Oct 4th 2015, Garden Traps report

Two more "newbies" for 2015
Brown-spot Pinion and Pink-barred Sallow. These common species are quite rare in my garden and I missed out on both of them last year.

Brown-spot Pinion

Pink-barred Sallow

A Common Wainscot, Common Marbled Carpet,two Large Ranunculus and two Spruce Carpet were also present along with the usual Lunar Underwing's, Black Rustic's, Blair's Shoulder-knot and the late Summer/early Autumn hangers on.

Common Wainscot

A well camouflaged Large Ranunculus

Spruce Carpet

On the lookout for a Merveille du Jour now and a garden first Autumnal Rustic would be a nice find

26th May 2014 .. Latest year list additrions ...

The wet and cooler conditions continue and look like staying until the weekend.
Just one trap runnung at the moment but with a rain cover which restricts its range.
A trickle of year firsts are still turning up with a Peppered Moth on 25th and Common Wainscot 26th.
Peppered Moth ...

Common Wainscot ...

Not much else apart from the usual Shuttle-shaped Darts, Pale Mottled Willows, Heart and Dart, and a large Turnip Moth
Light Brocade, Common Marbled Carpet added a splash of colour and Silver Y is now appearing nightly.
Very few micros, Carnation Tortrix and Pyrausta aurata by day and one Light Brown Apple Moth and Agonopterix arenella during the night.
Agonopterix arenella below.

9th Oct 2013 ... The North wind doth Blow

5+ degrees, and feeling very chilly in the stiff north wind.
A good blow and a cold snap is not always a bad thing in my garden at this time of year. It gets rid of the late summer stragglers and often produces a good moth for the year list.
Scarce Bordered Straw appeared in 2010 and 2011 during the first week in November during wet and windy conditions and both of those years were not good years for that species.
Large Wainscot was added to the garden tally and another Green-brindled Crescent was noted.
Very little else in the traps apart from stuff that was probably lurking in the nearby bushes, a residue from the previous night.
9th Oct
0998 ... Light Brown Apple Moth x 2
1745 ... Mallow x 1
1937 ... Willow Beauty x 2
2107 ... Large Yellow Underwing x 8
2109 ... Lesser Yellow Underwing x 3
2126 ... Setaceous Hebrew Character x 5
2199 ... Common Wainscot x 1
2232 ... Black Rustic x 1
2240 ... Blair's Shoulder-knot x 4
2245 ... Green-brindled Crescent x 1
2264 ... Yellow-line Quaker x 1
2267 ... Beaded Chestnut x 1
2270 ... Lunar Underwing x 2
2375 ... Large Wainscot x 1 ... YF
2389 ... Pale Mottled Willow x 2
...

2375 ... Large Wainscot

Common Wainscot and Large Wainscot

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 ...

19th June 2013 ... Macro catch

 .........  Continued from Micro Catch

1654 ... Figure of Eighty ... YF

1711 ... Treble Brown Spot ... 5 ... YF

1711 ... Treble Brown Spot ... Idaea trigeminata

1728 ... Garden Carpet ... 2

1764 ... Common Marbled Carpet

1807 ... Grass Rivulet ... 3 ... YF

1807 ... Grass Rivulet ... Perizoma albulata

1825 ... Lime-speck Pug

1827 ... Freyer's Pug ... 4

1834 ... Common Pug ... 10+

1860 ... Green Pug .. 2

1867 ... Treble-bar

1883 ... Yellow-barred Brindle

1887 ... Clouded Border ... YF

1887 ... Clouded Border ... Lomaspilis marginata

1906 ... Brimstone Moth

1931 ... Peppered Moth

1937 ... Willow Beauty ... 4

1955 ... Common White Wave

1958 ... Clouded Silver

1961 ... Light Emerald

1976 ... Privet Hawk-moth

1979 ... Lime Hawk-moth

1980 ... Eyed Hawk-moth

1981 ... Poplar Hawk-moth ... YF

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

1991 ... Elephant Hawk-moth

2000 ... Iron Prominent

2009 ... Maple Prominent

2089 ... Heart and Dart ... 15

2092 ... Shuttle-shaped Dart ... 2

2098 ... The Flame ... 2

2102 ... Flame Shoulder ... 2

2107 ... Large Yellow Underwing ... 3

2126 ... Setaceous Hebrew Character ... 2

2160 ... Bright-line Brown-eye

2164 ... Broad-barred White ... YF

2164 ... Broad-barred White ...  Scotopteryx chenopodiata

2165 ... Small Ranunculus ... 2

2199 ... Common Wainscot ... YF

2199 ... Common Wainscot ... Mythimna pallens

2279 ... The Sycamore ... 3

2280 ... The Miller

2283/4. Dark/Grey Dagger agg. ... 8

2306 ... Angle Shades

2333  .. Large Nutmeg ... 3

2334 ... Rustic Shoulder-knot ... 2

2337/9. Marbled Minor agg ... 6

2340 ... Middle-barred Minor

2387 ... Mottled Rustic .. 2

2389 ... Pale Mottled Willow ... 2

2422 ... Green Silver-lines ... YF

2422 .,.. Green Silver-lines ... Pseudoips prasinana

2450 ... The Spectacle

2474 ... Straw Dot ... YF

2474 ... Straw Dot ... Rivula sericealis

2477 ... The Snout ...  Hypena proboscidalis ... YF

2489 ... The Fan-foot ... Zanclognatha tarsipennalis ... YF

2489 ... The Fan-foot ... Zanclognatha tarsipennalis

17th Sept ... Garden traps

 21 species from 150+ moths recorded last night, 85 of which were Large Yellow Underwing and Setaceous Hebrew Character.
Common Marbled Carpet turned up, the first this year with the red panel on the forewing, and what a beauty it was........

Depressaria species can be an ID nightmare, but I'm pretty sure this is D. badiella
which has proved to be quite common in The Dells garden from past gen. dets.
Forewing: 10mm

Trap results:-
  1 .. 0674 .. Depressaria badiella (TBC)
  2 .. 0998 .. Epiphyas postvittana
  1 .. 1342 .. Eudonia angustea
  9 .. 1524 .. Emmelina monodactyla
  1 .. 0015 .. Orange Swift
  2 .. 1728 .. Garden Carpet
  1 .. 1764 .. Common Marbled Carpet
  2 .. 1862 .. Double-striped Pug
  1 .. 1906 .. Brimstone Moth
  3 .. 1937 .. Willow Beauty
  5 .. 1961 .. Light Emerald
47 .. 2107 .. Large Yellow Underwing
  9 .. 2109 .. Lesser Yellow Underwing
  1 .. 2110 .. Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
38 .. 2126 .. Setaceous Hebrew Character
  6 .. 2134 .. Square-spot Rustic
  3 .. 2199 .. Common Wainscot

  3 .. 2353 .. Flounced Rustic
13 .. 2384 .. Vine's Rustic
  4 .. 2389 .. Pale Mottled Willow
  1 .. 2477 .. Snout

30th June 2012 ... Garden Traps Report

Overnight low 16.2 deg ...brisk s.w. wind
June may well go down as the wettest since records began in 1910.
They haven't finished crunching the numbers yet but it's at least the second wettest.
April has already been confirmed as the wettest on record and May wasn't exactly dry !
Still getting a few moths in the garden, no luck with the garden Otter Trap yet tho.

2 Traps.
2 ... 0658 Carcina quercana, year first
2 ... 0787 Bryotropha terrella
1 ... 0994 Clepsis consimilana
1 ... 1175 Epiblema uddmanniana
1 ... 1261 Cydia pomonella
2 ... 1294 Crambus pascuella
1 ... 1338 Dipleurina lacustrata, year first
1 ... 1344 Eudonia mercurella
1 ... 1376 Eurrhypara hortulata
1 ... 1424 Endotricha flammealis
2 ... 1474 Ephestia parasitella

3 ... 1707 Small Dusty Wave
1 ... 1711 Treble Brown Spot
2 ... 1713 Riband Wave
2 ... 1758 Barred Straw
1 ... 1906 Brimstone Moth
2 ... 1931 Peppered Moth
4 ... 1937 Willow Beauty
1 ... 1976 Privet Hawk-moth
1 ... 1997 Sallow Kitten
2 ... 2047 Scarce Footman
6 ... 2050 Common Footman
1 ... 2060 White Ermine
2 ... 2061 Buff Ermine
2 ... 2087 Turnip Moth
3 ... 2088 Heart & Club
9 ... 2089 Heart & Dart
1 ... 2092 Shuttle-shaped Dart
1 ... 2098 Flame
1 ... 2107 Large Yellow Underwing
1 ... 2110 Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
2 ... 2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character
1 ... 2160 Bright-line Brown-eye
1 ... 2170 Varied Coronet
1 ... 2199 Common Wainscot, year first (Below)

4 ... 2284x Grey Dagger agg.
9 ... 2321 Dark Arches
3 ... 2322 Light Arches
4 ... 2337x Marbled Minor agg.
8 ... 2381 Uncertain
2 ... 2389 Pale Mottled Willow
1 ... 2481 Fan-foot
2 ... 2441 Silver Y

25th Aug.....wet,wet,wet

All night rain put a damper on the trapping, but amazingly there were 51 moths of 20 species caught.
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COMMON WAINSCOT

LIGHT EMERALD

MOUSE MOTH The nights haul :-

9 x Large Yellow Underwing
6 x Turnip Moth

5 x Vine's Rustic

4 x Flounced Rustic

3 x Shuttle-shaped Dart

3 x Setaceous Hebrew Character

3 x Common Wainscot

3 x Rustic

2 x Square-spot Rustic

2 x Nutmeg

2 x Pale Mottled Willow

1 x Lesser Yellow Underwing

1 x Yellow Shell

1 x Orange Swift (female)

1 x Common Rustic (agg)

1 x Uncertain

1 x Marbled Beauty

1 x Light Emerald

1 x Mouse Moth

1 x Agriphila geniculea

8th July.....Magpie

After a very enjoyable evening at Chicksands Wood, hosted by Andy & Melissa, it was home to check the garden traps. Best weather for a while, warmer with just a hint of a breeze. Waiting for me on the back door, attracted by the kitchen lights, was a very welcome garden first, a spectacular.....................
..................MAGPIE MOTH

on the brick wall near the funnel trap a PALE PROMINENT

SPECTACLE in the skinner, near the house

Two TURNIP MOTHS ensuring I get another trapful next August

A very well marked BUFF ERMINE

COMMON WAINSCOT 35 species of macro and 12 micro including 3 x COPPER UNDERWING and a SVENSSONS COPPER UNDERWING which is the first time I have identified one, having taken the trouble to check the hindwing details.

National Moth Day 1

Only eight species on a perfect night. Lesser Yellow Underwing (3 of these)
Common Wainscot

Garden Carpet

The Trap in action, complete with a 15 watt ultra-violet fluorescent tube.

Results continued below.