12th June 2014 .. Grey and Poplar

Very warm again last night but no cloud cover for the bright full moon.
A great chance arose to get a group comparison shot of a Sycamore, a larger, dark form Sycamore f. infuscata and a Poplar Grey.
All three of these moths are reasonably common in The Dells garden ...

... and I couldn't have asked for a more cooperative pose.
left, Sycamore f. infuscata.. center, Sycamore .. right, Poplar Grey.
Pleased with that.

Year first moths for the garden list also please me and a few more turned up last night ...
1033 ... Tortrix viridana
1328 ... Schoenobius gigantella
1331 ... Acentria ephemerella
1354 ... Cataclysta lemnata
1998 ... Poplar Kitten
2155 ... Dot Moth

I forgot to include a Swallow-tailed Moth on the previous nights list, but another turned up ...

Poplar Kitten is uncommon in the garden, this one is the 2nd or 3rd in 5 years.

On the other hand, this DOT MOTH is present in good numbers anually ...

Below ...
Schoenobius gigantella
Cataclysta lemnata, Small China-mark

Not too sure of the ID of this Eudonia/Scoparia

Or this Pug ...

27 mm wingspan, probably Freyer's Pug
and the other could be Eudonia angustea.
Almost forgot ...
Single-dotted Wave, another year first ...

9th July 2013 ... Garden Traps latest

This spell of warm weather we are having is almost too good to be true, but it's going to continue a little longer according to the Met.
5 Privet Hawk-moths didn't leave much room in the traps with two Elephant Hawks for company.
A Schoenobius gigantella was a new garden micro .... micro ? wingspan was close to 42mm.
THE CATCH ...
0874 ... Blastobasis lacticolella ... 2
0905 ... Blastodacna hellerella
0970 ... Pandemis cerasana ... 2
0994 ... Clepsis consimilana ... 2
0998 ... Epiphyas postvittana ... 2
1010 ... Ditula angustiorana
1063 ... Celypha striana ... 2
1082 ... Hedya pruniana ... Plum Tortrix
1175 ... Epiblema uddmanniana
1261 ... Cydia pomonella
1293 ... Chrysoteuchia culmella ... 3
1294 ... Crambus pascuella ... 6
1302 ... Crambus perlella ... 2
1328 ... Schoenobius gigantella, female ... Giant Water-veneer ... GF

1328 ... Schoenobius gigantella .. wingspan 40+ mm

1344 ... Eudonia mercurella
1376 ... Eurrhypara hortulata
1378 ... Phlyctaenia coronata
1424 ... Endotricha flammealis
1428 ... Aphomia sociella ... 3
1470 ... Euzophera pinguis ... Ash-bark Knot-horn ... YF

1470 ... Euzophera pingguis

1513 ... Pterophorus pentadactyla ... White Plume Moth ... YF

1513 ... Pterophorus pentadactyla

1524 ... Emmelina monodactyla ... 2
1669 ... Common Emerald
1673 ... Small Emerald
1690 ... Small Blood-vein
1699 ... Least Carpet ... 3
1705 ... Dwarf Cream Wave
1707 ... Small Dusty Wave ... 2
1711 ... Treble Brown Spot
1713 ... Riband Wave ... 4
1728 ... Garden Carpet ... 3
1858 ... V-pug ... YF

1858 ...  Chloroclystis v-ata ...The V-pug

1906 ... Brimstone Moth
1922 ... Swallow-tailed Moth
1931 ... Peppered Moth ... 2
1937 ... Willow Beauty ... 4
1976 ... Privet Hawk-moth ... 5
1991 ... Elephant Hawk-moth ... 2
1994 ... Buff-tip ... 2
2050 ... Common Footman ... 18
2061 ... Buff Ermine ... 3
2069 ... Cinnabar
2077 ... Short-cloaked Moth ... 2 ... YF

2077 ... Nola cucullatella ... Short-cloaked Moth

2088 ... Heart and Club ... 3
2089 ... Heart and Dart ... 10
2098 ... The Flame ... 5
2107 ... Large Yellow Underwing ... 2
2110 ... Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing ... YF ... female

2110 ... Noctua fimbriata ... Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

2128 ... Double Square-spot
2160 ... Bright-line Brown-eye ... 2
2279 ... The Sycamore ... 4
2280 ... The Miller
2283/4. Dark/Grey Dagger agg. ... 2
2321 ... Dark Arches ... 13
2381 ... The Uncertain ... 15
2382 ... The Rustic ... 1
2387 ... Mottled Rustic
2389 ... Pale Mottled Willow