27th July 2014 .. New for garden .. Dark Spinach

The first site record of Dark Spinach was found on the dining room curtain near the patio door ....

... still a "garden first" tho.

A selection of catch :-
26th July
0462 ... Ypsolopha scabrella
1113 ... Eudemis profundana
1207 ... Clavigesta purdeyi

1354 ... Cataclysta lemnata
1673 ... Small Emerald
1724 ... Red Twin-spot Carpet
2003 ... Pebble Prominent
2006 ... Lesser Swallow Prominent

2030 ... Yellow-tail
2126 ... Setaceous Hebrew Character
2223 ... Toadflax Brocade

27th July
0303 ... Parornix anglicella, tbc
0455 ... Ypsolopha scabrella
801a ... Gelechia senticetella

1331 ... Acentria ephemerella x 300+
1415 ... Orthopygia glaucinalis
1425 ... Galleria mellonella

1749 ... Dark Spinach
1981 ... Poplar Hawk-moth
2087 ... Turnip Moth
2092 ... Shuttle-shaped Dart x 48
2112 ... Least Yellow Underwing
2343x . Common Rustic agg x 28
2382 ... Rustic

above ... Ledra aurita
an odd looking, large leaf-hopper that is a regular at my traps at this time of year

4th July 2013 ... Two Swallows, a summer doth make

Swallow-tailed Moth ....

1922 ... Swallow-tailed Moth ... Ourapteryx sambucaria

Swallow Prominent of the Lesser kind ...

2006 ... Lesser Swallow Prominent ... Pheosia gnoma

4th July catch ...
0642 ... Batia unitella ... YF
0648 ... Endrosis sarcitrella ... White-shouldered House-moth ... 3
0905 ... Blastodacna hellerella ... Hawthorn Cosmet ... YF

0964 ... Cochylis dubitana
0970 ... Pandemis cerasana ... Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix ... YF

1010 ... Ditula angustiorana ... Red-barred Tortrix
1033 ... Tortrix viridana ... Green Oak Tortrix
1474 ... Ephestia unicolorella ... 3
1481 ... Homoesoma sinuella
1673 ... Small Emerald
1713 ... Riband Wave ... 2
1728 ... Garden Carpet ... 2
1758 ... Barred Straw ... YF

1764 ... Common Marbled Carpet
1817 ... Foxglove Pug
1834 ... Common Pug ... 6
1860 ... Green Pug
1922 ... Swallow-tailed Moth ... YF
1931 ... Peppered Moth
1937 ... Willow Beauty ... 4
1976 ... Privet Hawk-moth
1991 ... Elephant Hawk-moth
1992 ... Small Elephant Hawk-moth
1994 ... Buff-tip
2006 ... Lesser Swallow Prominent
2050 ... Common Footman ... 3
2061 ... Buff Ermine ... 2
2069 ... Cinnabar ... 2
2088 ... Heart and Club ... 6
2089 ... Heart and Dart ... 20
2092 ... Shuttle-shaped Dart
2098 ... The Flame ... 3
2107 ... Large Yellow Underwing ... 2
2109 ... Lesser Yellow Underwing
2128 ... Double Square-spot ... 2
2160 ... Bright-line Brown-eye
2164 ... Broad-barred White ... 3
2170 ... Varied Coronet
2279 ... Sycamore
2280 ... Miller ... 2
2283/4. Dark/Grey Dagger agg. ... 4
2321 ... Dark Arches ... 4
2337/9. Marbled Minor agg. ... 4
2381 ... The Uncertain
2389 ... Pale Mottled Willow ... 3
2441 ... Silver Y
2477 ... Snout
2489 ... Fan-foot ... 3
Plus 2 micros for ID.

3rd July 2013 ... Garden Moths catch list

Another bumper night in the garden traps with 9 new for year additions. Min temp ...11 deg C
Two of the 4 Privet Hawks were torn to pieces in the trap along with a Silver Y, and several other moths were found dead but intact, probably the work of a  Hornet.

0017 ... Common Swift ... 1
0227 ... Monopis laevigella ... Skin Moth ... YF ... 1
0450 ... Scythropia cataegella ... Hawthorn Moth ... YF ... 1

 0994 ... Clepsis consimilana ... Privet Tortrix ... 2
0998 ... Epiphyas postvittana ... Light Brown Apple Moth ... 2
1010 ... Ditula angustiorana ... Red-barred Tortrix ... YF ... 1

1020/4. Cnephasia sp ... YF ... To be determined

1063 ... Celypha striana ... Barred Marble ... 1
1175 ... Epiblema uddmanniana ... Bramble Shoot Moth ... 1
1294 ... Crambus pascuella ... Grass-veneer ... 3
1375 ... Ostrinia nubilalis ... European Corn Borer ... YF ... 1

1376 ... Eurrhypara hortulata ... Small Magpie ... 2
1378 ... Phlyctaenia coronata ... Elder Pearl ... YF ... 1

1390 ... Udea prunalis ... Dusky Pearl ... 1
1392 ... Udea olivalis ... Olive Pearl ... 1
1421 ... Aglossa pinguinalis ... Large Tabby ...YF ... 1
1428 ... Aphomia sociella ... Bee Moth ... 2
1474 ... Ephestia unicolorella ... False Cacao Moth ... 5
1481 ... Homoeosoma sinuella ... Twin-barred Knot-horn ... 1
1653 ... Buff Arches ... 1
1707 ... Small Dusty Wave ... 2
1711 ... Treble Brown Spot ... 1
1713 ... Riband Wave ... 3
1728 ... Garden Carpet ... 2
1813 ... Haworth's Pug ... YF ... 1

1825 ... Lime-speck Pug ... 1
1827 ... Freyer's Pug ... 2
1834 ... Common Pug ... 4
1840 ... Shaded Pug ... 1
1860 ... Green Pug ... 1
1887 ... Clouded Border ... 1
1888 ... Scorched Carpet ... YF ... 1

1976 ... Privet Hawk-moth ... 4
2006 ... Lesser Swallow Prominent ... YF ... 1

2061 ... Buff Ermine ... 2
2069 ... Cinnabar ... 1
2087 ... Turnip Moth ... 1
2088 ... Heart and Club ... 6
2089 ... Heart and Dart ... 23
2098 ... The Flame ... 7
2102 ... Flame Shoulder .. 2
2107 ... Large Yellow Underwing ... 3
2126 ... Setaceous Hebrew Character ... 1
2154 ... Cabbage Moth ... 3
2160 ... Bright-line Brown-eye ... 1
2170 ... Varied Coronet ... 2
2278 ... Poplar Grey ... 1
2280 ... Miller ... 2
2321 ... Dark Arches ... 3
2322 ... Light Arches ... 1
2333 ... Large Nutmeg ... 1
2337/9. Marbled Mino agg. ... 5
2381 ... Uncertain ... 7
2384 ... Vine's Rustic ... 3
2387 ... Mottled Rustic
2389 ... Pale Mottled Willow ... 3
2425 ... Nut-tree Tussock ... 1
2441 ... Silver Y ... 2
2434 ... Burnished Brass x 1
2450 ... Spectacle ... 1
2474 ... Straw Dot ... 1
2477 ... The Snout ... 2

21st Aug '12 .. Late summer doldrums

Nothing new in the garden for a few days despite the ideal conditions.
Plenty of brown moths that are starting to look very tired now.
The last 3 nights have seen literally thousands of Water Veneer, Acentria ephemerella, in the traps and hundreds of Horse Chestnut Leaf-miners, Cameraria ohridella.
The wine bet has almost reached "wave the white flag" levels as Capt. Trappings races away with a 15 macro species advantage.
One or two nice moths were recorded that were not so brown, but nothing to speed up the ticker.
Here's a few........

Toadflax Brocade, Calophasia lunula .. a Dells regular and very local.

Argyresthia goedartella

Beautiful Plume, Amblyptilia acanthadactyla

Iron Prominent, Notodonta dromedarius. Unusually well marked

Poplar Hawk-moth, Laothoe populi. 21/08/12 ..  A latecomer

Lesser Swallow Prominent, Pheosia gnoma

Nutmeg, Discestra trifolii

31st May 2012 ... Good end to month

Overnight low 13.3 deg. cloudy
The month ended on a high with 45 species in and around the garden traps, including 11 additions to the year list.

17 Common Swift Hepialus lupulinus 1
229 Monopis obviella 1
647 Brown House-moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella 3
648 White-shouldered House-moth Endrosis sarcitrella 3
779 Bryotropha affinis 1
808 Platyedra subcinerea 2
974 Argyrotaenia ljungiana 1
998 Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana 3
1063 Celypha striana 1, year first
1133 Epinotia bilunana 1 year first (Below)

1174 Epiblema cynosbatella 2
1428 Bee Moth Aphomia sociella 3
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 1
1728 Garden Carpet Xanthorhoe fluctuata 5
1768 Grey Pine Carpet Thera obeliscata 1 year first (Below)

1776 Green Carpet Colostygia pectinataria 4
1819 Mottled Pug Eupithecia exiguata 1
1825 Lime-speck Pug Eupithecia centaureata 1
1834 Common Pug Eupithecia vulgata 7
1860 Green Pug Pasiphila rectangulata 2, year first (Below)

1906 Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata 3
1920 Scalloped Hazel Odontopera bidentata 1
1937 Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria 4
1958 Clouded Silver Lomographa temerata 1, year first (Below)

1961 Light Emerald Campaea margaritata 1, year first (Below)

2000 Iron Prominent Notodonta dromedarius 1
2006 Lesser Swallow Prominent Pheosia gnoma 1, year first (Below)

2011 Pale Prominent Pterostoma palpina 1, year first (Below)

2028 Pale Tussock Calliteara pudibunda 1
2060 White Ermine Spilosoma lubricipeda 1, year first (Below)

2087 Turnip Moth Agrotis segetum 8
2089 Heart & Dart Agrotis exclamationis 4, (Below)

2092 Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta 15
2102 Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta 1
2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum 1
2154 Cabbage Moth Mamestra brassicae 2
2173 The Lychnis Hadena bicruris 1
2223 Toadflax Brocade Calophasia lunula 1
2333 Large Nutmeg Apamea anceps 2
2380 Treble Lines Charanyca trigrammica 4
2381 The Uncertain Hoplodrina alsines 7
2283/4 Dark/Grey Dagger Acronicta tridens/psi agg.1
 2387 Mottled Rustic Caradrina morpheus 1, year first (Below)

2389 Pale Mottled Willow Paradrina clavipalpis 8
2418 Cream-bordered Green Pea Earias clorana 1, year first (Below)

2441 Silver Y Autographa gamma 4

13th Aug 2011...Garden update.

Overnight min temp:- 12.6 deg
The last two nights have started full of promise, but the clouds have disappeared to reveal a bright full moon and the mothing comes to a sudden halt.
After trapping 8 Swallow Prominents this year to date it was nice to finally catch up with Lesser Swallow Prominent.

LESSER SWALLOW PROMINENT

BILL D
           Thanks for suggesting Pearly Underwing for my weird Turnip Moth.
I checked out quite a few images and thought that was a good call.
I sent pics to recorder but without seeing the underwing he could not accept it.
In the interest of accurate records, this is perfectly understandable.
The underwings are in the cat litter tray in a slightly different format so this time it's "One that got away". Pearly Underwing is now my priority target so every Turnip Moth is getting doubly checked.
I mentioned the smooth antennae on the weird one compared to the feathered of Turnip. Captain Trappings made a good point....is there a difference between male and female as is the case of Lead-coloured Drab ???? Anyone ???

381 species...215 macro, 166 micro