5th April 2014 ... Purrfect !

min overnight temp .. 13 deg C, cloudy with light rain early a.m.
Surprisingly few moths in the traps but the early flight trend continues with another Varied Coronet (probable revisit) and a magnificent Puss Moth ...

Cerura vinula, Puss Moth, 5th April 2014

1524 ... Emmelina monodactyla, x 5
1862 ... Double-striped Pug, x 5
1917 ... Early Thorn, x 1
1995 ... Puss Moth, x 1, ... Year first
2063 ... Muslin Moth, x 1
2092 ... Shuttle-shaped Dart, x 1
2170 ... Varied Coronet, x 1
2082 ... Small Quaker, x 2
2187 ... Common Quaker, x 7
2188 ... Clouded Drab, x 1
2190 ... Hebrew Character, x 3
2243 ... Early Grey, x 7
2389 ... Pale Mottled Willow, x 2

The Varied Coronet looks like the one caught on 3rd April which has found its way back to the garden as the markings appear identical, added to the fact that it is well outside of its normal flight time range ...

Varied Coronet, 5th April 2014

Varied Coronet, 3rd April 2014

 The same moth ?
I think so .... it has been released with an extra black indelible ink spot on the forewing

MARCH
Top counts ... garden moths with 5 or more records ....
1 ... 106 ... Common Quaker
2 ... 92 ..... Emmelina monodactyla
3 ... 59 ..... Early Grey
4 ... 57 ..... Double-striped Pug
5 ... 38 ..... Clouded Drab
6 ... 27 ..... Agonopterix heracliana
7 ... 26 ..... Hebrew Character
8 ... 8 ....... Small Quaker
9 ... 7 ....... Early Thorn
10 . 5 ....... Agonopterix alstromeriana

Double-striped Pug, very common at The Dells garden traps ...
The earlier ones were tiny but now they are a lot bigger, this one in particular has a wingspan of 23mm

28th June 2013 ... New garden micro makes its mark

Took a chance on the rain and fired up two traps .....
A couple of spots fell and it turned out to be a warm humid night, ideal for mothing.
two new garden moths was a bonus in a very good trap count
0263 ... Lyonetia clerkella ...Apple Leaf Miner ... 2
0647 ... Hofmannophila pseudospretella ... Brown House-moth ... 2
0648 ... Endrosis sarcitrella ...White-shouldered House-moth ... 2
0787 ... Bryotropha terrella ... Cinerous Groundling
0874 ... Blastobasis lacticolella ... 2 ... London Dowd
0937 ... Agapeta hamana ... Hook-marked Straw Moth ... YF

937 ... Agapeta hamana

0989 ... Aphelia paleana ... Timothy Tortrix ... YF

0994 ... Clepsis consimilana ... Privet Tortrix ... 2
0998 ... Epiphyas postvittana ... Light Brown Apple Moth ... 3
1082 ... Hedya pruniana ... Plum Tortrix ... 2
1176 ... Epiblema trimaculana ... Triple-blotched Bell
1294 ... Crambus pascuella ... Grass-veneer
1301 ... Crambus lathoniellus ... Hook-streaked Grass-veneer2
1302 ... Crambus perlella f. warringtonellus ... Yellow Satin Veneer ... YF

1302 ... Crambus Perlella, form warringtonellus

1344 ... Eudonia mercurella ... Small Grey ... 2
1345 ... Elophila nymphaeata ... Brown China-mark ... GF

1345 ... Elophila nymphaeata

1345 ... Elophila nymphaea, laying eggs in capture pot

1376 ... Eurrhypara hortulata ... Small Magpie
1392 ... Udea olivalis ... Olive Pearl
1428 ... Aphomia sociella ... Bee Moth
1474 ... Ephestia unicolorella ... False Cacao Moth ...4
1481 ... Homoeosoma sinuella ... Twin-barred Knot-horn ... 2
1713 ... Riband Wave
1728 ... Garden Carpet ... 6
1765 ... Barred Yellow ... 2 ...YF

1827 ... Freyer's Pug ... 6
1834 ... Common Pug
1860 ... Green Pug .. 2
1906 ... Brimstone Moth ... 3
1931 ... Peppered Moth
1937 ... Willow Beauty ... 6
1958 ... Clouded Silver ... 3
1976 ... Privet Hawk-moth ... 2
1992 ... Small Elephant Hawk-moth ... 2

1992 ... Small Elephant Hawk-moth

1994 ... Buff-tip
1995 ... Puss Moth

1995 ... Puss Moth ... Cerura vinula

2009 ... Maple Prominent ... 3
2050 ... Common Footman ... 4
2061 ... Buff Ermine ... 3
2069 ... Cinnabar ... 2
2087 ... Turnip Moth ... 2
2088 ... Heart and Club
2089 ... Heart and Dart ... 17
2098 ... The Flame ... 2
2107 ... Large Yellow Underwing
2154 ... Cabbage Moth ... 3
2160 ... Bright-line Brown-eye ... 3
2170 ... Varied Coronet
2223 ... Toadflax Brocade
2279 ... Sycamore
2280 ... Miller
2283/4. Dark/Grey Dagger agg. ... 4
2302 ... Brown Rustic
2321 ... Dark Arches ... 2
2322 ... Light Arches
2327 ... Clouded Brindle ... GF

2333 ... Large Nutmeg ... 2
2337/9. Marbled Minor agg. ... 12
2380 ... Treble Lines
2381 ... The Uncertain ... 2
2384 ... Vine's Rustic... 2
2387 ... Mottled Rustic.... 2
2389 ... Pale Mottled Willow
2441 ... Silver Y
2477 ... Snout
2480 ... Buttoned Snout ... 2
2489 ... Fan-foot ... 3

20th June 2013 ... Here Kitty Kitty !

After missing out last year it was good to see Puss Moth again.
Better late than never .........

1995 ... Puss Moth ... Cerura vinula

Adaina microdactyla was a new garden species, a tiny plume moth with a 15mm wingspan.
The mothing is slowing down a little as the fresher air from the Atlantic pushes the humid air towards the continent, bringing wind and rain with it, but it may be warming up again after the weekend ... typical !

The Catch ...
0017 ... Common Swift.
0647 ... Hofmannophila pseudospretella
0648 ... Endrosis sarcitrella ... 3
0787 ... Bryotropha terrella
0994 ... Clepsis consimilana
0998 ... Epiphyas postvittana
1082 ... Hedya pruniana ... YF

1082 ... Hedya pruniana ... Plum Tortrix

1174 ... Epiblema cynosbatella ... 2
1301 ... Crambus lathoniellus ... 2
1344 ... Eudonia mercurella
1348 ... Parapoynx stratiotata ... YF

1348 ... Parapoynx stratiotata ... Ringed China-mark

1376 ... Eurrhypara hortulata
1392 ... Udea olivalis
1428 ... Aphomia sociella ... 3
1474 ... Ephestia unicolorella ... 2
1481 ... Homoeosoma sinuella
1517 ... Adaina microdactyla ... Hemp-agrimony Plume ... garden first

1517 ... Adaina microdactyla ... Hemp-agrimony Plume

1648 ... Pebble Hook-tip ... YF

1648 ... Pebble Hook-tip ... Drepana falcataria

1728 ... Garden Carpet ... 2
1827 ... Freyer's Pug ... 2
1834 ... Common Pug ... 3
1867 ... Treble-bar
1931 ... Peppered Moth ... 3
1937 ... Willow Beauty ... 3
1961 ... Light Emerald
1980 ... Eyed Hawk-moth
1995 ... Puss Moth ... YF

1995 ... Puss Moth ... Cerura vinula

2000 ... Iron Prominent
2009 ... Maple Prominent
2050 ... Common Footman ... YF

2050 ... Common Footman ... Eilema lurideola

2089 ... Heart and Dart ... 14
2092 ... Shuttle-shaped Dart ... 3
2107 ... Large Yellow Underwing ... 2
2164 ... Broad-barred White
2170 ... Varied Coronet
2334 ... Rustic Shoulder-knot ... 2
2337/9. Marbled Minor agg
2380 ... Treble Lines
2384 ... Vine's Rustic.
2389 ... Pale Mottled Willow
2441 ... Silver Y
2450 ... The Spectacle

22nd April 2011...What's that coming over the hill...

....no, it's not a monster, but a head-on view of a PUSS MOTH and a brand new tick for the garden

PUSS MOTH 1995

another new addition to the garden list last night was this MULLEIN 2221

PEBBLE HOOK-TIP 1648

RED TWIN-SPOT CARPET 1724 .... year first x 2

V-PUG 1858..another year first ALSO:-

16 x S.S.Dart

8 x Brimstone Moth

1 x Clouded Drab

1 x Ruby Tiger

1 x Garden Carpet

Brindled (3), Common (2), Double-striped (2), Currant (2), V-pug, and twelve other pugs unidentified.

1 x Hebrew Character

2 x Dark/Grey Dagger

2 x Common Quaker

3 x Nut-tree Tussock

1 x Least Black Arches

2 x Powdered Quaker

1 x Sallow Kitten

1 x Knot Grass

8 x Argyrotaenia ljungiana

3 x Tinea trinotella

3 x Endrosis sarcitrella

2 x Alucita hexadactyla

2 x Epiphyas postvittana

1 x Hofmannophila pseudospretella

1 x Agonopterix arenella

Plus 2 micros' sent to recorder for ID

GARDEN SPECIES now stands at 79 spp,

54 macro, 25 micro