20th July 2014 ... Likin' the lichen

Still hectic around the garden traps as temperatures remain high.
There has been a huge influx of Diamond-back moths over the last few days with 10+ recorded for the last 4 nights, and that is a conservative estimate.
Another migrant from last night was a Tree-lichen Beauty, attracted to the 15watt BLB on the shed wall, one to look out for....

above ... Tree-lichen Beauty on the garden shed window.

It's been a lazy week recording-wise as there have been too many moths to deal with so I've just "cherry picked" a few each evening, mainly new moths for the garden year, plus a few.

On the 18th it was again warm and sultry with a brief but heavy shower.
4 micros were added to the garden list and many more were potted up for our county micro recorder to identify....
462 . YPSOLOPHA SEQUELLA

877 . STATHMOPODA PEDELLA

1113 . EUDEMIS PROFUNDANA

1415 . ORTHOPYGIA GLAUCINALIS

19th
Warm, humid
Two micros that I will get confirmed.
The first one could be 274 . BUCCULATRIX ULMELLA

or maybe a worn B. thoracella

The 2nd I think is 1274 . DICHRORAMPHA ALPINANA

No problem with 1350 . NYMPHULA STAGNATA

20th
Warm, humid
294 . ASPILAPTERYX TRINGIPENNELLA

2299 . MOUSE MOTH

Others:-
18th
0746 .. Chrysoesthia drurella
1653 .. Buff Arches
2425 .. Nut-tree Tussock
19th
50 plus Lyonetia clerkella
20 plus Cameraria ohridella
c20 ..... Plutella xylostella
12 x Cydia splendana, highest count on record for garden.
1648 .. Pebble Hook-tip
2031 .. White Satin
2165 .. Small Ranunculus
2289 .. Knot Grass
2421 .. Scarce Silver-lines
2425 .. Nut-tree Tussock
20th
1637 .. Oak Eggar, female
1724 .. Red Twin-spot Carpet
1825 .. Lime-speck Pug
1917 .. Early Thorn x 3
1976 .. Privet Hawk-moth
2044 .. Dingy Footman
2092 .. Shuttle-shaped Dart x c30 (numbers increasing)
2165 .. Small Ranunculus
2280 .. Miller
2475 .. Nut-tree Tussock

above ... SMALL RANUNCULUS, well marked and in pristine condition, from the trap last night.