15th/16th June ... Garden Moths latest

At last, a warm, humid, overcast night, perfect for a bit of mothing.
Nothing much on the 15th, although I managed to add Celypha lacunana and Middle-barred Minor to the year list.

BF 2340 ... Middle-barred Minor

BF 1076 ... Celypha lacunana

The light breeze was still coming from the NE and had a cold feel to it but it slowly shifted to the SE giving us a glorious day yesterday and a perfect moth night.
Probably about 70 species at the lights last night allowing for the ones I have forgotten, surprisingly, no Hawk-moths.
Micros took centre stage with several year first records and a new species for the garden, Carpatolechia fugitivella.

BF 772 ... Carpatolechia fugitivella 

Micros
0227 Monopis laevigella, 3
0229 Monopis obviella, 3
0263 Lyonetia clerkella, 4
409a Argyresthia trifasciata, 1
0450 Scythropia crataegella, 1, year first.

BF 450 ... Scythropia crataegella

0647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella, 2
0648 Endrosis sarcitrella, 2
0772 Carpatolechia fugitivella, 1, garden first.
0787 Bryotropha terella, 3, year first

BF 787 ... Bryotropha terella

871a Oegoconia caradjai, 1, year first ( to be confirmed )

Oegoconia spp.

0874 Blastobasis lacticolella, 2
0970 Pandemis cerasana, 2, year first

BF 970 ... Pandemis cerasana

0994 Clepsis consimilana, 9
0998 Epiphyas postvittana, 4
1020 Cnephasia spp. 2, ( to be confirmed )
1063 Celypha striana, 1
1076 Celypha lacunana, 4
1083 Hedya nubiferana, 1, year first

BF 1083 ... Hedya nubiferana

1205 Spilonota ocellana, 1, year first
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella, 1, year first
1301 Crambus lathoniellus, 3
1334 Scoparia ambigualis, 2, year first
1344 Eudonia mercurella, 1
1356 Evergestis forficalis, 1
1361 Pyrausta aurata, 1 night, 4 on sage and oregano daytime.
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata, 4
1392 Udea olivalis, 2, year first

BF 1392 ... Udea olivalis

1428 Aphomia sociella, 5
1474 Ephestia unicolorella, 1
1481 Homoeosoma sinuella, 1, year first

BF 1481 ... Homoeosoma sinuella

1513 Pterophorus pentadactyla, 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla, 3

Macros
0017 Common Swift ♀, 1
1707 Small Dusty Wave, 3
1711 Treble Brown Spot, 4
1728 Garden Carpet, 4
1764 Common Marbled Carpet, 1
1819 Mottled Pug, 2
1827 Freyer's Pug, 1
1834 Common Pug, 6
1837 Grey Pug, 3
1860 Green Pug, 4
1862 Double-striped Pug, 1

BF 1862 ... Double-striped Pug

1887 Clouded Border, 1
1906 Brimstone Moth, 2
1931 Peppered Moth, 1
2043 Orange Footman, 1

BF 2043 ... Orange Footman

2050 Common Footman, 2
2069 Cinnabar, 2
2087 Turnip Moth, 2
2088 Heart and Club, 1, year first
2089 Heart and Dart, 28
2092 Shuttle-shaped Dart, 4
2102 Flame Shoulder, 1
2107 Large Yellow Underwing, 1
2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character, 2
2147 Shears, 1, year first. (poorly marked for a fresh moth, I thought it might be Dingy Shears but it doesn't appear "boat shaped" enough for Dingy)

BF 2147 ... Shears

2165 Small Ranunculus, 1

BF 2165 ... Small Ranunculus

2223 Toadflax Brocade, 1

BF 2223 ... Toadflax Brocade

2279 Sycamore, 1
2331 Small Clouded Brindle, 1
2337x Marbled Minor agg. 4

BF 2337x Marbled Minor agg.

2381 Uncertain, 2
2384 Vine's Rustic, 2
2387 Mottled Rustic, 3
2389 Pale Mottled Willow, 2
2477 Snout, 4, year first

BF 2477 ... Snout

2489 Fan-foot, 1, year first

BF 2489 ... Fan-foot

19th June 2013 ... The Micro Catch

Overcast, sultry conditions with a minimum temperature of 15 deg C. Perfect.

A huge catch with many additions to the year list, and 5 species of Hawk-moth were recorded.

THE CATCH ...... micros first ... macros below this post

0224 ... Triaxomera parasitella ... Large Brindled Clothes Moth ... YF 

224 ... Triaxomera parasitella

0229 ... Monopis obviella ... 3

409a ... Argyresthia trifasciata ... 10+

0464 ... Plutella xylostella ... 2

0647 ... Hofmannophila pseudospretella ... 2

0697 ... Agonopterix arenella

0779 ... Bryotropha affinis ... 3

0808 ... Platyedra subcinerea

0985 ... Cacoecimorpha pronubana

0994 ... Clepsis consimilana ... YF

994 ... Clepsis consimilana

0998 ... Epiphyas postvittana ... 4

1000 ... Ptycholoma lecheana ... YF

1000 ... Ptycholoma lecheana

1133 ... Epinotia bilunana ... YF

1133 ... Epinotia bilunana

1174 ... Epiblema cynosbatella ... 2

1216 ... Enarmonia formosana

1261 ... Cydia pomonella ... 2

1273 ... Dichrorampha petiverella .. Common Drill ... garden first (netted, late pm)

1273 ... Dichrorampha petiverella

1301 ... Crambus lathoniellus ... 2

1376 ... Eurrhypara hortulata ... 3

1392 ... Udea olivalis ... 3

1417 ... Pyralis farinalis ... Meal Moth ... YF

1417...  Pyralis farinalis

1428 ... Aphomia sociella ... 6

1474 ... Ephestia unicolorella ... 3

1481 ... Homoeosoma sinuella ... YF

1481 ... Homoeosoma sinuella

MACROS in post below, due to space limits in labels
           
         
                 

19th June 2012 ... What bad weather ??

A couple of Kentish Ales, England beat Ukraine and a good mothing night.
My micro tally should be boosted by a few. David (county recorder) & Sylvia (moth widow) Manning popped by for a morning cuppa and took away a few pots for examination.
I'm tempted to mention the Macro Race for the bottle of wine as I am 20+ ahead of Captain Trappings ..... but I won't.

Garden trap haul :-
0647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella 3
0648 Endrosis sarcitrella 2
0779 Bryotropha affinis 1
0787 Bryotropha terrella 4
0994 Clepsis consimilana 1, year first
0998 Epiphyas postvittana 3
1063 Celypha striana 2
1174 Epiblema cynosbatella 2
1176 Epiblema trimaculana 1
1261 Cydia pomonella 1
1301 Crambus lathoniellus 1
1331 Acentria ephemerella 1, year first
1342 Eudonia angustea 1
1348 Parapoynx stratiotata 2, year first (Below)

1376 Eurrhypara hortulata 1, year first
1428 Aphomia sociella >10
1474 Ephestia parasitella >10
1481 Homoeosoma sinuella 1, year first (Below)

 1690 Small Blood-vein 1, year first (Below)

1707 Small Dusty Wave 4
1713 Riband Wave 2
1727 Silver-ground Carpet 1, year first
1728 Garden Carpet 4
1742 Yellow Shell 5
1781 Small Waved Umber 1
1819 Mottled Pug
1834 Common Pug 10
1832 Currant Pug 1, year first (Below)

1837 Grey Pug 2
1860 Green Pug
1906 Brimstone Moth 2
1931 Peppered Moth 2
1937 Willow Beauty 14
2007 Swallow Prominent 1
2050 Common Footman 2
2061 Buff Ermine 1
2087 Turnip Moth 2
2089 Heart & Dart 13
2098 Flame 2, year first (Below)

  


2107 Large Yellow Underwing 1
2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character 2
2160 Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2173 Lychnis 1
2279 Sycamore 1
2306 Angle Shades 1
2321 Dark Arches 9
2322 Light Arches 1
2333 Large Nutmeg 7
2337 agg. Marbled Minor 5
2381 Uncertain 7
2387 Mottled Rustic 2
2389 Pale Mottled Willow 3
2450 Spectacle 2
2489 Fan-foot 1, year first (Below)

Garden Update

28th May
MIDDLE-BARRED MINOR 2340

27th May ...PTEROPHORUS PENTADACTYLA 1513

CNEPHASIA STEPHENSIANA 1020 25th May...MAY HIGHFLYER 1778 PHLYCTAENIA PERLUCIDALIS 1380 HOMOEOSOMA SINUELLA 1481 ELACHISTA GANGABELLA 0620 Garden total to date:-

186 species......120 macro, 66 micro