19th June 2012 ... What bad weather ??

A couple of Kentish Ales, England beat Ukraine and a good mothing night.
My micro tally should be boosted by a few. David (county recorder) & Sylvia (moth widow) Manning popped by for a morning cuppa and took away a few pots for examination.
I'm tempted to mention the Macro Race for the bottle of wine as I am 20+ ahead of Captain Trappings ..... but I won't.

Garden trap haul :-
0647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella 3
0648 Endrosis sarcitrella 2
0779 Bryotropha affinis 1
0787 Bryotropha terrella 4
0994 Clepsis consimilana 1, year first
0998 Epiphyas postvittana 3
1063 Celypha striana 2
1174 Epiblema cynosbatella 2
1176 Epiblema trimaculana 1
1261 Cydia pomonella 1
1301 Crambus lathoniellus 1
1331 Acentria ephemerella 1, year first
1342 Eudonia angustea 1
1348 Parapoynx stratiotata 2, year first (Below)

1376 Eurrhypara hortulata 1, year first
1428 Aphomia sociella >10
1474 Ephestia parasitella >10
1481 Homoeosoma sinuella 1, year first (Below)

 1690 Small Blood-vein 1, year first (Below)

1707 Small Dusty Wave 4
1713 Riband Wave 2
1727 Silver-ground Carpet 1, year first
1728 Garden Carpet 4
1742 Yellow Shell 5
1781 Small Waved Umber 1
1819 Mottled Pug
1834 Common Pug 10
1832 Currant Pug 1, year first (Below)

1837 Grey Pug 2
1860 Green Pug
1906 Brimstone Moth 2
1931 Peppered Moth 2
1937 Willow Beauty 14
2007 Swallow Prominent 1
2050 Common Footman 2
2061 Buff Ermine 1
2087 Turnip Moth 2
2089 Heart & Dart 13
2098 Flame 2, year first (Below)

  


2107 Large Yellow Underwing 1
2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character 2
2160 Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2173 Lychnis 1
2279 Sycamore 1
2306 Angle Shades 1
2321 Dark Arches 9
2322 Light Arches 1
2333 Large Nutmeg 7
2337 agg. Marbled Minor 5
2381 Uncertain 7
2387 Mottled Rustic 2
2389 Pale Mottled Willow 3
2450 Spectacle 2
2489 Fan-foot 1, year first (Below)

20th may 2011...Garden latest

Where have the warm nights gone ? Down to 6 degrees last night.
Two more species to add to the garden total.
BRYOTROPHA AFFINIS 0779 is a new record

THE FLAME 2098 undoubtedly the first of many more 20th May :-

7 x Large Nutmeg
1 x Small Waved Umber
1 x Light Emerald
4 x Common Marbled Carpet
4 x Marbled Minor agg.
9 x Heart and Dart
4 x Shuttle-shaped Dart
1 x White Ermine
1 x Peppered Moth
3 x Mottled Rustic
1 x Brimstone Moth
3 x Common Wainscot
1 x Willow Beauty
1 x Turnip Moth
1 x Buff Ermine
4 x Garden Carpet
5 x Green Pug
3 x Common Pug
2 x Treble Lines
1 x The Flame * year first
3 x Vine's Rustic
1 x Setaceous Hebrew Character
1 x Small Dusty Wave
1 x Tawny Shears
1 x Rustic Shoulder-knot
1 x Uncertain
3 x Endrosis sarcitrella
3 x Platyedra subcinerea
2 x Epiphyas postvittana
2 x Eurrhypara hortulata
1 x Udea olivalis
1 x Clepsis consimilana
1 x Cydia pomonella
1 x Eudonia angustea
1 x Emmelina monodactyla
1 x Bryotropha affinis ** garden first
Totals :-
169 species.....115 macro, 54 micro
THE TAUNT
The Wine Side-bet ?
Captain Trappings 162........Trent Duval.169
So I haven't yet been "Gazebo'd" and he'll be moaning about not having the time to patrol the lights at night....pffff !

18th June....SNOUT ABOUT

SNOUT first for year

PHTHEOCHROA RUGOSANA a beautiful little micro and a regular visitor

BUFF ERMINE

FLAME

DARK ARCHES

Temperature low enough for a Brass Monkey to look for a Welder. 6 to 8 degC all week, but the traps had a fair return considering.

Results:-

10 x Heart & Dart

4 x Garden Carpet

2 x Brimstone Moth

Bright-Line Brown-Eye

Snout (first for year)

Treble Brown Spot

Marbled Minor agg

Grey/Dark Dagger

Flame

Vine's Rustic

Willow Beauty

Silver Y

Turnip Moth

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2 x Bee Moth

2 x LB Apple Moth

3 x Emmelina Monodactyla

1 x Brown Housemoth

1 x Garden Pebble

1 x Phtheochroa rugosana

+ one micro ID pending......................

11th June........Flaming June !

Quite a cool breeze last night, but I got my first ever FLAME to warm things up a bit.
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ANCYLIS ACHATANA (99% sure anyway)

TREBLE BROWN-SPOT. garden first, or should I say "House first" as Matt spotted it on my dining room wall !

THE FLAME. Garden First

GREY PINE CARPET

SPRUCE CARPET
Results :-

25 Heart & Dart

6 x Large Nutmeg

4 x Marbled Minor agg

4 x Vine's Rustic

3 x Willow Beauty

3 x Pale Mottled Willow

3 x S.S.Dart

2 x Green Pug

2 x Turnip Moth

2 x Silver Ground Carpet

2 x Garden Carpet

2 x Light Emerald

Straw Dot

Lime Hawkmoth

Common Marbled Carpet

Brimstone Moth

Small Dusty Wave

Treble Lines

Peppered Moth

Figure of 80

Yellow Barred Brindle

Mottled Rustic

Treble Brown-spot

The Flame

Spruce Carpet

Grey Pine Carpet

Buff Ermine

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5 x Light-brown Apple Moth

4 x Bee Moth

2 x Crambus lathoniellus

E. monodactyla

White-shouldered House-moth

Ancylis achatana