30th May...All the "P's"

Three new ones for the garden and all beginning with "P".....Thought this was a Shark at first. But having never seen a Shark or a Pale Prominent before I enlisted the expertise of Andy & Melissa, who needed about 2 secs to tell me it was my first.....
PALE PROMINENT obviously a garden first........................

........... No trouble identifying this big fella on the wall near the trap though........

PEPPERED MOTH another first.

My 3rd species of hawkmoth for the garden and another first.........

POPLAR HAWKMOTH

SILVER- GROUND CARPET, first for year

BUFF ERMINE, first for year

An easy Pug to identify for a change, and my first for year......

LIME-SPECK PUG Another nice haul with the three new additions making my garden macro total
for the year a respectable 62 species so far.

Results:-

12 x S.S.Dart

6 x Heart & Dart

4 x Turnip Moth

2 x Treble Lines

Vine's Rustic

Poplar Hawkmoth

Peppered Moth

Lime-speck Pug

Pale Prominent

Iron Prominent

Treble Bar

Silver Ground Carpet

Grey/Dark Dagger

Pale Tussock

Pale Mottled Willow

Buff Ermine

Common Pug....probably

As for the micro's, just one Emmelina monodactyla and 4 L.B. Apple Moth

29th May.....Minor Delay

MARBLED MINOR is my guess but will ask Andy to peer up its kilt and check out its claspers, hope it's a male ! So in the meantime...........
MARBLED MINOR agg. Thanks Andy,.......... MARBLED MINOR

One of two SMALL WAVED UMBER from last night

OK, I'll go for...errrm....COMMON PUG

GREEN CARPET, common but stunning

OK (again), I'll go for...errrrrrrrrrrm........I would like it to be an OAK-TREE PUG but.........

My 6th LIME HAWKMOTH and YES they are different moths.

First two of these for the year with many more to come.....

SETACEOUS HEBREW CHARACTER

one of 3 LARGE NUTMEG

COMMON SWIFT pale form

COMMON SWIFT dark form Results:-

18 x S.S.Dart

5 x Turnip Moth

4 x Heart & Dart

3 x Common Swift

3 x Large Nutmeg

2 x Setaceous Hebrew Character (first for year)

2 x Treble Lines

2 x Treble Bar

2 x Bright-line Brown-eye

1 x Lime Hawkmoth

1 x Brimstone Moth

1 x Common Marbled Carpet (same one as the previous night)

1 x Pale Mottled Willow

1 x Vine's Rustic

1 x Marbled Minor agg. for now ! After dissection it has been confirmed as MARBLED MINOR, thanks Andy

28th May...Brace of Trebles

First nights trapping for 4 days, a little chilly at 8degC but landed 3 new garden species.
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TREBLE LINES (garden first)
TREBLE BAR, first for year. A common visitor in my garden
COMMON SWIFT, another welcome debutant
VINE'S RUSTIC (garden first)
COMMON MARBLED CARPET, first for year
OAK HOOK-TIP, 2nd for year
My 5th LIME HAWKMOTH....the presence of a huge nearby Lime tree may be the reason.
PALE MOTTLED WILLOW
A pristine HEART and DART
PUG ! (common, brindled, oak tree !!!) Anyone ?
24/25 species of macro was a good tally for my small garden and only 3 species of micro which was a surprise as I was expecting many more.
Results:-
15 x Shuttle-shaped Dart
8 x Heart & Dart
4 x Turnip Moth.
3 x Rustic Shoulder-knot
3 x Bright-line Brown-eye
3 x Common Pug
2 x Brimstone Moth
2 x Pale Mottled Willow
2 x Green Carpet
2 x Small Waved Umber
2 x Small Dusty Wave
One each of the following:-
Flame Shoulder
Lime Hawkmoth
Campion
Oak Hook-tip
Garden Carpet
Common Swift ...GF
Cabbage Moth
Vine's Rustic...GF
Common Marbled Carpet
Treble Lines...GF
Treble Bar
PUG U.F.O. brindled/oak-tree or even common ???? delete where applicable (:0))

23rd May..More confusion !!!

Here's two more from 23rd May that test my "L Plate" knowledge. The bottom pic is almost certainly a CAMPION (if that is wrong then shame on "wearethecampions")
But the top two pics (of the same moth) look a little different and it is either another CAMPION or could it be a LYCHNIS ?
One of each


LYCHNIS

 LYCHNIS top and middle and CAMPION bottom Thanks Ben !



LYCHNIS

 another Campion ??? the forewing stigmata isnt joined at the base suggesting a Lychnis, while the purplish tinge is saying Campion.........comments more than welcome



CAMPION

 Campion Results for 23rd May:-

18 x S.S.Dart

4 x Grey/Dark Dagger

3 x Heart and Dart

3 x Brimstone Moth

2 x Turnip Moth

2 x Least Black Arches

2 x Green Carpet

2 x Rustic Shoulder-knot

2 x Marbled Minor agg

2 x Bright-line Brown-eye

Orange Footman

Sallow Kitten

Waved Umber

Pale Mottled Willow

Miller

Garden Carpet

Pale Tussock

Pebble Hook-tip

Small Dusty Wave

Tawny-barred Angle

Buff Tip

Clouded Silver

Lime Hawkmoth

Scalloped Hazel

Early Grey

PUGS !! x 5

Campion
Lychnis x 2 

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Micros included my first Small Magpie of the year

4 x LB Apple Moth

2 x Pyrausta aurata

2 x Codling Moth

2 x Twenty-plume Moth

And a few to send to Mr M !!

23rd May....The future is Orange

Had a field night in the garden last night with a few garden firsts. A large array of the usual visitors and a couple waiting for confirmation I.D.
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ORANGE FOOTMAN photos sent to Andy on this one

SCALLOPED HAZEL

my fourth LIME HAWKMOTH

PEBBLE HOOK-TIP 2nd record

Awaiting I.D. on this one

It turns out that this is a rather small and late flying Early Grey


Awaiting I.D. but this one and the previous will be garden firsts I think

Marbled Minor agg.

SALLOW KITTEN garden first

BUFF-TIP garden first

TAWNY-BARRED ANGLE garden first

CLOUDED SILVER garden first All in all a great night for The Dells

Thanks for the comments Ben and welcome aboard Maurice, glad you like the pics. I have had it confirmed by the county recorder that we have an Early Grey and a Marbled Minor agg. Thanks Melissa.

22nd May.... Shuttle Space Invaders

IF I GET ANYMORE SHUTTLE-SHAPED DARTS IN MY TRAPS I WILL NEED MORE SPACE
ESPECIALLY WHEN THESE BIG GUYS TURN UP ! LOOKS LIKE A MIRROR IMAGE AS I SNAPPED TWO LIME HAWKMOTHS in the release pot

IRON PROMINENT First for year and only my second record

SMALL DUSTY WAVE another year first

RED (DARK) TWIN SPOT CARPET

TURNIP MOTH Results:-

25 x Shuttle-shaped Dart (highest count so far)

3 x Heart and Dart

3 x Brimstone Moth

3 x Small Waved Umber

3 x Garden Carpet

2 x Grey/Dark Dagger

2 x Lime Hawkmoth

2 x Pale Tussock

2 x Bright-line Brown-eye

2 x Least Black Arches

Muslin Moth

Spectacle
Iron Prominent

Green Carpet

Red/Dark Twin spot Carpet

Turnip Moth

Small Dusty Wave

Knot Grass

Chinese Character

Mottled Pug

Powdered Quaker

4 x Common Pug (probably)

21st May....As the Miller told his tale

Another warm evening saw my first MILLER on the garden shed

PINE HAWKMOTH on the funnel trap and taken into the house for a photo on the pine table. A garden first.

OAK HOOK-TIP found in the skinner trap. Another garden first.

CHINESE CHARACTER my 4th garden first of the evening Results:-

12 x S.S.Dart

4 x Brimstone Moth

3 x Common Pug

2 x Mottled Pug

2 x Grey/Dark Dagger

2 x Heart and Dart

1 x Knot Grass

1 x Least Black Arches

1 x Rustic Shoulder-knot

1 x P.M. Willow

1 x Bright-line Brown-eye

1 x Chinese Character (garden first)

1 x Oak Hook-tip (garden first)

1 x Pine Hawkmoth (garden first)

1 x Miller (garden first)

MICRO

Bee Moth..Aphomia sociella

Plus some for Mr. Manning

20th May The list is slowly growing

I think this one is a type of Tortrix...........
Thanks Pab for the ID and
thanks David for confirmation of SYNDEMIS MUSCULANA

COMMON CARPET a garden first

LARGE NUTMEG (thanks Andy for confirming the ID) another garden first

RUSTIC SHOULDER KNOT

POWDERED QUAKER........late ? Results:-

15 x S.S.Dart

2 x Muslin Moth

2 x Brimstone Moth

2 x D.S. Pug

2 x Mottled Pug

2 x Common Pug

1 x Currant Pug

1 x Rustic Shoulder-knot

1 x Flame Shoulder

1 x Least Black Arches

1 x Garden Carpet

1 x Common Carpet (garden first)

1 x Small waved Umber

1 x Pale Mottled Willow

1 x Large Nutmeg (garden fisrt)

THE MICROs

1 x Pyrausta aurata...first for year

3 x E. monodactyla

2 x Argyrotaenia ljungiana

1 x Codling Moth

3 x Light Brown Apple Moth

AND A FEW FOR MR. MANNING !!!