... 2
1839 ... Bordered Pug

1839 ... Bordered Pug

1883 ... Yellow-barred Brindle ... 2nd gen.

1883 ... Yellow-barred Brindle

1906 ... Brimstone Moth ... 3
1913 ... Canary-shouldered Thorn
1921 ... Scalloped Oak
1937 ... Willow Beauty ... 3
2044 ... Dingy Footman
2050 ... Common Footman
2087 ... Turnip Moth ... 2
2092 ... Shuttle-shaped Dart ... 30+
2107 ... Large Yellow Underwing ...3
2109 ... Lesser Yellow Underwing ... 2
2110 ... Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
2112 ... Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing ... 2
2134 ... Square-spot Rustic ... 2
2145 ... Nutmeg ... 2
2223 ... Toadflax Brocade ... 2

2223 ... Toadflax Brocade

2284x.. Grey Dagger agg.
2289 ... Knot Grass ... 2
2293 ... Marbled Beauty ... 3
2297x . Copper Underwing agg.
2299 ... Mouse Moth
2303 ... Straw Underwing ... 14
2321 ... Dark Arches ... 2
2341 ... Cloaked Minor ... 3
2343x.. Common Rustic agg.
2353 ... Flounced Rustic ... 3
2361 ... Rosy Rustic
2381 ... Uncertain
2384 ... Vine's Rustic ... 2
2389 ... Pale Mottled Willow
2441 ... Silver Y ... 18
2450 ... Spectacle ... 2
2452 ... Red Underwing ... year first

12th July 2013 ... Need a bigger trap !

This warm spell is certainly filling the traps ... I need a moth secretary for the two traps I am running, I may cut back to one.
Last nights haul :-
Quite a few micros potted up for later ID
0229 ... Monopis obviella
0424 ... Yponomeuta evonymella ... 4
0450 ... Scythropia crataegella
0640 ... Batia lunaris ... YF

0640 ... Batia lunaris

0642 ... Batia unitella
0647 ... Hofmannophila pseudospretella ... 2
0648 ... Endrosis sarcitrella ... 2
0658 ... Carcina quercana ... YF

0787 ... Bryotropha terrella ... 3
870/1a. Oegoconia agg ... 2
0874 ... Blastobasis lacticolella
0985 ... Cacoecimorpha pronubana ... 2
0994 ... Clepsis consimilana ... 8
1001 ... Lozotaeniodes formosanus ... 2
1020/4. Cnephasia agg. ... 4
1023 ... Tortrix viridana ... 8
1032 ... Aleimma loeflingiana ... 10

1063 ... Celypha striana ... 2
1076 ... Celypha lacunana
1115 ... Ancylis achatana
1175 ... Epiblema uddmanniana ... 3
1183 ... Epiblema foenella ... 2 ... YF

1183 ... Epiblema foenella

1273/ ... Dichrorampha sp
1293 ... Chrysoteuchia culmella ... 4
1294 ... Crambus pascuella ... >10
1376 ... Eurrhypara hortulata ... 2
1390 ... Udea prunalis ... 2
1415 ... Orthopygia glaucinalis ... YF

1415 ... Orthopygia glaucinalis

1424 ... Endotricha flammealis ... 4
1428 ... Aphomia sociella ... 5
1474 ... Ephestia unicolorella
1653 ... Buff Arches
1669 ... Common Emerald ... 2
1690 ... Small Blood-vein
1699 ... Least Carpet ... 8
1705 ... Dwarf Cream Wave ... 3
1707 ... Small Dusty Wave
1711 ... Treble Brown Spot ... 3
1713 ... Riband Wave ... >10
1728 ... Garden Carpet ... 4
1738 ... Commom Carpet
1742 ... Yellow Shell ... 2
1758 ... Barred Straw

1758 ... Barred Straw

1765 ... Barred Yellow
1813 ... Haworth's Pug

1813 ... Haworth's Pug

1827 ... Freyers Pug ... 2
1830 ... Wormwood Pug ... 2
1834 ... Common Pug ... 3
1837 ... Grey Pug
1839 ... Bordered Pug ... YF 

1840 ... Shaded Pug ... 2
1858 ... V-pug
1862 ... Double-striped Pug
1879 ... Clouded Border
1922 ... Swallow-tailed Moth ... 3
1931 ... Peppered Moth ... 2
1937 ... Willow Beauty ... 3
1955 ... Common White Wave
1958 ... Clouded Silver ... 2
1976 ... Privet Hawk-moth ... 3
1980 ... Eyed Hawk-moth
1991 ... Elephant Hawk-moth ... 2
1994 ... Buff-tip ... 2
1997 ... Sallow Kitten
2009 ... Maple Prominent ... 3
2050 ... Common Footman ... >30
2061 ... Buff Ermine ... 3
2069 ... Cinnabar
2077 ... Short-cloaked Moth ... 2
2088 ... Heart and Club ... 8
2089 ... Heart and Dart ... >20
2098 ... The Flame ... 6
2107 ... Large Yellow Underwing ... 3
2110 ... Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing ... 2
2155 ... Dot Moth ... 2
2160 ... Bright-line Brown-eye ... 3
2164 ... Broad-barred White ... 2
2165 ... Small Ranunculus ... 2
2170 ... Varied Coronet ... 2
2192 ... Brown-line Bright-eye ... YF 

2192 ... Brown-line Bright-eye

2198 ... Smoky Wainscot ... 2

2198 ... Smoky Wainscot

2199 ... Common Wainscot ... 2

2199 ... Common Wainscot

2216 ... The Shark
2279 ... Sycamore ... 3
2280 ... The Miller ... 2
2283/4. Dark/Grey Dagger agg. ... 4
2321 ... Dark Arches ... >30
2322 ... Light Arches ... 2
2337/9. Marbled Minor agg ... 6
2341 ... Cloaked Minor ... 2
2343/a. Common Rustic agg.
2349 ... Mere Wainscot ... YF

2349 ... Mere Wainscot

2381 ... Uncertain ... >20
2382 ... Rustic ... 2
2387 ... Mottled Rustic ... 2
2441 ... Silver Y
2489 ... The Fan-foot ... 4

14th July 2012 ... Garden traps

The rain eventually gave way to a dry night but nothing new on the macro moth front despite a reasonable variety.
Lozotaeniodes formosanus is an impressive micro and a year first for The Dells.

Lozotaeniodes formosanus

The second Shark of the year ....

Bordered Pug....

Mr & Mrs Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing....

5th June 2011..Micro catch up

Last nights weather was appalling,for mothing, heavy rain all night, very good for the garden and local farmers tho. It was "laid back" mothing last night. A 1200mm flourescent with a blacklight tube was propped up against my patio doors, right next to my computer seat. As and when the moths appeared on the window I simply opened the door and potted them up !
The "Laid-Back" method.
This will now be a nightly occurrence as I added Bordered Pug to my year list on a night with very little action.
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Time to catch up on the latest micro additions after checking with the County recorder........
EIDOPHASIA MESSINGIELLA 0469

PSEUDOCOCCYX TUNIONELLA 1209 BLASTODACNA HELLERELLA 0905 PEMPELIELLA DILUTELLA 1462 BORDERED PUG 1839 The updated year total for the garden :-

216 species...130 macro, 86 micro

The wine bet:-

Captain Trappings. 131 macro, 81 micro ..... 212

Trent Duval. 130 macro, 86 micro......216

2nd Sept.....Nice !

Great selection in and around traps. Very still weather but very damp with a heavy dew.
Star of the show has to be ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
FEATHERED GOTHIC...a new addition to The Dells garden list

Another newcomer to the garden is this BROWN-SPOT PINION

There must be a 2nd generation hatching as I havent had one of these for quite a while....

....SMALL RANUNCULUS

THE SNOUT....first appearance for the year Correction....this is the 5th this year

YELLOW SHELL

The 4th OLD LADY to pay me a visit this year

WILLOW BEAUTY....very common

MOTHER of PEARL

MARBLED BEAUTY

NUTMEG

TURNIP MOTH

LIME-SPECK PUG

DOUBLE-STRIPED PUG

BORDERED PUG

WORMWOOD PUG

13th July..... The Dark Side

Red Twin-spot Carpet

Yellow-barred Brindle

Last night turned up some interesting species in the one Skinner I had operating. The weather was a little warmer than the night before and the wind had dropped.
A garden first DARK UMBER

SCALLOPED OAK...2nd for the year

An easy Pug species to identify for a change...

BORDERED PUG....first for year

a stunning micro.......

BEAUTIFUL CHINA-MARK

another first for my ever expanding micro list

EUROPEAN CORN-BORER Results :

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9 x Dark Arches

6 x Common Footman

6 x Uncertain

5 x Willow Beauty

5 x Shuttle-shaped Dart

4 x Riband Wave

3 x Dot Moth

3 x Least Carpet

3 x Buff Ermine

3 x Scarce Footman

3 x Pale Mottled Willow

3 x Heart & Dart

2 x Cloaked Minor

2 x Flame

2 x Bright-line Brown-eye

2 x Dun-bar

2 x Grey/Dark Dagger

AND one each of the following:-

Small Emerald

Garden Carpet

Ruby Tiger

Clay

Bordered Pug

Small Waved Umber

Yellow-barred Brindle (a fresh green example)

Red Twin-spot Carpet

Dark Umber

Small Ranunculus (my 13th record for the year)

Poplar Hawkmoth

Common Wainscot

Light Arches

Scalloped Oak

Rustic

Silver Y

Small Dusty Wave