5th Oct 2011

overnight min temp...10.1 deg, blowing a gale ! light rain at times.
I put the traps on, not expecting to catch anything with near gale-force gusts and intermittent rain.
It turned out to be a surprisingly good night, 60 moths of 18 species were recorded, among them a Dark Arches 2nd generation.
16 x Shuttle-shaped Dart
2 x Willow Beauty
4 x Large Yellow Underwing
9 x Lesser Yellow Underwing
8 x Pale Mottled Willow
2 x Angle Shades

ANGLE SHADES

2 x Large Ranunculus
4 x Black Rustic
1 x Red-green Carpet
1 x Mallow
2 x Lunar Underwing
1 x Sallow
2 x Dusky-lemon Sallow



SALLOW and 2 x DUSKY-LEMON SALLOW

1 x Setaceous Hebrew Character
1 x Blair's Shoulder-knot
1 x Dark Arches

DARK ARCHES

1 x Eudonia angustea
2 x Emmelina monodactyla.

Our micro recorder sent me the results of a batch for gen det and 6 new garden species were added:-
12th Aug...1281...Dichrorampha simpliciana
13th Aug...0757...Recurvaria nanella
30th Aug...1138...Epinotia nisella
30th Aug...0303...Parornix anglicella
  2nd Sep...0789...Bryotropha domestica
23rd Sep...1051...Acleris logiana

2011 Garden Total: 421 species...242 macro, 179 micro.

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

8th/9th Oct.......New addition, Green-brindled Crescent

SALLOW

BEADED CHESTNUT

The last 2 nights have been a bit on the windy side but warm. A nice selection in the traps including a first sighting in The Dells garden for this commonish GREEN-BRINDLED CRESCENT

Two SPRUCE CARPETs on the wall near the trap.

COMMON MARBLED CARPET

BARRED SALLOW

WILLOW BEAUTY

BRINDLED GREEN

ANGLE SHADES

Two PINK-BARRED SALLOW one on 8th and one last night, both different.

DUSKY-LEMON SALLOW 2nd for the year

28th Sept....Autumn arrivals

Highlight of last nights catch ............DUSKY-LEMON SALLOW, a garden "first"

DEEP-BROWN DART another first for The Dells garden

DARK SWORD-GRASS ......2nd record this year for this immigrant species

Trap results:-

9 x Willow Beauty

8 x Lunar Underwing

5 x Large Yellow Underwing

4 x Pale Mottled Willow

3 x Lesser Yellow Underwing

3 x Setaceous Hebrew Character

2 x Blair's Shoulder-knot

2 x Shuttle-shaped Dart

1 x Black Rustic

1 x Dusky-lemon Sallo1 x Light Emerald

1 x Dark Sword-grass

1 x Garden Carpet

1 x Large Ranunculus

1 x Deep-brown Dart

1 x Square-spot Rustic