5th July....another "first"

Cooler weather with a stiffish breeze lowered the numbers a little..Still running the one Skinner with 2 x 25w BC Blacklights and two PL 11w actinics attached to cover more of the light spectrum....But..........the new moth preferred to come in the kitchen attracted by the 50w Dichroics !!
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SCALLOPED OAK...... garden/kitchen "first"

SYCAMORE

LARGE TABBY........my third record for this large micro

SMALL RANUNCULUS.....regular visitor to my garden this year

another striking micro.........

EPIBLEMA FOENELLA

the very common CRAMBUS PASCUELLA Results:-

12 Buff Ermine

10 Common Footman ( no Scarce Footman found !)

7 Dark Arches

7 Willow Beauty

6 Flame

5 Uncertain

5 Riband Wave

4 Heart & Dart

3 Dot Moth

3 Large Yellow Underwing

2 Small Emerald

2 Swallow-tailed Moth

2 Mottled Rustic

2 Grey/Dark Dagger

2 Heart & Club

2 Marbled Minor agg

Dwarf Cream Wave

Green Pug

Bright-line Brown-eye

Ruby Tiger

Setaceous Hebrew Character

Small Ranunculus

Garden Carpet

Pale Mottled Willow

Scalloped Oak.....GF

Shuttle-shaped Dart

Broad-barred White

Turnip Moth

Sycamore

4th July ...... Telling Tails

RUBY TIGER made a reappearance after a long absence

Just the one trap going last night, 3 traps are too much to keep up with. After the Brown-tail two nights ago along came ........YELLOW-TAIL, the first for the year

Plenty of Willow Beauties around at the moment, so it made a change to see a garden first MOTTLED BEAUTY if anyone would like to confirm this....they are so variable.

The "dead stick" moth.....PALE PROMINENT

PTEROPHORUS PENTADACTYLA ......White Plume Moth

CLOAKED MINOR.......2nd for the year

SPECTACLE just the one Skinner trap being used now, but still a good haul.......40+ Macros :-

22 Mottled Rustic

16 Dark Arches

8 Flame

7 Common Footman

7 Riband Wave

6 Willow Beauty

6 Buff Ermine

4 Elephant Hawkmoth

4 Swallow-tailed Moth

3 Garden Carpet

3 Marbled Minor agg

3 Scarce Footman

3 Uncertain

3 Dot Moth

2 Small Blood-vein

2 Heart & Dart

2 Large Yellow Underwing

2 Setaceous Hebrew Character

2 Sycamore

2 Pale Mottled Willow

2 Light Arches

2 Dwarf Cream Wave

2 Double Square-spot

Mottled Beauty

Maple Prominent

Marbled Beauty

V-Pug (from the night before)

Flame Shoulder

Peppered Moth

Ruby Tiger

Grey/Dark Dagger

Yellow-tail

Snout

Bright-line Brown-eye

Lackey

Spectacle

Pale Prominent

Clay

Small Emerald

UNIDENTIFIED PUGS AND MICROS

I will put up a gallery of Pugs soon for a game of "Name that Pug" (:0))

July 3rd.......V-Day

Another great night for "mothing". Three more garden firsts and a good selection found in and around the 3 traps. 60+ species found. Here are a few of the macro moths from last night, I haven't started sorting out the PUGS and the micros yet.
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V-PUG.....garden first

Three Lackeys in the traps including a worn, plain "rosy" coloured example.

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LACKEY

CLOAKED MINOR ....1st garden record

ELEPHANT HAWKMOTH....a regular capture

SMALL RANUNCULUS......3 found on the walls around the traps

The beautiful CINNABAR MOTH

BRIGHT-LINE BROWN-EYE

FAN-FOOT

BUFF ARCHES....4th record

SMOKY WAINSCOT.....garden first.

YELLOW-BAR

PEPPERED MOTH

FIGURE of 80

EARLY THORN

BROWN-TAIL JUST A FEW OF THE 60 OR SO SPECIES FROM LAST NIGHT. Hope you are enjoying the photos, thanks for looking.

Last nights list:-

20+ Common Footman

20+ Dark Arches

10+ Flame

10 Buff Ermine

8 Willow Beauty

8 Uncertain

8 Riband Wave

7 Marbled Minor agg.

6 Light Arches

6 Grey/Dark Dagger

4 Scarce Footman

3 Least Carpet

3 Miller

3 Dot Moth

3 Toadflax Pug

3 Peppered Moth

3 Lackey

3 Small Emerald

3 Small Ranunculus

2 Marbled Beauty

2 Garden Carpet

2 Dwarf Cream Wave

2 Swallow-tailed Moth

2 Large Yellow Underwing

2 Cinnabar Moth

2 Pale Prominent

2 Elephant Hawkmoth

V-Pug

Snout

Treble Brown-spot

Sycamore

Clouded Border

Bright-line Brown-eye

Early Thorn

Barred Yellow

Varied Coronet

Common Wainscot

Smoky Wainscot

Fan-foot

Brown-tail

Figure of 80

Double Square-spot

Broad-barred White

Maple Prominent

Clouded Silver

Single-dotted Wave

Privet Hawkmoth

Cloaked Minor

Mottled Rustic

July 2nd.......Growl ! ! !

BROWN-TAIL ......first for year

A welcome newcomer to the garden LEOPARD MOTH

SINGLE-DOTTED WAVE

MARASMARCHA LUNAEDACTYLA............ a garden first

DWARF CREAM WAVE All in all a cracking night with 60 plus species a record high.

29th June.. The Dells Garden

Warmer ! No wind, Perfect ! 50 plus species trapped or on nearby walls in just the one Skinner last night. Surprisingly there were no Elephant Hawkmoths for the first night in a while.
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CLOUDED BORDER

One of 4 baby hedgehogs, born in my compost heap and doing well on the many slugs in my garden. Have to be careful where I step when checking the traps as I normally go barefoot !

LARGE EMERALD a garden first

LITTLE EMERALD........ year first oops, strike that, it has been ID'd as a worn "Common" that has lost its check pattern on the wing edges............Thanks Melissa.

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COMMON EMERALD.

BARRED STRAW garden first Results :-

20+ Common Footman

10+ Heart & Dart

10+ Flame

10+ Willow Beauty

10+ Dark Arches

10+ Light Arches

5+ Mottled Rustic

5+ Scarce Footman

5+ Uncertain

5 Grey/Dark Dagger

5 Swallow-tailed Moth

4 Large Yellow Underwing

3 Dot Moth

3 Treble Brown-spot

3 Garden Carpet

3 Peppered Moth

2 Miller

2 Sycamore

2 Least Carpet

2 Buff Arches

2 Privet Hawkmoth

2 Toadflax Pug

2 Green Pug
Barred Straw

Lackey

Limespeck Pug

Turnip Moth

Heart and Club

Green Silver-lines

Common Emerald x 2

Varied Coronet

Brimstone Moth

Snout

Fan-foot

Clouded Border

Flame Shoulder

Set. Hebrew Character

Large Emerald

Clouded Silver

Small Blood-vein

Small Dusty Wave

Dun-bar

Marbled Beauty

Plus unID'd Pugs and 20+ Marbled Minoe aggs.