23rd Aug 2014 ... Frosted Orange

Another cold night at 7deg min. I don't know where Neil Diamond was when he sang about Hot August Nights, not in Biggleswade that's for sure !
A year first Frosted Orange was the highlight in the traps ...

2364. Frosted Orange, Gortyna flavago

> 30 ... Large Yellow Underwing, Flounced Rustic, Straw Underwing.
> 20 ... Square-spot Rustic, Vine's Rustic, Orange Swift,
5 - 10, Pale Mottled Willow, Setaceous Hebrew Character, Turnip Moth, Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing.
1, Silver Y
1, Common Wainscot
1, Tawny Speckled Pug
1, Mouse Moth
1, Angle Shades
1, Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, male
The rest of the catch was made up of Copper Underwing, Marbled Beauty, Willow Beauty, Brimstone, Double-striped Pug, Shuttle-shaped Dart.
The only micro moths recorded were ...
10+ Agriphila geniculea
Emmelina monodactyla
Epiphyas postvittana and a Brown House Moth

The Sallows should start appearing at any time now and it'll be Christmas before we know it.

2299, Mouse Moth, Amphipyra tragopoginis

1838, Tawny Speckled Pug, Epithecia icterata

20th July 2014 ... Likin' the lichen

Still hectic around the garden traps as temperatures remain high.
There has been a huge influx of Diamond-back moths over the last few days with 10+ recorded for the last 4 nights, and that is a conservative estimate.
Another migrant from last night was a Tree-lichen Beauty, attracted to the 15watt BLB on the shed wall, one to look out for....

above ... Tree-lichen Beauty on the garden shed window.

It's been a lazy week recording-wise as there have been too many moths to deal with so I've just "cherry picked" a few each evening, mainly new moths for the garden year, plus a few.

On the 18th it was again warm and sultry with a brief but heavy shower.
4 micros were added to the garden list and many more were potted up for our county micro recorder to identify....
462 . YPSOLOPHA SEQUELLA

877 . STATHMOPODA PEDELLA

1113 . EUDEMIS PROFUNDANA

1415 . ORTHOPYGIA GLAUCINALIS

19th
Warm, humid
Two micros that I will get confirmed.
The first one could be 274 . BUCCULATRIX ULMELLA

or maybe a worn B. thoracella

The 2nd I think is 1274 . DICHRORAMPHA ALPINANA

No problem with 1350 . NYMPHULA STAGNATA

20th
Warm, humid
294 . ASPILAPTERYX TRINGIPENNELLA

2299 . MOUSE MOTH

Others:-
18th
0746 .. Chrysoesthia drurella
1653 .. Buff Arches
2425 .. Nut-tree Tussock
19th
50 plus Lyonetia clerkella
20 plus Cameraria ohridella
c20 ..... Plutella xylostella
12 x Cydia splendana, highest count on record for garden.
1648 .. Pebble Hook-tip
2031 .. White Satin
2165 .. Small Ranunculus
2289 .. Knot Grass
2421 .. Scarce Silver-lines
2425 .. Nut-tree Tussock
20th
1637 .. Oak Eggar, female
1724 .. Red Twin-spot Carpet
1825 .. Lime-speck Pug
1917 .. Early Thorn x 3
1976 .. Privet Hawk-moth
2044 .. Dingy Footman
2092 .. Shuttle-shaped Dart x c30 (numbers increasing)
2165 .. Small Ranunculus
2280 .. Miller
2475 .. Nut-tree Tussock

above ... SMALL RANUNCULUS, well marked and in pristine condition, from the trap last night.

28th July 2013 .... Drinks are on me

The second ever record for Drinker in the garden trap ...

1640 ... The Drinker ... Euthrix potatoria

Trap results 28th July ...
0263 ... Lyonetia clerkella
0284 ... Caloptilia rufipennella
409a ... Argyresthia trifasciata
0411 ... Argyresthia goedartella ... YF

411 ... Argyresthia goedartella

0424 ... Yponomeuta evonymella
0647 ... Hofmannophila pseudospretella
0648 ... Endrosis sarcitrella
0658 ... Carcina quercana
0787 ... Bryotropha terrella
0898 ... Limnaecia phragmitella ... YF

898 ... Limnaecia phragmitella

0937 ... Agapeta hamana
0970 ... Pandemis cerasana
0974 ... Argyrotaenia ljungiana
0994 ... Clepsis consimilana
1010 ... Ditula angustiorana
1063 ... Celypha striana
1048 ... Acleris variegana
1169 ... Gypsonoma dealbana ... YF

1169 ... Gypsonoma dealbana

1201 ... Eucosma cana ... YF
1205 ... Spilonota ocellana ... Bud Moth ... YF

1205 ... Spilonota ocellana

1294 ... Crambus pascuella
1302 ... Crambus perlella
1304 ... Agriphila straminella
1313 ... Catoptria pinella ... YF

1313 ... Catoptria pinella

1344 ... Eudonia mercurella
1361 ... Pyrausta aurata
1376 ... Eurrhypara hortulata
1390 ... Udea prunalis
1405 ... Pleuroptya ruralis
1424 ... Endotricha flammealis
1439 ... Trachycera advenella
1452 ... Phycita roborella
1481 ... Homoeosoma sinuella
1524 ... Emmelina monodactyla
1637 ... Oak Eggar
1640 ... The Drinker ... YF
1699 ... Least Carpet
1708 ... Single-dotted Wave
1713 ... Riband Wave
1732 ... Shaded Broad-bar
1742 ... Yellow Shell
1777 ... July Highflyer
1781 ... Small Waved Umber
1816 ... Toadflax Pug
1830 ... Wormwood Pug
1841 ... Yarrow Pug
1906 ... Brimstone Moth
1917 ... Early Thorn
1921 ... Scalloped Oak
2000 ... Iron Prominent
2019 ... Chocolate-tip

2019 ... Chocolate-tip ... 2nd generation

2047 ... Scarce Footman
2061 ... Buff Ermine
2092 ... Shuttle-shaped Dart
2098 ... The Flame
2109 ... Lesser Yellow Underwing
2110 ... Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
2128 ... Double Square-spot
2145 ... The Nutmeg
2154 ... Cabbage Moth
2155 ... Dot Moth
2160 ... Bright-line Brown-eye
2193 ... The Clay
2198 ... Smoky Wainscot
2283/4. Dark/Grey Dagger agg.
2293 ... Marbled Beauty
2299 ... Mouse Moth ... YF

2299 ... Mouse Moth

2306 ... Angle Shades
2321 ... Dark Arches
2341 ... Cloaked Minor
2343 ... Common Rustic agg.
2349 ... Mere Wainscot
2352 ... Dusky Sallow
2353 ... Flounced Rustic ... YF

2353 ... Flounced Rustic

2381 ... Uncertain
2382 ... Rustic
2441 ... Silver Y
2469 ... The Herald
2477 ... The Snout

26th July 2012 ... Garden traps

Here are the latest additions to the 2012 garden year list :-

1183 Epiblema foenella

1304 Agriphila straminella

1305 Agriphila tristella

1313 Catoptria pinella

640 Batia lunaris

427 Yponomeuta cagnagella

2299 Mouse Moth

2353 Flounced Rustic

1894 Latticed Heath

2044 Dingy Footman

2297 Copper Underwing

The Dells garden latest

It's been a very busy period these last few days so here are some highlights from The Dells garden.


4th July... a year first OAK EGGAR was superb as I had one last year, my first. 4th July... another year first, but this will soon be followed by the 101st....MARBLED BEAUTY

4th July.... a year first MOUSE MOTH 4th July.....a new entry for the micros...MOMPHA PROPINQUELLA 888

3rd July..... a garden first LUNAR-SPOTTED PINION....now for WHITE-SPOTTED and LESSER-SPOTTED !!! Garden totals :-

303 species...185 macro, 118 micro

23rd Sept.....New moth for The Dells

MOUSE MOTH . . . . .Not the new moth, just a late addition.

Had the Skinner and the Funnel trap out last night. Weather was warm and overcast with a hint of a breeze which would have been perfect had the clouds not disappeared to reveal a big bright moon. Having said that, two Large Ranunculus were trapped, one in the Skinner and one in the Funnel Trap. This is the first time I have had them actually in the traps as they usually sit on the walls nearby. Highlight of the evening was a new tick ...................................

..............................................BRINDLED GREEN

LUNAR UNDERWING is now becoming abundant with 9 in the traps

RIBAND WAVE on the shed door

WILLOW BEAUTY appeared in numbers with 16 around the traps

SMALL BLOOD-VEIN looking worse for wear The nights haul:-

16 x Willow Beauty

12 x Large Yellow Underwing

12 x Pale Mottled Willow

9 x Lunar Underwing

5 x Shuttle-shaped Dart

4 x Turnip Moth

3 x Lesser Yellow Underwing

2 x Square-spot Rustic

2 x Garden Carpet

2 x Large Ranunculus

Black Rustic

Light Emerald

Snall Blood-vein

Riband Wave

Mouse Moth

Brindled Green

25th Aug.....wet,wet,wet

All night rain put a damper on the trapping, but amazingly there were 51 moths of 20 species caught.
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COMMON WAINSCOT

LIGHT EMERALD

MOUSE MOTH The nights haul :-

9 x Large Yellow Underwing
6 x Turnip Moth

5 x Vine's Rustic

4 x Flounced Rustic

3 x Shuttle-shaped Dart

3 x Setaceous Hebrew Character

3 x Common Wainscot

3 x Rustic

2 x Square-spot Rustic

2 x Nutmeg

2 x Pale Mottled Willow

1 x Lesser Yellow Underwing

1 x Yellow Shell

1 x Orange Swift (female)

1 x Common Rustic (agg)

1 x Uncertain

1 x Marbled Beauty

1 x Light Emerald

1 x Mouse Moth

1 x Agriphila geniculea

24th July....A night at the Proms

Temperatures were back up last night and two new species for the garden were added to the list. Both Coxcomb and Swallow Prominents.
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COXCOMB PROMINENT

SWALLOW PROMINENT

MOUSE MOTH

YELLOW SHELL

LACKEY Results from 3 traps :-

18 Dark Arches

17 Shuttle-shaped Dart

7 Common Rustic agg

6 Silver Y

6 Riband Wave

5 Broad Bordered Yellow Underwing

4 Ruby Tiger

3 Grey/Dark Dagger

3 Nutmeg

2 Lesser Yellow Underwing

2 Lesser Broad Bordered Underwing

2 Toadflax Pug

2 Turnip Moth

2 Cloaked Minor

2 Least Carpet

2 Small Waved Umber

2 Willow Beauty

2 Buff Ermine

2 Bright-line Brown-eye

2 Pale Mottled Willow

2 Uncertain

2 Scarce Footman

Lime-speck Pug

Large Yellow Underwing

V-Pug

Dingy Footman

Mouse Moth

Yellow Shell

Brimstone Moth

Dun-bar

Straw Dot

Swallow Prominent

Knot Grass

Scalloped Oak

Cabbage Moth

Bordered Pug

Double Square-spot

Blood-vein

Light Arches

Dot Moth

Single-dotted Wave

Coxcomb Prominent

Lackey