16th June 2014 ... Golden handshake

A new macro moth for the garden and a lifer for me ...
2437 GOLDEN PLUSIA

I had mixed feelings about last nights trappings.
The first trap situated near the house was utter carnage.
I don't know what attacked the contents, Hornet is the No. 1 suspect, but there was very little left in the trap except wingless bodies and corpses.
My disappointment turned to joy as the second trap, at the end of the garden, was inspected and the Golden Plusia was discovered.
Below ... a small part of the carnage.
Mostly Heart and Darts, but a Toadflax Brocade also fell victim ...

A Short-cloaked Moth, found on the wall near the trap, was a 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

4th July ... Cloak and Dagger

A warm, sultry night produced a trap full.
Cloaked Minor and Short-cloaked Moth were both year firsts, throw in 4 Grey Dagger aggs. and you've got a blog heading .
Traps results :-
The Micros
1 ... 0647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella
1 ... 0648 Endrosia sarcitrella
1 ... 0874 Blastobasis lacticolella
2 ... 0905 Blastodacna hellerella year first
2 ... 0937 Agapeta hamana
3 ... 0994 Clepsis consimilana
1 ... 1033 Tortrix viridana
3 ... 1216 Cydia pomonella
5 ... 1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella *
5 ... 1294 Crambus pascuella *
5 ... 1302 Crambus perlella *
2 ... 1338 Dipleurina lacustrata
4 ... 1344 Eudonia mercurella
1 ... 1348 Parapoynx stratiotata
1 ... 1371 Sitochroa verticalis (Below

3 ... 1376 Eurrhypara hortulata
1 ... 1390 Udea prunalis
1 ... 1413 Hypsopygia costalis year first
2 ... 1424 Endotricha flammealis
1 ... 1439 Trachycera advenella year first (Below)

8 ... 1474 Ephestia parasitella
2 ... 1481 Homoeosoma sinuella
1 ... 1524 Emmelina monodactyla
* more than 5, but unchecked
Several micros potted up for ID/gen det.

The Macros
1 ... 1653 Buff Arches year first (Below)

1 ... 1669 Common Emerald
2 ... 1690 Small Blood-vein
2 ... 1705 Dwarf Cream Wave
1 ... 1711 Treble Brown Spot
6 ... 1713 Riband Wave
2 ... 1728 Garden Carpet
1 ... 1765 Barred Yellow
1 ... 1816 Toadflax Pug
1 ... 1817 Foxglove Pug
3 ... 1834 Common Pug
1 ... 1837 Grey Pug
1 ... 1922 Swallow-tailed Moth
2 ... 1931 Peppered Moth
5 ... 1937 Willow Beauty
1 ... 1955 Common White Wave year first (Below)

1 ... 1958 Clouded Silver
1 ... 1976 Privet Hawk-moth
1 ... 2009 Maple Prominent year first (Below)

1 ... 2026 Vapourer year first (Below)

5 ... 2047 Scarce Footman
12 . 2050 Common Footman
2 ... 2069 Cinnabar
1 ... 2077 Short-cloaked Moth year first (Below)

2 ... 2087 Turnip Moth
6 ... 2088 Heart & Club
12 . 2089 Heart & Dart
3 ... 2098 Flame
3 ... 2107 Large Yellow Underwing
2 ... 2109 Lesser Yellow Underwing
1 ... 2110 Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
2 ... 2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character
2 ... 2128 Double Square-spot
1 ... 2155 Dot Moth
1 ... 2164 Broad-barred White
1 ... 2165 Small Ranunculus
3 ... 2170 Varied Coronet
3 ... 2199 Common Wainscot
1 ... 2279 Sycamore
4 ... 2284x Grey Dagger agg.
8 ... 2321 Dark Arches
1 ... 2333 Large Nutmeg
2 ... 2341 Cloaked Minor year first (Below)

18 . 2381 Uncertain
2 ... 2422 Green Silver-lines (Below)

7 ... 2489 Fan-foot

9/10/11th June 2011 ...Garden update plus

The cold June continues, down to 5 degrees last night, with rain. Bedfordshire has been declared an official drought county along with 4 others, but looking out of the window today I'm thinking it will soon be "undroughted"
Spent a chilly night on the old heath at the RSPB headquarters at The Lodge, Sandy organised by Mr Steve Blain.
Areas were allocated to the bunch of intrepid trappers to set up their lights, beer tents, BBQ's and generator powered music decks, (^_*).
Despite the cold, some interesting species were trapped/potted, including the expected True Lovers Knot plus some rare micros.
The full list will be published soon.
As for the garden... no regular patrolling due to The Lodge night (9th), birthday celebrations (10th) and cold, wet conditions/visitors (11th) so numbers recorded were down.
Thursday 9th..... a SHORT-CLOAKED MOTH 2077 was added to the garden year list. Friday 10th.... EUCOSMA CANA 1201 was a garden first Frday 10th...A pair of first for year LIGHT ARCHES 2322 Saturday 11th... OEGOCONIA CARADJAI 871a ...the rare one of the three. This one will be gen checked to be 100% sure, but our micro man seems to like it. I know he is a busy man at the mo, so I'll mention the gen det. later ! 9th June
3 x Willow Beauty

4 x Common Footman

3 x Garden Carpet

1 x Short-cloaked Moth * year first

1 x Uncertain

1 x Buff Ermine

3 x Dark Arches

19 x Heart & Dart

2 x Eurrhypara hortulata (Small Magpie)

1 x Cnephasia stephensiana (Grey Tortrix)

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10th June

2 x Garden Carpet

2 x Willow Beauty

14 x Heart & Dart

1 x Elephant Hawk-moth

4 x Uncertain

1 x Peppered Moth

1 x The Snout

1 x Privet Hawk-moth

1 x Riband Wave

2 x Marbled Minor agg.

1 x The Flame

6 x Dark Arches

2 x Light Arches * year first

3 x Large Nutmeg

1 x Udea olivalis

1 x Eurrhypara hortulata (Small Magpie)

1 x Aphomia sociella (Bee Moth)

1 x Cydia pomonella (Codling Moth)

1 x Hofmannophila pseudospretella (Brown House-moth)

1 x Emmelina monodactyla

1 x Eucosma cana * garden first

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June 11th

1 x Treble Brown Spot ***

1 x Yellow Shell ***

1 x Small Dusty Wave ***

*** Netted by day, courtesy of Keely & Louie

1 x Enarmia formosana ***

*** Potted by Captain Trappings (he let all the "new species" go and kept quiet about it...the wine bet continues !)

3 x Willow Beauty

1 x Common Footman

2 x Garden Carpet

1 x Bright-line Brown-eye

1 x Brimstone Moth

1 x Sycamore

13 x Heart & Dart

1 x Dark Arches

1 x Iron Prominent

5 x Uncertain

1 x Double-striped Pug

1 x Common/Grey Pug

2 x Aphomia sociella (Bee Moth)

1 x Oegoconia caradjai * garden first... TBC

1 x Homoeosoma sinuella

1 x Blastobasis lacticolella

1 x Platyedra subcinerea

1 x Scythropia crataegella (Hawthorn Moth)

1 x Celypha striana

Garden running total :-

236 species.....143 macro, 93 micro

The wine bet:-

Trent Duval.......................236 species

Captain Trappings...........228 species.