More Autumn moths ...

Some more autumnal additions to the garden year list ...

Deep-brown Dart

Black Rustic

Frosted Orange

Mallow

Sallow

Ectoedemia occultella ... Leaf mine on Birch

23rd Aug 2014 ... Frosted Orange

Another cold night at 7deg min. I don't know where Neil Diamond was when he sang about Hot August Nights, not in Biggleswade that's for sure !
A year first Frosted Orange was the highlight in the traps ...

2364. Frosted Orange, Gortyna flavago

> 30 ... Large Yellow Underwing, Flounced Rustic, Straw Underwing.
> 20 ... Square-spot Rustic, Vine's Rustic, Orange Swift,
5 - 10, Pale Mottled Willow, Setaceous Hebrew Character, Turnip Moth, Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing.
1, Silver Y
1, Common Wainscot
1, Tawny Speckled Pug
1, Mouse Moth
1, Angle Shades
1, Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, male
The rest of the catch was made up of Copper Underwing, Marbled Beauty, Willow Beauty, Brimstone, Double-striped Pug, Shuttle-shaped Dart.
The only micro moths recorded were ...
10+ Agriphila geniculea
Emmelina monodactyla
Epiphyas postvittana and a Brown House Moth

The Sallows should start appearing at any time now and it'll be Christmas before we know it.

2299, Mouse Moth, Amphipyra tragopoginis

1838, Tawny Speckled Pug, Epithecia icterata

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

27th Sept 2013 ... Garden Traps

0648 ... Endrosis sarcitrella, White-shouldered House-moth
0672 ... Depressaria heraclei, Parsnip Moth ... YF (26th Sept)
0998 ... Epiphyas postvittana, Light Brown Apple Moth x 7
1048 ... Acleris variegana, Garden Rose Tortrix x 2
1342 ... Eudonia angustea
1524 ... Emmelina monodactyla, Common Plume x 4
1728 ... Garden Carpet x 4
1764 ... Common Marbled Carpet x 2
1937 ... Willow Beauty x 12
1961 ... Light Emerald
2087 ... Turnip Moth x 4
2092 ... Shuttle-shaped Dart x 2
2107 ... Large Yellow Underwing x 30+
2109 ... Lesser Yellow Underwing x 10+
2110 ... Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing x 2
2126 ... Setaceous Hebrew Character x 10+
2232 ... Black Rustic x 6

2232 ... Black Rustic

2267 ... Beaded Chestnut
2273 ... Pink-barred Sallow, YF

2273 ... Pink-barred Sallow

2134 ... Square-spot Rustic x 3
2240 ... Blair's Shoulder-knot x 7
2252 ... Large Ranunculus x 4
2270 ... Lunar Underwing x 10+

2306 ... Angle Shades x 3
2353 ... Flounced Rustic
2364 ... Frosted Orange

2364 ... Frosted Orange

2384 ... Vine's Rustic x 4
2389 ... Pale Mottled Willow x 20+
2477 ... Snout

Sunset over Biggleswade. Red sky at night ... is my house on fire ?

22nd Sept 2013 ... Deep Joy

A Deep-brown Dart was added to the year list.
This is a scarce moth in my garden with only one or two previous records.
The previous evening (21st) a Small Magpie, Eurrhypara hortulata, was a very late record, the flight period normally ends in July.
 22nd Sept. warm 12.3 deg C
0985 ... Cacoecimorpha pronubana, Carnation Tortrix x 4
0998 ... Epiphyas postvittana, Light Brown Apple Moth x 5
1048 ... Acleris variegana, Garden Rose Tortrix
1309 ... Agriphila geniculea x 2
1413 ... Hypsopygia costalis, Gold Triangle
1707 ... Small Dusty Wave
1728 ... Garden Carpet x 3
1906 ... Brimstone Moth
1937 ... Willow Beauty x 5
1961 ... Light Emerald x 2
2087 ... Turnip Moth x 6
2107 ... Large Yellow Underwing x 38
2109 ... Lesser Yellow Underwing x 11
2110 ... Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing x 2
2126 ... Setaceous Hebrew Character x 18
2134 ... Square-spot Rustic x 7
2154 ... Cabbage Moth
2231 ... Deep-brown Dart, YF

2231 ... Deep-brown Dart ... female

2232 ... Black Rustic x 5
2252 ... Large Ranunculus
2267 ... Beaded Chestnut, X ... Lunar Underwing ... cheers Andy G.

2270 ... Lunar Underwing

Only had to wait a couple of nights for a real one (above) Beaded Chestnut

2270 ... Lunar Underwing x 20
2289 ... Pale Mottled Willow x 6
2297x . Copper Underwing agg x 3
2306 ... Angle Shades
2353 ... Flounced Rustic x 2
2364 ... Frosted Orange

2364 ... Frosted Orange

2384 ... Vines Rustic x 9
2474 ... Straw Dot

Garden latest .... Cochylis molliculana ???

Lots of "end of season" brown stuff in the traps of late.
A record count of 109 Large Yellow Underwings from two traps. 3rd Sept
Also a record number of Common Wainscot (23) on the 4th Sept.

3rd Sept.
109 Large Yellow Underwing
57   Setaceous Hebrew Character
18   Flounced Rustic
16   Vine's Rustic
15   Orange Swift
12   Lesser Yellow Underwing
12   Double-striped Pug
11   Pale Mottled Willow
9     Square-spot Rustic
8     Common Wainscot
6     Garden Carpet
5     Willow Beauty
4     Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
4     Shuttle-shaped Dart
4     Turnip Moth
4     Small Dusty Wave
3     Copper Underwing agg.
3     Brimstone Moth
3     Nutmeg
2     Snout
2     Old Lady
2     Flame Shoulder
2     Spectacle
2     Silver Y
2     Rosy Rustic
2     Centre-barred Sallow
2     Angle Shades
Singles
Black Rustic ... year first

Black Rustic

Straw Underwing
Yellow Shell
Buff Ermine

A late season Buff Ermine

Light Emerald
Small Square-spot
Common Rustic agg.
Dusky Thorn
Lime-speck Pug
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
Mouse Moth
Treble-bar

Treble-bar

Green Carpet
MICRO MOTHS
28 Agriphila geniculea
15 Epiphyas postvittana
4   Emmelina monodactyla
3   Cacoecimorpha pronubana
3   Pyrausta aurata
2   Eudonia angustella
Endrosis sarcitrella
Cydia pomonella
Calamotropha paludella
Plutella xylostella
Monopis laevigella
A couple of micros that I am not 100% sure of .....
Fairly confident this is Cochylis Hybridella ....

The moth below is possibly Cochylis molliculana, which if confirmed would be a first garden record ...
I know a man who will know. Confirmed ... D. Manning, County recorder

The 4th Sept produced pretty much the same except for ....
Green Carpet
Yellow-barred Brindle
Common Carpet
Burnished Brass
Frosted Orange ... year first

Frosted Orange