Garden Moths catch-up

It's been a very slow year with moth numbers well down on last year.
Here are a few since late Aug.

Treble-bar

Dusky THorn

Maiden's Blush

Dotted Rustic

Epinotia ramella f. costana

Lunar Underwing

Depressaria badiella

Clover Case-bearer - Coleophora alcyonipennella

Old Lady, sugaring

Large Ranunculus

29th July 2014 ... Garden Moths latest

Another new macro moth for the garden list ...
Small Rufous

Latest selection ...
28th July
0862 ... Juniper Webber
1690 ... Small Blood-vein
1816 ... Toadflax Pug
1830 ... Wormwood Pug x 4
1749 ... Dark Spinach ... was a garden first the previous evening.
This one is fresher with better defined markings ...

2089 ... Heart and Dart .... thought they had finished
2134 ... Square-spot Rustic ... year first

2193 ... Clay
2289 ... Knot Grass
2299 ... Mouse Moth
2450 ... Spectacle
2469 ... Herald

29th July
0862 Juniper Webber, Dichomeris marginella
1838 Tawny Speckled Pug, year first

almost missed it against the brick wall

1914 Dusky Thorn, year first

2165 Small Ranunculus
2292 Tree-lichen Beauty
2379 Small Rufous, garden first.

What is this Bee ?

on Spear Thistle

20th Aug 2013 ... Rush around before holiday

Off to Italy for a week so just tonight (21st) left for the traps to pull in something exotic.
Last night was quite productive though, Rusty Dot Pearl and Rush Veneer showed up from wherever, and I found Catoptria falsella amongst a myriad of A. geniculea, quite a feat after necking a couple of bottles of good Aussie Red-eye with Captain Trappings earlier. This was only the second garden record of this quite common species.
0015 ... Orange Swift
0483 ... Epermenia chaerophyllella ... Golden Lance-wing

0483 ... Epermenia chaerophyllella

0647 ... Hofmannophila pseudospretella ... Brown House-moth
0648 ... Endrosis sarcitrella ... White-shouldered House-moth
801a ... Gelechia senticetella ... Cypress Groundling
0870 ... Oegoconia quadripuncta ... Four-spotted Obscure  (maybe) ... to be determined

Oegoconia spp

0964 ... Cochylis dubitana ... Little Conch
0970 ... Pandemis cerasana ... Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix
0985 ... Cacoecimorpha pronubana ... Carnation Tortrix
0998 ... Epiphyas postvittana ... Light Brown Apple Moth
1048 ... Acleris variegana ... Garden Rose Tortrix
1305 ... Agriphila tristella ... Common Grass-veneer
1309 ... Agriphila geniculea ... Elbow-stripe Grass-veneer
1316 ... Catoptria falsella ... Chequered Grass-veneer ... year first

1316 ... Chequered Grass-veneer ... Catoptria falsella

1331 ... Acentria ephemerella ... Water Veneer
1361 ... Pyrausta aurata ... Mint Moth
1395 ... Udea ferrugalis ... Rusty Dot Pearl

1395 ... Rusty Dot Pearl ... Udea ferrugalis

1398 ... Nomophila noctuella ... Rush Veneer ... year first

1398 ... Rush Veneer ... Nomophila noctuella

1405 ... Pleuroptya ruralis ... Mother of Pearl
1428 ... Aphomia sociella ... Bee Moth
1524 ... Emmelina monodactyla ... Common Plume
1713 ... Riband Wave
1728 ... Garden Carpet
1738 ... Common Carpet
1742 ... Yellow Shell
1825 ... Lime-speck Pug
1838 ... Tawny Speckled Pug ... year first

1838 ... Tawny Speckled Pug

1862 ... Double-striped Pug
1883 ... Yellow-barred Brindle
1906 ... Brimstone Moth
1914 ... Dusky Thorn ... year first

1914 ... Dusky Thorn

1921 ... Scalloped Oak
1937 ... Willow Beauty
2047 ... Scarce Footman
2061 ... Buff Ermine
2087 ... Turnip Moth
2092 ... Shuttle-shaped Dart
2102 ... Flame Shoulder
2107 ... Large Yellow U'wing
2109 ... Lesser Yellow U'wing
2110 ... Broad-bordered Yellow U'wing
2111 ... Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow U'wing
2126 ... Setaceous Hebrew Character
2134 ... Square-spot Rustic
2154 ... Cabbage Moth
2199 ... Common Wainscot
2297x . Copper Underwing agg.
2303 ... Straw Underwing
2341 ... Cloaked Minor
2243x . Common Rustic agg.
2353 ... Flounced Rustic
2389 ... Pale Mottled Willow
2441 ... Silver Y
2450 ... Spectacle

16th September 2012 ... Sedums and traps results

I have a well established Sedum in the garden which is a superb source of nectar for a variety of insects at a time when the Buddleia and Lavenders are past their best.
During the day it is covered with bees, hoverflies and butterflies and at night it hosts an array of nocturnal feeders.
There are hundreds of varieties, and with careful selection, you can have them flowering from July through to October.
Here is a link to the Royal Horticultural society sedum variety trials.
http://www.rhs.org.uk/getattachment/3f6b5c23-913c-4289-9b59-07854da6e280/Herbaceous-Sedums.aspx

 Height and spread...2 ft/600mm. Sedum spectabile "Autumn Joy". This is a two year old plant growing under one of my apple trees

Emmelina monodactyla (Common Plume) and Amblyptilia acanthadactyla (Beautiful Plume) were found feeding last night, along with Lesser and Large Yellow Underwings

On the minus side, Vine Weevils are also partial to a sip of Sedum nectar.
A big plus is the bees during the day

I will certainly be planting more of these with the aim of broadening the flowering season.......

Last nights traps :-
  1 .. 0263 .. Apple Leaf Miner,Lyonetia clerkella, dark form
  1 .. 0647 .. Brown House Moth, Hofmannophila pseudospretella
  2 .. 0648 .. White-shouldered House Moth, Endrosis sarcitrella
  2 .. 0998 .. Light Brown Apple Moth, Epiphyas postvittana
  2 .. 1048 .. Garden Rose Tortrix, Acleris variegana

  1 .. 1497 .. Beautiful Plume, Amblyptilia acanthadactyla
20+. 1524 .. Common Plume, Emmelina monodactyla

  2 .. 0015 .. Orange Swift
  2 .. 1728 .. Garden Carpet
  1 .. 1764 .. Common Marbled Carpet
  1 .. 1816 .. Toadflax Pug
  1 .. 1862 .. Double-striped Pug
  1 .. 1906 .. Brimstone Moth
  1 .. 1914 .. Dusky Thorn

  3 .. 1916 .. Light Emerald
  4 .. 1937 .. Willow Berauty
70 .. 2107 .. Large Yellow Underwing
16 .. 2109 .. Lesser Yellow Underwing
  1 .. 2110 .. Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
36 .. 2126 .. Setaceous Hebrew Character
  4 .. 2134 .. Square-spot Rustic
  3 .. 2199 .. Common Wainscot
  1 .. 2270 .. Lunar Underwing, year first

  1 .. 2293 .. Marbled Beauty
  1 .. 2306 .. Angle Shades
  4 .. 2353 .. Flounced Rustic
  8 .. 2384 .. Vine's Rustic
  6 .. 2389 .. Pale Mottled Willow
  1 .. 2477 .. Snout

31st Aug ..Last of the Summer Whine

That's another errm Summer over.

Last night more than doubled the previous nights temperature at 11deg C although there was an annoying drizzle during "the hour of the moth".
There is an overlap between generations of Brimstone Moth, with 2 large and 6 much smaller, fresher ones around the traps
The intention was to run just one trap from now on but I couldn't stop myself from flicking on the two... OCD is alive and well...

The Count :-
  9 .. 0015 Orange Swift
  3 .. 0647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella
  7 .. 0648 Endrosis sarcitrella
  2 .. 0697 Agonopterix arenella
  1 .. 0874 Blastobasis lacticolella
  1 .. 0964 Cochylis dubitana
  4 .. 0998 Epiphyas postvittana
  1 .. 1048 Acleris variegana
  1 .. 1288 Alucita hexadactyla
  1 .. 1305 Agriphila tristella
16 .. 1309 Agriphila geniculea
  6 .. 1331 Acentria ephemerella
  3 .. 1342 Eudonia angustea
  1 .. 1361 Pyrausta aurata
  2 .. 1524 Emmelina monodactyla
  1 .. ------ Coleophora for gen. det.
  1 .. 1713 Riband Wave
  7 .. 1728 Garden Carpet
  1 .. 1742 Yellow Shell
  1 .. 1764 Common Marbled Carpet

  1 .. 1776 Green Carpet
  2 .. 1862 Double-striped Pug
  8 .. 1906 Brimstone Moth
  1 .. 1914 Dusky Thorn *year first

  7 .. 1937 Willow Beauty
  2 .. 1961 Light Emerald
  1 .. 2061 Buff Ermine
  3 .. 2087 Turnip Moth
  4 .. 2092 Shuttle-shaped Dart
21 .. 2107 Large Yellow Underwing
  5 .. 2109 Lesser Yellow Underwing
  1 .. 2110 Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
14 .. 2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character
  9 .. 2134 Square-spot Rustic
  1 .. 2145 Nutmeg
  1 .. 2154 Cabbage Moth
  1 .. 2269 Centre-barred Sallow *year first

  3 .. 2293 Marbled Beauty
  6 .. 2297x Copper Underwing agg.
  4 .. 2299 Mouse Moth
15 .. 2353 Flounced Rustic
  9 .. 2384 Vine's Rustic
  2 .. 2441 Silver Y
  1 .. 2474 Straw Dot

2nd Sep 2011... Garden traps latest

Overnight min temp: 13.2 deg, calm, clear sky.
The warmest night since 12th Aug locally.
Ran two traps last night, 96 Large Yellow Underwings were counted which came close to last years record of 99.
Dusky Thorn was a garden first and Large Wainscot and Centre-barred Sallow were year firsts. Correction: Dusky Thorn is a year first.

DUSKY THORN



CENTRE-BARRED SALLOW



LARGE WAINSCOT

17th Sept.....Dusky Thorn

Winter seems to be on its way as temps plunged to around 4 degC. There were a few moths flying early in the evening and it was nice to get a Dusky Thorn which is a newcomer to my garden.
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DUSKY THORN

SMALL DUSTY WAVE is a common visitor to the traps

one of 3 PALE MOTTLED WILLOW to brave the cold

GARDEN CARPET

A micro believed to be CELYPHA LACUNANA unless someone knows better. I've set low standards for micro I.D. and so far have failed to achieve them Last nights tally :-

7, Large Yellow Underwing

4, Garden Carpet

4, Square-spot Rustic

3, Setaceous Hebrew Character

3, Pale Mottled Willow

3, Willow Beauty

2, Orange Swift

2, Flounced Rustic

2, Lunar Underwing

1, Silver Y

1, Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

1, Lesser Yellow Underwing

1, Small Dusty Wave

1, Turnip Moth

1, Shuttle-shaped Dart

1, Dusky Thorn (garden first)