Oct 4th 2015, Garden Traps report

Two more "newbies" for 2015
Brown-spot Pinion and Pink-barred Sallow. These common species are quite rare in my garden and I missed out on both of them last year.

Brown-spot Pinion

Pink-barred Sallow

A Common Wainscot, Common Marbled Carpet,two Large Ranunculus and two Spruce Carpet were also present along with the usual Lunar Underwing's, Black Rustic's, Blair's Shoulder-knot and the late Summer/early Autumn hangers on.

Common Wainscot

A well camouflaged Large Ranunculus

Spruce Carpet

On the lookout for a Merveille du Jour now and a garden first Autumnal Rustic would be a nice find

21st Sept 2014 ... Givin' it Large

Much cooler last night with min temp at 6.8 deg C.
Two more for the year list ...

Large Wainscot

Brown-spot Pinion

Best of the Rest ...
Old Lady
Orange Sallow
Rosy Rustic
Light Emerald
Cabbage Moth
Nutmeg
Common Marbled (1) and Garden Carpet (3)
Large Yellow Underwings are looking worse for wear now but are still present in numbers, 18 last night.
Lunar Underwing numbers have increased, along with Shuttle-shaped Dart, 24 and 12 respectively.
Of the few micros, Celypha striana and a female Parapoynx stratiotata were the pick of the crop.
Agriphila geniculea numbers are now very low, just one was recorded from last night.

13th Oct 2013 ... Autumn Pick 'n' Mix

The makeshift rain covers came in handy last night as the rain didn't stop until first light.

A mixed bag of Autumn was in the traps with 15 moths of 13 species.....

1342 ... Eudonia angustea

1937 ... Willow Beauty x 2

2092 ... Shuttle-shaped Dart

2107 ... Large Yellow Underwing x 2

2109 ... Lesser Yellow Underwing

2240 ... Blair's Shoulder-knot

2245 ... Green-brindled Crescent

2248 ... Brindled Green

2258 ... Chestnut

2259 ... Dark Chestnut

2266 ... Brown-spot Pinion

2267 ... Beaded Chestnut

2389 ... Pale Mottled Willow

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Below ... The traps with temporary rain covers in place

Dark Chestnut

Chestnut

Brindled Green

Beaded Chestnut

Brown-spot Pinion

Green-brindled Crescent

28th Sept 2013 ... Garden Catch

3 new moths for the year list were recorded along with 2 Brown-spot Pinion, an uncommon moth in my garden with singles recorded almost annually.
Species list :-
0648 ... Endrosis sarcitrella
0674 ... Depressaria badiella, YF

674 ... Depressaria badiella

0998 ... Epiphyas postvittana
1048 ... Acleris variegana
1342 ... Eudonia angustea
1524 ... Emmelina monodactyla
1728 ... Garden Carpet
1760 ... Red-green Carpet. YF

1760 ... Red-green Carpet

1764 ... Common Marbled Carpet
1906 ... Brimstone Moth
1961 ... Light Emerald
1937 ... Willow Beauty
2087 ... Turnip Moth
2092 ... Shuttle-shaped Dart
2107 ... Large Yellow Underwing
2109 ... Lesser Yellow Underwing
2110 ... Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
2126 ... Setaceous Hebrew Character
2134 ... Square-spot Rustic
2154 ... Cabbage Moth
2232 ... Black Rustic
2240 ... Blair's Shoulder-knot
2252 ... Large Ranunculus
2266 ... Brown-spot Pinion

Brown-spot Pinion and Beaded Chestnut

2267 ... Beaded Chestnut
2270 ... Lunar Underwing
2275 ... Dusky-lemon Sallow, YF

2275 ... Dusky-lemon Sallow

2306 ... Angle Shades
2353 ... Flounced Rustic
2364 ... Frosted Orange

2364 ... Frosted Orange

2384 ... Vine's Rustic
2389 ... Pale Mottled Willow
2477 ... Snout

5th Sept 2013 ... Garden Traps

Two new macros for the year and a mound of Yellow Underwings !
Two traps
1 dual PL9 watt BLB / PL 11 watt Synergenic*
1 dual 15watt BLB T8 / 15watt Synergenic* T8 fluorescent

Large Yellow Underwing (147) Highest ever garden count
Lesser Yellow Underwing (15)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (3)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
Copper Underwing
Straw Underwing
Shuttle-shaped Dart (10)
Setaceous Hebrew Character (44)
Flounced Rustic (7)
Square-spot Rustic (22)
Vine's Rustic (30)
Pale Mottled Willow (8)
Turnip Moth (5)
Treble Bar (2)
Brown-spot Pinion ... year first
Oak Hook-tip ... year first
Small Blood-vein
Brimstone Moth (6)
Double-striped Pug (4)
Straw Dot
Rosy Rustic
Angle Shades
Nutmeg (2)
Burnished Brass
Centre-barred Sallow
Light Emerald
Bordered Pug
Garden Carpet (6)
Small Dusty Wave (3)
Common Wainscot (17)
Orange Swift (8)
Hypsopygia costalis (2)
Pleuroptya ruralis
Cacoecimorpha pronubana (6)
Cochylis type  sp for ID
Coleophora sp for ID
Agriphila geniculea,  3 ounces !
Epiphyas postvittana (8)
Emmelina monodactyla (2)
Hofmannophila pseudospretella (2)
Acleris variegana
Yponomeuta evonymella

Oak Hook-tip

Brown-spot Pinion

Small Blood-vein

1st Oct 2011...Unbelievable weather !

Min overnight temp...11.7 deg, calm
I know it can't last but 29/30 degrees in October ! The autumn moths must be a little confused at the mo, as indeed we are.
Last nights trap results were good, until I received a text from Captain Trappings announcing a Merveille du Jour was in his garden...... he has hi-jacked my wish list !

1/10/11
18 x Shuttle-shaped Dart
5 x Willow Beauty
8 x Lunar Underwing
6 x Pale Mottled Willow
6 x Large Yellow Underwing
8 x Lesser Yellow Underwing
3 x Blair's Shoulder-knot
3 x Black Rustic
1 x Dusky-lemon Sallow, year first

DUSKY-LEMON SALLOW

2 x Turnip Moth
8 x Beaded Chestnut
2 x Setaceous Hebrew Character
1 x Barred Sallow
1 x Brown-spot Pinion, year first

BROWN-SPOT PINION

2 x Clepsis consimilana
2 x Eudonia angustea
2 x Emmelina monodactyla

Garden total for 2011:-
412 species...239 macro, 173 micro

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