Another larva to I.D.

This one was happily munching my Black Currant bush.
c20mm long :-

There were half a dozen of these ... anyone recognise it ?
Gooseberry Sawfly looks odds-on

30th August .. Brrr !

5 degrees would be a good mothing night in January but NOT in August.
1 new addition to the garden year list .. Winter Moth
Just the one trap from now on ....

1 .. 0998 Epiphyas postvittana, Light Brown Apple Moth
1 .. 1305 Agriphila tristella
5 .. 1309 Agriphila geniculea
2 .. 1342 Eudonia angustea
1 .. 1524 Emmelina monodactyla, Common Plume
2 .. 0015 Orange Swift
1 .. 1906 Brimstone Moth
2 .. 1937 Willow Beauty
1 .. 2061 Buff Ermine
1 .. 2087 Turnip Moth
1 .. 2092 Shuttle-shaped Dart
1 .. 2107 Large Yellow Underwing
1 .. 2109 Lesser Yellow Underwing
6 .. 2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character
1 .. 2134 Square-spot Rustic
1 .. 2293 Marbled Beauty
1 .. 2299 Mouse Moth
18. 2353 Flounced Rustic
1 .. 2361 Rosy Rustic *year first

2 .. 2384 Vine's Rustic
1 .. 2389 Pale Mottled Willow

Winter Moth ? that one can wait until November/December when the weather warms up a bit !

28th Aug .. Trap results

Clearer night, bright fullish moon, breezy. cooler.
The weather is feeling positively autumnal and going by past records, Sallow spp and Black Rustic will appear very soon.
The wine bet is a Dells Disaster and to be honest, if I was Paddy Power I would be paying out early.
Captain Trappings is on 217 with a Plain/Shaded Pug pending and I am 14 macro species behind.
Even the bad year is no excuse,  on the same date last year my 2011 total  would have still been 2 species behind Matts 2012 list !
Nothing new last night but I did get my second Canary-shouldered Thorn and 4th Old Lady, plus a Dichrorampha for gen det.
Juniper Webber and Agonopterix arenella were the pick of the micros.

Canary-shouldered Thorn ... Ennomos alniaria 

Agonopteris arenella

Juniper Webber ... Dichomeris marginella

28th Aug, The Mill, Biggleswade

Rain stopped play last night so nothing to report.
Today, took grandkids Keely and Louie to to the little park at the old mill (long since converted to des.res.) next to the River Ivel which flows through home town Biggleswade and is a feeder for the Great Ouse.
Coming through The Dells to Back St we checked out the Prickly Lettuce plants that seem to grow out of the asphalt edges of the paths and it wasn't long before Louie found the first Small Ranunculus larva, in fact almost every small patch of plants was occupied .....

... small wonder that I get so many adults in the garden.
There is also plenty of Ivy-leaved Toadflax sprawling down the brick walls along the pedestrian footpaths but no sign of any Toadflax Brocade larva, maybe the wrong time of year ?

Ivy-leaved Toadflax

The Mill, River Ivel

River Ivel

20 years ago the banks of the Ivel were covered with Common Comfrey and Purple Loosestrife etc, but now the invasive Himalayan Balsam has taken over.

A few young bunnies were having a nibble at the quiet end of the park

Cameraria ohridella on every leaf of the parks Horse Chestnuts trees

A larva found by the grandkids.... anyone ?
Bright-line Brown-eye looks good

I've been on the lookout for one of these in the garden recently... Red Underwing on its last legs, found in the park by Keely

26th Aug 2012 ... White-line Dart

One more for 2012
White-line Dart 2081 .... (Euxoa tritici ?)

VC30 Recorders have informed me that there has been recent DNA work on White-line Dart, and it appears that two separate species exist, although gen. det. is somewhat tricky at present.
This one will be retained for future material if required, but for now, ID as White-line Dart.

Best of the Rest...
1 x Old Lady
2 x Yellow-barred Brindle
1 x Pale Prominent
1 x Spectacle
1 x Angle Shades
1 each of Wormwood and Toadflax Pugs
1 Juniper Webber and a Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix found by grandson Louie during a net sweep of the front garden during the day, along with a pot of 20 grasshoppers ! (safely released)