6th June 2012 ... A high between the many lows

Min temp 11.4 deg. moderate breeze.
The Dells garden traps took advantage of the small June window of opportunity with a very good species list, 100 moths of 48 species.
Highlight was a Small Elephant Hawk-moth, the second record for this site.

Small Elephant Hawk-moth, Deilephila porcellus

17 Common Swift Hepialus lupulinus 2
229 Monopis obviella 1
647 Brown House-moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella 1
648 White-shouldered House-moth Endrosis sarcitrella 5
808 Platyedra subcinerea 2
937 Agapeta hamana 1, year first, (Below)

966 Cochylis atricapitana 1, year first
986 Syndemis musculana 1
998 Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana 2
1133 Epinotia bilunana 1
1176 Epiblema trimaculana 1, year first, (Below)

1261 Codling Moth Cydia pomonella 3
1356 Garden Pebble Evergestis forficalis 2
1428 Bee Moth Aphomia sociella 4
1707 Small Dusty Wave Idaea seriata 4
1711 Treble Brown Spot Idaea trigeminata 1, year first
1728 Garden Carpet Xanthorhoe fluctuata 5
1738 Common Carpet Epirrhoe alternata 1, year first, (Below)

1776 Green Carpet Colostygia pectinataria 1
1819 Mottled Pug Eupithecia exiguata 2
1825 Lime-speck Pug Eupithecia centaureata 1

1827 Freyer's Pug Eupithecia intricata 1

1834 Common Pug Eupithecia vulgata 6, (Above)

1837 Grey Pug Eupithecia subfuscata 1, year first, (Below)

1860 Green Pug Pasiphila rectangulata 1

1906 Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata 4

1931 Peppered Moth Biston betularia 1

1937 Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria 3

1961 Light Emerald Campaea margaritata 1

1992 Small Elephant Hawk-moth Deilephila porcellus 1, year first

2089 Heart & Dart Agrotis exclamationis 3

2092 Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta 4

2107 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba 2

2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum 4

2154 Cabbage Moth Mamestra brassicae 1

2160 Bright-line Brown-eye Lacanobia oleracea 1

2164 Broad-barred White Hecatera bicolorata 1, year first (Below)

2166 The Campion Hadena rivularis 1, year first, (Below)

2306 Angle Shades Phlogophora meticulosa 1

2333 Large Nutmeg Apamea anceps 3

2334 Rustic Shoulder-knot Apamea sordens 2

2337/8 Marbled Minor agg. Oligia strigilis/versicolor 1

2380 Treble Lines Charanyca trigrammica 3

2381 The Uncertain Hoplodrina alsines 4

2387 Mottled Rustic Caradrina morpheus 1

2389 Pale Mottled Willow Paradrina clavipalpis 6

2441 Silver Y Autographa gamma 1