23rd May....The future is Orange

Had a field night in the garden last night with a few garden firsts. A large array of the usual visitors and a couple waiting for confirmation I.D.
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ORANGE FOOTMAN photos sent to Andy on this one

SCALLOPED HAZEL

my fourth LIME HAWKMOTH

PEBBLE HOOK-TIP 2nd record

Awaiting I.D. on this one

It turns out that this is a rather small and late flying Early Grey


Awaiting I.D. but this one and the previous will be garden firsts I think

Marbled Minor agg.

SALLOW KITTEN garden first

BUFF-TIP garden first

TAWNY-BARRED ANGLE garden first

CLOUDED SILVER garden first All in all a great night for The Dells

Thanks for the comments Ben and welcome aboard Maurice, glad you like the pics. I have had it confirmed by the county recorder that we have an Early Grey and a Marbled Minor agg. Thanks Melissa.

22nd May.... Shuttle Space Invaders

IF I GET ANYMORE SHUTTLE-SHAPED DARTS IN MY TRAPS I WILL NEED MORE SPACE
ESPECIALLY WHEN THESE BIG GUYS TURN UP ! LOOKS LIKE A MIRROR IMAGE AS I SNAPPED TWO LIME HAWKMOTHS in the release pot

IRON PROMINENT First for year and only my second record

SMALL DUSTY WAVE another year first

RED (DARK) TWIN SPOT CARPET

TURNIP MOTH Results:-

25 x Shuttle-shaped Dart (highest count so far)

3 x Heart and Dart

3 x Brimstone Moth

3 x Small Waved Umber

3 x Garden Carpet

2 x Grey/Dark Dagger

2 x Lime Hawkmoth

2 x Pale Tussock

2 x Bright-line Brown-eye

2 x Least Black Arches

Muslin Moth

Spectacle
Iron Prominent

Green Carpet

Red/Dark Twin spot Carpet

Turnip Moth

Small Dusty Wave

Knot Grass

Chinese Character

Mottled Pug

Powdered Quaker

4 x Common Pug (probably)

21st May....As the Miller told his tale

Another warm evening saw my first MILLER on the garden shed

PINE HAWKMOTH on the funnel trap and taken into the house for a photo on the pine table. A garden first.

OAK HOOK-TIP found in the skinner trap. Another garden first.

CHINESE CHARACTER my 4th garden first of the evening Results:-

12 x S.S.Dart

4 x Brimstone Moth

3 x Common Pug

2 x Mottled Pug

2 x Grey/Dark Dagger

2 x Heart and Dart

1 x Knot Grass

1 x Least Black Arches

1 x Rustic Shoulder-knot

1 x P.M. Willow

1 x Bright-line Brown-eye

1 x Chinese Character (garden first)

1 x Oak Hook-tip (garden first)

1 x Pine Hawkmoth (garden first)

1 x Miller (garden first)

MICRO

Bee Moth..Aphomia sociella

Plus some for Mr. Manning

20th May The list is slowly growing

I think this one is a type of Tortrix...........
Thanks Pab for the ID and
thanks David for confirmation of SYNDEMIS MUSCULANA

COMMON CARPET a garden first

LARGE NUTMEG (thanks Andy for confirming the ID) another garden first

RUSTIC SHOULDER KNOT

POWDERED QUAKER........late ? Results:-

15 x S.S.Dart

2 x Muslin Moth

2 x Brimstone Moth

2 x D.S. Pug

2 x Mottled Pug

2 x Common Pug

1 x Currant Pug

1 x Rustic Shoulder-knot

1 x Flame Shoulder

1 x Least Black Arches

1 x Garden Carpet

1 x Common Carpet (garden first)

1 x Small waved Umber

1 x Pale Mottled Willow

1 x Large Nutmeg (garden fisrt)

THE MICROs

1 x Pyrausta aurata...first for year

3 x E. monodactyla

2 x Argyrotaenia ljungiana

1 x Codling Moth

3 x Light Brown Apple Moth

AND A FEW FOR MR. MANNING !!!

19th May MACROs

The glorious weather continues and another garden first in the shape of a Waved Umber appeared by the trap. Also a mystery-moth.
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The mystery moth turned out to be an unusual SHUTTLE-SHAPED DART (thanks Andy for all your help on this one...tricky !)

LEAST BLACK ARCHES two found on illuminated roller-blind

CABBAGE MOTH clearly showing the tell-tale spur on the front leg

KNOT GRASS

WAVED UMBER a garden first for The Dells and I bet it would be hard to spot on the trunk of a Silver Birch

Results:-

21 x S.S.Dart

4 x Brimstone Moth

2 x Least Black Arches

2 x Currant Pug

4 x Common Pug

2 x Double-striped Pug

2 x Mottled Pug

1 x Waved Umber

1 x Small Waved Umber

1 x Muslin Moth

1 x Dark/Grey Dagger

1 x Bright-line Brown-eye

1 x Cabbage Moth

1 x Knot Grass