8th Oct 2011

Min overnight temp...11.7de4g,  Rain
No traps were set due to constant rain, but an actinic 15watt was switched on to illuminate the shed wall.
Checked the shed at first light and found 5 moths of 5 species.
Also found another mine on the raspberry leaves complete with larva which is the 200th micro recorded in the Dells garden since 2010. Emmetia marginea, BF 0125.
1 x Lesser Yellow Underwing
1 x Black Rustic
1 x Angle Shades
1 x Grey Pine Carpet, unconfirmed
1 x Hypsopygia costalis, Gold Triangle
1 x Emmetia marginea,,, raspberry leaf mine *garden first




Grey Pine Carpet ?




Gold Triangle, Hypsopygia costalis

2011 Garden totals:-
242 macro
182 micro

2nd June 2011....Year first micros

2nd June saw 3 micros to add to the year list :-
SITOCHROA VERTICALIS 1371

HYPSOPYGIA COSTALIS 1413 35 species recorded but 2 x ID's pending,,, all micros

2011 Garden total :-

208 species....127 macro, 81 micro plus pending ID's

CARCINA QUERCANA 0658

22nd Sept....Nice variety, but fairly quiet

LARGE RANUNCULUS

No year or garden "firsts" for 5 days now, the autumn moths are not coming to the party as yet. Still need 14 to reach my 200 macro target for The Dells garden. No Chance of catching the Manor Place garden which is sitting pretty at 223. I'm not going to the off-licence yet tho, but it's looking like I am probably up for an expensive bottle of the vino. Last night saw a few nice moths but nothing to add to the tally............

The humble SHUTTLE-SHAPED DART

Just the one ORANGE SWIFT in the Skinner last night

It's been a while since I have seen one of these....GOLD TRIANGLE (forgot the Latin name)

ANGLE SHADES

ROSY RUSTIC