Micros return

The garden traps yielded the usual mass of Large Yellow Underwing's with 150 at least. I didn't count them this morning.
Some decent micros were recorded for a change, they have been very thin on the ground of late especially throughout the cold August.
Monopis obviella
Cameraria ohridella
Bucculatrix nigricomella
Carcina quercana
Dichrorampha simpliciana (to be confirmed)
Cacoecimorpha pronubana
Coleophora trifolii
Acleris variegana
Eudonia angustea
Epiphyas postvittana
Emmelina monodactyla
plus several Diamond-back Moth's, Plutella xylostella which have been abundant this year.

Bucculatrix nigricomella

Cameraria ohridella

Dichrorampha simpliciana

Coleophora trifolii

Eudonia angustea

Cacoecimorpha pronubana

Of the macros, Yellow-barred Brindle, Old Lady and a Small Blood-vein were about the pick of the bunch.

Some fresh Broad-bordered Yellow Underwings (females) have been appearing over the last couple of nights and Common Wainscot numbers are increasing with 7 recorded in the traps this morning.

A fresh Small Blood-vein with wing damage

Yellow-barred Brindle

Light Emerald

Old Lady

7th July 2014 .. Catch up time

It's all been a bit manic lately.
The evening of 2nd July, Matt and myself were joined by Ben Sale to give Home Wood a trap session.
Well over 200 species were recorded on a warm, humid night with the gen dets still to come.
Ben set a line of 3 traps, while Matt and I set one trap and a sheet.
Micros turned up first and by the time the macros got going you could hardly see the sheet for moths.
An interesting find along the ride track were two Glow Worms which we haven't encountered before, the light they emit is truly amazing.

above .. Glow Worms on the ride track in Home Wood.

Meanwhile, back to the garden traps ...
Quite a few species have been added to the garden year list, but a new macro is always a buzz so I was very pleased this morning when I turned over the egg boxes to discover this Bird's Wing ...

Other "newbies"
2nd July
0441 ... Paraswammerdamia nebulella
1813 ... Haworth's Pug
3rd July
0427 ... Yponomeuta cagnagella
0455 ... Ypsolopha scabrella
801a ... Gelechia senticetella
1036 ... Acleris forsskaleana
1048 ... Acleris variegana
1436 ... Conobathra rependana
2111 ... Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
2300 ... Old Lady
Plus another new macro for The Dells garden ...
2305 ... Small Angle Shades

2466 ... Blackneck

4th July
A very battered Lackey, how this actually flew into the trap I'll never know ..

5th July
0516 ... Coleophora trifolii

Anyone want a stab at this one ?

2044 ... Dingy Footman f. stramineola

2349 ... Mere Wainscot

2300 ... Old Lady 3/7/14

1640 ... Drinker
7/7/14

Diorytria abietella .... or is it the other one ? tbc

Another one here which is either Eana incanana or a very worn Cnephasis sp

tbc.

21st June 2014 ... Scorchio !

On the night of 20th I manned the traps for an hour and a half to pot up every micro moth in sight !
The result was 89 moths of 45 species with 2 new for site and a few year firsts to add to the list.
Last night saw very similar weather conditions but even warmer by just 1 degree, but I had company and didn't check the traps until this morning.
The result was 57 moths of 20 species, so it pays dividends to man the traps if you want to increase your micro haul.
Even so, I added a couple more micros to the garden year list ...
COLEOPHORA TRIFOLII

ENDOTHENIA GENTIANAEANA

Both species confirmed.
After wondering where the Sallow Kittens were, two turned up last night.
A Mottled Beauty was found amongst the Willow Beautys and the highlight of the night, Scorched Wing, which are few and far between in the garden.
SCORCHED WING

MOTTLED BEAUTY

SALLOW KITTEN

MAIDENS BLUSH from the previous night ...