WINE RACE 2016 .. MATTc380 .. TRENT 353 .. BEN 347 ...... Garden species:- Macros 357, Micros 365, Total 722

Thursday, 10 October 2013

9th Oct 2013 ... The North wind doth Blow

5+ degrees, and feeling very chilly in the stiff north wind.
A good blow and a cold snap is not always a bad thing in my garden at this time of year. It gets rid of the late summer stragglers and often produces a good moth for the year list.
Scarce Bordered Straw appeared in 2010 and 2011 during the first week in November during wet and windy conditions and both of those years were not good years for that species.
Large Wainscot was added to the garden tally and another Green-brindled Crescent was noted.
Very little else in the traps apart from stuff that was probably lurking in the nearby bushes, a residue from the previous night.
9th Oct
0998 ... Light Brown Apple Moth x 2
1745 ... Mallow x 1
1937 ... Willow Beauty x 2
2107 ... Large Yellow Underwing x 8
2109 ... Lesser Yellow Underwing x 3
2126 ... Setaceous Hebrew Character x 5
2199 ... Common Wainscot x 1
2232 ... Black Rustic x 1
2240 ... Blair's Shoulder-knot x 4
2245 ... Green-brindled Crescent x 1
2264 ... Yellow-line Quaker x 1
2267 ... Beaded Chestnut x 1
2270 ... Lunar Underwing x 2
2375 ... Large Wainscot x 1 ... YF
2389 ... Pale Mottled Willow x 2
...
2375 ... Large Wainscot
Common Wainscot and Large Wainscot



Wednesday, 9 October 2013

8th Oct 2013 ... Green-brindled Crescent

The traps have been very quiet this week which is surprising given the nice weather we have been experiencing of late.
Migrants have been invading the land on the southerly biased winds but that is all about to change from today with strong northerlies and a dip in temperatures heading our way.
Green-brindled Crescent was added to the garden year list last night ....

2245 ... Green-brindled Crescent

Last nights catcth :-
0464 ... Plutella xylostella ... Diamond-back Moth
0648 ... Endrosis sarcitrella ... White-shouldered House-moth x 2
0674 ... Depressaria badiella ... Brown Flat-body
674 ... Depressaria badiella

0998 ... Epiphyas postvittana ... Light Brown Apple Moth x 3
1398 ... Nomophila noctuella ... Rush Veneer
1413 ... Hypsopygia costalis ... Gold Triangle
1524 ... Emmelina monodactyla ... Common Plume x 3
1711 ... Treble Brown Spot ....
1711 ... Treble Brown Spot ... 8th Oct 2013
1728 ... Garden Carpet
1745 ... Mallow x 2
1760 ... Red-green Carpet
1764 ... Common Marbled Carpet x 3
1764 ... Common Marbled Carpet\

1937 ... Willow Beauty x 3
2092 ... Shuttle-shaped Dart x 2
2107 ... Large Yellow Underwing x 12
2109 ... Lesser Yellow Underwing x 9
2126 ... Setaceous Hebrew Character x 6
2199 ... Common Wainscot
2240 ... Blair's Shoulder-knot x 7
2245 ... Green-brindled Crescent ... YF
2267 ... Beaded Chestnut x 2
2270 ... Lunar Underwing x 2
2272 ... Barred Sallow x 2
2306 ... Angle Shades x 2
2389 ... Pale Mottled Willow x 7
2441 ... Silver Y




Monday, 7 October 2013

6th Oct 2013 ... October Coronet

A Varied Coronet was attracted to the Synergetic fluorescent lamps last night.
This is the first autumn record for the garden
2170 ... Varied Coronet
Our VC30 recorders, Andy and Melissa Banthorpe, have just informed me that the two previous latest records in VC30 Bedfordshire were August 1977 and September 9th 1983, so this is indeed a late one.

Last nights catch :-
0874 ... Blastobasis lacticolella
0874 ... Blastobasis lacticolella

0998 ... Epiphyas postvittana x 3
1342 ... Eudonia angustea x 2
1524 ... Emmelina monodactyla x 3
1745 ... Mallow x 2
1760 ... Red-green Carpet
1764 ... Common Marbled Carpet x 2
1769 ... Spruce Carpet
1937 ... Willow Beauty x 2
2087 ... Turnip Moth
2092 ... Shuttle-shaped Dart
2107 ... Large Yellow Underwing x 10
2109 ... Lesser Yellow Underwing x 6
2126 ... Setaceous Hebrew Character x 8
2170 ... Varied Coronet
2232 ... Black Rustic
2240 ... Blair's Shoulder-knot x 6
2267 ... Beaded Chestnut x 3
2270 ... Lunar Underwing x 7
2272 ... Barred Sallow
2297 ... Copper Underwing
2297 ... Copper Underwing

2306 ... Angle Shades
2389 ... Pale Mottled Willow x 3
2441 ... Silver Y


Saturday, 5 October 2013

4th Oct 2013 ... 2nd generations

The decent summer has produced a few 2nd generation moths.
Brown "stuff" numbers are decreasing at last...
Last nights trap catch :-
0998 ... Epiphyas postvittana .. Light Brown Apple Moth x 4
1048 ... Acleris variegana .. Garden Rose Tortrix x 2
1342 ... Eudonia angustea .. Narrow-winged Grey
1413 ... Hypsopygia costalis .. Gold Triangle
1415 ... Orthopygia glaucinalis .. Double-striped Tabby
1524 .. Emmelina monodactyla .. Common Plume
1637 ... Small Emerald
1637 ... Small Emerald

1699 ... Least Carpet
1707 ... Small Dusty Wave x 2
1711 ... Treble Brown Spot
1711 ... Treble Brown Spot

1745 ... Mallow
1937 ... Willow Beauty x 5
2087 ... Turnip Moth
I've been keeping an eye out for the migrant Pearly Underwing, which are very similar to Turnip moth.
After checking out Tony Morris's blog, Mothing at the hidden house, a useful pic of the "punk mohican hairstyle" of a Pearly Underwing had been posted, so I have posted a Turnip Moth comparison from last nights catch .....
Pearly Underwing ... (photo ... Tony Morris)
Turnip Moth from my garden trap last night
.....The other way to tell them apart is to check the hindwings but the hairdo seems to be  a good fieldmark.
Check out Tonys blog at http://tonysmothstoidentiy.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/species-list-for-3102013.html#comment-form
2107 ... Large Yellow Underwing x 20
2109 ... Lesser Yellow Underwing x 17
2110 ... Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
2126 ... Setaceous Hebrew Character x 12
2231 ... Deep-brown Dart, male
2231 ... Deep-brown Dart

2232 ... Black Rustic x 3
2240 ... Blair's Shoulder-knot x 11
2267 ... Beaded Chestnut x 3
2306 ... Angle Shades x 5
2389 ... Pale Mottled Willow x 12
2477 ... Snout





Friday, 4 October 2013

2nd/3rd Oct 2013 ... A few late moths, a computer glitch, nostalgia and David Mannings' bicycle

For some reason I can't update the WINE RACE or edit profiles.
Well I can edit, but as soon as I hit the "save" button, I get "javascript void (0)" appear and it won't update.
Don't know why this has started happening as I am "the last of the good old fashioned steam powered trains" (line from a Kinks song) and the first of the National Health (R.I.P.) babies, computers are not really my bag man.
A sudden wave of nostalgia and regret has swept over me ....
Below, the humble Farthing ...

.... this Farthing was minted in my birth year, notice the quality, and also notice the design.
Much better than todays complicated whirls and swirls that you need to "google" to find out what they represent.
A simple Wren, tasteful and instantly recognisable AND no need to pay some arty farty designer  thousands of (taxpayers) pounds for some obscure artistic regional representation.
Design and quality of todays coins are sadly lacking.
Speaking of quality ....
Below, David Mannings' bicycle, still in pristine condition ...

Anyway, back to the moths
2nd Oct
A late 2nd generation Least Carpet turned up on the trap, the second one recorded this autumn.
Mallow and Barred Sallow may have been a return visit of the moths recorded the previous evening.

1699 ... Least Carpet

Pale Mottled Willow numbers hit an all-time high last night with 28 in one trap
2389 ... Pale Mottled Willow

Sallows brighten up the autumn trap
2272 ... Barred Sallow
3rd Oct
Very warm with showers, min temp.. 14.2 deg C
Mallow x 2
Gypsonoma sociana
1168 ... Gypsonoma sociana

Common Marbled Carpet
Garden Carpet
Common Pug
1834 ... Common Pug ... Epithecia vulgata

Willow Beauty x 2
Hypsopygia costalis
Emmelina monodactyla x 2
Square-spot Rustic
Black Rustic
Eudonia angustea
Turnip Moth
Endrosis sarcitrella
Large Ranunculus
Angle Shades x 4
Mouse Moth
Beaded Chestnut
Yellow-line Quaker
Large Yellow Underwing x 18
Lesser Yellow Underwing x 13
Setaceous Hebrew Character x 23
Pale Mottled Willow x 8
Vine's Rustic
.........
Last of the Steam Powered Trains... The Kinks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuQJmhzT3qQ