7th April 2015 ... Double-striped Pug invasion

7th April 2015
Warm, cloudy, calm.
4.6 deg C minimum.
A much better night than the previous which saw a morning frost.
Temperatures stayed above double figures until well after midnight when the sky cleared.
The warm sunny day certainly prompted a big hatch of Double-striped Pugs, but no Brindled Pug amongst them.
32 were potted up for release this morning, but the true figure was probably 50 or more.

Double-striped Pug

P.S.
The same Double-striped Pug two hours later.....

The catch:-
0483 Epermenia chaerophyllella, 1, year first
0649 Esperia sulphurella, 2, year first
0998 Epiphyas postvittana, 2
1524 Emmelina monodactyla, 9
1728 Garden Carpet, 1, year first
1862 Double-striped Pug, 32
1917 Early Thorn, 1, year first
2139 Red Chestnut, 1, year first
2182 Small Quaker, 1
2187 Common Quaker, 5
2188 Clouded Drab, 5
2190 Hebrew Character, 3
2243 Early Grey, 5

Epermenia chaerophyllella

Esperia sulphurella

Garden Carpet

Red Chestnut

Early Thorn

Early Thorn

10th April 2014 ... Garden Moth Traps latest

Overnight min. temp. 11deg C, Cloudy, calm.
Quite a nice variety in and around the traps last night.
Small Waved Umber could possibly be the earliest VC30 record in a year where early records are commonplace.
Highlight of the Night ...
SPRUCE CARPET
The catch ..
0648 ... Endrosis sarcitrella, x 1
0649 ... Esperia sulphurella, x 2, (1 daytime)
0695 ... Agonopterix alstromeriana, x 1
0998 ... Epiphyas postvittana, x 1
1524 ... Emmelina monodactyla, x 6
1728 ... Garden Carpet, x 2, ... year first

Garden Carpet

1769 ... Spruce Carpet, x 1, ... year first

Spruce Carpet

1781 ... Small Waved Umber, x 1, ... year first

Small Waved Umber

1858 ... V-pug, x 1

V-pug

1862 ... Double-striped Pug, x 12
1883 ... Yellow-barred Brindle, x 1

Yellow-barred Brindle

1906 ... Brimstone Moth, x 2

Brimstone Moth

2182 ... Small Quaker, x 1
2186 ... Powdered Quaker, x 1
2187 ... Common Quaker, x 10
2188 ... Clouded Drab, x 3
2190 ... Hebrew Character, x 3
2243 ... Early Grey, x 7
2306 ... Angle Shades, x 1

4th May 2013 ... Old moths for new

The garden traps were still turning up early spring Orthosias alongside Muslin Moth, Grey Dagger X, Cabbage Moth and Garden Carpet.
Last year we had an unusually warm March, compared with this year, when we equalled the second ever coldest March since records began in 1910.
Last March my garden produced 567 moths, this March I recorded just 11.
April 2012 ... 196 moths
April 2013 ... 590 moths


LAST NIGHTS CATCH ....
0648 ... Endrosis sarcitrella ... White-shouldered House-moth ... 1
0649 ... Esperia sulphurella ... Sulphur Tubic ... 1, YF

649 ... Esperia sulphurella

1524 ... Emmelina monodactyla ... Common Plume ... 2
1728 ... Xanthorhoe fluctuata ... Garden Carpet ... 1, YF

1728 ... Garden Carpet ... Xanthorhoe fluctuata

2063 ... Diaphora mendica ... Muslin Moth  ... 2
2145 ... Dicestra trifolii ... Nutmeg YF

2145... Nutmeg

2187 ... Orthosia cerasi ... Common Quaker ... 3
2190 ... Orthosia gothica ... Hebrew Character ... 2
2243 ... Xylocampa areola ... Early Grey ... 2
2283/4  Acronicta tridens/psi ... Dark/Grey Dagger agg. ... 1, YF

Dark/Grey Dagger agg.

25th May 2012 ... In the buff

Overnight low ... 11.4 deg. Clear with an easterly breeze, gusty at times.
A Buff Ermine was a newcomer for the year, along with another nice selection....

17     Common Swift Hepialus lupulinus 3
1648 Pebble Hook-tip Drepana falcataria 1, year first (Below)

1728 Garden Carpet Xanthorhoe fluctuata 2, (Below)

1781 Small Waved Umber Horisme vitalbata 1
1819 Mottled Pug Eupithecia exiguata 1, (Below)

1825 Lime-speck Pug Eupithecia centaureata 2 (Below)

1834 Common Pug Eupithecia vulgata 3, (Below)

1883 Yellow-barred Brindle Acasis viretata 1
1920 Scalloped Hazel Odontopera bidentata 2
1997 Sallow Kitten Furcula furcula 1
2028 Pale Tussock Calliteara pudibunda 1
2061 Buff Ermine Spilosoma luteum 1, year first (Below)

2087 Turnip Moth Agrotis segetum 3
2092 Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta 12 (Below)

2173 The Lychnis Hadena bicruris 1
2283/4 Dark/Grey Dagger Acronicta tridens/psi 1
2289 Knot Grass Acronicta rumicis 1, year first (Below)

2389 Pale Mottled Willow Paradrina clavipalpis 5
2441 Silver Y Autographa gamma 1, year first (Below)

2480 Buttoned Snout Hypena rostralis 1, (Below)

247 Tinea trinotella 1
409a Argyresthia trifasciata 1
648 White-shouldered House-moth Endrosis sarcitrella 2
697 Agonopterix arenella 1
808 Platyedra subcinerea 4
947 Aethes smeathmanniana 1
974 Argyrotaenia ljungiana 5
986 Syndemis musculana 1
998 Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana 5
1428 Bee Moth Aphomia sociella 2
1474 Ephestia parasitella 2, year first (Below)

1524 Emmelina monodactyla 2

30th April 2012 .. Garden Traps

Overnight min. temp. a heady 9.6 deg. breezy, constant rain late evening;
It could have been an absolute bumper night but along came the rain to put a damper on it...again.
Pinch, punch, first of the month, no returns, white rabbits, and hoping that Awful April doesn't become Miserable May.
Trap results :-
0229 Monopis obviella 1, year first (29th Apr)
0648 White-shouldered House-moth Endrosis sarcitrella 1 year first
0649 Esperia sulphurella 4
0974 Argyrotaenia ljungiana 2
1288 Twenty-plume Moth Alucita hexadactyla 1
1342 Eudonia angustea 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 1
1728 Garden Carpet Xanthorhoe fluctuata 2, year first
1781 Small Waved Umber Horisme vitalbata 1, year first
1862 Double-striped Pug Gymnoscelis rufifasciata 2
1906 Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata 1, year first
2028 Pale Tussock Calliteara pudibunda 1, year first
2064 Ruby Tiger Phragmatobia fuliginosa 1, year first
2092 Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta 1

2028 Pale Tussock, Calliteara pudibunda

1906 Brimstone Moth, Opisthograptis luteolata

1728 Garden Carpet, Xanthorhoe fluctuata

2064 Ruby Tiger, Phragmatobia fuliginosa
Ruby, Kaiser chiefs

648 White Shouldered House Moth, Endrosis sarcitrella

14th April 2011....Meanwhile, back to the moths

Best night for a while in the garden traps. Minimum temperature was a tad under 9 deg C and 5 year first species were found. ........... COMMON PUG 1834

GARDEN CARPET 1728

SMALL WAVED UMBER 1781

OAK-TREE PUG

ERIOCRANIA SUBPURPURELLA 0006

Last nights catch :-

7 x Common Quaker

4 x Early Grey

2 x Double-striped Pug

2 x Emmelina monodactyla

1 x Powdered Quaker

1 x Hebrew Character

1 x Clouded Drab

1 x Brimstone Moth

1 x Eriocrania subpurpurella *year first

1 x Oak-tree Pug *year first

1 x Garden Carpet *year first

1 x Small Waved Umber *year first

1 x Common Pug *year first

Garden Totals:-

751 moths (597 macro, 154 micro)

45/46 species (31 macro, 14/15 micro) one ID pending

12th Oct,,,,,Great night !

A great night for The Dells garden with 2 more year ticks, including the Pale-lemon Sallow. I now need two more species of macro to notch up 200 for the year for the garden...lookin' good !
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BEADED CHESTNUT

A brace of GREEN-BRINDLED CRESCENT

COMMON MARBLED CARPET

BARRED SALLOW

MALLOW

GARDEN CARPET

One of 3 SPRUCE CARPET

RED-GREEN CARPET.....first for year

And by far the star of the show... PALE-LEMON SALLOW Last nights trap results :-

6 x Blair's Shoulder-knot

6 x Pale Mottled Willow ( no Clancy's Rustics among them !)

4 x Willow Beauty...including a very small 3rd generation moth

4 x Turnip Moth

3 x Spruce Carpet

3 x Lesser Y U'wing

2 x Green-brindled Crescent

2 x Black Rustic

2 x Large Y U'wing

2 x Beaded Chestnut

and one each of the following:-

Shuttle-shaped Dart

Lunar Underwing

Mallow

Red-green Carpet

Common Marbled Carpet

Garden Carpet

Silver Y

Barred Sallow

Pale-lemon Sallow

17th Sept.....Dusky Thorn

Winter seems to be on its way as temps plunged to around 4 degC. There were a few moths flying early in the evening and it was nice to get a Dusky Thorn which is a newcomer to my garden.
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DUSKY THORN

SMALL DUSTY WAVE is a common visitor to the traps

one of 3 PALE MOTTLED WILLOW to brave the cold

GARDEN CARPET

A micro believed to be CELYPHA LACUNANA unless someone knows better. I've set low standards for micro I.D. and so far have failed to achieve them Last nights tally :-

7, Large Yellow Underwing

4, Garden Carpet

4, Square-spot Rustic

3, Setaceous Hebrew Character

3, Pale Mottled Willow

3, Willow Beauty

2, Orange Swift

2, Flounced Rustic

2, Lunar Underwing

1, Silver Y

1, Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

1, Lesser Yellow Underwing

1, Small Dusty Wave

1, Turnip Moth

1, Shuttle-shaped Dart

1, Dusky Thorn (garden first)