What is killing my Hawthorn saplings ? plus garden moth species for 4th June

Something is attacking my young Hawthorn trees !
I have never seen the likes of it before, it is like a ball of white, slimy, silky web with a brown end on it.
Has anyone seen or know what this is ?

Garden Moths for 4th June
12.3 deg. C. min. temp.
A warmer, humid night would have been perfect but for the bright near full moon.
To be fair, it is rising quite late in the evening so has no effect on the early flyers.
5 more species made the garden year list out of the 32 species recorded.

0648 x 1 Endrosis sarcitrella
0649 x 1 Esperia sulphurella
0808 x 2 Platyedra subcinerea
0986 x 1 Syndemis musculana
0998 x 4 Epiphyas postvittana
1174 x 2 Epiblema cynosbatella
1261 x 1 Cydia pomonella, year first

Cydia pomonella

1342 x 2 Eudonia angustea
1428 x 4 Aphomia sociella
1474 x 1 Ephestia unicolorella, year first

Ephestia unicolorella

1707 x 1 Small Dusty Wave, year first

Small Dusty Wave

1728 x 2 Garden Carpet
1764 x 1 Common Marbled Carpet
1819 x 1 Mottled Pug
1834 x 6 Common Pug
1837 x 2 Grey Pug
1860 x 1 Green Pug
1887 x 1 Clouded Border, year first

Clouded Border

1937 x 2 Willow Beauty
2028 x 1 Pale Tussock
2069 x 1 Cinnabar
2087 x 1 Turnip Moth
2089 x 5 Heart and Dart
2092 x 3 Shuttle-shaped Dart
2102 x 1 Flame Shoulder
2126 x 3 Setaceous Hebrew Character
2223 x 1 Toadflax Brocade
2333 x 1 Large Nutmeg, year first

Large Nutmeg

2334 x 1 Rustic Shoulder-knot
2384 x 3 Vine's Rustic
2389 x 1 Pale Mottled Willow
2480 x 1 Buttoned Snout

Buttoned Snout

10th June 2013 .... Year list additions

The Moth Fairy came and left me a Pale Prominent for my birthday ... :)
New for year ......

2011 ... Pale Prominent ... Pterostoma palpina

2 more for the year list ....

2087 ... Turnip Moth ... Agrotis segetum

2333 ... Large Nutmeg ... Apamea anceps

Some of the rest .........

1976 ... Privet Hawk-moth ... Sphinx ligustri

2286 ... Knot Grass ... Acronicta rumicis

AND A NICE CHOCOLATE BIRTHDAY CAKE

from Mrs Trappings, Keely and Louie ..... 

22nd May 2012 ... Bumper evening

Overnight min. temp. 10.4 deg ... warm and calm.
Hands up anyone who didn't get a year first last night....
As expected, this was the best night of the year so far with around 40 species in and around the traps.
Trap results :-
1728 Garden Carpet Xanthorhoe fluctuata 5
1769 Spruce Carpet Thera britannica 1, year first (Below)

1781 Small Waved Umber Horisme vitalbata 1

1825 Lime-speck Pug Eupithecia centaureata 1, year first
1834 Common Pug Eupithecia vulgata 3
1862 Double-striped Pug Gymnoscelis rufifasciata 2
1906 Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata 2
1920 Scalloped Hazel Odontopera bidentata 4
1937 Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria 1, year first (Below)

1997 Sallow Kitten Furcula furcula 1, year first (Below)

2063 Muslin Moth Diaphora mendica 2

2078 Least Black Arches Nola confusalis 2, (Below)

2087 Turnip Moth Agrotis segetum 3
2092 Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta 8
2145 The Nutmeg Discestra trifolii 1, year first (Below)

2154 Cabbage Moth Mamestra brassicae 2

2160 Bright-line Brown-eye Lacanobia oleracea 1, year first (Below)

2190 Hebrew Character Orthosia gothica 1
2283/4 Dark/Grey Dagger Acronicta tridens/psi 1
2306 Angle Shades Phlogophora meticulosa 3

2333 Large Nutmeg Apamea anceps 1, year first (Below)

2389 Pale Mottled Willow Paradrina clavipalpis 5

2480 Buttoned Snout Hypena rostralis 1, year first (Below)

Micro moths :-
229 Monopis obviella 2
247 Tinea trinotella 3, year first (Below)

409a Argyresthia trifasciata 2, year first
647 Brown House-moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella 1
648 White-shouldered House-moth Endrosis sarcitrella 3
672 Parsnip Moth Depressaria heraclei 2, year first (Below)
NB ... Wrong pic. this one is Hofmannophila pseudospretella
the Brown House Moth

779 Bryotropha affinis 3
808 Platyedra subcinerea 4
947 Aethes smeathmanniana 1, year first (Below)

974 Argyrotaenia ljungiana 2
998 Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana 5
1342 Eudonia angustea 2
1428 Bee Moth Aphomia sociella 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 6
plus 2 for the recorder to determine

30th Nov 2011

Overnight min temp...8.2 deg
Strong winds with light showers until some time in the wee wee hours.
Nothing to add to the year list, but two macros' were recorded.

Large Nutmeg..."Inhabiting dry pasture and woodland fringes, the adults fly in June and July, and are attracted to light and sugar".....from UK Moths


30th November catch :-
1 x Large Nutmeg !
1 x Silver Y

LARGE NUTMEG

Can anyone name this Catty ?... Found on the shed wall last night, about 35mm long.

3rd Nov 2011...Late Large Nutmeg

Not a great deal to get enthused about. A Vine's Rustic caught on the 30th Oct turned out to be the latest one on record for VC30 and a Large Nutmeg last night, 3rd Nov, may also be the latest.
Still no Feathered Thorn !
Oct 31st...11.1 deg min. Windy, overcast
3 x Blair's Shoulder-knot
2 x Angle Shades
Black Rustic
Pale Mottled Willow
Dark Arches
Shuttle-shaped Dart
Large Wainscot
Turnip Moth
Silver Y
3 x Monopis obviella
2 x Emmelina monodactyla
1 x Blastobasis lacticolella

1st Nov..6.8deg min. calm, cooler
Blair's Shoulder-knot
Yellow-line Quaker
Pale Mottled Willow
2 x Large Wainscot
Shuttle-shaped Dart
3 x Emmelina monodactyla
1 x Eudonia angustea

2nd Nov...12.2 deg min. Windy
2 x Large Wainscot
1 x Silver Y
1 x S.S.Dart
1 x Angle Shades
1 x Epiphyas postvittana

3rd Nov...min 11 deg calm with late heavy rain
2 x Shuttle-shaped Dart
2 x Emmelina monodactyla
3 x Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth...Epiphyas postvittana

1 x Angle Shades
1 x Blair's Shoulder-knot...very worn, barely recognisable
1 x Turnip Moth
1 x Large Nutmeg

Large Nutmeg

6th May 2011...Getting good

Thanks to the "Spanish Plume" we are now enjoying warm wind and a lot of moths.
The Dells garden recorded 8 new species for the year including one new record,
TOADFLAX BROCADE 2223 is only the 4th record in VC30 and a new record for my square, TL14.

TOADFLAX BROCADE 2223

SYCAMORE 2279

GREEN PUG 1860

WILLOW BEAUTY 1937

COMMON WAINSCOT 2199

RUSTIC SHOULDER-KNOT 2334

LARGE NUTMEG 2333 Last nights tally:-

20 + Shuttle-shaped Dart

6 x Pale Mottled Willow

5 x Turnip Moth

5 x Garden Carpet

4 x Heart & Dart

4 x Bright-line Brown-eye

3 x Setaceous Hebrew Character

2 x Small Waved Umber

2 x Waved Umber

2 x Lime Hawkmoth

2 x Brimstone Moth

2 x Marbled Minor agg.

2 x Willow Beauty *year first

3 x Large Nutmeg *year first

2 x Rustic Shoulder-knot * year first

Scalloped Hazel

Cabbage Moth

Sallow Kitten

Pebble Prominent

Sycamore *year first

Grey Dagger agg,

Green Pug * year first

Silver Y *year first

Common Wainscot *year first

Toadflax Brocade ** Garden first

MICROS

7 x Aphomia sociella

4 x Argyrotaenia ljungiana

4 x Argyresthia trifasciata

3 x Endrosis sarcitrella

3 x Epiphyas postvittana

3 x Platyedra subcinerea

2 x Tinea trinotella

2 x Cydia pomonella

2 x Epiblema cynosbatella

2 x Ephestia parasitella unicolorella

1 x Depressaria heraclei

1 x Emmelina monodactyla

1 x Evergestis forficalis

GARDEN TOTALS:-

119 species.....81 macro, 38 micro

29th May.....Minor Delay

MARBLED MINOR is my guess but will ask Andy to peer up its kilt and check out its claspers, hope it's a male ! So in the meantime...........
MARBLED MINOR agg. Thanks Andy,.......... MARBLED MINOR

One of two SMALL WAVED UMBER from last night

OK, I'll go for...errrm....COMMON PUG

GREEN CARPET, common but stunning

OK (again), I'll go for...errrrrrrrrrrm........I would like it to be an OAK-TREE PUG but.........

My 6th LIME HAWKMOTH and YES they are different moths.

First two of these for the year with many more to come.....

SETACEOUS HEBREW CHARACTER

one of 3 LARGE NUTMEG

COMMON SWIFT pale form

COMMON SWIFT dark form Results:-

18 x S.S.Dart

5 x Turnip Moth

4 x Heart & Dart

3 x Common Swift

3 x Large Nutmeg

2 x Setaceous Hebrew Character (first for year)

2 x Treble Lines

2 x Treble Bar

2 x Bright-line Brown-eye

1 x Lime Hawkmoth

1 x Brimstone Moth

1 x Common Marbled Carpet (same one as the previous night)

1 x Pale Mottled Willow

1 x Vine's Rustic

1 x Marbled Minor agg. for now ! After dissection it has been confirmed as MARBLED MINOR, thanks Andy

20th May The list is slowly growing

I think this one is a type of Tortrix...........
Thanks Pab for the ID and
thanks David for confirmation of SYNDEMIS MUSCULANA

COMMON CARPET a garden first

LARGE NUTMEG (thanks Andy for confirming the ID) another garden first

RUSTIC SHOULDER KNOT

POWDERED QUAKER........late ? Results:-

15 x S.S.Dart

2 x Muslin Moth

2 x Brimstone Moth

2 x D.S. Pug

2 x Mottled Pug

2 x Common Pug

1 x Currant Pug

1 x Rustic Shoulder-knot

1 x Flame Shoulder

1 x Least Black Arches

1 x Garden Carpet

1 x Common Carpet (garden first)

1 x Small waved Umber

1 x Pale Mottled Willow

1 x Large Nutmeg (garden fisrt)

THE MICROs

1 x Pyrausta aurata...first for year

3 x E. monodactyla

2 x Argyrotaenia ljungiana

1 x Codling Moth

3 x Light Brown Apple Moth

AND A FEW FOR MR. MANNING !!!