22nd June 2014 .. micro ID and trap latest

Another warm, calm night with plenty of action around the traps.
This Agonopterix species was potted up......

Probably A. heracliana although it is out of season, but what isn't this year ?
Only 2 others are similar, ciliella, which is also out of season, and cnicella which is flying in June but is a coastal species that has not been recorded in Bedfordshire VC30.
The forewing length is 9.5mm so all three fall into the size range.
One for our micro man.

Another micro which I haven't ID'd is this worn example below ....

I've brightened up the photo to try and pick out some detail.
Another for our micro man.
A few more for the year list from last night .....
998 Pandemis heparana

868 Helcystogramma rufescens

1165 Zeraphera isertana x 2 ( no pics, I accidently deleted from the camera before I uploaded. Both are off to the micro man though )

1336 Eudonia pallida

2011 Pale Prominent

2198 Smoky Wainscot

Others worth a mention...
Eyed Hawk-moth
Broad-barred White
Small Ranunculus
Poplar Grey
Sycamore
Miller
Grey Dagger agg.
Maiden's Blush
Small Square-spot
Buff-tip
Privet Hawk-moth
Elephant and Small Elephant Hawk-moths
And a good micro for the garden, a second Ethmia quadrillella

Eyed Hawk-moth

Ethmia Quadrillella

20th July 2013 ... Moth catch highlights

The traps are full of "brown stuff" at the mo.
Lots of Dark Arches, I've stopped counting them, I weigh them, Heart n Clart, Uncertain/Rustic, Common Rustic, Mottled Rustic.
Shuttle-shaped Dart numbers are slowly increasing, Common and Scarce Footman are everywhere as are Bird Cherry Ermine and Endotricha flammealis.
Pick of the crop ....
1637 ... Oak Eggar .................

A new micro for the garden ... Helcystogramma rufescens

868 ... Helcystogramma rufescens
Garden first

2425 ... Nut-tree Tussock

2352 ... Dusky Sallow, Year first

862 ... Dichomeris marginella ... Year first

1380 ... Phlyctaenia perlucidalis ... Year first

2377 ... Fen Wainscot ... Year first

1651 ... Chinese Character

2165 ... Small Ranunculus
2164 ... Broad-barred White
2306 ... Angle Shades
1917 ... Early Thorn
1958 ... Clouded Silver
1887 ... Clouded Border
1921 ... Scalloped Oak
1726 ... Large Twin-spot Carpet
2450 ... Spectacle
1690 ... Small Blood-vein
2110 ... Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
2192 ... Brown-line Bright-eye
2145 ... Nutmeg
2193 ... Clay
2031 ... White Satin Moth
366a ... Cameraria ohridella

Three year first Butterflys (today 21 st )
Common Blue
Small Skipper

Gatekeeper