9th April 2014 .... Garden Moth traps latest

Two Esperia sulphurella were seen flying around the Bird-cherry logs in the afternoon sun, adding one more to the garden species tally ....

649 ... Esperia sulphurella

A warm evening. with cloud cover. 13 deg C until 22.30 hrs. dropping to  7 deg as the skies cleared with a bright waxing moon on view.
Highlight of the night.
PALE PINION

Lithophane hepatica, ... Pale Pinion

The catch:-
0483 ... Epermenia chaerophyllella, x 1
0649 ... Esperia sulphurella, x 2, ... year first
0688 ... Agonopterix heracliana ???, x 1, (retained for gen det)
Very difficult species, this one will be sent for ID as I suspect A. scopariella, which has been recorded previously at The Dells on a similar hunch. A. heracliana is still the bookies favourite tho ...

0695 ... Agonopterix alstromeriana, x 3
0998 ... Epiphyas postvittana, x 3
1288 ... Alucita hexadactyla, x 3
1524 ... Emmelina monodactyla, x 7
1862 ... Double-striped Pug, x 14
1906 ... Brimstone Moth, x 2
1917 ... Early Thorn, x 1
2182 ... Small Quaker, x 2
2187 ... Common Quaker, x 6
2188 ... Clouded Drab, x 3
2190 ... Hebrew Character, x 3
2236 ... Pale Pinion, x 1, ... year first
2243 ... Early Grey, x 7
2306 ... Angle Shades, x 1
2389 ... Pale Mottled Willow, x 1

Herald Triumph

Moths at last !
Warm and windy, minimum low ... 8.3 deg C
An excellent evenings garden mothing with 26 moths of 13 species ...
Nice to see the Herald, one of my favourite moths

1 .. 0263 Apple Leaf Miner ..... Lyonetia clerkella .. YF
1 .. 0663  Diurnea fagella ..... YF
2 .. 0688 Agonopterix heracliana
3 .. 1524 Common Plume ..... Emmelina monodactyla
1 .. 1862 Double-striped Pug ..... Gymnoscelis rufifasciata
7 .. 2187 Common Quaker ..... Orthosia cerasi
2 .. 2188 Clouded Drab ..... Orthosia incerta
1 .. 2189 Twin-spotted Quaker ..... Orthosia munda .. YF
2 .. 2190 Hebrew Character ..... Orthosia gothica
1 .. 2236 Pale Pinion ..... Lithophane hepatica .. YF
3 .. 2243 Early Grey ..... Xylocampa areola
1 .. 2258 Chestnut ..... Cinistra vaccinii .. YF
1 .. 2469 Herald ..... Scoliopterix libatrix .. YF

263 Apple Leaf Miner,  Lyonetia clerkella

2469  The Herald,  Scoliopterix libatrix

2189 Twin-spotted Quaker, Orthosia munda

2236 Pale Pinion, Lithophane hepatica

2258 The Chestnut, Conistra vaccinii

663 Diurnea fagella

15th April 2011....Was Knot Was + Pug Quiz

This is the time for many "first" appearances after a long period of orthosia species, especially for me as I missed April last year having slummed it for a month on Grand Cayman in the Caribbean.

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PALE PINION 2236

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KNOT GRASS 2289 was a new entry for the year

First appearance (of hundreds) of SHUTTLE-SHAPED DART 2092

CABBAGE MOTH 2154 another year debutant

Shuttle-shaped Dart, again, by mistake...can't be bothered to edit !

Four RUBY TIGER 2064 . garden first for year

AND NOW WE HAVE LAST NIGHTS PUGS.................. any ID comments appreciated, I have Pug Dislexia, but I'll have a go.....Top, wingspan 18mm ish and rather worn. my guess is Double-striped

Wingspan in excess of 20mm so I'll try....COMMON

20 mm wingspan at most.if it's a Double-striped then it's a big 'un

I'll have a crack at OAK-TREE

wingspan around 20mm again ....not sure if some of these are a larger hatch of Double-striped.....The previous ones have been quite well marked but tiny, wingspan 15/16 mm....... Thanks in advance for your expertise and help, FORTUNA FORTES CORDE (:0)) Last nights haul:-

7 x Early Grey

5 x Hebrew Character

4 x Ruby Tiger *year first

3 x Emmelina monodactyla

2 x Double-striped Pug (definites,,,not pictured)

2 x Common Quaker

1 x Garden Carpet

1 x Knot Grass *year first

1 x Endrosis sarcitrella (White-shouldered House Moth)

1 x Brimstone Moth

1 x Pale Pinion (2nd record this year)

1 x Shuttle-shaped Dart *year first

1 x Cabbage Moth *year first

1 x Hofmannophila pseudospretella (Brown House-moth)

1 x Depressaria heraclei (Parsnip Moth)

1 x Alucita hexadactyla (Twenty-plume Moth)

1 x Pale Mottled Willow

1 x Clouded Drab

PUG SPECIES

TOTALS:-

786 moths (625 macro, 161 micro)

49/50 species (35 macro, 14/15 micro) one ID pending

27th March 2011.... Just when I thought it was slack.......

After a long period of Common Quakers, Clouded Drabs, Hebrew Characters etc, it was nice to get something different. Checking the traps this morning I was pleased to see another Red Chestnut but that was soon overshadowed when I lifted out the final egg tray to find a Pale Pinion. This is a garden "first" for The Dells, bring on a Tawny ! .............................................................................. RED CHESTNUT 2139

PALE PINION 2236

Last Night :-

10 x Common Quaker

3 x Double-striped Pug

4 x Clouded Drab

2 x Early Grey

2 x Emmelina monodactyla

1 x Hebrew Character

1 x Small Quaker

1 x Pale Pinion * Garden first

Totals :-

426 moths (316 macro, 110 micro) of 28 species (18 macro, 10 micro)