15th April 2015 ... Latest Moths --

8.1 deg C minimum
Clear.
This one is probably on everyone's top ten favourite moth list ...
The Herald

The Herald ... Scoliopteryx libatrix

 ... and this one is probably on everyone's least favourite list, "It's all a matter of taste," said the Bull as he kissed the Pig.
Brown House Moth

Brown House Moth ... Hofmannophila pseudospretella

Both of the above were added to the garden year list.
A cool front came through right on dusk last night on a light breeze which had a very fresh feel to it, not ideal mothing conditions,  32 moths of 15 species were recorded compared to 61 of 15 species on the previous night.
The catch:-
0647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella, Brown House Moth 1, year first
0688 Agonopterix heracliana, Common Flat-body, 1
0998 Epiphyas postvittana, Light Brown Apple Moth, 2
1497 Amblyptilia acanthadactyla, Beautiful Plume, 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla, Common Plume, 5
1862 Double-striped Pug, 12
1917 Early Thorn, 1
2186 Powdered Quaker, 1
2187 Common Quaker, 7
2188 Clouded Drab, 1
2190 Hebrew Character, 1
2243 Early Grey, 3
2306 Angle Shades, 1
2389 Pale Mottled Willow, 1
2469 Herald, 1, year first

7th April 2014 ... Garden trap results

Min overnight temp. 6 deg C. Wind, rain until 11.00 pm. then clear and cool
Highlight of the night was no Common Quakers.
Yet another V-pug and an in-house Brown House-moth was added to The Dells year list.

0647 ... Hofmannophila pseudospretella, Brown House-moth, x 1, ... year first.
0998 ... Epiphyas postvittana, Light Brown Apple Moth, x 1
1288 ... Alucita hexadactyla, Twenty-plume Moth, x 1
1858 ... V-pug, x 1
1862 ... Double-striped Pug, x 2
1927 ... Early Thorn, x 2
2063 ... Muslin Moth, x 1
2188 ... Clouded Drab, x 1
2189 ... Twin-spotted Quaker, x 1
2190 ... Hebrew Character, x 2
2243 ... Early Grey, x 1

Hofmannophila pseudospretella, Brown House-moth

15th May 2013 ... Garden Moth Traps

It was much warmer at dusk last night than the previous couple of nights, with temperatures around 9 deg when I switched on the light traps and then settled down to watch the second half of  Chelsea FC struggling to beat an average Benfica in the Europa cup final
As Chelsea were lifting the trophy in Amsterdam, down came the rain in Biggleswade and I had to quickly cover up the two traps.
It soon passed, and just like the English cricket season, off came the covers again and play resumed.
The sky then cleared and the temperature plummeted to 2 deg C. but not before a few moths were trapped.
Pebble Prominent and Rustic Shoulder-knot were new for the year and at last the Orthosia species were absent. (for now).

The Catch :-
0647 ... Hoffmanophila pseudospretella ... Brown House-moth .. 1
0648 ... Endrosis sarcitrella ... White-shouldered House-moth .. 1
1524 ... Emmelina monodactyla ... Common Plume .. 1
1791 ... Small Waved Umber ... Horisme vitalbata .. 1
1862 ... Double-striped Pug ... Gymnoscelis rufifasciata .. 1
1906 ... Brimstone Moth ... Opisthograptis luteolata .. 1
2003 ... Pebble Prominent ... Notodonta ziczac .. 1 .. YF
2063 ... Muslin Moth ... Diaphora mendica .. 1
2092 ... Shuttle-shaped Dart ... Agrotis puta .. 1
2154 ... Cabbage Moth ... Marnestra brassicae .. 1 YF
2243 ... Early Grey ... Xylocampa areola .. 2
2334 ... Rustic Shoulder-knot ... Apamea sordens .. 1 .. YF

2003 ... Pebble Prominent ... Notodonta ziczac

647 ... Brown House-moth ... Hofmannophila pseudospretella

2334 ... Rustic Shoulder-knot ... Apamea sordens

6th May 2013 ... Purple Patch

1919 ... Purple Thorn ... Selenia tetralunaria

Another great night for the garden mothing.

Purple Thorn has only made one previous appearance so I was pleased to see this one.

Another hit or miss moth is the weird looking Chocolate-tip, this one is the third garden record.....

2091 ... Chocolate-tip ... Clostera curtula

From the exotic to the mundane, a Brown House-moth, the first of many ....

647 ... Hofmannophila pseudospretella ... Brown House-moth

 Waved Umber was also added to the year list .....

1781 ... Waved Umber ... Horisme vitalbata

10 Pugs showed up last night, 8 of them were Double-striped with 2 Brindled .... or are they ?
The bottom picture is definitely a Brindled but the top one looks more like an Oak Tree Pug

Oak-tree Pug ?

1852 ... Brindled Pug ... Epithecia abbreviata

Last nights catch :-

0647 ... Hofmannophila pseudospretella ... Brown House-moth ... 1, YF

0649 ... Esperia sulphurella ... Sulphur Tubic ... 2

0697 ... Agonopterix arenella ... Brindled Flat-body ... 1

0808 ... Platyedra subcinerea ... Mallow Groundling ... 2

0892 ... Mompha subbistrigella ... Garden Cosmet ... 2

0974 ... Argyrotaenia ljungiana ... Heather Tortrix ... 3

0998 ... Epiphyas postvittana ... Light Brown Apple Moth ... 2

1524 ... Emmelina monodactyla ... Common Plume ... 6

1781 ... Waved Umber ... Menophra abruptaria ... 1, YF

1852 ... Brindled Pug ... Epithecia abbreviata ... 2, YF

1862 ... Double-striped Pug ... Gymnoscelis rufifasciata ... 8

1883 ... Yellow-barred Brindle ... Acasis viretata ... 1

1906 ... Brimstone Moth ... Opisthograptis luteolata ... 1

1919 ... Purple Thorn ... Selenia tetralunaria ... 1, YF

2019 ... Chocolate-tip ... Clostera curtula ... 1, YF

2063 ... Muslin Moth ... Diaphora mendica ... 2

2092 ... Shuttle-shaped Dart ... Agrotis puta ... 1

2186 ... Powdered Quaker ... Orthosia gracilis ... 2

2187 ... Common Quaker ... Orthosia cerasi ... 2

2190 ... Hebrew Character ... Orthosia gothica ... 5

2243 ... Early Grey ... Xylocampa areola ... 3

23rd March 2011...Little moth...Big name

Last night in The Dells garden.

A new micro for the year was added, the all too familiar Brown House Moth,
HOFMANNOPHILA PSEUDOSPRETELLA 0647

SMALL QUAKER 2182 Total :-

38 moths of 11 species.

0647) 1 x Hofmannophila pseudospretella (Brown House-moth) *FFY

0633) 1 x Diurnea fagella

0688) 2 x Agonopterix heracliana

1524) 6 x Emmelina monodactyla

1663) 1 x March Moth

1862) 9 x Double-striped Pug

2182) 2 x Small Quaker

2187) 9 x Common Quaker

2188) 2 x Clouded Drab

2190) 3 x Hebrew Character

2243) 2 x Early Grey

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Year total :-

363 moths (262 macro, 101 micro) of 27 species (17 macro, 10 micro)

19th May...Let's go MICRO !

The warmer weather got the micros out in force last night, a good selection visited the traps and I can now ID a lot more than before with a little help from Mr Manning of course !

Eudonia angustea

Tinea trinotella

White-shouldered House-moth
Emmelina monodactyla on take-off

Brown House-moth

Esperia sulphurella

Dichorampha acuminatana

Argyrotaenia ljuniana

Epiblema cynosbatella

Phtheochroa rugosana (lovely moth but cant pronounce its name !) I hope the ID is OK

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MACRO LIST FOR LAST NIGHT TO FOLLOW