28th Oct 2011...Garden traps

Overnight min. temp. 8.7 deg. calm, overcast

LARGE WAINSCOT



BLAIR'S SHOULDER-KNOT



COMMON MARBLED CARPET



RED-GREEN CARPET

NOVEMBER MOTH agg.



MERVEILLE DU JOUR

 3 x Blair's Shoulder-knot
3 x Silver Y
2 x November Moth agg
1 x Common Marbled Carpet
1 x Red-green Carpet
1 x Merveille du Jour, (year first)

2 x Epiphyas postvittana
1 x Emmelina monodactyla
1 x Acleris sparsana

Garden Tally for 2011......
430 species.....246 macro, 184 micro

27th Oct 2011...Not so sparse

overnight min. 6.5 deg....calm, wam until early hours.
1 x November Moth agg.
1 x Silver Y
1 x Brick (That should read CHESTNUT )
1 x Emmelina monodactyla
3 x Epiphyas postvittana
1 x Acleris sparsana, ( garden first )

CHESTNUT

1041 ACLERIS SPARSANA

2011 Garden totals :-
245 macro, 184 micro

26th Oct 2011...More October "Novembers"

Overnight min. temp. 8.9 deg. Prolonged light rain, Light breeze
1 x Large Yellow Underwing
1 x Pale Mottled Willow
2 x Silver Y
2 x November Moth agg.

One of two NOVEMBER MOTH agg

Just 6 individuals of 4 species.

25th Oct 2011....Garden update

Mon 17th...6.9 deg min. strong wind, rain.
1 x Willow Beauty
1 x Shuttle-shaped Dart
1 x Beaded Chestnut
1 x Dark Sword-grass (2nd for year)

Tues 18th...4.2 deg min. Light breeze, cooler
2 x Large Wainscot
1 x Yellow-line Quaker
3 x Shuttle-shaped Dart
1 x Blairs Shoulder-knot
1 x Red-line Quaker
2 x Black Rustic
1 x Turnip Moth
1 x Emmelina monodactyla

Wed 19th...2.3 deg min. Calm, cold
2 x Black Rustic
1 x Blair's Shoulder-knot
1 x Shuttle-shaped Dart

Thurs 20th...3.5 deg min. calm.
Large Wainscot
Shuttle-shaped Dart
Black Rustic
Blair's Shoulder-knot
Silver Y
Yellow-line Quaker
Angle Shades
Emmelina monodactyla

Fri 21st...5.7 deg min. Breezy
2 x Large Wainscot
1 x Barred Sallow
2 x Silver Y
1 x Unidentified... gen det result imminent. Wingspan 36mm approx.

1 x Willow Beauty
1 x Shuttle-shaped Dart
2 x Angle Shades
1 x Green-brindled Crescent
2 x Pale Mottled Willow
1 x Mallow


MALLOW

 2 x Large Yellow Underwing
1 x Lesser Yellow Underwing
1 x E. monodactyla
2 x Blastobasis lacticolella
1 x Eudonia angustea
1 x Endrosis sarcitrella

Sat 22nd...8.8 deg min. Breezy
3 x Red-line Quaker
1 x Large Wainscot
1 x S.S.Dart
1 x Yellow-line Quaker
1 x Emmelina monodactyla

Sun 23rd...
2 x Lesser Yellow Underwing
1 x Willow Beauty
1 x SS Dart
1 x Pale Mottled Willow
1 x E. monodactyla
1 x Monopis obviella
1 x Epiphyas postvittana

Mon 24th...8.5 deg min. Gusty southerly wind
1 x Pale Mottled Willow
1 x Shuttle-shaped Dart
1 x Willow Beauty
1 x Angle Shades
1 x Alucita hexadactyla
1 x Bedellia somnulendella... garden first

0264 Bedellia somnulendella

Tues 25th...6.2 deg min. light breeze, occasional light rain
1 x Blair's Shoulder-knot
1 x Angle Shades
1 x Dark Chestnut

DARK CHESTNUT

1 x Yellow-line Quaker
1 x Brick
1 x Emmelina monodactyla
2 x Blastobasis lacticolella

428 garden species for 2011
245 macro, 183 micro

16th Oct 2011

Overnight min temp...6.4 deg, calm
Not a great deal to record as temperatures remind us that winter really is approaching.

Two November Moth aggs will probably undergo gen det.
Last nights haul:-
3 x Willow Beauty
1 x Beaded Chestnut
2 x Shuttle-shaped Dart
1 x Blair's Shoulder-knot
1 x Pale Mottled Willow
2 x November Moth agg
1 x Large Wainscot
1 x Alucita hexadactyla, Twenty Plume Moth
1 x Emmelina monodactyla
1 x Endrosis sarcitrella, White-shouldered House Moth
The November aggs will add at least one more species to the 2011 garden list, so my macro count this year is now 245.
I think I will struggle to hit the 250 mark, December Moth  is  a rare sight in my garden, but without it 5 more species is a very tough call and time is running out.