Last nights moth trap results ... 6/7/15

Nice and warm @ 15 deg C minimum and little wind.
Two skinner traps in garden.
The catch:-
Micro moths
0424 Yponomeuta evonymella 1
0426 Yponomueta malinellus 1
0462 Ypsolopha sequella 1

0647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella 3
0674 Depressaria badiella 2
0787 Bryotropha terrella 2
0870 X Oegoconia sp 1
0937 Agapeta hamana 1
0994 Clepsis consimilana 5
0998 Epiphyas postvittana 2
1010 Ditula angustiorana 2
1011 Pseudargyrotoza conwagana 1
1020 Cnephasia stephensiana 1
1063 Celypha striana 2
1175 Epiblema uddmanniana 1
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella >10
1294 Crambus pascuella 4
1302 Crambus perlella 1
1331 Acentria ephemerella 2

1334 Scoparia ambigualis 3
1338 Dipleurina lacustrata 1
1344 Eudonia mercurella 1
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata 1
1390 Udea prunalis 1
1424 Endotricha flammealis 2
1428 Aphomia sociella 3
1474 Ephestia unicolorella 2
1481 Homoeosoma sinuella 1
1513 Pterophorus pentadactyla 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 2

Macro moths
0161 Leopard Moth 2

1653 Buff Arches 1

1690 Small Blood-vein 1
1699 Least Carpet 6
1705 Dwarf Cream Wave 5
1713 Riband Wave 8
1728 Garden Carpet 2
1742 Yellow Shell 1
1764 Common Marbled Carpet 1
1777 July Highflyer 1

1813 Haworth's Pug 1

1834 Common Pug 5 (probably)
1837 Grey Pug 2
1862 Double-striped Pug 3
1887 Clouded Border 1
1906 Brimstone 1
1922 Swallow-tailed Moth 2
1931 Peppered Moth 1
1937 Willow Beauty 4
1976 Privet Hawk-moth 3
1994 Buff-tip 1
2047 Scarce Footman 2
2050 Common Footman >10
2061 Buff Ermine 3
2069 Cinnabar 1
2087 Turnip Moth 1
2088 Heart and Club > 10
2089 Heart and Dart > 20
2098 Flame 3
2107 Large Y. U. 1
2109 Lesser Y. U. 1
2145 Nutmeg 2

2160 Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2170 Varied Coronet 2
2192 Brown-line Bright-eye 1

2193 Clay 1
2198 Smoky Wainscot 1
2199 Common Wainscot 1
2279 Sycamore 1
2280 Miller 1
2284 X Dark/Grey Dagger agg. 1
2293 Marbled Beauty 1
2321 Dark Arches 8
2322 Light Arches 4
2337 X Marbled Minor agg.
2341 Cloaked Minor 3
2381 X Uncertain/Rustic 7
2387 Mottled Rustic 3
2389 Pale Mottled Willow 1
2421 Scarce Silver-lines 1
2422 Green Silver-lines 2

Scarce and Green Silver-lines

2434 Burnished Brass 1
2441 Silver Y 1
2466 Blackneck 1 ... probable re-visit from previous night.
2489 Fan-foot 2
Plus a few micros for ID

23/4th July ... Garden Moths update

A few more for the garden year list ...
Nice to see my 3rd Black Arches, not many of these country woodland boys come to town.....

888 Mompha propinquella
New for year and present most years in ones and twos ...

Others for 23rd ...
Burnished Brass
Garden, Common and Red Twin-spot Carpet
Oak Eggar
Clouded Border
Campion
Dingy Footman
With the usual brown stuff including a melanic form of Copper Underwing, not seen in the garden before ...

24th July
Amblyptilia acanthadactyla was missed in the spring for the first time, but a 2nd gen. moth turned up in the trap last night ...

Pandemis corylana was another newbie

And last but also Least ... Least Yellow Underwing ..

Others on 24th
Eudemis profundana
Poplar Hawk-moth
Pale Prominent
Small Ranunculus
Straw Dot
Campion
Silver Y
Bordered Pug
Yarrow Pug escaped from pot so won't count.
I took a snap of it on the wall which didn't show much detail in the glare of the flash ...

Lastly, a Leopard Moth ...

26th June 2014 ... micro ID needed plus trap catch

Micro ID ...
473, Acrolepiopsis assectella, Leek Moth. Site first.

A rainy night, so the covers were placed over the traps.
Still a good variety though.
This micro is proving hard to put a name to, the closest I can come up with is 596 Elachista poae

Forewing length almost 6mm

Common Rustic (agg) was a year first for the garden as was Double Lobed

above, Common Rustic agg.
below, Double Lobed

The second Leopard Moth was found on the paving slabs next to the trap and was lucky not to have been eaten by the birds...

Small Ranunculus is a regular in my garden with double figures recorded annually. It appears to be increasing its range ...

13th June 2014 ... New for 2014

Another great night until a torrential shower at 1.30 am washed the traps out.
Luckily it didn't last too long and plenty of moths were flying in the 15 deg. minimum temperature.
80 + species were recorded including 14 new for the garden year list
Just the newbies listed :-
0161 Leopard Moth
0422 Argyresthia albistria
0644 Borkhausenia fuscescens
0905 Blastodacna hellerella
1020 Cnephasia stephensiana
1150 Epinotia abbreviana
1212 Rhyacionia pinivorana
1338 Dipleurina lacustrata
1348 Parapoynx stratiotata
1390 Udea prunalis
1481 Homoeosoma sinuella
1955 Common White Wave
2322 Light Arches
2381 Uncertain

16th July 2013 ... Flying high in July

July Highflyer was a nice surprise in the trap this morning .....YF

1777 ... July Highflyer ...Hydriomena furcata

Water Veneer usually come in hundreds, so it was odd that just one made an appearance.
Maybe 1000 will roll up tonight ...YF

1331 ... Water Veneer ... Acentria ephemerella

Both Yellow and Brown-tail made their year first arrival together ....

2029 ... Brown-tail

2030 ... Yellow-tail

Other Year firsts ...

2064 ... Ruby Tiger

1354 ... Cataclysta lemnata ... Small China-mark

161 ... Leopard Moth

5th July 2012... Wet traps !

I'm seriously thinking about building an Ark.
Both traps were soaking wet in the morning, but moth numbers were high.
9 Swallow- tailed Moths was a record count, the second Leopard Moth of the year, Brown-tail and a tiny Wainscot type, which I think is Mere Wainscot but I will consult the County recorders..... Wingspan = 25mm, give or take a mil, check it out, I may be well off track :-

I actually caught TWO of the above, but one died in the capture pot.
Mere or Small Wainscot would both be new moths for the site.
Confirmed by County recorders...1 male, 1 female Mere Wainscot.
Thanks Andy & Melissa...

A year first Brown-tail (Below)

Leopard Moth

6 new for year micros were added to the 2012 tally plus a few for ID.
I'm still using the old names at the moment, it's easier to check out UK moths if I need the BF number.

Phlyctaenia coronata

Pterophorus pentadactyla

Yponomeuta evonymella

Phycita roborella

Scoparia ambigualis and Aleimma loeflingiana were also new for year.

Always worth a Small Runc pic !
This was one of two and it's in fresh, pristine condition

2165 .. Small Ranunculus, Hecatera dysodea