2nd June 2014 ... Garden Moth species list

60 + species recorded last night from the garden traps.
The Catch :-
0125 ... Catoptriche marginea, 1, year first

0229 ... Monopis obviella, 4
0263 ... Lyonetia clerkella, 4
409a ... Argyresthia trifasciata, 1
0647 ... Hofmannophila pseudospretella, 2
0648 ... Endrosis sarcitrella, 3
0808 ... Platyedra subcinerea, 1
870x ... Oegoconia sp. 1, year first (for gen-det)
0964 ... Cochylis dubitana, 1
0994 ... Clepsis consimilana, 2
0998 ... Epiphyas postvittana, 4
1010 ... Ditula angustiorana, 2, year first

1076 ... Celypha lacunana, 1, year first

1133 ... Epinotia bilunana, 1
1301 ... Crambus lathoniellus, 2
1334 ... Scoparis ambigualis, 1, year first

1361 ... Pyrausta aurata, 3
1376 ... Eurrhypara hortulata, 2
1428 ... Aphomia sociella, 4
1470 ... Euzophera pinguis, 1, year first

1474 ... Ephestia parasitella unicolorella
1654 ... Figure of Eighty, 1, year first

1711 ... Treble Brown Spot,1
1727 ... Silver-ground Carpet, 1
1728 ... Garden Carpet, 4
1764 ... Common Marbled Carpet, 1
1768 ... Grey Pine Carpet, 1, year first

1781 ... Small Waved Umber, 1
1807 ... Grass Rivulet, 1, year first

1817 ... Foxglove Pug, 1
1819 ... Mottled Pug, 2
1827 ... Freyer's Pug, 1
1834 ... Common Pug, 4
1837 ... Grey Pug, 2
1860 ... Green Pug, 1
1906 ... Brimstone Moth, 2
1937 ... Willow Beauty, 2
1981 ... Poplar Hawk-moth, 1
1991 ... Elephant Hawk-moth, 1
2009 ... Maple Prominent, 1, year first

2043 ... Orange Footman, 1
2050 ... Common Footman, 2
2069 ... Buff Ermine, 1
2087 ... Turnip Moth, 4
2089 ... Heart and Dart, 30
2092 ... Shuttle-shaped Dart, 12
2098 ... Flame, 3
2102 ... Flame Shoulder, 1
2107 ... Large Yellow Underwing, 1
2126 ... Setaceous Hebrew Character, 2
2154 ... Cabbage Moth, 1
2157 ... Light Brocade, 1
2167 ... Tawny Shears, 1
2170 ... Varied Coronet, 1
2199 ... Common Wainscot, 2
2321 ... Dark Arches, 3
2333 ... Large Nutmeg, 4
2337X. Marbled Minor agg, 8
2389 ... Pale Mottled Willow, 3
2441 ... Silver Y, 1
2477 ... Snout
Plus 2 or 3 for ID

19th June 2013 ... Macro catch

 .........  Continued from Micro Catch

1654 ... Figure of Eighty ... YF

1711 ... Treble Brown Spot ... 5 ... YF

1711 ... Treble Brown Spot ... Idaea trigeminata

1728 ... Garden Carpet ... 2

1764 ... Common Marbled Carpet

1807 ... Grass Rivulet ... 3 ... YF

1807 ... Grass Rivulet ... Perizoma albulata

1825 ... Lime-speck Pug

1827 ... Freyer's Pug ... 4

1834 ... Common Pug ... 10+

1860 ... Green Pug .. 2

1867 ... Treble-bar

1883 ... Yellow-barred Brindle

1887 ... Clouded Border ... YF

1887 ... Clouded Border ... Lomaspilis marginata

1906 ... Brimstone Moth

1931 ... Peppered Moth

1937 ... Willow Beauty ... 4

1955 ... Common White Wave

1958 ... Clouded Silver

1961 ... Light Emerald

1976 ... Privet Hawk-moth

1979 ... Lime Hawk-moth

1980 ... Eyed Hawk-moth

1981 ... Poplar Hawk-moth ... YF

1981 ... Poplar Hawk-moth ... Laothoe populi

1991 ... Elephant Hawk-moth

2000 ... Iron Prominent

2009 ... Maple Prominent

2089 ... Heart and Dart ... 15

2092 ... Shuttle-shaped Dart ... 2

2098 ... The Flame ... 2

2102 ... Flame Shoulder ... 2

2107 ... Large Yellow Underwing ... 3

2126 ... Setaceous Hebrew Character ... 2

2160 ... Bright-line Brown-eye

2164 ... Broad-barred White ... YF

2164 ... Broad-barred White ...  Scotopteryx chenopodiata

2165 ... Small Ranunculus ... 2

2199 ... Common Wainscot ... YF

2199 ... Common Wainscot ... Mythimna pallens

2279 ... The Sycamore ... 3

2280 ... The Miller

2283/4. Dark/Grey Dagger agg. ... 8

2306 ... Angle Shades

2333  .. Large Nutmeg ... 3

2334 ... Rustic Shoulder-knot ... 2

2337/9. Marbled Minor agg ... 6

2340 ... Middle-barred Minor

2387 ... Mottled Rustic .. 2

2389 ... Pale Mottled Willow ... 2

2422 ... Green Silver-lines ... YF

2422 .,.. Green Silver-lines ... Pseudoips prasinana

2450 ... The Spectacle

2474 ... Straw Dot ... YF

2474 ... Straw Dot ... Rivula sericealis

2477 ... The Snout ...  Hypena proboscidalis ... YF

2489 ... The Fan-foot ... Zanclognatha tarsipennalis ... YF

2489 ... The Fan-foot ... Zanclognatha tarsipennalis

21st June....Cream of the Crop

The gusty wind blew in some interesting moths to the garden last night, among them this CREAM-BORDERED GREEN PEA 2418

Don't know what this is...probably a Common Rustic agg. Size is ok.

Any suggestions (mothwise) welcome ?????????????????????

This one is a DOUBLE SQUARE-SPOT 2128, but a Triple-spotted Clay is easily missed as the markings are just about identical,,,see Matts blog, he's got pics of both. CELYPHA LACUNANA 1076 the wind kept the micro count well down last night.

Almost unbelievable....My second GRASS RIVULET 1807,

THE CLAY 2193,

BURNISHED BRASS 2434, quite a worn bedraggled example, but a year tick.

LEAST CARPET 1699 My 3rd so far, with a few more to follow no doubt. 1 x Cream-bordered Green Pea ** garden first

2 x Garden Carpet

1 x Bright-line Brown-eye

16 x Common Footman

2 x Scarce Footman

3 x Riband Wave

1 x Peppered Moth

15 x Uncertain

11 x Heart and Dart

3 x Heart and Club

12 x Dark Arches

3 x Light Arches

4 x Buff Ermine

2 x Common Wainscot

1 x Smoky Wainscot

1 x Elephant Hawk-moth

1 x Privet Hawk-moth

2 x Marbled Minor agg.

3 x Willow Beauty

2 x Dwarf Cream Wave

1 x The Miller

1 x Yellow Shell

5 x Pale Mottled Willow

4 x The Flame

1 x The Lackey

1 x Least Carpet

1 x The Clay * year first

1 x Burnished Brass * year first

1 x Common Emerald

1 x Grass Rivulet

1 x Double Square-spot

3 x Eudonia mercurella

1 x Clepsis consimilana

3 x Ephestia parasitella

2 x Hofmannophila pseudospretella

2 x Emmelina monodactyla

2 x Epiblema uddmanniana

3 x Cnephasia agg.

2 x Aphomia sociella

1 x Celypha lacunana

262 species to date, 162 macro, 100 micro

15/16th June 2011...Expect the unexpected !

16th June.... much cooler than the previous evening and a much brighter moon !
Nothing new in and around the traps but this year first SMALL BLOOD-VEIN 1690 appeared on the dining room door !
IRON PROMINENT 2000 one of the few trap highlights THE SNOUT 2477 a regular visitor to the garden traps 16th June :-

11 x Heart and Dart

3 x Dark Arches

2 x Willow Beauty

1 x The Snout

2 x Double-striped Pug

2 x Common Footman

1 x Scarce Footman

2 x Garden Carpet

1 x Poplar Grey

3 x Buff Ermine

1 x Iron Prominent

1 x Fan-foot

9 x Uncertain

2 x Light Arches

1 x Bright-line Brown-eye

1 x Heart and Club

1 x Small Blood-vein * year first

1 x Depressaria heraclei

2 x Crambus lathionellus

1 x Blastobasis lacticolella

1 x Emmelina monodactyla

1 x Ephestia parasitella

1 x Celypha striana

1 x Eudonia mercurella

Garden running totals :-

252 species....154 macro, 98 micro

15th June :-

Normally a moth of open grassy areas, this GRASS RIVULET 1807 gave me a bonus garden tick when it came to town. YELLOW-TAIL 2030 new for 2011 One of two SMALL RANUNCULUS 2165 see previous blog entry Full garden list for 15th June :-

5 x Willow Beauty

1 x Yellow Shell

4 x Marbled Minor agg

3 x Common Emerald

2 x Green Pug

4 x Dwarf Cream Wave

5 x The Flame

16 x Heart and Dart

9 x Dark Arches

2 x Elephant Hawk-moth

1 x Dot Moth * year first

3 x Common Footman

1 x Fan-foot

16 x Uncertain agg

2 x Sycamore

4 x Riband Wave

1 x Yellow-tail * year first

1 x Scarce Footman

2 x Garden Carpet

1 x Bright-line Brown-eye

1 x Mottled Rustic

3 x Buff Ermine

1 x Varied Coronet

1 x Brimstone Moth

1 x Grey Dagger agg

1 x Short-cloaked Moth

2 x Cinnabar

1 x Least Carpet * year first

1 x Flame Shoulder

3 x Broad-barred White

1 x Large Nutmeg

1 x Peppered Moth

2 x Light Arches

1 x Privet Hawk-moth

2 x Small Ranunculus * year first

1 x Grass Rivulet ** garden first

1 x Celypha lacunana

4 x Aphomia sociella

2 x Eudonia mercurella

1 x Udea prunalis

5 x Chrysoteuchia culmella

1 x Cydia pomonella

1 x Eurrhypara hortulata

3 x Homoeosoma sinuella

1 x Epiblema uddmanniana

1 x Hofmannophila pseudospretella

1 x Aphelia paleana

2 x Cnephasia agg

1 x Endotricha flammealis * year first

1 x Tortrix viridana * year first

2 x Clepsis consimilana

2 x Emmelina monodactyla

1 x Bryotropha terrella

1 x Batia unitella * year first

Garden running totals :-

250 species....153 macro, 97 micro