From the garden moth-trap

Chilly chilly it's evening time.
Ray Davies.
Cold easterlies are affecting us right now and the air has a distinct chilly feel to it.
Some more autumn moths of late:-
First record of Stigmella hybnerella in garden ...

BF99 Stigmella hybnerella, mine on Hawthorn. 7th Oct '15

BF34 Ectoedemia occultella, mine on Birch, 12th Oct. '15

BF2375 - Large Wainscot - 12th Oct. '15

BF2263 - Red-line Quaker - 10th Oct. '15

A year first Brick ...

BF2262 - Brick - 11th Oct. '15

BF2258 - Chestnut - 11th Oct. '15

BF2240 - Blair's Shoulder-knot - 11th Oct. '15

BF263 - Lyonetia clerkella, 10th Oct. '15

BF2473 - Beautiful Hook-tip - 9th Oct '15 ... Latest County record for VC30

BF2245 Green-brindled Crescent f. capucina - 9th Oct. '15

Garden Moths 19th Sept. . Large Wainscot +

Autumn is really upon us now.
The various yellow underwing numbers are slowly falling, leaving more room in the traps for the more welcome autumn visitors.
Catch for 19th Sept...
Depressatia badiella x 2
Hofmannophila pseudospretella x 2
Acleris variegana x 2
Eudonia angustea
Agonopterix arenella
Emmelina monodactyla x 3
Epiphyas postvittana x 2
Garden Carpet x 2
Common Marbled Carpet
Willow Beauty
Black Rustic ... year first

Black Rustic

Large Yellow Underwing x 37
Lesser Yellow Underwing x 9
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing x 3
Lunar Underwing x 7
Square-spot Rustic x 14
Setaceous Hebrew Character x 12
Flounced Rustic x 2
Orange Sallow

Orange Sallow

Pale Mottled Willow x 15
Copper Underwing
Marbled Beauty
Turnip Moth x 4
Silver Y x 3 ... (2 x daytime on Centranthus, Red Valerian)
Large Wainscot ... year first

Large Wainscot

31st Oct 2014 ... More late moths

Another very late moth, this time a micro found in the garden trap this morning

63.025 Anania hortulata, Small Magpie 31/10/2014

Last nights catch :-

31st Oct

Monopis obviella, 1

Epiphyas postvittana, 5

Anania hortulata, 1 (formally Eurrhypara hortulata)

Emmelina monodactyla, 3

Willow Beauty, 1

November Moth agg, 1

Blair's Shoulder-knot, 1

Beaded Chestnut, 1

Yellow-line Quaker, 1

Large Wainscot, 1

Angle Shades, 3

Pale Mottled Willow, 1

Large Wainscot

20th Oct 2014 ... Least expected

1699 Least Carpet 20/10/2014

This has been a topsy-turvy year for moth records.
My garden traps over the last 3 days have had the county recorders rewriting the record books.
Buff Ermine, Swallow-tailed Moth on the 18th Oct and last night I added a pristine Heart and Dart plus a Least Carpet !
Maybe there is still hope for Brindled Pug, a notable absentee from my garden year list back in April/May, I think not.
Trap results for 20th Oct ....
2 traps, placed under covers at 11p.m.
10.7 deg C minimum. Breezy/overcast turning to gales/rain from 2 a.m.
0464 Plutella xylostella, 1
0674 Depressaria badiella, 1, possibly... To be confirmed

0998 Epiphyas postvittana, 3
1415 Orthopygia glaucinalis, 1, (Now Hypsopygia glaucinalis)
1524 Emmelina monodactyla, 1
1699 Least Carpet, 1
1764 Common Marbled Carpet, 1
2089 Heart and Dart, 1

2089 Heart and Dart, 20/10/2014

2092, Shuttle-shaped Dart, 4
2232 Black Rustic, 1
2240 Blair's Shoulder-knot, 1
2306 Angle Shades, 5
2375 Large Wainscot, 1

2375 Large Wainscot, 20/10/2014

2306 Angle Shades, 20/10/2014

21st Sept 2014 ... Givin' it Large

Much cooler last night with min temp at 6.8 deg C.
Two more for the year list ...

Large Wainscot

Brown-spot Pinion

Best of the Rest ...
Old Lady
Orange Sallow
Rosy Rustic
Light Emerald
Cabbage Moth
Nutmeg
Common Marbled (1) and Garden Carpet (3)
Large Yellow Underwings are looking worse for wear now but are still present in numbers, 18 last night.
Lunar Underwing numbers have increased, along with Shuttle-shaped Dart, 24 and 12 respectively.
Of the few micros, Celypha striana and a female Parapoynx stratiotata were the pick of the crop.
Agriphila geniculea numbers are now very low, just one was recorded from last night.

Garden Moths ... 14/15/16th Oct 2013

The last 3 nights have produced a nice variety with a few newbies for the garden year list...
14th Oct... Early evening rain - clearing
1041 ... Acleris sparsana ... YF

1041 ... Acleris sparsana

1342 ... Eudonia angustea
1524 ... Emmelina monodactyla
1937 ... Willow Beauty
2091 ... Dark Sword-grass
2107 ... Large Yellow Underwing
2126 ... Setaceous Hebrew Character
2240 ... Blair's Shoulder-knot x 2
2267 ... Beaded Chestnut
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15th Oct ... Cold, clear, calm. 4.8 deg C
A Brimstone Moth was a late record
0998 ... Epiphyas postvittana x 2
1524 ... Emmelina monodactyla x 3
1771 ... Juniper Carpet ... YF

1771 ... Juniper Carpet

1795x . November Moth agg. ... YF

1795X ... November Moth agg.

1906 ... Brimstone Moth
1937 ... Willow Beauty x 2
2107 ... Large Yellow Underwing
2126 ... Setaceous Hebrew Character x 2
2240 ... Blair's Shoulder-knot x 2
2263 ... Red-line Quaker ... YF

2263 ... Red-line Quaker

2264 ... Yellow-line Quaker
2267 ... Beaded Chestnut x 2
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16th Oct ... warmer, gusty winds
0464 ... Plutella xylostella

464 ... Plutella xylostella ... Diamond-back Moth

0998 ... Epiphyas postvittana
1524 ... Emmelina monodactyla x 3
1764 ... Common Marbled Carpet
1728 ... Garden Carpet
1937 ... Willow Beauty
2107 ... Large Yellow Underwing
2109 ... Lesser Yellow Underwing
2126 ... Setaceous Hebrew Character
2240 ... Blair's Shoulder-knot x 2
2267 ... Beaded Chestnut x 2
2375 ... Large Wainscot

2375 ... Large Wainscot

2441 ... Silver Y

2441 ... Silver Y

Some larvae from this morning 17th Oct, if anyone wants to hazard an ID

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

28th Oct 2011...Garden traps

Overnight min. temp. 8.7 deg. calm, overcast

LARGE WAINSCOT



BLAIR'S SHOULDER-KNOT



COMMON MARBLED CARPET



RED-GREEN CARPET

NOVEMBER MOTH agg.



MERVEILLE DU JOUR

 3 x Blair's Shoulder-knot
3 x Silver Y
2 x November Moth agg
1 x Common Marbled Carpet
1 x Red-green Carpet
1 x Merveille du Jour, (year first)

2 x Epiphyas postvittana
1 x Emmelina monodactyla
1 x Acleris sparsana

Garden Tally for 2011......
430 species.....246 macro, 184 micro

12th Oct 2011,

Overnight min temp..13.1 deg, calm. overcast
A year first Green-brindled Crescent was expected.
Still no Merveille du Jour tho.......
4 x Large Yellow Underwing
5 x Blair's Shoulder-knot
3 x Black Rustic
1 x Brindled Green
1 x Green-brindled Crescent. year first



GREEN-BRINDLED CRESCENT

 3 x Pale Mottled Willow
5 x Angle Shades
15x Shuttle-shaped Dart
1 x Beaded Chestnut
1 x Common ?? Pug...maybe Double-striped (Cheers Stewart)

COMMON PUG ??

1 x Lunar Underwing
2 x Turnip Moth
1 x Red-line Quaker
1 x Webb's Wainscot
1 x Large Wainscot

LARGE WAINSCOT

1 x Sallow
4 x Emmelina monodactyla
2 x Epiphyas postvittana
1 x Agonopterix heracliana
1 x Orthopygia glaucinalis


An unexpected micro at this time of year ORTHOPYGIA GLAUCINALIS

 426 species.....244 macro, 182 micro

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

22nd - 29th Oct....Update.

A mixture of temperatures ranging from below zero to 11 deg.C this week, with windy conditions and rain on 3 nights. Last night was calmer and very mild until the cloud cover disappeared.
29th Oct...
2 x Willow Beauty
2 x Lesser Yellow U'wing
2 x Red-line Quaker
2 x Angle Shades
1 x Satellite
1 x Shuttle-shaped Dart
1 x Blair's Shoulder=knot
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ANGLE SHADES

LESSER YELLOW UNDERWING

RED-LINE QUAKER

28th Oct......Mild, windy, dry.

One each of:-

Willow Beauty

Blairs Sh-knot

Yellow=line Quaker.

Barred Sallow

Red-green Carpet

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Light Brown Apple Moth

A faded Beaded Chestnut

BARRED SALLOW

RED-GREEN CARPET

RED-LINE QUAKER

27th Oct...cool, dry and breezy

Large Wainscot.....Blair's Shoulder-knot.....Red-line Quaker.....Satellite.....Willow Beauty

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LARGE WAINSCOT

SATELLITE
26th Oct.....wet and windy....2 x Large Wainscot....1 x Blair's Shoulder-knot

25th Oct....Cold.....Pale Mottled Willow.....1 x Red-line and 1 x Yellow-line Quaker

24th Oct....Cold........1 x Yellow-line Quaker

23rd Oct ZERO 22nd Oct.......1 x Willow Beauty...2 x Lesser Yellow U'wing...2 x Blair's Shoulder-knot...

1 x Large Wainscot...1 x Yellow-line Quaker... 1 x Spruce Carpet and a probable Agonopterix heracliana.................................................................................................................

WILLOW BEAUTY

Agonopterix heracliana ??????
SPRUCE CARPET