7th Aug 2014 ... Proud as ...

Just a few days ago I recorded a county first macro for VC30.
Sharp-angled Peacock.
Well last night I trapped a similar Peacock, so it's eyes down for Dusky Peacock for the hat trick.
It's a bit late in the day for Dusky and they are mega rare in this area although it could be a good migrant year and one has been recorded in nearby Hertfordshire.

1889. Peacock Moth

A garden first moth is always welcome.
This may have been overlooked before as I haven't paid too much attention to those grass veneer types.
Agriphila selasella

1303 Agriphila selasella

Just to be sure I have potted it up for our micro man but I'm 99% on this one.
Confirmation received. 
Last nights catch :-
0464 ... Plutella xylostella, 1
0647 ... Hofmannophila pseudospretella, 4
0648 ... Endrosis sarcitrella, 1
0787 ... Bryotropha terrella, 2
0873 ... Blastobasis adustella, 1
0937 ... Agapeta hamana, 1
0969 ... Pandemis corylana, 1

Pandemis corylana

0985 ... Cacoecimorpha pronubana, 4
0998 ... Epiphyas postvittana, 6
1048 ... Acleris variegana, 1
1260 ... Cydia splendana, 6
1293 ... Chrysoteuchia culmella, 2
1303 ... Agriphila selasella, 1 ... garden first
1304 ... Agriphila straminella, 2
1331 ... Acentria ephemerella, 50+
1348 ... Parapoynx stratiotata, 2 males
1388 ... Udea lutealis, 1 ... year first

Udea lutealis

1417 ... Pyralis farinalis, 1
1439 ... Trachycera advenella, 1
1474 ... Argyrotaenia ljungiana, 2
1524 ... Emmelina monodactyla, 7

0015 ... Orange Swift, 4 (1 dark male)
1648 ... Pebble Hook-tip, 1
1680 ... Maiden's Blush, 1

Maiden's Blush

1699 ... Least Carpet, 1
1707 ... Small Dusty Wave, 1
1713 ... Riband Wave, 1
1728 ... Garden Carpet, 1
1742 ... Yellow Shell, 2
1781 ... Small Waved Umber, 2
1816 ... Toadflax Pug, 1
1825 ... Lime-speck Pug, 1
1838 ... Tawny Speckled Pug, 2

Tawny Speckled Pug

1862 ... Double-striped Pug, 6
1889 ... Peacock Moth, 1 ... year first
1906 ... Brimstone Moth, 7
1937 ... Willow Beauty, 5
1981 ... Poplar Hawk-moth, 1

Poplar Hawk-moth

2011 ... Pale Prominent, 1
2087 ... Turnip Moth, 5
2092 ... Shuttle-shaped Dart, 28
2102 ... Flame Shoulder, 5
2107 ... Large Yellow Underwing, 15
2109 ... Lesser Yellow Underwing, 2
2110 ... Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, 2
2111 ... Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, 5
2126 ... Setaceous Hebrew Character, 10
2134 ... Square-spot Rustic, 1
2154 ... Cabbage Moth, 1
2284x . Grey Dagger agg. 2
2293 ... Marbled Beauty, 8
2303 ... Straw Underwing, 18
2341 ... Cloaked Minor, 1
2343x . Common Rustic agg. 12
2353 ... Flounced Rustic, 1
2382 ... Rustic, 1
2384 ... Vine's Rustic, 2
2389 ... Pale Mottled Willow, 3

21st Aug 2013 ... New micros

Scrobipalpa costella, Winter Groundling ? was added to the garden list on a very humid night with a full moon on view during cloud breaks and then rain.
This may have been overlooked in the past as it is quite common nationally and in VC 30
Udea lutealis, Pale Straw Pearl, was also added as a garden first and probably overlooked previously.
Lesser Wax Moth, Achroia grisella, was a year first and only the second record for garden.
Others included Mompha propinquella, Aethes smeathmanniana and 5 x Epermenia chaerophyllella with a mass of Acentria ephemerella (Water Veneer).
Of the macros, Old Lady and 3 x Centre-barred Sallow were the pick of the crop.

1426 ... Achroia grisella ... Lesser Wax Moth

819 ... Scrobipalpa costella ...

1388 ... Udea lutealis