1st May 2013 ... Ticking along

Still waiting for a couple of warm, humid nights, but the year tally is slowly moving along with two more macro's to add from the garden traps last night.

The Catch ...
0648 ... Endrosis sarcitrella ... White-shouldered House-moth ... 1
0688 ... Agonopterix heracliana ... Common Flatbody ... 1
1497 ... Amblyptilia acanthadactyla ... Beautiful Plume ... 1
1524 ... Emmelina monodactyla ... Common Plume ... 7
1862 ... Gymnoscelis rufifasciata ... Double-striped Pug ... 1
2063 ... Diaphora mendica ... Muslin Moth ... 2, YF

2063 ... Muslin Moth ... Diaphora mendica

2182 ... Orthosia cruda ... Small Quaker ...1
2186 ... Orthosia gracilis ... Powdered Quaker ... 1, YF

2186 ... Powdered Quaker ... Orthosia gracilis

2187 ... Orthosia cerasi ... Common Quaker ... 1
2243 ... Xylocampa areola ... Early Grey ... 1

Butterflies seem to be doing ok in the garden with Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell, Orange-tip, Brimstone, Small and Large White and Holly Blue all noted.

Holly Blue ... Celastrina argiolus

Orange-tip ... Anthocharis cardamines

7th April 2011...Holly Blue & Parsnip Moth

Managed to get a quick pic of a Holly Blue on my numerous and very invasive Forget-Me-NotsA garden first for The Dells....Parsnip Moth, Depressaria heraclei 672

Little more than half the size of the Parsnip Moth is this

AGONOPTERIX HERACLIANA

My Bird Cherry tree in all its Spring glory Last nights garden tally:-

14 x Double-striped Pug

6 x Common Quaker

6 x Emmelina monodactyla

4 x Clouded Drab

2 x Hebrew Character

1 x A. heracliana

1 x Depressaria heraclei (Parsnip Moth)

1 x Powdered Quaker

639 moths caught

502 macros of 20 species

137 micros of 11/12 species...One ID pending