26th June 2014 ... micro ID needed plus trap catch

Micro ID ...
473, Acrolepiopsis assectella, Leek Moth. Site first.

A rainy night, so the covers were placed over the traps.
Still a good variety though.
This micro is proving hard to put a name to, the closest I can come up with is 596 Elachista poae

Forewing length almost 6mm

Common Rustic (agg) was a year first for the garden as was Double Lobed

above, Common Rustic agg.
below, Double Lobed

The second Leopard Moth was found on the paving slabs next to the trap and was lucky not to have been eaten by the birds...

Small Ranunculus is a regular in my garden with double figures recorded annually. It appears to be increasing its range ...

11th July 2013... Common Rustic agg. ???? I think not ....

On the 25th June I posted a Common Rustic agg as a Year first.
Last night, almost three weeks later, I caught a "real" Common Rustic agg. and I am now convinced that the one from 25th June is NOT a C.R.agg.
Apart from the fact that I have never waited 3 weeks between my first and second, (they are very common and once they appear they just keep on coming)  the shape is much different.
Below top

......... Common Rustic agg. Looks more pointed at the head

???

The above moth is from 25th June, bulkier at the head and shoulders, more arched resting position, CR sits much flatter ....... (below)

Now compare the haircuts ...... Top moth is the 25th June capture

I believe the 25th June moth is more likely to be Small Clouded Brindle ... whatever, it ain't no CR agg.
PLEASE COMMENT
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Much cooler last night at 9 deg. with a distinct chill in the breeze.
Not much about apart from Scoparia pyralella which was new for the year, and the expected Rustic types. Even more Privet Hawks, a bumper year so far, and a pot full of Buff Ermine ......

Buff Ermine

TRAPS :-
0450 ... Scythropia crataegella ... Hawthorn Moth
0647 ... Hofmannophila pseudospretella ... Brown House-moth
0782 ... Bryotropha senectella  ... Dull Red Groundling ...gen det req.
0787 ... Bryotropha terrella ... Cinereous Groundling ... 3
0905 ... Blastodacna hellerella ... Hawthorn Cosmet
0994 ... Clepsis consimilana ... Privet Tortrix
1001 ... Lozotaeniodes formosana ... Orange Pine Tortrix ... 2
1293 ... Chrysoteuchia culmella ... Garden Grass-veneer ... 4
1294 ... Crambus pascuella ... Grass-veneer ... 9
1302 ... Crambus perlella ... Yellow Satin Veneer
1333 ... Scoparia pyralella ... YF

1333 ... Scoparia pyralella

1344 ... Eudonia mercurella ... Small Grey
1390 ... Udea prunalis ... Dusky Pearl
1424 ... Endotricha flammealis ... Rosy Tabby
1699 ... Least Carpet ... 3
1713 ... Riband Wave ... 3
1922 ... Swallow-tailed Moth
1976 ... Privet Hawk-moth ... 4
1980 ... Eyed Hawk-moth
2047 ... Scarce Footman ... 4
2050 ... Common Footman ... 12
2061 ... Buff Ermine ... 11
2069 ... Cinnabar
2077 ... Short-cloaked Moth
2088 ... Heart and Club ... 5
2089 ... Heart and Dart ... 9
2092 ... Shuttle-shaped Dart ... 2
2098 ... The Flame ... 3
2107 ... Large Yellow Underwing ... 2
2110 ... Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
2160 ... Bright-line Brown-eye
2164 ... Broad-barred White ... 2
2165 ... Small Ranunculus
 2198 ... Smoky Wainscot

2198 ... Smoky Wainscot

2283/4. Dark/Grey Dagger agg ... 6.
2321 ... Dark Arches ... 13
2322 ... Light Arches ... 2
2341 ... Cloaked Minor
2343/a. Common Rustic agg.

2343/a ... Common Rustic agg.

2381 ... Uncertain ... 7
2387 ... Mottled Rustic
2389 ... Pale Mottled Willow ... 3

10th July
A Dusky Brocade was added to the garden list and a new for year micro ....
0648 ... Endrosis sarcitrella
870/1a. Oegoconia agg.
0998 ... Epiphyas postvittana
1001 ... Lozotaeniodes formosana ... YF

1001 ... Lozotaeniodes formosana

1063 ... Celypha striana ... 3
1076 ... Celypha lacunana
1293 ... Chrysoteuchia culmella
1294 ... Crambus pascuella ... 3
1302 ... Crambus perlella
1344 ... Eudonia mercurella
1428 ... Aphomia sociella ... 2
1699 ... Least Carpet ... 3
1713 ... Riband Wave ... 2
1769 ... Spruce Carpet
1906 ... Brimstone Moth ... 3
1937 ... Willow Beauty ... 2
1976 ... Privet Hawk-moth ... 3
1978 ... Pine Hawk-moth
1991 ... Elephant Hawk-moth
1994 ... Buff-tip
2047 ... Scarce Footman ... 3
2050 ... Common Footman ... 15
2061 ... Buff Ermine 6
2088 ... Heart and Club ... 2
2089 ... Heart and Dart ... 7
2098 ... The Flame ... 4
2107 ... Large Yellow Underwing ... 2
2128 ... Double Square-spot
2160 ... Bright-line Brown-eye
2164 ... Broad-barred White
2193 ... The Clay
2216 ... The Shark
2321 ... Dark Arches ... 26
2322 ... Light Arches
2330 ... Dusky Brocade ... GF

2330 ... Dusky Brocade ... Apamea remissa

2381 ... Uncertain
2387 ... Mottled Rustic
2389 ... Pale Mottled Willow
2450 ... Spectacle

25th June 2013 ... Warming up again.... Burnished Brass

8,5 deg minimum, but warm for most of the evening. Moth count rising again.
Burnished Brass and Common Rustic (agg)  both new for year.

409a .. Argyresthia trifasciata ... Triple-barred Argent ... 1
0647 .. Hofmannophila pseudospretella ... Brown House-moth ... 3
0648 .. Endrosis sarcitrella ... White-shouldered House-moth ... 2
0697 .. Agonopterix arenella ... Brindled Flat-body ... 1
0808 .. Platyedra subcinerea ... Mallow Groundling ... 1
0998 .. Epiphyas postvittana ... Light Brown Apple Moth ... 1
1334 .. Scoparia ambigualis ... Common Grey ... 1
1342 .. Eudonia angustea ... Narrow-winged Grey ... 1
1356 .. Evergestis forficalis ... Garden Pebble ... 1
1428 .. Aphomia sociella ... Bee Moth ... 1
1474 .. Ephestia unicolorella ssp woodiella ... False Cacao Moth ... 4

1481 .. Homoeosoma sinuella ... Twin-barred Knot-horn ... 1
1261 .. Cydia pomonella ... Codling Moth ... 1
1654 .. Figure of 80
1711 .. Treble Brown Spot ... 1
1728 .. Garden Carpet ... 4
1738 .. Common Carpet ... 1
1769 .. Spruce Carpet ... 2
1827 .. Freyer's Pug ... 3

1834 .. Common Pug ... 2
1937 .. Willow Beauty ... 7
1958 .. Clouded Silver ... 1
1976 .. Privet Hawk-moth ... 2
1991 .. Elephant Hawk-moth ... 1
1994 .. Buff-tip ...1
2000 .. Iron Prominent ... 1
2050 .. Common Footman ... 3
2061 .. Buff Ermine ... 1
2069 .. Cinnabar ... 1
2089 .. Heart and Dart ... 13
2092 .. Shuttle-shaped Dart ... 2
2098 .. The Flame ... 1
2160 .. Bright-line Brown-eye ... 1
2164 .. Broad-barred White ... 1
2170 .. Varied Coronet ... 1
2223 .. Toadflax Brocade ... 2
2279 .. Sycamore ... 2
2283/4 Dark/Grey Dagger agg ... 3
2306 .. Angle Shades ... 1
2321 .. Dark Arches ... 1
2333 .. Large Nutmeg ... 3
2337/9 Marbled Minor agg ... 3
2343/a Common Rustic agg. ... 1 ... YF

2343/2343a ... Common Rustic (agg.)

2387 .. Mottled Rustic ... 1
2434 .. Burnished Brass ... 1 ... YF

2450 .. Spectacle ... 1
2469 .. Fan-foot ... 1

15th July 2012 ... Garden Traps Report

11 deg, Breezy
Just the one new micro for the year....
Batia unitella (Below)

642 Batia unitella

2 ... 0424 ... Yponomeuta evonymella
1 ... 0642 ... Batia unitella
1 ... 0787 ... Bryotropha terrella
1 ... 0874 ... Blastobasis lacticolella
1 ... 0964 ... Cochylis dubitana
1 ... 1010 ... Ditula angustiorana
2 ... 1063 ... Celypha striana
5 ... 1293 ... Chrysoteuchia culmella
3 ... 1294 ... Crambus pascuella
3 ... 1334 ... Scoparia ambigualis
1 ... 1338 ... Dipleurina lacustrata
3 ... 1344 ... Eudonia mercurella
1 ... 1376 ... Eurrhypara hortulata
1 ... 1390 ... Udea prunalis
1 ... 1413 ... Hypsopygia costalis
1 ... 1417 ... Pyralis farinalis
5 ... 1424 ... Endotricha flammealis
1 ... 1428 ... Aphomia sociella
4 ... 1524 ... Emmelina monodactyla
2 ... 1699 ... Least Carpet
3 ... 1713 ... Riband Wave
3 ... 1728 ... Garden Carpet
1 ... 1714 ... Yellow Shell
3 ... 1834 ... Common Pug (prob)
1 ... 1862 ... Double-striped Pug (Below)

1 ... 1906 ... Brimstone Moth
1 ... 1917 ... Early Thorn (Below)

1 ... 1921 ... Scalloped Oak
2 ... 1922 ... Swallow-tailed Moth
4 ... 1937 ... Willow Beauty
4 ... 2047 ... Scarce Footman
15...2050 ... Common Footman
1 ... 2077 ... Short-cloaked Moth
1 ... 2088 ... Heart & Club
2 ... 2098 ... Flame
1 ... 2126 ... Setaceous Hebrew Character
1 ... 2161 ... Bright-line Brown-eye
1 ... 2192 ... Brown-line Bright-eye
2 ... 2193 ... Clay
1 ... 2284x...Grey Dagger agg
15...2321 ... Dark Arches
2 ... 2322 ... Light Arches
2 ... 2341 ... Cloaked Minor
3 ... 2343x...Common Rustic agg  (Below)

14...2381 ... Uncertain
1 ... 2441 ... Silver Y

8/9th July 2012 ... Garden traps latest

8th July ...

A year first Brown-line Bright-eye

9th July...
3 ... 0647 ... Hofmannophila pseudospretella
1 ... 0862 ... Dichomeris marginella, Juniper Webber, year first (Below)

4 ... 1010 ... Ditula angustiorana
1 ... 1063 ... Celypha striana
2 ... 1261 ... Cydia pomonella
20+ 1293 ... Chrysoteuchia culmella
10+ 1294 ... Crambus pascuella
2 ... 1302 ... Crambus perlella
9 ... 1334 ... Scoparia ambigualis
1 ... 1338 ... Dipleurina lacustrata
1 ... 1376 ... Eurrhypara hortulata
2 ... 1390 ... Udea prunalis
3 ... 1421 ... Aglossa pinguinalis
5 ... 1424 ... Endotricha flammealis
3 ... 1428 ... Aphomia sociella
6 ... 1474 ... Ephestia parasitella
3 ... 1524 ... Emmelina monodactyla
3 ... 1673 ... Small Emerald, year first, (Below)

1 ... 1690 ... Small Blood-vein
2 ... 1699 ... Least Carpet
3 ... 1705 ... Dwarf Cream Wave
2 ... 1707 ... Small Dusty Wave
1 ... 1708 ... Single-dotted Wave
8 ... 1713 ... Riband Wave
2 ... 1728 ... Garden Carpet
1 ... 1758 ... Barred Straw, (Below)

1 ... 1825 ... Lime-speck Pug
3 ... 1862 ... Double-striped Pug
10+ Other Pugs... unidentified
1 ... 1867 ... Treble-bar
1 ... 1906 ... Brimstone Moth
2 ... 1922 ... Swallow-tailed Moth
1 ... 1931 ... Peppered Moth
5 ... 1937 ... Willow Beauty
1 ... 1981 ... Poplar Hawk-moth, (Below)

1 ... 1991 ... Elephant Hawk-moth
3 ... 1994 ... Buff-tip
5 ... 2047 ... Scarce Footman
20+ 2050 ... Common Footman, (Below)

3 ... 2061 ... Buff Ermine
1 ... 2077 ... Short-cloaked Moth
2 ... 2088 ... Heart & Club
3 ... 2089 ... Heart & Dart
3 ... 2098 ... Flame
2 ... 2107 ... Large Yellow Underwing
1 ... 2110 ... Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
2 ... 2128 ... Double Square-spot
1 ... 2144 ... Broad-barred White
1 ... 2154 ... Cabbage Moth
1 ... 2160 ... Bright-line Brown-eye
1 ... 2173 ... Lychnis (Below)

1 ... 2278 ... Poplar Grey
3 ... 2284x . Grey Dagger agg.
1 ... 2318 ... Dun-bar, year first, (Below)

15 . 2321 ... Dark Arches
1 ... 2322 ... Light Arches
3 ... 2337x . Marbled Minor agg
3 ... 2341 ... Cloaked Minor
1 ... 2343x . Common Rustic agg, year first (Below)

20+ . 2381x . Uncertain/Rustic
3 ... 2389 ... Pale Mottled Willow
3 ... 2441 ... Silver Y
2 ... 2477 ... Snout
3 ... 2489 ... Fan-foot

25th June 2011...Near perfect conditions disappoint.

With the warm humid conditions, the expected glut of year ticks didn't happen on a slightly disappointing evening,

Never mind, tonight looks even better with temps staying at 18 deg.

MAPLE PROMINENT 2009 year first



COMMON RUSTIC agg. year first this time ! BROAD-BORDERED YELLOW UNDERWING 2110 year first

I didn't expect to find a RED ADMIRAL under the shed blacklight

Garden totals to date :-

271 species...168 macro, 103 micro

The wine bet has taken a severe backward step as Captain Trappings weighed in with 12 + new ticks last night, putting me about 9 behind.

His twin 15watt actinic/BLB trap ("The Ratface".....the only garden trap you'll ever need...Cheap...economical to run...deadly ) certainly came into it's own last night as he left me floundering in his wake.