7th July 2014 .. Catch up time

It's all been a bit manic lately.
The evening of 2nd July, Matt and myself were joined by Ben Sale to give Home Wood a trap session.
Well over 200 species were recorded on a warm, humid night with the gen dets still to come.
Ben set a line of 3 traps, while Matt and I set one trap and a sheet.
Micros turned up first and by the time the macros got going you could hardly see the sheet for moths.
An interesting find along the ride track were two Glow Worms which we haven't encountered before, the light they emit is truly amazing.

above .. Glow Worms on the ride track in Home Wood.

Meanwhile, back to the garden traps ...
Quite a few species have been added to the garden year list, but a new macro is always a buzz so I was very pleased this morning when I turned over the egg boxes to discover this Bird's Wing ...

Other "newbies"
2nd July
0441 ... Paraswammerdamia nebulella
1813 ... Haworth's Pug
3rd July
0427 ... Yponomeuta cagnagella
0455 ... Ypsolopha scabrella
801a ... Gelechia senticetella
1036 ... Acleris forsskaleana
1048 ... Acleris variegana
1436 ... Conobathra rependana
2111 ... Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
2300 ... Old Lady
Plus another new macro for The Dells garden ...
2305 ... Small Angle Shades

2466 ... Blackneck

4th July
A very battered Lackey, how this actually flew into the trap I'll never know ..

5th July
0516 ... Coleophora trifolii

Anyone want a stab at this one ?

2044 ... Dingy Footman f. stramineola

2349 ... Mere Wainscot

2300 ... Old Lady 3/7/14

1640 ... Drinker
7/7/14

Diorytria abietella .... or is it the other one ? tbc

Another one here which is either Eana incanana or a very worn Cnephasis sp

tbc.

Small Talk

The last two nights have cooled down and it looks like the rain is returning for the forthcoming week.
Moth numbers are well down, with a predominance of Underwings and tired looking Uncertain types.
Nothing new for a couple of nights but still getting Small Ranunculus and round two of Toadflax Brocade.
Highlights from 27th/28th July:-

Small Ranunculus...locally common at The Dells garden

Small Emerald turn up in two's and three's

Small Blood-vein, another regular, haven't seen a big Blood-vein since 2010

 

Small Wainscot would have been nice, but this one is a Mere Wainscot.

A site first this year and this is my 5th...

My blog site namesake...... Campion

Another Dells speciality....Toadflax Brocade

Dusky Sallow

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

21st July.....Wormwood scrubs up well !

The unique duo Blacklight/actinic (an early experimental "Ratface" trap) is certainly accounting for a lot of species in The Dells garden.
And last night was no exception as it bagged a ......................................................

............................... WORMWOOD !

a garden first for the Dells, and after Mr Blain's 14th last week, this is the 15th vc30 record.

MERE WAINSCOT....first appearance in the garden

Red Twin-spot Carpet X

SCALLOPED OAK.......2nd record for the year A cool breeze developed as the night went on keeping numbers down.

29 species of macro moths recorded.