16th July 2012.. Fern return + Wine Bet

The Wine Bet.
A week ago I was enjoying a 17 point lead over "Captain Trappings" for the most macro moths caught during the year.
Having lost the bottle of grape juice for the  two previous years since the bets conception, I was feeling rather confident, but in just 5 days my 17 moth cushion has been whittled down.
17, then 13, 11, 10, now 7
The school summer hols were bad news for The Dells last year, as Matts rug-rats, Keely & Louie found all kinds of moths, peering into every known "kid height" crevice, producing many rabbits out of the hat to obliterate my then 15 point lead.
With the school break up a week or so away, my 7 point lead is looking extremely vunerable.
(it's back to 10 if Upper Caldecote drew a blank last night)
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16th July, overnight low...12.1 deg, windy.
A brief early evening power cut was a set-back.
My RCD protected sockets tripped out and I missed the first hour of darkness before I realised the traps were off.

Garden Traps :-
1 ... 0424 ... Yponomeuta evonymella
1 ... 0455 ... Ypsolopha scabrell, *year first, (Below)

1 ... 0464 ... Plutella xylostella
1 ... 0937 ... Agapeta hamana
1 ... 0972 ... Pandemis heparana,
1 ... 1063 ... Celypha striana
1 ... 1175 ... Epiblema uddmanniana
2 ... 1261 ... Cydia pomonella
10+.1293 ... Chrysoteuchia culmella
10+.1294 ... Crambus pascuella
1 ... 1302 ... Crambus perlella
1 ... 1334 ... Scoparia ambigualis
2 ... 1424 ... Endotricha flammealis
3 ... 1428 ... Aphomia sociella
2 ... 1524 ... Emmelina monodactyla
1 ... 1653 ... Buff Arches, (Below)

1 ... 1673 ... Small Emerald
1 ... 1782 ... Fern, *year first, (Below)

1 ... 1862 ... Double-striped Pug
1 ... 1917 ... Early Thorn, (Below)

1 ... 1922 ... Swallow-tailed Moth
1 ... 2030 ... Yellow-tail *year first, (Below)

3 ... 2047 ... Scarce Footman
10+.2050 ... Common Footman
2 ... 2061 ... Buff Ermine
1 ... 2069 ... Cinnabar
1 ... 2077 ... Short-cloaked Moth
3 ... 2089 ... Heart & Dart
3 ... 2098 ... Flame
2 ... 2107 ... Large Yellow Underwing
1 ... 2109 ... Lesser Yellow Underwing
2 ... 2126 ... Setaceous Hebrew Character
2 ... 2128 ... Double Square-spot
1 ... 2154 ... Cabbage Moth, (Below)

1 ... 2198 ... Smoky Wainscot, *year first, (Below)

3 ... 2284x . Grey Dagger agg.
16 . 2321 ... Dark Arches
1 ... 2322 ... Light Arches
1 ... 2341 ... Cloaked Minor
12 . 2381 ... Uncertain
2 ... 2441 ... Silver Y 

8th June 2011...garden traps update

Quite a productive night with 2 garden firsts and 3 new for year moths trapped.
The blacklight flourescent in the patio window came up trumps as I potted a garden first FERN and a year first BARRED YELLOW by simply opening the door and leaning out with a specimen pot, I had to get out of my chair though.
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THE FERN 1782

SMALL ELEPHANT HAWK-MOTH 1992... garden first

A year first BARRED YELLOW 1765

A year first SCARCE FOOTMAN 2047... not so scarce in my garden

First appearance this year for DOUBLE SQUARE-SPOT 2128 Last nights list :-

2 x Brimstone Moth

5 x Willow Beauty

4 x Common Footman

2 x Scarce Footman * year first

1 x Riband Wave

21 Heart & Dart

1 x Barred Yellow * year first

1 x Small Elephant Hawk-moth ** garden first

2 x Garden Carpet

3 x The Flame

5 x Dark Arches

1 x Yellow Shell

1 x Setaceous Hebrew Character (dark)

4 x Mottled Rustic

3 x Uncertain

1 x Heart & Club

2 x Turnip Moth

1 x Buff Ermine

1 x Bright-line Brown-eye

1 x Large Yellow Underwing

1 x Common Swift

1 x Double Square-spot * year first

1 x The Fern ** garden first

6 x Various Pugs
1 x Aphelia paleana

1 x Endrosis sarcitrella

1 x Pempeliella dilutella

1 x Eurrhypara hortulata

1 x Udea olivalis

2 x Aphomia sociella

1 x Eudonia mercurella

1 x Eudonia angustea

1 x Parapoynx stratiotata

Garden running total :-

231 species.....140 macro, 91 micro

The Wine bet.....Holding my own and pulling ahead slightly