Midnight onwards it was cover up the traps as some much needed rain arrived.
Plenty of year first moths turned up so it was a pity the rain came.
BUTTONED SNOUT 2480
THE SNOUT 2477
ORANGE FOOTMAN 2043
YELLOW-BARRED BRINDLE
TREBLE-LINES 2380
THE MILLER 2280
ANGLE SHADES 2306
(((FREYER'S PUG 1827)))........OCHREOUS PUG 1844
GREEN CARPET 1776
COMMON WAVE 1738
Garden last night :-2 x Brimstone Moth
2 x Garden Carpet
6 x Turnip Moth
1 x Pale Tussock
1 x Willow Beauty
3 x Scalloped Hazel
4 x Large Nutmeg
1 x Orange Footman * year first
1 x The Snout * year first
1 x Ruby Tiger
1 x Small Waved Umber
1 x Green Carpet * year first
2 x Marbled Minor agg.
1 x Toadflax Brocade possible revisit from previous evening
1 x Common Wave * year first
1 x The Miller * year first
1 x Yellow-barred Brindle * year first
2 x Mottled Pug
1 x Angle Shades * year first
4 x Heart & Dart
1 x Grey Dagger agg.
1 x Buttoned Snout * year first
1 x Treble-lines * year first
1 x Ochreous Pug ** Garden first
1 x Brindled Pug
5 x Common Pug
3 x Vine's Rustic
1 x Puss Moth
1 x Buff Ermine
3 x Bright-line Brown-eye
1 x Esperia sulphurella
2 x Tinea trinotella
1 x Epiblema cynosbatella
5 x Platyedra subcinerea
1 x Mompha subbistrigella
2 x Elachista argentella ** Garden first
1 x Dichrorampha simpliciana ** Garden first
1 x Agonopterix heracliana
1 x Agonopterix arenella
1 x Emmelina monodactyla
4 x Argyrotaenia ljungiana
3 x Argyresthia trifaciata
1 x Cydia pomonella
3 x Aphomia sociella
2 x Alucita hexadactyla
3 x Epiphyas postvittana
Looks more like an Ochreous Pug there Trent, rather than Freyer's. Buttoned Snout - just new for the year! Send one up here.
ReplyDeleteHow big is the Pug? Ochreous are quite small- a hell of a species to get in the concrete jungle. They are usually found around coniferous trees.
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ReplyDeleteI've checked every pic on the net just about. There is a pic on Norfolk moths that is almost a carbon copy of mine and a lot of others close enough to say it's an Ochreous.
There is also a very large mature Scots Pine two doors away which could be a clincher. Cheers for that.
Captain Trappings......Wingspan just under 20mm, too small for Freyer's. and as I mentioned before, there's a big Scots Pine nearby plus 5 various mature conifers in the gardens either side. I'll fire off a pic to Andy to confirm or reject. (I smell a bottle of classy red this year !)
ReplyDelete100% Ochreous Pug that, the posture is perfect although he markings aren't as clear as some specimens.
ReplyDeleteI reckon that Toadflax Brocade had already earned you the bottle of red ...... you're going to have to pull in something special to top that one Matt.
ReplyDeleteYou could be right Mark, but the welcher still hasn't produced anything Vino wise for last year's demolition job. My throat is drier than a medieval Monk's manuscript!
ReplyDeleteOh I was going to say looks like Ochreous Pug too Trent, had one the other night. Small and very triangular...
ReplyDeleteHaven't had a verdict from recorder yet, but everybody can't be wrong...barring ME that is
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