24th July....A night at the Proms

Temperatures were back up last night and two new species for the garden were added to the list. Both Coxcomb and Swallow Prominents.
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COXCOMB PROMINENT

SWALLOW PROMINENT

MOUSE MOTH

YELLOW SHELL

LACKEY Results from 3 traps :-

18 Dark Arches

17 Shuttle-shaped Dart

7 Common Rustic agg

6 Silver Y

6 Riband Wave

5 Broad Bordered Yellow Underwing

4 Ruby Tiger

3 Grey/Dark Dagger

3 Nutmeg

2 Lesser Yellow Underwing

2 Lesser Broad Bordered Underwing

2 Toadflax Pug

2 Turnip Moth

2 Cloaked Minor

2 Least Carpet

2 Small Waved Umber

2 Willow Beauty

2 Buff Ermine

2 Bright-line Brown-eye

2 Pale Mottled Willow

2 Uncertain

2 Scarce Footman

Lime-speck Pug

Large Yellow Underwing

V-Pug

Dingy Footman

Mouse Moth

Yellow Shell

Brimstone Moth

Dun-bar

Straw Dot

Swallow Prominent

Knot Grass

Scalloped Oak

Cabbage Moth

Bordered Pug

Double Square-spot

Blood-vein

Light Arches

Dot Moth

Single-dotted Wave

Coxcomb Prominent

Lackey

22nd & 23rd July...Hark the Herald

Heavy showers on Thursday and a cold night for Friday slowed things down. 3 traps were set for my usual Friday night blitz and an illuminated sheet but my half hourly patrols didnt produce too much. Plenty of Common Rustic aggs. and the next generation Buff Ermines, which are a richer colour than the last white batch. My 2nd Herald for the year was a welcome sight, one of my favourite moths................
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HERALD

LEAST CARPET

SCARCE FOOTMAN...again no Common Footman

BUFF ERMINE

LIME-SPECK PUG

A brace of POPLAR HAWKMOTHS...ready for the off

FLOUNCED RUSTIC

NUT-TREE TUSSOCK

21st July.....Wormwood scrubs up well !

The unique duo Blacklight/actinic (an early experimental "Ratface" trap) is certainly accounting for a lot of species in The Dells garden.
And last night was no exception as it bagged a ......................................................

............................... WORMWOOD !

a garden first for the Dells, and after Mr Blain's 14th last week, this is the 15th vc30 record.

MERE WAINSCOT....first appearance in the garden

Red Twin-spot Carpet X

SCALLOPED OAK.......2nd record for the year A cool breeze developed as the night went on keeping numbers down.

29 species of macro moths recorded.

20th July.......14th Small Ranunculus !

Another good night with my 14th Small Ranunculus of the year. Also had about 10 Common rustic aggs of various ground colours.
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SMALL RANUNCULUS

MAPLE PROMINENT

a garden first for this....

DINGY FOOTMAN

also had a few Scarce Footman and unbelievably NO Common Footman recorded.

an absolutely cracking LARGE EMERALD...my 2nd for the year Find Emerald eyes in the night. Gleaming shiny and bright......... Emerald Eyes... from the album, Mystery to Me, by Fleetwood Mac...1973

19th July......Perfect !

Perfect conditions produced 50 species of Macro moth. Two garden "firsts".
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WHITE-LINE DART.....confirmed by recorders....Thanks Melissa..That old white line is a friend of mine and it's good times we bin makin'. Right now I'm rolling down the road and the daylight will soon be breakin'.......White Line, by Neil Young 1973
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GOTHIC....garden first

BLOODVEIN......first for year