9 and 10th June 2014.. Poor night follows bumper catch

A poor catch last night followed an absolute bumper night on the 9th.
9th June :-
min temp: 13.1 deg C
Warm, sultry, thunder, lightning, heavy rain until 11.30 pm
And then the moths came out in droves.
Around 90 species were recorded or waiting for ID.
I managed to clock up another dozen species with an ID pending.
Best moth was a micro, Ethmia quadrillella, which is the thirteenth record for the Bedfordshire VC30 and new for my garden.
Newcomers for the year are as follows :-
Ethmia quadrillella ( new for site)
Agapeta hamana
Epiblema uddmanniana
Chrysoteuchia culmella (nice to get the first one, but not the next 1,000)
Phlyctaenia coronata
Pterophorus pentadactyla
Common Emerald
Small Fan-footed Wave
Yellow Shell
Poplar Grey
Dingy Shears
Dusky Brocade

Above ... 719, Ethmia quadrillella

Below ... Common Emerald

Below .. Small Fan-footed Wave

Below .. Dingy Shears

Below .. Dusky Brocade

Below .. Pterophorus pentadactyla

Also a Pug, which I think is a Shaded Pug but will need to be examined before being an accepted record ....

29/30th July 2013 .... P. purpuralis, new for The Dells

This is one that I have probably overlooked in the past as the VC30 status is "common".
1362 ... Pyrausta purpuralis ... garden first record ... 29/07/13
(two more found last night, 30th)

1362 ... Pyrausta purpuralis

30th July

A late Common Emerald with the fringes worn away

1669 ... Common Emerald

2341 ... Cloaked Minor ... Mesoligia literosa , f. bicoloria

1888 ... Scorched Carpet

Others of note ....
1919 ... Purple Thorn
2165 ... Small Ranunculus
2019 ... Chocolate-tip
2352 ... Dusky Sallow
1917 ... Early Thorn x 2
2441 ... Silver Y in trap and on Lavender x 12
2343/a. Common Rustic agg. in the trap ... c40

2nd July 2013 ... Le Shark

The all night heavy rain that the Met forecast gave missed Biggleswade, apart from a shower  that dampened the floor level egg boxes in the traps.
Conditions were warm and humid and the medium monsoon that was blowing earlier in the evening died down to a gusty breeze, perfect conditions for The Dells town garden, which always seems to benefit from a light/medium wind, especially from a South or south-west direction, I then get the "blow-ins" that come across from the nearby railway line with its natural valley of grassy banks, native shrubs/wildflowers and copses.
The Emeralds have made a show with Common, Small and a Light Emerald which is unrelated.
Chamomile Shark was a good earlier record, and now its close relative The Shark can join it on the garden year list .....

The Catch :-
0417 ... Argyresthia pruniella ... Cherry Fruit Moth ... YF

417 ... Argyresthia pruniella

0647 ... Hoffmannophila pseudospretella ... Brown House-moth
0648 ... Endrosis sarcitrella ... White-shouldered House-moth ... 2
0787 ... Bryotropha terrella ... Cinereous Groundling
0874 ... Blastobasis lacticolella ... London Dowd
1063 ... Celypha striana ... Barred Marble
1083 ... Hedya nubiferana ... Marbled Orchard Tortrix
1293 ... Chrysoteuchia culmella ... Garden Grass-veneer
1294 ... Crambus pascuella ... Grass-veneer ... 3
1302 ... Crambus perlella ... Yellow Satin Veneer
1344 ... Eudonia mercurella ... Small Grey ... 2
1376 ... Eurrhypara hortulata ... Small Magpie
1392 ... Udea olivalis ... Olive Pearl
1428 ... Aphomia sociella ... Bee Moth ... 2
1669 ... Common Emerald ... 2 ... YF

1669 ... Common Emerald ... Hemithea aestivaria

1673 ... Small Emerald ... YF

1673 ... Small Emerald ... Hemistola chrysoprasaria

1707 ... Small Dusty Wave
1713 ... Riband Wave ... 2
1728 ... Garden Carpet
1742 ... Yellow Shell
1825 ... Lime-speck Pug
1834 ... Common"ish" Pug ... 5 (probably !)
1937 ... Willow Beauty ... 4
1961 ... Light Emerald ... 1
1976 ... Privet Hawk-moth ... 2
2043 ... Orange Footman
2061 ... Buff Ermine
2069 ... Cinnabar
2088 ... Heart and Club ... 5
2089 ... Heart and Dart ... 31
2098 ... The Flame ... 3
2102 ... Flame Shoulder
2107 ... Large Yellow Underwing ... 2
2126 ... Setaceous Hebrew Character
2154 ... Cabbage Moth
2160 ... Bright-line Brown-eye ... 2
2164 ... Broad-barred White ... 2
2165 ... Small Ranunculus .. 2
2173 ... Lychnis ... 2
2198 ... Smoky Wainscot ... YF

2198 ... Smoky Wainscot

2216 ... The Shark ... YF

2216 ... The Shark ... Cucullia umbratica

2266 ... Campion
2278 ... Poplar Grey
2279 ... Sycamore
2283/4. Dark/Grey Dagger agg. ... 2
2306 ... Angle Shades
2321 ... Dark Arches ... 8
2322 ... Light Arches ... 2
2333 ... Large Nutmeg ... 2
2337/9. Marbled Minor agg. ...8
2381 ... Uncertain ... 9
2384 ... Vine's Rustic ... 8
2387 ... Mottled Rustic ... 3
2389 ... Pale Mottled Willow ... 3
2441 ... Silver Y ... 2
2474 ... Straw Dot
2477 ... The Snout 
2489 ... The Fan-foot ... 2

27th June 2012 ... Easy to Swallow

Four Swallow-tailed moths homed in on the traps on a rare warm and humid night.

c200 moths of 71 species and hours of sorting !

0647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella 4

0964 Cochylis dubitana 1

0994 Clepsis consimilana 3

1063 Celypha striana 3

1216 Enarmonia formosana 1

1261 Cydia pomonella 3

1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella 2. year first

1294 Crambus pascuella 2, year first

1301 Crambus lathoniella 2

1344 Eudonia mercurella 2

1361 Pyrausta aurata 1

1371 Sitochroa verticalis 1, year first

1376 Eurrhypara hortulata 1

1392 Udea olivalis 2

1415 Orthopygia glaucinalis 1, year first (Below)

1428 Aphomia sociella 8

1474 Ephestia parasitella 12

1481 Homoeosoma sinuella 1

1497 Amblyptilia acanthadactyla 1

1524 Emmelina monodactyla 3

1654 Figure of Eighty 1

1669 Common Emerald 1 year first (Below)

1711 Treble Brown Spot 1

1713 Riband Wave 4

1728 Garden Carpet 3

1742 Yellow Shell 2

1764 Common Marbled Carpet 1

1816 Toadflax Pug 1

1830 Wormwood Pug 1 year first (Below) ... (Ben ?) 

1834 Common Pug 6

1860 Green Pug 1

1922 Swallow-tailed Moth 4, year first, (Below)

1937 Willow Beauty 9

1958 Clouded Silver 1

1976 Privet Hawk-moth 3

1994 Buff-tip 1

2047 Scarce Footman 2 year first, (Below)

2050 Common Footman 6

2088 Heart & Club 6

2089 Heart & Dart 18

2098 Flame 2

2107 Large Yellow Underwing 1

2109 Lesser Yellow Underwing

2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character 2

2128 Double Square-spot 1

2147 Shears 1

2155 Dot Moth 1

2164 Broad-barred White 1

2279 Sycamore 2

2278 Poplar Grey 1

2280 Miller 3

2283/4 Grey Dagger agg.

2321 Dark Arches 13

2322 Light Arches 1

2333 Large Nutmeg 12

2337x Marbled Minor agg. 4

2381 Uncertain 10

2382 Rustic 1

2384 Vine's Rustic 2

2441 Silver Y 1

2474 Straw Dot 1, year first

2489 Fan-foot 5

3rd June 2011...Garden update

A strong breeze but still trapped/potted 0ver 30 species.
COMMON EMERALD 1669 was a year first record........

....... and this DIPLEURINA LACUSTRATA 1338 was a year first micro Garden total 2011 now stands at...

210 species.....128 macro, 82 micro with a few outstanding IDs

29th June.. The Dells Garden

Warmer ! No wind, Perfect ! 50 plus species trapped or on nearby walls in just the one Skinner last night. Surprisingly there were no Elephant Hawkmoths for the first night in a while.
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CLOUDED BORDER

One of 4 baby hedgehogs, born in my compost heap and doing well on the many slugs in my garden. Have to be careful where I step when checking the traps as I normally go barefoot !

LARGE EMERALD a garden first

LITTLE EMERALD........ year first oops, strike that, it has been ID'd as a worn "Common" that has lost its check pattern on the wing edges............Thanks Melissa.

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COMMON EMERALD.

BARRED STRAW garden first Results :-

20+ Common Footman

10+ Heart & Dart

10+ Flame

10+ Willow Beauty

10+ Dark Arches

10+ Light Arches

5+ Mottled Rustic

5+ Scarce Footman

5+ Uncertain

5 Grey/Dark Dagger

5 Swallow-tailed Moth

4 Large Yellow Underwing

3 Dot Moth

3 Treble Brown-spot

3 Garden Carpet

3 Peppered Moth

2 Miller

2 Sycamore

2 Least Carpet

2 Buff Arches

2 Privet Hawkmoth

2 Toadflax Pug

2 Green Pug
Barred Straw

Lackey

Limespeck Pug

Turnip Moth

Heart and Club

Green Silver-lines

Common Emerald x 2

Varied Coronet

Brimstone Moth

Snout

Fan-foot

Clouded Border

Flame Shoulder

Set. Hebrew Character

Large Emerald

Clouded Silver

Small Blood-vein

Small Dusty Wave

Dun-bar

Marbled Beauty

Plus unID'd Pugs and 20+ Marbled Minoe aggs.

20th June....Sandy Carpet in Biggleswade ?????

Best nights "mothing" for a while, with temperatures only dropping to 12 deg C .... 41 species of macro moths were recorded which is a record number. The explaination for the blog heading, to anyone not familiar with this part of Bedfordshire, SANDY is our neighbouring town, about 3 miles up the A1 from Biggleswade.
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SANDY CARPET (garden first)

BARRED YELLOW (garden first)

MEAL MOTH (garden first for this cracking micro)

GREY PINE CARPET (first for year)

UNCERTAIN (I think !) another first

an early COMMON FOOTMAN (first for year)

DARK ARCHES

LIGHT ARCHES (first for year)

SMALL BLOODVEIN (first for year)

COMMON EMERALD (first for year) RESULTS:-

12 x Heart & Dart

10 x Willow Beauty

5 x Garden Carpet

5 x Marbled Minor agg

4 x Common Marbled Carpet

4 x Large Yellow Underwing

4 x Green Pug

4 x Flame

3 x Turnip Moth

3 x Brimstone Moth

3 x Uncertain **

2 x Wormwood Pug

2 x Common Pug

2 x Barred Yellow **

2 x Broad-barred White

2 x Peppered Moth

2 x Dark Arches

2 x Grey/Dark Dagger

2 x Pale Mottled Willow

2 x Setaceous Hebrew Character

2 x Rustic Shoulder-knot

2 x Privet Hawkmoth

Lime Hawkmoth

Elephant Hawkmoth

Common Emerald *

Riband Wave *

Vine's Rustic

Small Dusty Wave

Flame Shoulder

Sycamore

Small Bloodvein *

Silver Y

Light Arches *

Large Nutmeg

Cinnabar

Buff Ermine

Small Square-spot

Small Waved Umber

Common Footman *

Sandy Carpet **

Grey Pine Carpet *

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Small Magpie

Brown Housemoth

3 x E. mono's

5 x L B Apple moth

3 x Bee Moth

Meal Moth **

* first for year

** garden first