25th June 2012 ... Le Shark

Overnight low ... 11.5 deg. light breeze
A good selection in the traps this morning, including a year first Shark and a Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing...
An Oegoconia is awaiting determination, which will probably be the the least common of the three (caradjai). Previous gen. dets. have all been caradjai (about 8 ) apart from 1 deauratella.
Another Small Elephant Hawk-moth makes 3 this year, I'm normally inundated with Elephant Hawk-moth so where are they ????????
Trap results:-
0449 Prays fraxinella 1,  (Below)

0647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella 2
0648 Endrosis sarcitrella 1
0787 Bryotropha terrella 4
870-1a Oegoconia spp. 1, probably "caradjai". gen det to follow. (Below)

0874 Blastobasis lacticolella 1
0994 Clepsis consimilana 1
1063 Celypha striana 1
1076 Celypha lacunana 1
1261 Cydia pomonella 2
1301 Crambus lathoniellus 3
1348 Parapoynx stratiotata 3
1392 Udea olivalis 2
1424 Endotricha flammealis 1, year first
1428 Aphomia sociella 5
1474 Ephestia parasitella 9
1481 Homoeosoma sinuella 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 1
1707 Small Dusty Wave 1
1711 Treble Brown Spot 1
1713 Riband Wave 4
1742 Yellow Shell 2
1827 Freyer's Pug 3
1834 Common Pug 9
1837 Grey Pug 3
1860 Green Pug 1
1906 Brimstone Moth 3
1931 Peppered Moth 2
1937 Willow Beauty 16
1958 Clouded Silver 1
1992 Small Elephant Hawk-moth 1, (Below)

2050 Common Footman 3
2069 Cinnabar 1
2087 Turnip Moth 1
2088 Heart & Club 4
2089 Heart & Dart 8
2098 Flame 7
2107 Large Yellow Underwing 4
2109 Lesser Yellow Underwing 1
2110 Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1, year first (Below)

2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character 3
2145 Nutmeg 1, (Below)

2164 Broad-barred White 2
2166 Campion 1
2170 Varied Coronet 2
2216 Shark 1, year first (Below)

2280 Miller 1
2283/4, Dark/Grey Dagger agg.
2321 Dark Arches 3
2333 Large Nutmeg 3
2337 Marbled Minor agg. 9, (Below)
I'm going to get this one checked methinks.....could be rufous ?

2380 Treble Lines 1
2381 Uncertain 2
2389 Pale Mottled Willow 1
2441 Silver Y 2
2477 Snout 1
2489 Fan-foot 3
15 unidentified Pugs, that will remain unidentified and 6 micros for our intrepid recorder to unravel.

28/29th June 2011...Cooling Down

The past two days have been much cooler. Not much to report on the garden traps front, just one year tick and and a garden first maybe 2 following a Gen Det.... but that will be a couple of weeks or more away.
OEGOCONIA SP. I think this may be "quadripuncta" BROWN-TAIL 2029... first for year EUDONIA PALLIDA 1336... garden first, possibly overlooked in the past. Garden totals :-

296 species, 179 macro, 117 micro

Almost half way to my 400 target