21st Aug 2013 ... New micros

Scrobipalpa costella, Winter Groundling ? was added to the garden list on a very humid night with a full moon on view during cloud breaks and then rain.
This may have been overlooked in the past as it is quite common nationally and in VC 30
Udea lutealis, Pale Straw Pearl, was also added as a garden first and probably overlooked previously.
Lesser Wax Moth, Achroia grisella, was a year first and only the second record for garden.
Others included Mompha propinquella, Aethes smeathmanniana and 5 x Epermenia chaerophyllella with a mass of Acentria ephemerella (Water Veneer).
Of the macros, Old Lady and 3 x Centre-barred Sallow were the pick of the crop.

1426 ... Achroia grisella ... Lesser Wax Moth

819 ... Scrobipalpa costella ...

1388 ... Udea lutealis

20th Aug 2013 ... Rush around before holiday

Off to Italy for a week so just tonight (21st) left for the traps to pull in something exotic.
Last night was quite productive though, Rusty Dot Pearl and Rush Veneer showed up from wherever, and I found Catoptria falsella amongst a myriad of A. geniculea, quite a feat after necking a couple of bottles of good Aussie Red-eye with Captain Trappings earlier. This was only the second garden record of this quite common species.
0015 ... Orange Swift
0483 ... Epermenia chaerophyllella ... Golden Lance-wing

0483 ... Epermenia chaerophyllella

0647 ... Hofmannophila pseudospretella ... Brown House-moth
0648 ... Endrosis sarcitrella ... White-shouldered House-moth
801a ... Gelechia senticetella ... Cypress Groundling
0870 ... Oegoconia quadripuncta ... Four-spotted Obscure  (maybe) ... to be determined

Oegoconia spp

0964 ... Cochylis dubitana ... Little Conch
0970 ... Pandemis cerasana ... Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix
0985 ... Cacoecimorpha pronubana ... Carnation Tortrix
0998 ... Epiphyas postvittana ... Light Brown Apple Moth
1048 ... Acleris variegana ... Garden Rose Tortrix
1305 ... Agriphila tristella ... Common Grass-veneer
1309 ... Agriphila geniculea ... Elbow-stripe Grass-veneer
1316 ... Catoptria falsella ... Chequered Grass-veneer ... year first

1316 ... Chequered Grass-veneer ... Catoptria falsella

1331 ... Acentria ephemerella ... Water Veneer
1361 ... Pyrausta aurata ... Mint Moth
1395 ... Udea ferrugalis ... Rusty Dot Pearl

1395 ... Rusty Dot Pearl ... Udea ferrugalis

1398 ... Nomophila noctuella ... Rush Veneer ... year first

1398 ... Rush Veneer ... Nomophila noctuella

1405 ... Pleuroptya ruralis ... Mother of Pearl
1428 ... Aphomia sociella ... Bee Moth
1524 ... Emmelina monodactyla ... Common Plume
1713 ... Riband Wave
1728 ... Garden Carpet
1738 ... Common Carpet
1742 ... Yellow Shell
1825 ... Lime-speck Pug
1838 ... Tawny Speckled Pug ... year first

1838 ... Tawny Speckled Pug

1862 ... Double-striped Pug
1883 ... Yellow-barred Brindle
1906 ... Brimstone Moth
1914 ... Dusky Thorn ... year first

1914 ... Dusky Thorn

1921 ... Scalloped Oak
1937 ... Willow Beauty
2047 ... Scarce Footman
2061 ... Buff Ermine
2087 ... Turnip Moth
2092 ... Shuttle-shaped Dart
2102 ... Flame Shoulder
2107 ... Large Yellow U'wing
2109 ... Lesser Yellow U'wing
2110 ... Broad-bordered Yellow U'wing
2111 ... Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow U'wing
2126 ... Setaceous Hebrew Character
2134 ... Square-spot Rustic
2154 ... Cabbage Moth
2199 ... Common Wainscot
2297x . Copper Underwing agg.
2303 ... Straw Underwing
2341 ... Cloaked Minor
2243x . Common Rustic agg.
2353 ... Flounced Rustic
2389 ... Pale Mottled Willow
2441 ... Silver Y
2450 ... Spectacle

19th Aug 2013 .... Micros rule

Two good micros were recorded last night ....
Nephopterix angustella, new for garden

1465 ... Nephopterix angustella

... And, Gelechia senticetella ... year first

801a ... Gelichia senticetella

The Catch ...
0015 ... Orange Swift
0648 ... Endrosis sarcitrella
0697 ... Agonopterix arenella
801a ... Gelichia senticetella, ... Year first
0970 ... Pandemis cerasana
0974 ... Argyrotaenia ljungiana
0998 ... Epiphyas postvittana
1113 ... Eudemis profundana
1261 ... Cydia pomonella
1305 ... Agriphila tristella
1309 ... Agriphila geniculea
1361 ... Pyrausta aurata
1405 ... Pleuroptya ruralis
1465 ... Nephopterix angustella ... Garden first
1524 ... Emmelina monodactyla
1680 ... Maiden's Blush
1713 ... Riband Wave
1728 ... Garden Carpet
1738 ... Common Carpet
1742 ... Yellow Shell
1825 ... Lime-speck Pug ... x 5
1862 ... Double-striped Pug

1862 ... Double-striped Pug

1906 ... Brimstone Moth
1921 ... Scalloped Oak
1937 ... Willow Beauty
2007 ... Swallow Prominent

2007 ... Swallow Prominent

2061 ... Buff Ermine
2087 ... Turnip Moth
2102 ... Flame Shoulder
2107 ... Large Yellow Underwing
2109 ... Lesser Yellow Underwing
2110 ... Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
2111 ... Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
2126 ... Setaceous Hebrew Character
2134 ... Square-spot Rustic
2145 ... The Nutmeg
2165 ... Small Ranunculus

2165 ... Small Ranunculus

2199 ... Common Wainscot
2269 ... Centre-barred Sallow
2293 ... Marbled Beauty
2297 ... Copper Underwing agg.
2299 ... Mouse Moth
2303 ... Straw Underwing
2343 ... Common Rustic agg.
2353 ... Flounced Rustic
2389 ... Pale Mottled Willow
2441 ... Silver Y
2450 ... The Spectacle

18th Aug 2013 ... Sallow, end of summer ?

Centre-barred Sallow, a nice splash of colour amongst the fading brown stuff.
I usually associate this moth with summers end, but at least we had one this year and it looks like continuing a while longer.
A noticeable absence this year has been Large Yellow Underwing, not sure if this is a national trend but there is a marked downfall in numbers this season.

2269 ... Centre-barred Sallow

Only the third Common Wainscot so far this year .....

2199 ... Common Wainscot

First Comma of the year for the garden ...

16th Aug 2013 ... Moth Catch

11.4 deg C clear
There are some tired looking moths coming to the traps now, lots of Straw Underwing, Copper Underwing, Common Rustic.
A new batch of Setaceous Hebrew Character are on the wing, as are the tiny Double-striped Pugs.
Nothing new on the macro scene but a few micros were potted up for ID, results later.
The Catch
0015 ... Orange Swift ... 4
409a ... Argyresthia trifasciata ... 4
0411 ... Argyresthia goedartella ... 2
0424 ... Yponomeuta evonymella ... 3
0427 ... Yponomeuta cagnagella ... 1
0648 ... Endrosis sarcitrella ... 2
871a ... Oegoconia caradjai (to be confirmed)... Of the three Oegoconia species "caradjai" has proven to be the most common in the past and this one fits the bill although all three are present

Oegoconia  caradjai ... CONFIRMED gen det D. Manning

0873 ... Bryotropha adustella ... 2
0969 ... Pandemis corylana ... 1
0974 ... Argyrotaenia ljungiana ... 6
0998 ... Epiphyas postvittana ... 3
1048 ... Acleris variegana ... 3
1304 ... Agriphila straminella ... 2
1305 ... Agriphila tristella ... 4
1309 ... Agriphila geniculea ... 17
1333 ... Acentria ephemerella ... 2
1361 ... Pyrausta aurata ... 2
1405 ... Pleuroptya ruralis ... 8
1497 ... Amblyptilia acanthadactyla ... 1
1524 ... Emmelina monodactyla ... 8
1713 ... Riband Wave ... 1
1728 ... Garden Carpet ... 1
1738 ... Common Carpet ... 4
1742 ... Yellow Shell ... 5
1781 ... Small Waved Umber ... 1
1816 ... Toadflax Pug ... 2
1825 ... Lime-speck Pug ... 4
1839 ... Bordered Pug ... 1
1862 ... Double-striped Pug ... 4
1883 ... Yellow-barred Brindle ... 1
1906 ... Brimstone Moth ... 7
1913 ... Canary-shouldered Thorn ... 1
1937 ... Willow Beauty ... 5
2047 ... Scarce Footman ... 1
2081 ... White-line Dart ... 1
2087 ... Turnip Moth ... 1
2092 ... Shuttle-shaped Dart ... 38
2102 ... Flame Shoulder ... 4
2107 ... Large Yellow Underwing ... 3
2109 ... Lesser Yellow Underwing ... 1
2111 ... Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing ... 1
2112 ... Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing ... 3
2126 ... Setaceous Hebrew Character ... 4
2134 ... Square-spot Rustic ... 5
2293 ... Marbled Beauty ... 4
2297 ... Copper Underwing agg. ... 8
2303 ... Straw Underwing ... 23
2321 ... Dark Arches ... 2
2341 ... Cloaked Minor ... 3
2343 ... Common Rustic agg. ... 9
2353 ... Flounced Rustic ... 13
2384 ... Vine's Rustic ... 5
2441 ... Silver Y ... 16
2450 ... Spectacle ... 1
Plus a couple of Coleophora and Mompha types to be determined.

14th Aug 2013 .. Worst Red Underwing shot ever

I recorded my "year first" Red Underwing last night and to dispel any doubts I photographed it.....

.... 5 metres high on the house wall, fluttering about.
Torch in one hand, Lumix in the other on full zoom, I grabbed the above quickly taken one-off shot before it took off again.
As it flew from the wall I followed it with the torch hoping the light would lure it down, which it did.. Narrowly avoiding the clutches of a hungry Bat it landed in my neighbours rose bush on the wrong side of the dividing wall and out of sight.
Crap pic, but good enough for another year tick and it doesn't have to sit in a pot in my cold fridge overnight for a mornings photo shoot.
14th Aug .....
0247 ... Tinea trinotella
0424 ... Yponomeuta evonymella ... 3
0426 ... Yponomeuta malinellus
0427 ... Yponomeuta cagnagella
0647 ... Hofmannophila pseudospretella ... 5
0648 ... Endrosis sarcitrella
0658 ... Carcina quercana ... 2
870x ... Oegoconia spp
0974 ... Argyrotaenia ljungiana ...2
0985 ... Cacoecimorpha pronubana
1048 ... Acleris variegana ... 3
1159 ... Rhopobota naevana
1304 ... Agriphila straminella ... 3
1309 ... Agriphila geniculea ... 10+
1361 ... Pyrausta aurata ... 2
1405 ... Pleuroptya ruralis ... 5
1428 ... Aphomia sociella
1524 ... Emmelina monodactyla ... 4
1713 ... Riband Wave ... 2
1728 ... Garden Carpet
1742 ... Yellow Shell ... 2
1781 ... Small Waved Umber ... 2
1825 ... Lime-speck Pug ... 2
1839 ... Bordered Pug

1839 ... Bordered Pug

1883 ... Yellow-barred Brindle ... 2nd gen.

1883 ... Yellow-barred Brindle

1906 ... Brimstone Moth ... 3
1913 ... Canary-shouldered Thorn
1921 ... Scalloped Oak
1937 ... Willow Beauty ... 3
2044 ... Dingy Footman
2050 ... Common Footman
2087 ... Turnip Moth ... 2
2092 ... Shuttle-shaped Dart ... 30+
2107 ... Large Yellow Underwing ...3
2109 ... Lesser Yellow Underwing ... 2
2110 ... Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
2112 ... Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing ... 2
2134 ... Square-spot Rustic ... 2
2145 ... Nutmeg ... 2
2223 ... Toadflax Brocade ... 2

2223 ... Toadflax Brocade

2284x.. Grey Dagger agg.
2289 ... Knot Grass ... 2
2293 ... Marbled Beauty ... 3
2297x . Copper Underwing agg.
2299 ... Mouse Moth
2303 ... Straw Underwing ... 14
2321 ... Dark Arches ... 2
2341 ... Cloaked Minor ... 3
2343x.. Common Rustic agg.
2353 ... Flounced Rustic ... 3
2361 ... Rosy Rustic
2381 ... Uncertain
2384 ... Vine's Rustic ... 2
2389 ... Pale Mottled Willow
2441 ... Silver Y ... 18
2450 ... Spectacle ... 2
2452 ... Red Underwing ... year first

13th Aug 2013 ... House Groundling brings up the 400

9 degrees for the last couple of nights and meteorites flying about (harder to see with the moth traps on).
The garden moth tally seems to have "hit the wall" in the last week or so but the 400th species was reached at last with Bryotropha domestica ...

789 ... Bryotropha domestica

409a ... Argyresthia trifasciata ... Triple-barred Argent ... 4
0424 ... Yponomeuta evonymella ... Bird-cherry Ermine
0647 ... Hofmannophila pseudospretella ... Brown House Moth
0789 ... Bryotropha domestica ... House Groundling ... YF
0964 ... Cochylis dubitana ... Little Conch ... 2
0974 ... Argyrotaenia ljungiana ... Heather Tortrix ... 2
0985 ... Cacoecimorpha pronubana ... Carnation Tortrix
0998 ... Epiphyas postvittana ... Light Brown Apple Moth
1304 ... Agriphila straminella ... Pearl Veneer ... 3
1305 ... Agriphila tristella ... Common Grass-veneer
1309 ... Agriphila geniculea ... Elbow-stripe Grass-veneer ... 12
1405 ... Pleuroptya ruralis ... Mother of Pearl ... 3
1424 ... Endotricha flammealis ... 2
1497 ... Amblyptilia acanthadactyla ... Beautiful Plume ... 2
1524 ... Emmelina monodactyla ... Common Plume ... 6
1726 ... Large Twin-spot Carpet

1726 ... Large Twin-spot Carpet

1728 ... Garden Carpet
1742 ... Yellow Shell ... 2
1803 ... Small Rivulet
1841 ... Yarrow Pug
1862 ... Double-striped Pug ... 3
1937 ... Willow Beauty ... 4
2092 ... Shuttle-shaped Dart ... 26
2102 ... Flame Shoulder ... 3
2107 ... Large Yellow Underwing ... 3
2109 ... Lesser Yellow Underwing ...2
2111 ... Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing ... 3
2112 ... Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing ... 5
2243 ... Common Rustic agg ... 16
2283/4. Dark/Grey Dagger agg.
2293 ... Marbled Beauty ... 3
2297?8. Copper Underwing agg ... 3
2299 ... Mouse Moth
2303 ... Straw Underwing ... 22
2321 ... Dark Arches
2341 ... Cloaked Minor ... 2
2441 ... Siver Y ... 9
Plus 2 Mompha types to be identified

10/11/12th Aug 2013 ... A select few

 Above: A very washed out Large Twin-spot carpet, 10th Aug

Below: Mompha propinquella by the look of it ... to be dermined
Wrong ! (again) 

0266 ... Bucculatrix nigricomella

 Above: A "year first" Rosy Rustic

Below: First appearance of Agriphila geniculea, followed by several others

 Above: Orange Swift new for 2013

Below: 2nd record of Twin-spotted Wainscot

Below:  2 x  pristine Vine's Rustic in the trap 11th Aug

A garden first record of Willow Ermine although this has probably been disregarded in the past in amongst the numerous Bird-cherry, Apple and Spindle Ermines.

428 ... Yponomeuta rorrella

12th Aug, a year first Square-spot Rustic,
first of many .......

2134 ... Square-spot Rustic ... Xestia xanthographa

8th Aug 2013 ... New Micro

A new micro for the garden, Clavigestis purdeyi, the Pine Leaf-mining Moth

1207 ... Clavigestis purdeyi ... Pine Leaf-mining Moth

Another micro, new for year, Udea ferrugalis ... Rusty Dot Pearl

1395 ... Udea ferrugalis ... Rusty Dot Pearl

This moth cost me a couple of quid ...
Grandson Louie discovered it this morning before I had rubbed the sleep from my eyes, and the going rate for a "year first" moth is £2.00
Maidens Blush ...

1680 ... Maidens Blush ... Cyclophora punctaria

Speaking of grandson Louie .....
1981 ... Poplar Hawk-moth

1981 ... Poplar Hawk-moth ... Laothoe populi

7th Aug 2013 ... Nothing new

A bit chilly at 8 deg last night, still lots of brown things in the trap.
Nothing new recorded but two Canary-shouldered Thorn were nice, only singletons in the past,  and a second Tree-lichen Beauty in my garden within a week.. There must be hundreds of them around this year.

Tree-lichen Beauty

6th Aug 2013 ... BLACK-THORN

BLACK Arches and Canary-shouldered THORN that is.
Both new for 2013, the second  Black Arches record from the garden.

2033 ... Black Arches ...  Lymantria monacha

1913 ... Canary-shouldered Thorn ... Ennomos alniaria.

Best of the night was a Twin-spotted Wainscot, new for garden ...

2370 ... Twin-spotted Wainscot ... Archanara geminipuncta

The Rest ..

0294 ... Aspilapterix tringipennella ... Ribwort Slender

409a ... Argyresthia trifasciata ... Triple-barred Argent

0424 ... Yponomeuta evonymella ... Bird-cherry Ermine
0427 ... Yponomeuta cagnagella ... Spindle Ermine

0658 ... Carcina quercana ... Long-horned Flat-body
0873 ... Blastobasis adustella ... Dingy Dowd

0937 ... Agapeta hamana ... Hook-marked Straw Moth

0974 ... Argyrotaenia ljungiana ... Heather Tortrix

1048 ... Acleris variegana ... Garden Rose Tortrix
1063 ... Celypha striana ... Barred Marble

1093 ... Apotomis betuletana ... Birch Marble ... Garden first (confirmed DV Manning, with thanks)

1093 ... Apotomis betuletana

1304 ... Agriphila straminella ... Pearl Veneer

1305 ... Agriphila tristella ... Common Grass Veneer

1378 ... Phlyctaenia coronata ... Elder Pearl

1424 ... Endotricha flammealis ... Rosy Tabby

1497 ... Amblyptilia acanthadactyla ... Beautiful Plume

1524 ... Emmelina monodactyla ... Common Plume

1705 ... Dwarf Cream Wave
1708 ... Single-dotted Wave

1713 ... Riband Wave

1738 ... Common Carpet

1742 ... Yellow Shell

1781 ... Small Waved Umber

1825 ... Lime-speck Pug
1832 ... Currant Pug

1906 ... Brimstone Moth

1913 ... Canary-shouldered Thorn ... YF
1937 ... Willow Beauty
2000 ... Iron Prominent

2031 ... White Satin Moth

2033 ... Black Arches ... YF

2044 ... Dingy Footman
2051 ... Buff Ermine

2064 ... Ruby Tiger

2092 ... Shuttle-shaped Dart

2102 ... Flame Shoulder

2107 ... Large Yellow Underwing

2109 ... Lesser Yellow Underwig

2110 ... Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

2111 ... Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
2145 ... Nutmeg

2154 ... Cabbage Moth

2223 ... Toadflax Brocade
2283 ... Grey Dagger agg,

2293 ... Marbled Beauty

2303 ... Straw Underwing

2318 ... Dun-bar

2321 ... Dark Arches

2341 ... Cloaked Minor
2353 ... Flounced Rustic
2370 ... Twin-spotted Wainscot ... garden first

2441 ... Silver Y
2450 ... The Spectacle

4th/5th Aug 2013 ... Catch report

Cooler nights mean more sleep, less moths.
Traps are still full of Common Rustic agg. and Shuttle Darts
Only two new moths for the year were recorded, on 4th Aug a garden first on this easily overlooked and quite worn Dingy Shell ... GF ...

1874 ... Dingy Shell ... Euchoeca nebulata

Plus a 2nd generation Currant Pug on 5th Aug.... YF

1832 ... Currant Pug ... Eupithecia assimilata

4th Aug species list

409a ... Argyresthia trifasciata
0424 ... Yponomeuta evonymella
0427 ... Yponomeuta cagnagella
0647 ... Hofmannophila pseudospretella
0648 ... Endrosis sarcitrella
0658 ... Carcina quercana
0964 ... Cochylis dubitana
0972 ... Pandemis heparana
0985 ... Cacoecimorpha pronubana
0994 ... Clepsis consimilana
1036 ... Acleris forsskaleana
1048 ... Acleris variegana
1211 ... Rhyacionia pinicolana
1304 ... Agriphila straminella
1305 ... Agriphila tristella
1405 ... Pleuroptya ruralis
1497 ... Amblyptilia acanthadactyla
1524 ... Emmelina monodactyla
1699 ... Least Carpet
1713 ... Riband Wave
1781 ... Small Waved Umber
1816 ... Toadflax Pug
1874 ... Dingy Shell .... garden first
1906 ... Brimstone Moth
1937 ... Willow Beauty
2011 ... Pale Prominent
2044 ... Dingy Footman
2047 ... Scarce Footman
2050 ... Common Footman
2064 ... Ruby Tiger
2092 ... Shuttle-shaped Dart
2107 ... Large Yellow Underwing
2109 ... Lesser Yellow Underwing
2110 ... Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
2111 ... Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
2154 ... Cabbage Moth
2155 ... Dot Moth
2165 ... Small Ranunculus
2166 ... The Campion
2223 ... Toadflax Brocade
2283/4. Dark/Grey Dagger agg.
2293 ... Marbled Beauty
2303 ... Straw Underwing
2321 ... Dark Arches
2341 ... Cloaked Minor
2343/a. Common Rustic agg.
2349 ... Mere Wainscot
2441 ... Silver Y

5th Aug
409a ... Argyresthia trifasciata
0424 ... Yponomeuta evonymella ... 3
0427 ... Yponomeuta cagnagella ... 2
0647 ... Hofmannophila pseudospretella ... 2
0648 ... Endrosis sarcitrella ... 1
0787 ... Bryotropha terrella ... 1
870/1a. Oegoconia sp. ... 1
0873 ... Blastobasis adustella ... 3
0937 ... Agapeta hamana ... 1
0964 ... Cochylis dubitana ... 1
1048 ... Acleris variegana ... 1
1304 ... Agriphila straminella ... 3
1305 ... Agriphila tristella ... 4
1361 ... Pyrausta aurata ... 1
1405 ... Pleuroptya ruralis ... 2
1524 ... Emmelina monodactyla ... 5
1651 ... Chinese Character ... 1
1699 ... Least Carpet ... 2
1742 ... Yellow Shell ... 1
1832 ... Currant Pug ... year first ... 2
1839 ... Bordered Pug ... 1
1841 ... Yarrow Pug ... 1
1858 ... V-pug ... 1
1931 ... Peppered Moth ... 1
1937 ... Willow Beauty ... 2
2047 ... Scarce Footman ... 1
2064 ... Ruby Tiger ... 2
2092 ... Shuttle-shaped Dart ... 18
2109 ... Lesser Yellow Underwing ... 6
2110 ... Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing ... 2
2293 ... Marbled Beauty ... 2
2303 ... Straw Underwing ... 15
2321 ... Dark Arches ... 4
2341 ... Cloaked Minor ... 4
2343/a. Common Rustic agg.... 16

01/08/13 ... Reed Leopard ? Reed Dagger ?? ............

....... No way !
It's 00.30hrs, camera in hand I am trying to get a picture of a small micro moth that is on the wall near the light trap.
As I am about to return to the house to bring up the pictures on screen, I glanced at the trap.
Clinging to the trap supply cable, like a black 230 v  reed stem, was a somewhat confused Reed Warbler ....

It eventually flew off, via the open patio door, doing a circuit of the house, before exiting and flying off into the night.
1st Aug ...
Reed Warbler ... garden first
2nd Aug.
0092 ... Stigmella anomalella ... Rose Leaf Miner (mine on Rosa "Albertine") year first

1113 ... Eudemis profundana ... Diamond-back Marble ... year first
CORRECTION ... 1114 Eudemis porphyrana (gen det D V Manning) County first 

1260 ... Cydia splendana ... Marbled Piercer ... year first