7th June 2014 .. Garden moth species list ...

Yet another good night for the garden traps with over 60 species recorded.
Heart and Dart is the most numerous with 23 individuals.
The local sparrows may have accounted for many more as there are no moths present outside of the traps in the morning but plenty of evidence in the form of loose wings scattered nearby.
To avoid this I would need to get up at 03.30 am. each morning which is not going to happen so a few moths will have to take their chances.
Four different species of Hawk-moth were in one of the traps, Eyed, Privet, Small Elephant and Elephant.
Here are the year first species :-
From top to bottom
Archips podana
Syndemis musculana
Hedya nubiferana
Buff Arches
Eyed Hawk-moth
Sycamore
Middle-barred Minor
Small Fan-foot

It looks like being a good week with warm, humid air coming up from the Med and across Spain to the UK, especially the south/south east counties.
The occasional heavy shower may spoil the party though.

19th July 2012 .... Garden traps

Still dodging the showers but the weather-man is making the right noises about the week ahead....Don't hold your breath !
Nothing new on the macro scene last night but two very nice micros were added to The Dells garden year list .....

977 Large Fruit-tree Tortrix Archips podana (male)

1458 Thistle Ermine Myelois circumvoluta

Best of the macros was the third Lackey this year....

1634 The Lackey Malacosoma neustria

14th June 2011... (corrected)

A warm humid night (min 13 deg) produced 66 species in and around the garden traps, here are some of them :-
PHTHEOCHROA RUGOSANA 0925

POPLAR GREY 2278

AMBLYPTA ACANTHADACTYLA 1497

THE SYCAMORE 2279

THE SNOUT 2247

ARCHIPS PODANA 0977

DUSKY BROCADE 2330..... garden first

ANCYLIS ACHATANA 1115..... year first

PEMPELIA FORMOSA 1445..... year first
ERROR...ERROR...ERROR
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This one in fact is PHYCITA ROBORELLA 1452 garden first, Thanks to Mark Skevington for the correct ID

AGRIPHILA STRAMINELLA 1304..... year first
ERROR...ERROR...ERROR
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This is CRAMBUS PERLELLA 1302 f. warringtonellus. Thanks again "Skev".

BROAD-BARRED WHITE 2164..... year first

THE LACKEY 1634..... year first 244 species to date....148 macro, 96 micro

correction
243 species to date.....148 macro, 95 micro

1st June 2011...Garden latest

50 species were recorded in and around the traps with 7 more to add to the year list...8 more actually as I received the Gen det result for Marbled Minor from Andy Bancroft. Apologies....Andy Banthorpe
Andy also identified both Rufous and Marbled for the Home Wood site, well done that man !
FAN-FOOT 2489 It's ugly, but a garden first BROWN RUSTIC 2302 looks good to me ! UDEA PRUNALIS 1390 PANDEMIS HEPARANA 0972 AETHES SMEATHMANNIANA 0947 ARCHIPS PODANA 0977 BRYOTROPHA TERELLA 0787 1st June :-
1 x Small Dusty Wave

7 x Marbled Minor agg.
2 x Common Footman
5 x Willow Beauty
1 x Buff Ermine
5 x Large Nutmeg
1 x The Snout
4 x Sh-sh. Dart
2 x Brimstone Moth
1 x Lime-speck Pug
1 x Fan-foot * year first
1 x Lime Hawk-moth
2 x The Flame
2 x Mottled Rustic
4 x Uncertain
2 x L.Y.U.
1 x Yellow Shell
1 x Brown Rustic ** garden first
1 x Pale Mottled Willow
1 x Cinnabar
1 x Clouded Silver
4 x Green Pug
4 x Dark Arches
2 x Garden Carpet
1 x Turnip Moth
1 x Double-striped Pug
1 x Freyer's Pug
18 x Heart & Dart
1 x Udea prunalis * year first
2 x Archips podana * year first
1 x Aethes smeathmanniana * year first
9 x Ephestia parasitella
4 x Hofmannophila pseudospretella
5 x Endrosis sarcitrella
3 x Aphomia sociella
1 x Clepsis consimilana
2 x Epiphyas postvittana
2 x Eudonia angustea
2 x Emmelina monodactyla
3 x Cnephasia agg.
2 x Cydia pomonella
1 x Evergestis forficalis
1 x Epiblema uddmanniana
1 x Aphelia paleana
1 x Monopsis subbistrigella
1 x Homoeosoma sinuella
1 x Eurrhypara hortulata
1 x Ditula angustiopana
1 x Pandemis heparana ** garden first
1 x Bryotropha terrella ** garden first

TOTAL
205 species.....127 macro, 78 micro

The wine bet

Captain Trappings had an excellent night with some superb moths recorded...my lead has been decimated but I'm in front by a nose.

I can feel him breathing down my neck tho.