19th June 2014.. Not sure about The Rustic, plus odd grub to ID

Uncertain and Rustic, always a headache.
Easier to tell them apart when in pristine condition, and it will help to shine your torch from wingtip towards the head.
Rustic is shinier than Uncertain.
Unscientific, but on fresh specimens it's not a bad guide.
Try it on Mottled Rustic, they are super shiny but easy to ID
Anyway, once I am reasonably sure I have separated the two, the rest are recorded as aggregates, though to be honest I am never 100% sure and should send a couple to the county recorders for examination of the genitalia.
So for now ....
UNCERTAIN

RUSTIC

Neither retained ... they are free to live out their uncertain rustic lives.

Last night was on the chilly side with temperatures struggling to stay in double figures and the catch reflected this.
Very few micros, although I didn't patrol the traps so maybe missed a few.
Instead I watched England v Uruguay and the less said about that the better !
One new micro for the year was Carcina quercana which was expected.

Others of note ...
Small Ranunculus
White Satin Moth
Buff Arches
Toadflax Pug
Dun-bar
Light Arches
Varied Coronet
Miller

BUFF ARCHES

MILLER

Here's a strange looking grub. I thought it was a slug at first.
It was feeding on a Hawthorn leaf.
It has a wet look about it and is sticky like a slug, but I have no idea what it is ... anyone know ?

7th July 2013 ... The latest "Best night of the year so far"

The day kicked off on the right note with a new butterfly for the garden, a Marbled White.
The warmest evening of the year to date produced 3 new moths for the garden all time list.
Two traps operating and a blacklight 15w BLB on the shed wall.
Catch list .....
0288 ... Caloptilia stigmatella ... GF

288 ... Caloptilia stigmatella

0450 ... Scythropia crataegella ... 2
0642 ... Batia unitella
0647 ... Hofmannophila pseudospretella
0648 ... Endrosis sarcitrella ... 4
0779 ... Bryotropha affinis
0787 ... Bryotropha terrella ... 2
870/1a. Oegoconia agg. ... YF ... to be determined

0905 ... Blastodacna hellerella
0937 ... Agapeta hamana
0970 ... Pandemis cerasana
0977 ... Archips podana ... 2 ... YF

0994 ... Clepsis consimilana ... 4
1010 ... Ditula angustiorana ... 3
1020/4. Cnephasia agg. ... YF ... to be determined.

1032 ... Aleimma loeflingiana ... YF

1033 ... Tortrix viridana
1158 ... Rhopobota naevana ... YF
1175 ... Epiblema uddmanniana ... 2
1261 ... Cydia pomonella ... 2
1293 ... Chrysoteuchia culmella
1294 ... Crambus pascuella ... 5
1301 ... Crambus lathoniellus
1302 ... Crambus perlella ... 3
1338 ... Dipleurina lacustrata ... 2
1356 ... Evergestis forficalis
1376 ... Eurrhypara hortulata ... 2
1378 ... Phlyctaenia coronata ... 2
1390 ... Udea prunalis ... 2
1428 ... Aphomia sociella ... 6
1474 ... Ephestia unicolorella ... 3
1481 ... Homoeosoma sinuella ... 2
1524 ... Emmelina monodactyla ... 2
1634 ... The Lackey ... YF

1669 ... Common Emerald
1673 ... Small Emerald
1690 ... Small Blood-vein ... 2
1699 ... Least Carpet ... 2
1705 ... Dwarf Cream Wave ... YF

1707 ... Small Dusty Wave ... 2
1711 ... Treble Brown Spot .. 2
1713 ... Riband Wave ... 5
1728 ... Garden Carpet ... 3
1742 ... Yellow Shell
1827 ... Freyer's Pug ... 2
1830 ... Wormwood Pug ... YF

1834 ... Common Pug ... 8
1862 ... Double-striped Pug ... 3
1876 ... Small Yellow Wave ... GF

1889 ... Peacock Moth ... GF

1904 ... Scorched Wing ... YF

1922 ... Swallow-tailed Moth ... 2
1931 ... Peppered Moth ... 3
1937 ... Willow Beauty ... 4
1980 ... Eyed Hawk-moth
1991 ... Elephant Hawk-moth
1994 ... Buff-tip ... 3
2009 ... Maple Prominent
2050 ... Common Footman ... 8
2061 ... Buff Ermine ... 2
2088 ... Heart and Club ... 4
2089 ... Heart and Dart ... 13
2098 ... The Flame ... 3
2102 ... Flame Shoulder
2107 ... Large Yellow Underwing ...  2
2128 ... Double Square-spot ... 3
2154 ... Cabbage Moth
2155 ... Dot Moth
2160 ... Bright-line Brown-eye ... 3
2165 ... Small Ranunculus ... 2
2170 ... Varied Coronet ... 2
2173 ... The Lychnis
2199 ... Common Wainscot
2279 ... The Sycamore ... 3
2280 ... The Miller ... 2
2283/4. Dark/Grey Dagger agg. ... 7
2293 ... Marbled Beauty ... YF

2306 ... Angle Shades
2321 ... Dark Arches ... 9
2322 ... Light Arches ... 2
2337/9. Marbled Minor agg. ... 5
2341 ... Cloaked Minor ... 2 ... YF

2381 ... The Uncertain ... 17
2382 ... The Rustic ... 2 ...YF

2384 ... Vine's Rustic ... 2
2387 ... Mottled Rustic ... 2
2389 ... Pale Mottled Willow ... 3
2421 ... Scarce Silver-lines ... YF

2489 ... The Fan-foot ... 6
2477 ... The Snout ... 2

24th May ... Garden Traps

Overnight min. temp. 10.9 deg. fresh easterly breeze.
4 more newcomers for the year list.
Yellow-barred Brindle, Rustic & Large Yellow Underwing, plus one micro, Phtheochroa rugosana.


9, Shuttle-shaped Dart
6, Pale Mottled Willow
3, Least Black Arches
3, Grey Dagger agg
3, Common Pug.
2, Brimstone Moth
2, Turnip Moth
2, Scalloped Hazel
2, Garden Carpet
2, Common Swift
1, Waved Umber
1, Yellow-barred Brindle, year first (Below)

1, Pale Tussock
1, Small Waved Umber
1, Peppered Moth
!, Double-striped Pug
1, Mottled Pug
1, Lychnis
1, Large Yellow Underwing. year first (Below)
Louie...Is this a "Fox Underwing " ?

1, Early Grey
1, Angle Shades
1, Buttoned Snout
1, Rustic, year first (Below)

5, Epiphyas postvittana
4, Platyedra subcinerea
4, Aphomia sociella
3, Argyrotaenia ljungiana
3, Endrosis sarcitrella
3, Emmelina monodactyla
2, Syndemis musculana
2, Evergestis forficalis
2, Hofmannophila pseudospretella
2, Tinea trinotella (Below)

2, Bryotropha affinis
1, Alucita hexadactyla
1, Phtheochroa rugosana, year first (Below)

7th July 2011...Global cooling

Hope you all enjoyed our Summer this april !
The garden species are trickling in but it's too fresh and cold for a bumper night at the moment and not much improvement expected for the next few days at least...........................
FIGURE of EIGHTY 1654 attracted to my patio door blacklight

SWALLOW-TAILED MOTH 1922

THE SPECTACLE 2450 The most photographed front end in the mothing world.

UNCERTAIN 2381

THE RUSTIC 2382 7th June :-

4 x Willow Beauty

2 x Shuttle-shaped Dart

15 x Heart & Dart

1 x Buff Ermine

1 x Brimstone Moth

3 x Common Footman

8 x Dark Arches

2 x Large Nutmeg

1 x Flame Shoulder

1 x Swallow-tailed Moth * year first

1 x Figure of Eighty * year first

1 x Setaceous Hebrew Character

1 x The Spectacle * year first

1 x The Rustic * year first

4 x Uncertain

1 x Vine's Rustic

2 x Turnip Moth

1 x Marbled Minor agg.

1 x Small Dusty Wave

6 x Large Pugs Common/Grey ?

2 x Aphomia sociella

3 x Hofmannophila pseudospretella

1 x Pempeliella dilutella

3 x Emmelina monodactyla

2 x Ephestia parasitella

1 x Ditula angustiorana

1 x Eurrhypara hortulata

2 x Celypha striana

1 x Eudonia angustea

1 x Eudonia mercurella

1 x Cnephasia agg.

Garden running total :-

226 species.....135 macro, 91 micro

12th August.....or is it January ? ! !

A late PRIVET HAWKMOTH looking worn and bedraggled

Wet, miserable and colder than a Polar Bears chuff, the fickle English weather had a wintry feel to it last night. Where are the hot august nights ? Only a few hardy souls ventured out and the trap tally was the lowest for a good while with just 10 species of macro and not one micro recorded.

20+ Turnip Moth

20+ Shuttle-shaped Dart

6 x Setaceous Hebrew Character

3 x Flame Shoulder

3 x Rustic

1 x Vine's Rustic

1 x Nutmeg

1 x Cabbage Moth

1 x Large Yellow Underwing

1 x Privet Hawkmoth

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CABBAGE MOTH

RUSTIC

SETACEOUS HEBREW CHARACTER

NUTMEG