June 17th ... Busy traps

This warm spell has certainly woken up the moths.
12.2 deg. C minimum and again overcast although there was a bit of rain about in the early part of the night.
Another good catch with 7 more species, possibly 8, to add to the garden year list ...

BF 905 ... Blastodacna hellerella

0905 Blastodacna hellerella, 1, year first 
0994 Clepsis consimilana, 1
0998 Epiphyas postvittana, 1
1097 Endothenia gentianaeana, 1, to be confirmed
This may be a year tick if it is E. gentianaeana  and the previous one caught on May 11th is E. marginana. ( or neither ! )

Endothenia spp. 17/06/2015

Endothenia spp. 17/06/2015

 1175 Epiblema uddmanniana, 1, year first

BF 1175 ... Epiblema uddmanniana

1176 Epiblema trimaculana, 1, year first

BF 1176 ... Epiblema trimaculana

1376 Eurrhypara hortulata, 7
1425 Galleria mellonella, 1, year first

BF 1425 ... Galleria mellonella, Wax Moth

1428 Aphomia sociella, 2
1474 Ephestia unicolorella, 1
1707 Small Dusty Wave, 1
1711 Treble Brown Spot, 1
1728 Garden Carpet, 1
1764 Common Marbled Carpet, 1
1817 Foxglove Pug, 1
1834 Common Pug, 4
1837 Grey Pug, 2
1860 Green Pug, 8
1906 Brimstone Moth
1937 Willow Beauty, 3
1976 Privet Hawk-moth, 2
1980 Eyed Hawk-moth, 1, year first very battered and worn

BF 1980 ... Eyed Hawk-moth

2050 Common Footman, 1
2061 Buff Ermine, 2
2069 Cinnabar, 2
2087 Turnip Moth, 4
2088 Heart and Club, 4
2089 Heart and Dart, 35
2092 Shuttle-shaped Dart, 2
2098 Flame, year first, 2
2107 Large Yellow Underwing, 2
2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character, 2
2154 Cabbage Moth, 2
2157 Light Brocade, 1
2164 Broad-barred White, 1, year first

BF 2164 ... Broad-barred White

2170 Varied Coronet, 1
2199 Common Wainscot, 1
2279 Sycamore, 1
2280 Miller, 2
2321 Dark Arches, 3
2333 Large Nutmeg, 3
2337x Marbled Minor agg. 7
2381 Uncertain, 2
2384 Vine's Rustic, 4
2387 Mottled Rustic, 4
2389 Pale Mottled Willow, 1
2441 Silver Y, 2
2473 Beautiful Hook-tip, 1, year first

BF 2473 ... Beautiful Hook-tip

2474 Straw Dot, 1
2477 Snout, 1

27th July 2014 .. New for garden .. Dark Spinach

The first site record of Dark Spinach was found on the dining room curtain near the patio door ....

... still a "garden first" tho.

A selection of catch :-
26th July
0462 ... Ypsolopha scabrella
1113 ... Eudemis profundana
1207 ... Clavigesta purdeyi

1354 ... Cataclysta lemnata
1673 ... Small Emerald
1724 ... Red Twin-spot Carpet
2003 ... Pebble Prominent
2006 ... Lesser Swallow Prominent

2030 ... Yellow-tail
2126 ... Setaceous Hebrew Character
2223 ... Toadflax Brocade

27th July
0303 ... Parornix anglicella, tbc
0455 ... Ypsolopha scabrella
801a ... Gelechia senticetella

1331 ... Acentria ephemerella x 300+
1415 ... Orthopygia glaucinalis
1425 ... Galleria mellonella

1749 ... Dark Spinach
1981 ... Poplar Hawk-moth
2087 ... Turnip Moth
2092 ... Shuttle-shaped Dart x 48
2112 ... Least Yellow Underwing
2343x . Common Rustic agg x 28
2382 ... Rustic

above ... Ledra aurita
an odd looking, large leaf-hopper that is a regular at my traps at this time of year

15th July 2013 ... Cherry Picking

The hot spell continues, the moth numbers have increased and a sudden busy spell at work means that I haven't had time to count and process everything in the traps.
Millions of Brown moths, too many.
Some notables .... 5 Clay was a high count and Lime, Elephant, Privet and Eyed made up the Hawk-moth catch.
Dingy Shears, Small Ranunculus, Sandy Carpet, Maple and Swallow Prominent were nice finds along with Early Thorn, Shaded Broad-bar and 5 huge Swallow-tailed Moths all standing out amongst the Brown horde.
SO, here are some pics of the moths that I "cherry picked", most are new for the year, but some are well worth a mention....
0873 ... Blastobasis adustella ... Dingy Dowd ... YF

873 ... Blastobasis adustella

1723 ... Ruddy Carpet ... YF

1723 ... Ruddy Carpet ... Catarhoe rubidata

2421 ... Scarce Silver-lines ...

2421 ... Scarce Silver-lines ... Bena bicolorana

1371 ... Sitochroa verticalis ... Lesser Pearl ... YF

1371 ... Sitochroa verticalis

1425 ... Galleria mellonella ... Wax Moth ... YF

1425 ... Galleria mellonella

1941 ... Mottled Beauty ... YF

1941 ... Mottled Beauty ... Alcis repandata

1020 ... Cnephasia stephensiana ... Grey Tortrix ... YF

1020 ... Cnephasia stephensiana 

2318 ... Dun-bar ... 2 ... YF

2318 ... The Dun-bar ... Cosmia trapezina

2473 ... Beautiful Hook-tip ... YF

2473 ... Beautiful Hook-tip ...  Laspeyria flexula

2466 ... The Blackneck ... YF

2466 ... The Blackneck ... Lygephila pastinum

1917 ... Early Thorn

1917 ... Early Thorn ... Selenia dentaria

19th Aug 2011...Quiet spell

Overnight min temp....11.3 deg, Breezy
45 species caught, very much the same as the previous week.
Wax Moth (Galleria mellonella) was my second record this year and the same goes for Bulrush Wainscot.



GALLERIA MELLONELLA, Wax Moth




BULRUSH WAINSCOT