26th May 2012 ... נחמד לראות אותך

I first started "mothing" in mid 2009, and some of the vernacular names caught my imagination.
None more so than Setaceous Hebrew Character .... wonderful !
The warm evenings continue and look like remaining for the week ahead and I'm sure many trappers are struggling to keep up with their blog posts, unlike a week ago when we were scratching for something post.
The blog title is in Hebrew and means, "Nice to see you", (courtesy of "Google Translate") which I thought was quite apt for a brace of "year first" Setaceous Hebrew Characters found in the trap this morning.
Trap Report :-
17 Common Swift Hepialus lupulinus 4
247 Tinea trinotella 1

647 Brown House-moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella 1

648 White-shouldered House-moth Endrosis sarcitrella 4

808 Platyedra subcinerea 1

998 Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana 3

1356 Garden Pebble Evergestis forficalis 2

1524 Emmelina monodactyla 2

1707 Small Dusty Wave Idaea seriata 1, year first (Below)

1728 Garden Carpet Xanthorhoe fluctuata 2

1819 Mottled Pug Eupithecia exiguata 1

1825 Lime-speck Pug Eupithecia centaureata 2

1834 Common Pug Eupithecia vulgata 1

1937 Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria 2

2043 Orange Footman Eilema sororcula 1, year first (Below)

2061 Buff Ermine Spilosoma luteum 1

2069 The Cinnabar Tyria jacobaeae 1, year first (Below)

2078 Least Black Arches Nola confusalis 1

2087 Turnip Moth Agrotis segetum 3

2092 Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta 9

2107 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba 1

2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum 2, year first (Below)

2160 Bright-line Brown-eye Lacanobia oleracea 2

2145 The Nutmeg Discestra trifolii 1

2154 Cabbage Moth Mamestra brassicae 1

2173 The Lychnis Hadena bicruris 1

2283/4 Dark/Grey Dagger Acronicta tridens/psi 3

2306 Angle Shades Phlogophora meticulosa 1
2384 Vine's Rustic Hoplodrina ambigua 1, year first (Below)

2389 Pale Mottled Willow Paradrina clavipalpis 3

2450 The Spectacle Abrostola tripartita 1

2480 Buttoned Snout Hypena rostralis 2

****  Dichrorampha species  to be determined 1