12th June 2014 .. Grey and Poplar

Very warm again last night but no cloud cover for the bright full moon.
A great chance arose to get a group comparison shot of a Sycamore, a larger, dark form Sycamore f. infuscata and a Poplar Grey.
All three of these moths are reasonably common in The Dells garden ...

... and I couldn't have asked for a more cooperative pose.
left, Sycamore f. infuscata.. center, Sycamore .. right, Poplar Grey.
Pleased with that.

Year first moths for the garden list also please me and a few more turned up last night ...
1033 ... Tortrix viridana
1328 ... Schoenobius gigantella
1331 ... Acentria ephemerella
1354 ... Cataclysta lemnata
1998 ... Poplar Kitten
2155 ... Dot Moth

I forgot to include a Swallow-tailed Moth on the previous nights list, but another turned up ...

Poplar Kitten is uncommon in the garden, this one is the 2nd or 3rd in 5 years.

On the other hand, this DOT MOTH is present in good numbers anually ...

Below ...
Schoenobius gigantella
Cataclysta lemnata, Small China-mark

Not too sure of the ID of this Eudonia/Scoparia

Or this Pug ...

27 mm wingspan, probably Freyer's Pug
and the other could be Eudonia angustea.
Almost forgot ...
Single-dotted Wave, another year first ...

26th June 2013 ... Good catch.... Possible new garden Pug (confirmed)

Much warmer, overcast, no moon, humid,calm.
Conditions that add up to a good catch and that was the case ...
About 50 species were recorded, probably more as some ID needs verification, especially one of the pugs that looks good for "shaded" (below)

1840 ... Shaded Pug  ... Eupithecia subumbrata

Shaded Pug confirmed by County Recorders ... Thanks Andy and Melissa, this can now be added to my garden list
The Catch :-
0229 ... Monopis obviella
0263 ... Lyonetia clerkella
0647 ... Hofmannophila pseudospretella ... 2
0648 ... Endrosis sarcitrella ... 2
0779 ... Bryotropha affinis
0787 ... Bryotropha terrella ... 4
0874 ... Blastobasis lacticolella ... London Dowd
0998 ... Epiphyas postvittana ... 3
1176 ... Epiblema trimaculana
1294 ... Crambus pascuella, YF

1294 ... Crambus pascuella

1344 ... Eudonia mercurella ... 2
1376 ... Eurrhypara hortulata
1428 ... Aphomia sociella
1474 ... Ephestia unicolorella ...3
1481 ... Homoeosoma sinuella
1711 ... Treble Brown Spot
1713 ... Riband Wave ... 4 ... YF

1713 ... Riband Wave .. Idaea aversata,  ab. remutata

1727 ... Silver-ground Carpet
1728 ... Garden Carpet ... 4
1827 ... Freyer's Pug ... 4
1834 ... Common Pug ... 6
1840 ... Shaded Pug ... garden first
1860 ... Green Pug ... 2
1931 ... Peppered Moth ... 2
1937 ... Willow Beauty ... 5
1958 ... Clouded Silver ... 2
1976 ... Privet Hawk-moth ... 3

1978 ... Pine Hawk-moth ... YF

1978 ... Pine Hawk-moth ... Hyloicus pinastri

1991 ... Elephant Hawk-moth ... 2
1994 ... Buff-tip
2050 ... Common Footman ... 2
2061 ... Buff Ermine ... 2
2069 ... Cinnabar
2088 ... Heart and Club ... YF

2088 ... Heart and Club ... Agrotis clavis

2089 ... Heart and Dart ... 19
2098 ... The Flame ... 2
2102 ... Flame Shoulder
2107 ... Large Yellow Underwing ... 4
2126 ... Setaceous Hebrew Character ... 2
2154 ... Cabbage Moth ... 2
2155 ... Dot Moth ... YF

2155 ... Dot Moth ... Melanchra  persicariae

2160 ... Bright-line Brown-eye
2164 ... Broad-barred White
2279 ... Sycamore ... 2
2306 ... Angle Shades
2321 ... Dark Arches ... 2
2322 ... Light Arches ... YF

2322 ... Light Arches ... Apamea lithoxylaea

2333 ... Large Nutmeg ... 2
2334 ... Rustic Shoulder-knot ... 2
2384 ... Vine's Rustic ... 8
2387 ... Mottled Rustic ... 2
2389 ... Pale Mottled Willow ... 2
2450 ... Spectacle
2489 ... Fan-foot
AGGREGATES and PENDING ID's
Dark/Grey Dagger ... 2
Marbled Minor agg ... 4
Uncertain/Rustic ... 2
Mompha sp
Dichrorampha sp

SAINSBURY'S CATCH and VIEW
On my birthday, daughter Nikki and her husband Rupe bought me a kids bug catcher kit from Sainsbury's as a bit of a joke.
The plastic magnifier and tweezers are neither use nor ornament, but the bug viewing cage is ideal for raising larvae.
I haven't tried breeding any larvae through to adult stage yet, but now I will give it a go.
Ignore the brightly coloured plastic frame and you have a very serviceable unit indeed, with a handy door for replenishing food supplies and a large white mesh area to check out the progress of your nursery.
It even has a carry handle.
Ideal for those larger larvae.
At just £3.00 I will be purchasing a few more of these

The creepy crawly catch and view kit

The white mesh is very see through ... not sure about the colour scheme though.
Note the handy swing-away door for ease of access.

Length = 150mm (6 inches)
Height = 100mm (4 inches)
Width = 100 mm
Be the envy of your moth society with a SAINSBURY'S CATCH AND VIEW KIT.
Hurry while stocks last.

26th June 2012 ... Dot co.

16 deg min. warm, humid with a moderate breeze
A few more newcomers for the year were recorded last night, Dot Moth, Double Square-spot, Elephant Hawk-moth, Bordered Pug, Dwarf Cream Wave, Middle-barred Minor, Toadflax Pug and Least Carpet.
Epiblema uddmanniana was the latest micro....is it still an Epiblema ? The new micro book has thrown me a bit !
Just checked..... it has become a Notocelia.
Notoproblem

Notocelia uddmanniana

0229 Monopis obviella 1
0647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella 6
0787 Bryotropha terrella 2
0994 Clepsis consimilana 4
0998 Epipiphyas postvittana 1
1175 Epiblema uddmanniana 1 ... (Notocelia udd.) year first
1159 Rhopobota naevana .. Holly Tortrix 1, year first
1261 Cydia pomonella 2
1301 Crambus lathoniellus 8
1344 Eudonia mercurella 2
1474 Ephestia parasitella 10
1481 Homoeosoma sinuella 2
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 1
1690 Small Blood-vein 1
1699 Least Carpet 2, year first (Below)

Least Carpet

1705 Dwarf Cream Wave 1, year first (Below)

1707 Small Dusty Wave 1
1713 Riband Wave 1
1728 Garden Carpet 2
1742 Yellow Shell 2
1816 Toadflax Pug 2, year first (Below)

1827 Freyer's Pug 3
1834 Common Pug 11
1837 Grey Pug 1
1839 Bordered Pug 1, year first
1860 Green Pug 1
1931 Peppered Moth 1
1937 Willow Beauty 5
1991 Elephant Hawk-moth 1, Year first (Below)

2050 Common Footman 4
2061 Buff Ermine 1
2087 Turnip Moth 3
2088 Heart & Club 6
2089 Heart & Dart 17
2092 Shuttle-shaped Dart 2
2098 Flame 4
2107 Large Yellow Underwing 9
2109 Lesser Yellow Underwing 2
2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character 1
2128 Double Square-spot 2, year first
2154 Cabbage Moth 1
2155 Dot Moth 1, year first (Below)

2170 Varied Coronet 1
2278 Poplar Grey 2
2302 Brown Rustic 1, (Below) 

2321 Dark Arches 22
2322 Light Arches 2
2333 Large Nutmeg 16
2337agg. Marbled Minor 7
2340 Middle-barred Minor 1, year first
2381 Uncertain 8
2389 Pale Mottled Willow 5
2434 Burnished Brass 1
2441 Silver Y 2
2489 Fan-foot 4


4 unidentified micros for the Recorder

20th June 2011....Garden traps

Rain almost stopped play and the covers went over the trap.
Not a bad selection tho......
AGAPETA HAMANA 937 was a new tick for the year.....

.... followed by a second for year LACKEY 1634

My second DOT MOTH 2155 and this time I managed to get a pic.

GYPSONOMA SOCIANA 1168 a year first... ERROR...ERROR

Thanks Mark "Skev" Skevington for correctly I D'ing this as ....

SPILONOTA OCELLANA 1205 the BUD MOTH, a year first

I thought I'd leave the best 'til last....... A garden first ( and a lifer) SCARCE SILVER-LINES 2421 caught while checking the shed wall actinic lights in-between showers.

259 species.....159 macro, 100 micro

27th June.........Manic !

The last two nights have been very busy. Hard to keep up with it all especially with three traps running in an intensive effort to catch up some ground on the Caldecote garden trap. Macro total is now standing at 115 for the year. Not too many to add to the list this weekend but it was nice to get Sallow Kittens big brother :- POPLAR KITTEN

missed out on this one last year....

VAPOURER

First BLOODVEIN this year....SMALL BLOOD-VEIN that should read. Thanks and well spotted Ben (:0))

YELLOW SHELL

DOT MOTH Recorded around 60+ species of macro over the weekend...... and now I'm going to study all the Pug pics that I took,,, as a sanity test.... (micros after that, before the men in white coats arrive )