Border invasion.

2015 will go down as one of the best years for the migrant moth Bordered Straw.
The Dells has now joined the USB triangle.
That's Upper Caldecot, Stevenage and Biggleswade, the 3 Mothketeers who compete in the annual Wine Race, each now with Bordered Straw on their year lists.

14/06/2015 BF 2403. Bordered Straw

This is a first record for The Dells, nice to add another species to the garden list which now stands at 666 species.
The rest of last nights catch feels like an anticlimax...
0874 Blastobasis lacticolella 1, year first

A very worn Blastobasis lacticolella

0994 Clepsis consimilana, 1
0998 Epiphyas postvittana, 1
1301 Crambus lathoniellus, 1
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata, 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla, 1
1707 Small Dusty Wave, 1
1713 Riband Wave, 1
1728 Garden Carpet, 2
1825 Lime-speck Pug, 1, year first

Lime-speck Pug

1834 Common Pug, 1
1920 Scalloped Hazel, 1
1937 Willow Beauty, 1
2011 Pale Prominent, 1

Pale Prominent

2050 Common Footman, 1, year first

Common Footman

2069 Cinnabar, 2
2087 Turnip Moth, 3
2089 Heart and Dart, 23
2092 Shuttle-shaped Dart, 4
2102 Flame Shoulder, 1
2107 Large Yellow Underwing, 1
2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character, 1
2337x Marbled Minor agg. 3
2381 Uncertain, 2

2384 Vine's Rustic, 5
2389 Pale Mottled Willow, 2
2403 Bordered Straw, 1, garden first

Black Rustic, that's the summer gone.

The first Black Rustic appeared in the traps this morning which is the official start to autumn, you don't need a calendar ...

Black Rustic

Around 50 Cameraria ohridella were relishing the warm, humid conditions and finding a Lyonetia clerkella amongst them was no mean feat.
A new for year micro, Catoptria falsella, stood out in the crowd of Agriphila geniculea ...

Catoptria falsella

Little else to get excited about.
150 - 200 Large Yellow Underwing has become the norm lately and I won' be sorry to see the back of them

My least liked moth ..Large Yellow Underwing

Pick of the rest ...
2 x Rosy Rustic
1 x Common Marbled Carpet
3 x Light Emerald
1 x Small Blood-vein
1 x Angle Shades
2 x Old Lady
1 x Snout
1 x Silver Y
1 x Mouse Moth
1 x Lime-speck Pug
1 x Pyrausta aurata
1 x Nephopterix angustella

Small Blood-vein

Lime-speck Pug

Nephopterix angustella

22nd May 2014 ... 4 more year ticks

The latest additions to the year list ...

Above ... Straw Dot
Below ... Lime-speck Pug

Below ...
Epiblema trimaculana

Below ...
Orange Footman

Below ...
Large Yellow Underwing

29th May 2013 ... Any old Iron

... Prominent that is.

2000 ... Iron Prominent ... Notodonta dromedarius

Two additions to the garden year list, Iron Prominent and Lime-speck Pug

1825 ... Lime-speck Pug ... Eupithecia centaureata

Nutmeg, another regular ....

2145 ... The Nutmeg ... Dicestra trifolii

29th May Catch results ...
0647 ... Hofmannophila pseudospretella ... Brown House-moth ... 1
0648 ... Endrosis sarcitrella ... White-shouldered House-moth ... 2
0964 ... Cochylis dubitana ... Little Conch ... 1
1428 ... Aphomia sociella ... Bee Moth ... 1
1524 ... Emmelina monodactyla ... Common Plume ... 2
1724 ... Red Twin-spot Carpet ... Xanthorhoe spadicearia
1728 ... Garden Carpet ... Xanthorhoe fluctuata ... 3
1825 ... Lime-speck Pug ... Eupithecia centaureata ... 1 ... YF
1834 ... Common Pug ... Eupithecia vulgata ... 2
1906 ... Brimstone Moth ... Opisthograptis luteolata ... 3
1920 ... Scalloped Hazel ... Odontopera bidentata ... 1
2000 ... Iron Prominent ... Notodonta dromedarius ... 1 ... YF
2092 ... Shuttle-shaped Dart ... Agrotis puta ...7
2145 ... The Nutmeg ... Dicestra trifolii ... 1
2243 ... Early Grey ... Xylocampa areola ... 1
2334 ... Rustic Shoulder-knot ... Apamea sordens ... 2
2384 ... Vine's Rustic ... Hoplodrina ambigua

25th May 2012 ... In the buff

Overnight low ... 11.4 deg. Clear with an easterly breeze, gusty at times.
A Buff Ermine was a newcomer for the year, along with another nice selection....

17     Common Swift Hepialus lupulinus 3
1648 Pebble Hook-tip Drepana falcataria 1, year first (Below)

1728 Garden Carpet Xanthorhoe fluctuata 2, (Below)

1781 Small Waved Umber Horisme vitalbata 1
1819 Mottled Pug Eupithecia exiguata 1, (Below)

1825 Lime-speck Pug Eupithecia centaureata 2 (Below)

1834 Common Pug Eupithecia vulgata 3, (Below)

1883 Yellow-barred Brindle Acasis viretata 1
1920 Scalloped Hazel Odontopera bidentata 2
1997 Sallow Kitten Furcula furcula 1
2028 Pale Tussock Calliteara pudibunda 1
2061 Buff Ermine Spilosoma luteum 1, year first (Below)

2087 Turnip Moth Agrotis segetum 3
2092 Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta 12 (Below)

2173 The Lychnis Hadena bicruris 1
2283/4 Dark/Grey Dagger Acronicta tridens/psi 1
2289 Knot Grass Acronicta rumicis 1, year first (Below)

2389 Pale Mottled Willow Paradrina clavipalpis 5
2441 Silver Y Autographa gamma 1, year first (Below)

2480 Buttoned Snout Hypena rostralis 1, (Below)

247 Tinea trinotella 1
409a Argyresthia trifasciata 1
648 White-shouldered House-moth Endrosis sarcitrella 2
697 Agonopterix arenella 1
808 Platyedra subcinerea 4
947 Aethes smeathmanniana 1
974 Argyrotaenia ljungiana 5
986 Syndemis musculana 1
998 Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana 5
1428 Bee Moth Aphomia sociella 2
1474 Ephestia parasitella 2, year first (Below)

1524 Emmelina monodactyla 2

21st Aug 2011....Static

Overnight min temp...9.3 deg, calm, clear sky.
A bit cooler than the forecasted minimum, 13 deg.
Very little to report as the summer species are starting to look rather tired now and the autumn species haven't got going yet.
There has been a noticeable drop in Shuttle-shaped Dart numbers and an increase in Vine's Rustic lately.
I was clearing an overgrown Dog Rose from the front garden yesterday and came across a very large gall

Dog Rose gall

As a kid growing up in Kent, we used to call these "Robins pincushions". I'm sure there are several local names for these galls from county to county.

Another caterpillar that I can't ID was found near the trap last night, about 2inches long max....if anyone recognises it, feel free......

Unidentified larva

Two macros from last night .......

LIME-SPECK PUG



ROSY RUSTIC



18th May 2011....is THIS one Freyers ?

A few days ago I named an Ochreous pug as Freyer's....well it's time to redeem myself, and the best way to do this is by catching one.......so will the real FREYERS PUG 1827 please stand up ! SPRUCE CARPET 1769

TIMOTHY TORTRIX 0989

CELYPHA LACUNANA 1076

SCOPARIA AMBIGUALIS 1334

LIME-SPECK PUG 1825 62 moths of 33 species was a good tally with the temperature gauge hitting 5 deg C in the early hours.

The 6 species pictured are all first for year records.

The Haul :-

8 x Heart & Dart

1 x Treble Brown Spot

1 x Small Dusty Wave

6 x Willow Beauty

3 x Shuttle-shaped Dart

1 x Common Swift

1 x Turnip Moth

1 x Freyer's Pug * year first

1 x Brimstone Moth

1 x Common Marbled Carpet

2 x Green Pug

3 x Large Nutmeg

1 x Tawny Shears ( can't get The Shears !)

2 x Marbled Minor agg,

3 x Garden Carpet

1 x Small Waved Umber

1 x Lime-speck Pug * year first

2 x Angle Shades

4 x Vine's Rustic

1 x Pale Mottled Willow

1 x Setaceous Hebrew Character

1 x Spruce Carpet * year first

1 x White Ermine

1 x Nutmeg

1 x Treble Lines

2 x Common Pug

1 x Eudonia angustea

2 x Scoparia ambigualis * yearfirst

1 x Celypha lacunana * year first

2 x Epiphyas postvittana

3 x Endrosis sarcitrella

1 x Cydia pomonella

1 x Aphelia paleana (Timothy Tortrix) * year first

Garden total to date:-

161 species.....110 macro, 51 micro

2nd Sept.....Nice !

Great selection in and around traps. Very still weather but very damp with a heavy dew.
Star of the show has to be ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
FEATHERED GOTHIC...a new addition to The Dells garden list

Another newcomer to the garden is this BROWN-SPOT PINION

There must be a 2nd generation hatching as I havent had one of these for quite a while....

....SMALL RANUNCULUS

THE SNOUT....first appearance for the year Correction....this is the 5th this year

YELLOW SHELL

The 4th OLD LADY to pay me a visit this year

WILLOW BEAUTY....very common

MOTHER of PEARL

MARBLED BEAUTY

NUTMEG

TURNIP MOTH

LIME-SPECK PUG

DOUBLE-STRIPED PUG

BORDERED PUG

WORMWOOD PUG