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.

29th/30th Garden catch report

29th Sept ...
Migrants are still in evidence with Xylostella plutella, Diamond-back moth, and Nomophila noctuella, Rush Veneer both at the traps.
Alas no Vestal.
Redwings (birds not moths) are now passing overhead at night on their annual winter migration from Scandinavia, first heard 24th Sept.
A visit from Capt. Trappings added a couple more to the garden  list after a leaf-mining session on  apple, raspberry, birch and hawthorn.
The vast majority of mines were Lyonetia clerkella  found on Birch, Apple, Bird-cherry, Hawthorn  in epidemic proportions, occasionally found on Cotoneaster.
A reasonable estimate would be a quarter of a million or more ....

263 ... Lyonetia clerkella mines on Apple, Bird-cherry and Birch

.... multiply the above by EVERY leaf and it doesn't leave much room for other mining species !

One of the mines on the birch could be 301 Parornix betulae, unfortunately the larvae had vacated all of the dozen or so mines found, so ID is not conclusive.
 The usual rustics, underwings, characters and pale mottled creatures are still filling the traps.
Best of the rest ...
Red-green Carpet
Large Ranunculus x 4
Brimstone Moth
Garden Carpet x 4
Common Marbled Carpet
Brimstone Moth
Barred Sallow
Blair's Shoulder-knot x 9
Double-striped Pug
Snout
Depressaris badiella
Prays fraxinella, Ash Bud Moth

449 ...  Prays fraxinella ... Ash Bud Moth

 Orthopygia glaucinalis

1415 ...  Orthopygia glaucinalis,... Double-striped Tabby 

30th Sept ...
Apart from most of the stuff above ....
3 x Beaded Chestnut
1 x Brown-spot Pinion ... Best year for this species since my records began in 2009
1 x Mallow ... YF

1745 ... Mallow

1 x Spruce Carpet
4 x Garden Carpet
2 x Common Marbled Carpet
LEAF MINES ..
0310 ... Callisto denticulella ... ( adult recorded this year)

310 ... Callisto denticulella .. Garden Apple Slender, on Bramley Apple 

0323 ... Phyllonorycter oxyacanthae ... new for the garden, the result of planting a few Hawthorn seedlings 2 years ago.

323 ... Phyllonorycter oxyacanthae  ...  Common Thorn Midget, on Hawthorn

0050 ... Stigmella aurella ... another new species for the garden which has taken a liking to my 2 year old Raspberry row.

50 ... Stigmella aurella ..  Golden Pigmy, on Raspberry 

ABOVE .... A little Sprucie bonus .... 1769 ...Spruce Carpet

12th July 2013 ... Need a bigger trap !

This warm spell is certainly filling the traps ... I need a moth secretary for the two traps I am running, I may cut back to one.
Last nights haul :-
Quite a few micros potted up for later ID
0229 ... Monopis obviella
0424 ... Yponomeuta evonymella ... 4
0450 ... Scythropia crataegella
0640 ... Batia lunaris ... YF

0640 ... Batia lunaris

0642 ... Batia unitella
0647 ... Hofmannophila pseudospretella ... 2
0648 ... Endrosis sarcitrella ... 2
0658 ... Carcina quercana ... YF

0787 ... Bryotropha terrella ... 3
870/1a. Oegoconia agg ... 2
0874 ... Blastobasis lacticolella
0985 ... Cacoecimorpha pronubana ... 2
0994 ... Clepsis consimilana ... 8
1001 ... Lozotaeniodes formosanus ... 2
1020/4. Cnephasia agg. ... 4
1023 ... Tortrix viridana ... 8
1032 ... Aleimma loeflingiana ... 10

1063 ... Celypha striana ... 2
1076 ... Celypha lacunana
1115 ... Ancylis achatana
1175 ... Epiblema uddmanniana ... 3
1183 ... Epiblema foenella ... 2 ... YF

1183 ... Epiblema foenella

1273/ ... Dichrorampha sp
1293 ... Chrysoteuchia culmella ... 4
1294 ... Crambus pascuella ... >10
1376 ... Eurrhypara hortulata ... 2
1390 ... Udea prunalis ... 2
1415 ... Orthopygia glaucinalis ... YF

1415 ... Orthopygia glaucinalis

1424 ... Endotricha flammealis ... 4
1428 ... Aphomia sociella ... 5
1474 ... Ephestia unicolorella
1653 ... Buff Arches
1669 ... Common Emerald ... 2
1690 ... Small Blood-vein
1699 ... Least Carpet ... 8
1705 ... Dwarf Cream Wave ... 3
1707 ... Small Dusty Wave
1711 ... Treble Brown Spot ... 3
1713 ... Riband Wave ... >10
1728 ... Garden Carpet ... 4
1738 ... Commom Carpet
1742 ... Yellow Shell ... 2
1758 ... Barred Straw

1758 ... Barred Straw

1765 ... Barred Yellow
1813 ... Haworth's Pug

1813 ... Haworth's Pug

1827 ... Freyers Pug ... 2
1830 ... Wormwood Pug ... 2
1834 ... Common Pug ... 3
1837 ... Grey Pug
1839 ... Bordered Pug ... YF 

1840 ... Shaded Pug ... 2
1858 ... V-pug
1862 ... Double-striped Pug
1879 ... Clouded Border
1922 ... Swallow-tailed Moth ... 3
1931 ... Peppered Moth ... 2
1937 ... Willow Beauty ... 3
1955 ... Common White Wave
1958 ... Clouded Silver ... 2
1976 ... Privet Hawk-moth ... 3
1980 ... Eyed Hawk-moth
1991 ... Elephant Hawk-moth ... 2
1994 ... Buff-tip ... 2
1997 ... Sallow Kitten
2009 ... Maple Prominent ... 3
2050 ... Common Footman ... >30
2061 ... Buff Ermine ... 3
2069 ... Cinnabar
2077 ... Short-cloaked Moth ... 2
2088 ... Heart and Club ... 8
2089 ... Heart and Dart ... >20
2098 ... The Flame ... 6
2107 ... Large Yellow Underwing ... 3
2110 ... Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing ... 2
2155 ... Dot Moth ... 2
2160 ... Bright-line Brown-eye ... 3
2164 ... Broad-barred White ... 2
2165 ... Small Ranunculus ... 2
2170 ... Varied Coronet ... 2
2192 ... Brown-line Bright-eye ... YF 

2192 ... Brown-line Bright-eye

2198 ... Smoky Wainscot ... 2

2198 ... Smoky Wainscot

2199 ... Common Wainscot ... 2

2199 ... Common Wainscot

2216 ... The Shark
2279 ... Sycamore ... 3
2280 ... The Miller ... 2
2283/4. Dark/Grey Dagger agg. ... 4
2321 ... Dark Arches ... >30
2322 ... Light Arches ... 2
2337/9. Marbled Minor agg ... 6
2341 ... Cloaked Minor ... 2
2343/a. Common Rustic agg.
2349 ... Mere Wainscot ... YF

2349 ... Mere Wainscot

2381 ... Uncertain ... >20
2382 ... Rustic ... 2
2387 ... Mottled Rustic ... 2
2441 ... Silver Y
2489 ... The Fan-foot ... 4

27th June 2012 ... Easy to Swallow

Four Swallow-tailed moths homed in on the traps on a rare warm and humid night.

c200 moths of 71 species and hours of sorting !

0647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella 4

0964 Cochylis dubitana 1

0994 Clepsis consimilana 3

1063 Celypha striana 3

1216 Enarmonia formosana 1

1261 Cydia pomonella 3

1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella 2. year first

1294 Crambus pascuella 2, year first

1301 Crambus lathoniella 2

1344 Eudonia mercurella 2

1361 Pyrausta aurata 1

1371 Sitochroa verticalis 1, year first

1376 Eurrhypara hortulata 1

1392 Udea olivalis 2

1415 Orthopygia glaucinalis 1, year first (Below)

1428 Aphomia sociella 8

1474 Ephestia parasitella 12

1481 Homoeosoma sinuella 1

1497 Amblyptilia acanthadactyla 1

1524 Emmelina monodactyla 3

1654 Figure of Eighty 1

1669 Common Emerald 1 year first (Below)

1711 Treble Brown Spot 1

1713 Riband Wave 4

1728 Garden Carpet 3

1742 Yellow Shell 2

1764 Common Marbled Carpet 1

1816 Toadflax Pug 1

1830 Wormwood Pug 1 year first (Below) ... (Ben ?) 

1834 Common Pug 6

1860 Green Pug 1

1922 Swallow-tailed Moth 4, year first, (Below)

1937 Willow Beauty 9

1958 Clouded Silver 1

1976 Privet Hawk-moth 3

1994 Buff-tip 1

2047 Scarce Footman 2 year first, (Below)

2050 Common Footman 6

2088 Heart & Club 6

2089 Heart & Dart 18

2098 Flame 2

2107 Large Yellow Underwing 1

2109 Lesser Yellow Underwing

2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character 2

2128 Double Square-spot 1

2147 Shears 1

2155 Dot Moth 1

2164 Broad-barred White 1

2279 Sycamore 2

2278 Poplar Grey 1

2280 Miller 3

2283/4 Grey Dagger agg.

2321 Dark Arches 13

2322 Light Arches 1

2333 Large Nutmeg 12

2337x Marbled Minor agg. 4

2381 Uncertain 10

2382 Rustic 1

2384 Vine's Rustic 2

2441 Silver Y 1

2474 Straw Dot 1, year first

2489 Fan-foot 5

12th Oct 2011,

Overnight min temp..13.1 deg, calm. overcast
A year first Green-brindled Crescent was expected.
Still no Merveille du Jour tho.......
4 x Large Yellow Underwing
5 x Blair's Shoulder-knot
3 x Black Rustic
1 x Brindled Green
1 x Green-brindled Crescent. year first



GREEN-BRINDLED CRESCENT

 3 x Pale Mottled Willow
5 x Angle Shades
15x Shuttle-shaped Dart
1 x Beaded Chestnut
1 x Common ?? Pug...maybe Double-striped (Cheers Stewart)

COMMON PUG ??

1 x Lunar Underwing
2 x Turnip Moth
1 x Red-line Quaker
1 x Webb's Wainscot
1 x Large Wainscot

LARGE WAINSCOT

1 x Sallow
4 x Emmelina monodactyla
2 x Epiphyas postvittana
1 x Agonopterix heracliana
1 x Orthopygia glaucinalis


An unexpected micro at this time of year ORTHOPYGIA GLAUCINALIS

 426 species.....244 macro, 182 micro

RESULTS

Sunday night was calm with a bright fullish moon.

Results were the expected low with just 3 x Willow Beauty

and 3 x Sh. Sh. Dart.

Monday 5th was a little better with 2 x Sh.Sh.Darts

2x Large Yellow Underwings ( both looking worn )

1x Lesser " " " " " also worn

1 x Black Rustic

1 x Pale Mottled Willow

AND one unidentified, which I believe is a micro (see pic)