30th April 2014 ... Garden Moths latest

Last night was an opportunity to bag a few species before a batch of cold wet weather moves in.
It proved to be a little disappointing but a Chocolate-tip was added to the year list.
Shuttle-shaped Dart numbers have increased with 19 in the traps, any outside the traps get snapped up by the House Sparrows which are now feeding chicks.
Two Muslin Moths were caught including a white female which is seldom seen ...
CHOCOLATE-TIP

MUSLIN MOTH female

A daytime foray in the garden produced a few moths, Beetles and Bees etc ..

Above ... A spotless Harlequin Ladybird being stalked by an aphid
Below ... Anthophila fabriciana, the Common Nettle-tap

Below ... Brown Squash Bug or Dock-leaf Bug, Coreus marginatus

Below ... Pyrausta aurata, Mint Moth

Below ... The first prospector seen checking out my bug box made from lengths of garden cane, jammed into a wooden box and fixed to the wall ..

Below
A Nursery-web Spider sunning itself on a foxglove leaf

25th April 2011...OOPS !

I have had a look at some of my pics to put into a file for 2011 macros, and to my horror, I have to strike one off the list !
I recorded this as a WHITE ERMINE when in fact it is a female MUSLIN MOTH. This is the first female seen in my garden if that is an excuse !
Saying that, I now have to check my 2010 records and see if the same mistake has been made. SO, it's now 57 macros and 32 micros for a total to date of 89 species (with 2 more micros awaiting ID)
Last nights northerly wind put a damper on proceedings with 46 moths caught of 16 species. 26 of the 46 were Shuttle-shaped Darts