15/16th June 2011...Expect the unexpected !

16th June.... much cooler than the previous evening and a much brighter moon !
Nothing new in and around the traps but this year first SMALL BLOOD-VEIN 1690 appeared on the dining room door !
IRON PROMINENT 2000 one of the few trap highlights THE SNOUT 2477 a regular visitor to the garden traps 16th June :-

11 x Heart and Dart

3 x Dark Arches

2 x Willow Beauty

1 x The Snout

2 x Double-striped Pug

2 x Common Footman

1 x Scarce Footman

2 x Garden Carpet

1 x Poplar Grey

3 x Buff Ermine

1 x Iron Prominent

1 x Fan-foot

9 x Uncertain

2 x Light Arches

1 x Bright-line Brown-eye

1 x Heart and Club

1 x Small Blood-vein * year first

1 x Depressaria heraclei

2 x Crambus lathionellus

1 x Blastobasis lacticolella

1 x Emmelina monodactyla

1 x Ephestia parasitella

1 x Celypha striana

1 x Eudonia mercurella

Garden running totals :-

252 species....154 macro, 98 micro

15th June :-

Normally a moth of open grassy areas, this GRASS RIVULET 1807 gave me a bonus garden tick when it came to town. YELLOW-TAIL 2030 new for 2011 One of two SMALL RANUNCULUS 2165 see previous blog entry Full garden list for 15th June :-

5 x Willow Beauty

1 x Yellow Shell

4 x Marbled Minor agg

3 x Common Emerald

2 x Green Pug

4 x Dwarf Cream Wave

5 x The Flame

16 x Heart and Dart

9 x Dark Arches

2 x Elephant Hawk-moth

1 x Dot Moth * year first

3 x Common Footman

1 x Fan-foot

16 x Uncertain agg

2 x Sycamore

4 x Riband Wave

1 x Yellow-tail * year first

1 x Scarce Footman

2 x Garden Carpet

1 x Bright-line Brown-eye

1 x Mottled Rustic

3 x Buff Ermine

1 x Varied Coronet

1 x Brimstone Moth

1 x Grey Dagger agg

1 x Short-cloaked Moth

2 x Cinnabar

1 x Least Carpet * year first

1 x Flame Shoulder

3 x Broad-barred White

1 x Large Nutmeg

1 x Peppered Moth

2 x Light Arches

1 x Privet Hawk-moth

2 x Small Ranunculus * year first

1 x Grass Rivulet ** garden first

1 x Celypha lacunana

4 x Aphomia sociella

2 x Eudonia mercurella

1 x Udea prunalis

5 x Chrysoteuchia culmella

1 x Cydia pomonella

1 x Eurrhypara hortulata

3 x Homoeosoma sinuella

1 x Epiblema uddmanniana

1 x Hofmannophila pseudospretella

1 x Aphelia paleana

2 x Cnephasia agg

1 x Endotricha flammealis * year first

1 x Tortrix viridana * year first

2 x Clepsis consimilana

2 x Emmelina monodactyla

1 x Bryotropha terrella

1 x Batia unitella * year first

Garden running totals :-

250 species....153 macro, 97 micro

14th June 2011... (corrected)

A warm humid night (min 13 deg) produced 66 species in and around the garden traps, here are some of them :-
PHTHEOCHROA RUGOSANA 0925

POPLAR GREY 2278

AMBLYPTA ACANTHADACTYLA 1497

THE SYCAMORE 2279

THE SNOUT 2247

ARCHIPS PODANA 0977

DUSKY BROCADE 2330..... garden first

ANCYLIS ACHATANA 1115..... year first

PEMPELIA FORMOSA 1445..... year first
ERROR...ERROR...ERROR
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This one in fact is PHYCITA ROBORELLA 1452 garden first, Thanks to Mark Skevington for the correct ID

AGRIPHILA STRAMINELLA 1304..... year first
ERROR...ERROR...ERROR
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This is CRAMBUS PERLELLA 1302 f. warringtonellus. Thanks again "Skev".

BROAD-BARRED WHITE 2164..... year first

THE LACKEY 1634..... year first 244 species to date....148 macro, 96 micro

correction
243 species to date.....148 macro, 95 micro

7th May 2011...Local snouts

Perfect weather conditions almost, lots of warm humid air and light wind.
Midnight onwards it was cover up the traps as some much needed rain arrived.
Plenty of year first moths turned up so it was a pity the rain came.
BUTTONED SNOUT 2480

THE SNOUT 2477

ORANGE FOOTMAN 2043

YELLOW-BARRED BRINDLE

TREBLE-LINES 2380

THE MILLER 2280

ANGLE SHADES 2306

(((FREYER'S PUG 1827)))........OCHREOUS PUG 1844

GREEN CARPET 1776

COMMON WAVE 1738

Garden last night :-

30+ Shuttle-shaped Dart
2 x Brimstone Moth
2 x Garden Carpet
6 x Turnip Moth
1 x Pale Tussock
1 x Willow Beauty
3 x Scalloped Hazel
4 x Large Nutmeg
1 x Orange Footman * year first
1 x The Snout * year first
1 x Ruby Tiger
1 x Small Waved Umber
1 x Green Carpet * year first
2 x Marbled Minor agg.
1 x Toadflax Brocade possible revisit from previous evening
1 x Common Wave * year first
1 x The Miller * year first
1 x Yellow-barred Brindle * year first
2 x Mottled Pug
1 x Angle Shades * year first
4 x Heart & Dart
1 x Grey Dagger agg.
1 x Buttoned Snout * year first
1 x Treble-lines * year first
1 x Ochreous Pug ** Garden first
1 x Brindled Pug
5 x Common Pug
3 x Vine's Rustic
1 x Puss Moth
1 x Buff Ermine
3 x Bright-line Brown-eye
1 x Esperia sulphurella
2 x Tinea trinotella
1 x Epiblema cynosbatella
5 x Platyedra subcinerea
1 x Mompha subbistrigella
2 x Elachista argentella ** Garden first
1 x Dichrorampha simpliciana ** Garden first
1 x Agonopterix heracliana
1 x Agonopterix arenella
1 x Emmelina monodactyla
4 x Argyrotaenia ljungiana
3 x Argyresthia trifaciata
1 x Cydia pomonella
3 x Aphomia sociella
2 x Alucita hexadactyla
3 x Epiphyas postvittana

11th Sept.......Waiting for the autumn arrivals

A perfect mothing night, no moon, no wind, but strangely quiet. A nice variety though but no new moths. The only "pulse raiser" was the large Hawker dragonfly. The Autumn flyers are still waiting in the wings so to speak.
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A Tortrix, Chequered fruit tree maybe

BURNISHED BRASS

THE SNOUT

BLOOD-VEIN

RUSTIC/UNCERTAIN ?????