17th July .. Speaking of wine bet !

Wine bet :-
Following yesterdays update, last night was a disaster as The Captain and Crew enjoyed a stonking night, 10 new macros for the year.
Luckily I got a couple of year firsts to stay just 1 point ahead ...
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17th July 2012. Warm and calm, gusty wind later.
Maybe a site first Drinker will be a good omen for the wine !

New for 2012, micros.....
26 species of micro moth were recorded with a few for ID confirmation.
450 ... Scythropia crataegella *year first

1405 ... Pleuroptya ruralis *year first

1260 ... Cydia splendana *year first
NB. Got that one wrong, thanks to David Shenton and David Manning for the correction...... 1236 ... Pammene fasciana *year first

1036 ... Acleris forsskaleana *year first

Plus a Caloptillia, probably rufipennella and a couple more for the County recorder.
Hopefully the micro tally will be boosted by the ID results from the recorder, who collected a batch of pots from my freezer on Tuesday.

Macros
44 macro species were recorded last night....
2111 ... Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing was the first this year....

...... and a new moth for The Dells garden
1640 ... Drinker

16th July 2012.. Fern return + Wine Bet

The Wine Bet.
A week ago I was enjoying a 17 point lead over "Captain Trappings" for the most macro moths caught during the year.
Having lost the bottle of grape juice for the  two previous years since the bets conception, I was feeling rather confident, but in just 5 days my 17 moth cushion has been whittled down.
17, then 13, 11, 10, now 7
The school summer hols were bad news for The Dells last year, as Matts rug-rats, Keely & Louie found all kinds of moths, peering into every known "kid height" crevice, producing many rabbits out of the hat to obliterate my then 15 point lead.
With the school break up a week or so away, my 7 point lead is looking extremely vunerable.
(it's back to 10 if Upper Caldecote drew a blank last night)
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16th July, overnight low...12.1 deg, windy.
A brief early evening power cut was a set-back.
My RCD protected sockets tripped out and I missed the first hour of darkness before I realised the traps were off.

Garden Traps :-
1 ... 0424 ... Yponomeuta evonymella
1 ... 0455 ... Ypsolopha scabrell, *year first, (Below)

1 ... 0464 ... Plutella xylostella
1 ... 0937 ... Agapeta hamana
1 ... 0972 ... Pandemis heparana,
1 ... 1063 ... Celypha striana
1 ... 1175 ... Epiblema uddmanniana
2 ... 1261 ... Cydia pomonella
10+.1293 ... Chrysoteuchia culmella
10+.1294 ... Crambus pascuella
1 ... 1302 ... Crambus perlella
1 ... 1334 ... Scoparia ambigualis
2 ... 1424 ... Endotricha flammealis
3 ... 1428 ... Aphomia sociella
2 ... 1524 ... Emmelina monodactyla
1 ... 1653 ... Buff Arches, (Below)

1 ... 1673 ... Small Emerald
1 ... 1782 ... Fern, *year first, (Below)

1 ... 1862 ... Double-striped Pug
1 ... 1917 ... Early Thorn, (Below)

1 ... 1922 ... Swallow-tailed Moth
1 ... 2030 ... Yellow-tail *year first, (Below)

3 ... 2047 ... Scarce Footman
10+.2050 ... Common Footman
2 ... 2061 ... Buff Ermine
1 ... 2069 ... Cinnabar
1 ... 2077 ... Short-cloaked Moth
3 ... 2089 ... Heart & Dart
3 ... 2098 ... Flame
2 ... 2107 ... Large Yellow Underwing
1 ... 2109 ... Lesser Yellow Underwing
2 ... 2126 ... Setaceous Hebrew Character
2 ... 2128 ... Double Square-spot
1 ... 2154 ... Cabbage Moth, (Below)

1 ... 2198 ... Smoky Wainscot, *year first, (Below)

3 ... 2284x . Grey Dagger agg.
16 . 2321 ... Dark Arches
1 ... 2322 ... Light Arches
1 ... 2341 ... Cloaked Minor
12 . 2381 ... Uncertain
2 ... 2441 ... Silver Y 

15th July 2012 ... Garden Traps Report

11 deg, Breezy
Just the one new micro for the year....
Batia unitella (Below)

642 Batia unitella

2 ... 0424 ... Yponomeuta evonymella
1 ... 0642 ... Batia unitella
1 ... 0787 ... Bryotropha terrella
1 ... 0874 ... Blastobasis lacticolella
1 ... 0964 ... Cochylis dubitana
1 ... 1010 ... Ditula angustiorana
2 ... 1063 ... Celypha striana
5 ... 1293 ... Chrysoteuchia culmella
3 ... 1294 ... Crambus pascuella
3 ... 1334 ... Scoparia ambigualis
1 ... 1338 ... Dipleurina lacustrata
3 ... 1344 ... Eudonia mercurella
1 ... 1376 ... Eurrhypara hortulata
1 ... 1390 ... Udea prunalis
1 ... 1413 ... Hypsopygia costalis
1 ... 1417 ... Pyralis farinalis
5 ... 1424 ... Endotricha flammealis
1 ... 1428 ... Aphomia sociella
4 ... 1524 ... Emmelina monodactyla
2 ... 1699 ... Least Carpet
3 ... 1713 ... Riband Wave
3 ... 1728 ... Garden Carpet
1 ... 1714 ... Yellow Shell
3 ... 1834 ... Common Pug (prob)
1 ... 1862 ... Double-striped Pug (Below)

1 ... 1906 ... Brimstone Moth
1 ... 1917 ... Early Thorn (Below)

1 ... 1921 ... Scalloped Oak
2 ... 1922 ... Swallow-tailed Moth
4 ... 1937 ... Willow Beauty
4 ... 2047 ... Scarce Footman
15...2050 ... Common Footman
1 ... 2077 ... Short-cloaked Moth
1 ... 2088 ... Heart & Club
2 ... 2098 ... Flame
1 ... 2126 ... Setaceous Hebrew Character
1 ... 2161 ... Bright-line Brown-eye
1 ... 2192 ... Brown-line Bright-eye
2 ... 2193 ... Clay
1 ... 2284x...Grey Dagger agg
15...2321 ... Dark Arches
2 ... 2322 ... Light Arches
2 ... 2341 ... Cloaked Minor
3 ... 2343x...Common Rustic agg  (Below)

14...2381 ... Uncertain
1 ... 2441 ... Silver Y

14th July 2012 ... Garden traps

The rain eventually gave way to a dry night but nothing new on the macro moth front despite a reasonable variety.
Lozotaeniodes formosanus is an impressive micro and a year first for The Dells.

Lozotaeniodes formosanus

The second Shark of the year ....

Bordered Pug....

Mr & Mrs Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing....

13th July 2012 .. stayin' a hedya (suit yourself !)

RAIN. Will it ever end ?
One trap running in back door entrance porch.
19 species of macro, 15 micro, including two Hedya, both new for 2012.
How they manage to fly in heavy rain has got me beat !

2 Cloaked Minor
1 Least Carpet
2 Riband Wave
1 Dwarf Cream Wave
3 Garden Carpet
4 Willow Beauty
1 Small Emerald
1 Swallow-tailed Moth
15 Common Footman
3 Scarce Footman
1 Lesser Yellow Underwing
1 Grey Dagger agg
1 Flame
1 Heart & Club
1 Double Square-spot
3 Dark Arches
8 Uncertain
2 Mottled Rustic
1 Common Rustic agg
1 Mere Wainscot

1 Hofmannophile pseudospretella
2 Chrysoteuchia culmella
2 Crambus pascuella
2 Crambus perlella
1 Ditula angustiorana
1 Scoparia ambigualis
2 Cydia pomonella
1 Epiblema uddmanniana
3 Endotricha flammealis
1 Sitochroa verticalis
1 Aglossa pinguinalis
1 Pyralis farinalis
2 Phlyctaenia coronata
1 Phycita roborella
1 Hedya salicella *year first (Below)

1 Hedya nubiferana *year first (Below)