30th May ... Yet more new moths for 2014 ...

Another good mothing night with 44 species recorded icluding a new species for garden, Small Clouded Brindle (below)

It looks much more "tent shaped" than its normal flatter pose, this is because it is frozen.
I meant to leave it in the freezer for half a minute to calm it down for a photo ... but the phone rang !
Other new for year moths are as follows:-
Tinea pellionella (from my lounge room)
Epinotia bilunana, below

Aglossa pinguinalis, Large Tabby, (below)

Clepsis consimilana (below)

Treble Brown Spot (below)

Purple Bar (below)

Silver-ground Carpet (below)

Sandy Carpet (below)

4th June 2013 ... Privet Hawk-moth cleared for landing

The first Privet Hawk-moth of the year crash landed into the trap last night, they really are massive !
Rather windy and cool, the wind chill is due to the temperature of the North Sea, which is well below the seasonal average. This is because of the very cold March.
The wind is coming from the North and it is being chilled by the sea temperature, so a southerly biased wind will give us warmer nights if we ever get one !
A good selection of moths were recorded last night, adding 7 to my year list but the micro moths are still thin on the ground.....

0985 ... Cacoecimorpha pronubana ... Carnation Tortrix ... 1 ... YF

985 ... Cacoecimorpha pronubana ... Carnation Tortrix

0998 ... Epiphyas postvittana ... Light Brown Apple Moth ... 1
1356 ... Evergestis forficalis ... Garden Pebble ... 1 ... YF

1356 ... Evergestis forficalis ... Garden Pebble

1727 ... Silver-ground Carpet ... Xanthorhoe montanata ... 1 ... YF

1727 ... Silver-ground Carpet ... Xanthorhoe montanata

1728 ... Garden Carpet ... Xanthorhoe fluctuata ... 4
1776 ... Green Carpet ... Colostygia pectinataria ... 1
1834 ... Common Pug ... Eupithecia vulgata
1976 ... Privet Hawk-moth ... Sphinx ligustri ... 1 ... YF

1976 ... Privet Hawk-moth ... Sphinx ligustri

1994 ... Buff-tip ... Phalera bucephala ... 1
2000 ... Iron Prominent ... Notodonta dromedarius ... 1
2007 ... Swallow Prominent ... Pheosia tremula ... 2
2060 ... White Ermine ... Spilosoma lubricapeda ... 1 ... YF

2060 ... White Ermine ... Spilosoma lubricapeda

2089 ... Heart and Dart ... Agrotis exclamationis ... 1 ... YF

2089 ... Heart and Dart ... Agrotis exclamationis

2092 ... Shuttle-shaped Dart ... Agrotis puta ... 5
2279 ... Sycamore ... Agrotis aceris ... 1
2283/4. Dark/Grey Dagger agg. ... Acronicta tridens/psi ... 1
2441 ... Silver Y ... Autographa gamma ... 1 ... YF

2441 ... Silver Y ... Autographa gamma

2450 ... Spectacle ... Abrostola tripartita ... 1

Bad news .....
I have declared war on these little varmints.
I am determined to see my Day Lilies intact, so removal and disposal* on a regular basis is the plan.
*  (disposal means my neighbour gets more than he should, if you know what I mean !)

Lily Beetle ... Lilioceris lilii

21st May 2011...The Dark side

Well it had to happen sooner or later. Traps full of Dark Arches and those flying pigs, Large Yellow Underwings, both of which were added to the garden year list last night.

Considering the intensity of the wind, the total was quite good.
DARK ARCHES 2321 HEDYA NUBIFERANA 1083SILVER-GROUND CARPET 1727 GREEN PUG 1860

LARGE YELLOW UNDERWING 2109

MONOPIS OBVIELLA 0229 21st May :-

14 x Large Nutmeg

11 x Heart & Dart

2 x Shuttle-shaped Dart

3 x Garden Carpet

1 x Buff-tip

3 x Marbled Minor agg.

1 x Treble Brown Spot

1 x Varied Coronet

1 x Bright-line Brown-eye

1 x Silver-ground Carpet

2 x Turnip Moth

2 x Green Pug

2 x Common Pug

1 x Freyer's Pug

8 x Vine's Rustic

2 x Setaceous Hebrew Character

1 x Flame Shoulder

1 x Large Yellow Underwing * year first

1 x Sandy Carpet

2 x Common Wainscot

1 x Dark Arches * year first

1 x Rustic Shoulder-knot

1 x Brimstone Moth
2 x Epiphyas postvittana

3 x Aphomia sociella

3 x Platyedra subcinerea

1 x Endrosis sarcitrella

1 x Hedya nubiferana ** garden first

1 x Monopis obviella ** garden first

Garden Total to date :-

173 species.....117 macro, 56 micro

16th May 2011...Long Gone Silver

CLEPSIS CONSIMILANA 994 (above) year first...late entry !............. Almost on its last legs, this SILVER-GROUND CARPET 1727 was a welcome addition to The Dells 2011 garden list. Only 3rd ever recorded.

VARIED CORONET 2170 another year first visitor

My first Toadflax Brocade on May 6th was only the 5th record in the county. Since then, I have recorded 5 more......Here is No. 6

TOADFLAX BROCADE 2223
PALE PROMINENT 2011....... 2nd one this year


GREEN PUG 1860
16th May :-

12 x Heart & Dart

6 x Shuttle-shaped Dart

4 x Large Nutmeg

2 x Nutmeg

2 x Pale Mottled Willow

3 x Vine's Rustic

1 x Common Marbled Carpet

2 x Garden Carpet

1 x Silver-ground Carpet * year first

2 x Flame Shoulder

1 x Green Carpet

1 x Green Pug

1 x Pale Prominent

1 x Marbled Minor agg.

1 x Small Dusty Wave

1 x Toadflax Brocade

1 x Varied Coronet * year first

1 x Common Swift

2 x Agonopterix arenella

2 x Endrosis sarcitrella

1 x Epiblema cynosbatella

1 x Ditula angustiorana

Plus 1 micro, ID pending

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148 species....104 macro, 45 micro

30th May...All the "P's"

Three new ones for the garden and all beginning with "P".....Thought this was a Shark at first. But having never seen a Shark or a Pale Prominent before I enlisted the expertise of Andy & Melissa, who needed about 2 secs to tell me it was my first.....
PALE PROMINENT obviously a garden first........................

........... No trouble identifying this big fella on the wall near the trap though........

PEPPERED MOTH another first.

My 3rd species of hawkmoth for the garden and another first.........

POPLAR HAWKMOTH

SILVER- GROUND CARPET, first for year

BUFF ERMINE, first for year

An easy Pug to identify for a change, and my first for year......

LIME-SPECK PUG Another nice haul with the three new additions making my garden macro total
for the year a respectable 62 species so far.

Results:-

12 x S.S.Dart

6 x Heart & Dart

4 x Turnip Moth

2 x Treble Lines

Vine's Rustic

Poplar Hawkmoth

Peppered Moth

Lime-speck Pug

Pale Prominent

Iron Prominent

Treble Bar

Silver Ground Carpet

Grey/Dark Dagger

Pale Tussock

Pale Mottled Willow

Buff Ermine

Common Pug....probably

As for the micro's, just one Emmelina monodactyla and 4 L.B. Apple Moth