Garden Moths latest 25th t0 27th June

It's been a bit of a job keeping up with the records since the long overdue warm spell, the traps have been very busy and work commitments etc etc.
So I will list the year "newbies" since the last posting on 24th June

25th June ... singletons unless stated.
0658 Carcina quercana
0765 Teleiodes vulgella

BF 765 ... Teleiodes vulgella

1011 Pseudargyrotaenia conwagana
1033 Tortrix viridana

BF 1033 ... Tortrix viridana

1378 Phlyctaenia coronata
1424 Endotricha flammealis
1690 Small Blood-vein

BF 1690 ... Small Blood-vein

1765 Barred Yellow
1991 Elephant Hawk-moth

26th June
0719 Ethmia quadrillella

BF 719 ... Ethmia quadrillella

1034 Spatalistis bifasciana x 3, all netted at dusk. First garden record.

BF 1034 ... Ditula angustiorana (worn)

1956 Common Wave

BF 1956 ... Common Wave

2341 Cloaked Minor, x 2

BF 2341 ... Cloaked Minor

2434 Burnished Brass

BF 2434 ... Burnished Brass

27th June
0642 Batia unitella, (now Crassa unitella)
1020 Cnephasia stephensiana (10.5 mm length)
1904 Scorched Wing

BF 1904 ... Scorched Wing

1954 Bordered White

BF 1954 ... Bordered White

2009 Maple Prominent

BF 2009 ... Maple Prominent

2385 Small Mottled Willow, garden first record

BF 2385 ... Small Mottled Willow

2nd June 2014 ... Garden Moth species list

60 + species recorded last night from the garden traps.
The Catch :-
0125 ... Catoptriche marginea, 1, year first

0229 ... Monopis obviella, 4
0263 ... Lyonetia clerkella, 4
409a ... Argyresthia trifasciata, 1
0647 ... Hofmannophila pseudospretella, 2
0648 ... Endrosis sarcitrella, 3
0808 ... Platyedra subcinerea, 1
870x ... Oegoconia sp. 1, year first (for gen-det)
0964 ... Cochylis dubitana, 1
0994 ... Clepsis consimilana, 2
0998 ... Epiphyas postvittana, 4
1010 ... Ditula angustiorana, 2, year first

1076 ... Celypha lacunana, 1, year first

1133 ... Epinotia bilunana, 1
1301 ... Crambus lathoniellus, 2
1334 ... Scoparis ambigualis, 1, year first

1361 ... Pyrausta aurata, 3
1376 ... Eurrhypara hortulata, 2
1428 ... Aphomia sociella, 4
1470 ... Euzophera pinguis, 1, year first

1474 ... Ephestia parasitella unicolorella
1654 ... Figure of Eighty, 1, year first

1711 ... Treble Brown Spot,1
1727 ... Silver-ground Carpet, 1
1728 ... Garden Carpet, 4
1764 ... Common Marbled Carpet, 1
1768 ... Grey Pine Carpet, 1, year first

1781 ... Small Waved Umber, 1
1807 ... Grass Rivulet, 1, year first

1817 ... Foxglove Pug, 1
1819 ... Mottled Pug, 2
1827 ... Freyer's Pug, 1
1834 ... Common Pug, 4
1837 ... Grey Pug, 2
1860 ... Green Pug, 1
1906 ... Brimstone Moth, 2
1937 ... Willow Beauty, 2
1981 ... Poplar Hawk-moth, 1
1991 ... Elephant Hawk-moth, 1
2009 ... Maple Prominent, 1, year first

2043 ... Orange Footman, 1
2050 ... Common Footman, 2
2069 ... Buff Ermine, 1
2087 ... Turnip Moth, 4
2089 ... Heart and Dart, 30
2092 ... Shuttle-shaped Dart, 12
2098 ... Flame, 3
2102 ... Flame Shoulder, 1
2107 ... Large Yellow Underwing, 1
2126 ... Setaceous Hebrew Character, 2
2154 ... Cabbage Moth, 1
2157 ... Light Brocade, 1
2167 ... Tawny Shears, 1
2170 ... Varied Coronet, 1
2199 ... Common Wainscot, 2
2321 ... Dark Arches, 3
2333 ... Large Nutmeg, 4
2337X. Marbled Minor agg, 8
2389 ... Pale Mottled Willow, 3
2441 ... Silver Y, 1
2477 ... Snout
Plus 2 or 3 for ID

16th June 2013 ... Cockroach Moth is back !

My least favourite moth is on the wing. It crashed into my trap last night, blundering its way through the egg boxes, unsettling the contents in the process.
Unfortunately it is the first of hundreds, in fact I recorded 99 of these despicable creatures in one evening in a previous life. On a brighter note, the local sparrows like them for breakfast, so any that are hiding around the trap vicinity ......... Large Yellow Underwing ... year first.

2107 ... Large Yellow Underwing ... Noctua pronubana

Now for the nice moths ...
0229 ... Monopis obviella
409a ... Argyresthia trifasciata
0647 ... Hofmannophila pseudospretella
0648 ... Endrosis sarcitrella  x 14
0779 ... Bryotropha affinis x 2
0787 ... Bryotropha terrella x 2
0808 ... Platyedra subcinerea x 2
0892 ... Mompha subbistrigella
0998 ... Epiphyas postvittana x 9
1174 ... Epiblema cynosbatella
1216 ... Enarmonia formosana ... Cherry-bark Moth ... YF

1216 ... Cherry-bark Moth ... Enarmonia formosana

**** ... Dichrorampha sp. TBD
1301 ... Crambus lathoniellus
1361 ... Pyrausta aurata
1428 ... Aphomia sociella x 5
1474 ... Ephestia unicolorella ssp woodiella
1707 ... Small Dusty Wave
1728 ... Garden Carpet x 5
1769 ... Spruce Carpet

1769 ... Spruce Carpet ... Thera britannica

1776 ... Green Carpet
1781 ... Small Waved Umber
1906 ... Brimstone Moth x 3
1931 ... Peppered Moth
1937 ... Willow Beauty
1994 ... Buff-tip
2009 ... Maple Prominent ... YF

2009 ... Maple Prominent ... Ptilodon cucullina

2061 ... Buff Ermine
2069 ... Cinnabar
2087 ... Turnip Moth
2089 ... Heart and Dart x 6
2107 ... Large Yellow Underwing ...YF
2126 ... Setaceous Hebrew Character x 3
2154 ... Cabbage Moth
2279 ... Sycamore
2306 ... Angle Shades
**** ... Marbled Minor agg. x 3
2384 ... Vine's Rustic
2480 ... Buttoned Snout
PUGS
Freyer's
Common
Grey
Green
Plus others ?

1860 ... Green Pug ... Pasiphila rectangulata

31st July.... Garden traps

A tad warmer last night than of late, although when the clouds cleared there was a big bright full moon which is never good for the traps.
Pick of the crop were Maple Prominent and a year first Coxcomb Prominent. Two Dusky Sallows and a Yellow-barred Brindle were present with Poplar Hawk-moth, Mouse Moth, Cabbage Moth, Bordered Pug and two Copper Underwings.

Coxcomb Prominent (Top) and Maple Prominent

4th July ... Cloak and Dagger

A warm, sultry night produced a trap full.
Cloaked Minor and Short-cloaked Moth were both year firsts, throw in 4 Grey Dagger aggs. and you've got a blog heading .
Traps results :-
The Micros
1 ... 0647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella
1 ... 0648 Endrosia sarcitrella
1 ... 0874 Blastobasis lacticolella
2 ... 0905 Blastodacna hellerella year first
2 ... 0937 Agapeta hamana
3 ... 0994 Clepsis consimilana
1 ... 1033 Tortrix viridana
3 ... 1216 Cydia pomonella
5 ... 1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella *
5 ... 1294 Crambus pascuella *
5 ... 1302 Crambus perlella *
2 ... 1338 Dipleurina lacustrata
4 ... 1344 Eudonia mercurella
1 ... 1348 Parapoynx stratiotata
1 ... 1371 Sitochroa verticalis (Below

3 ... 1376 Eurrhypara hortulata
1 ... 1390 Udea prunalis
1 ... 1413 Hypsopygia costalis year first
2 ... 1424 Endotricha flammealis
1 ... 1439 Trachycera advenella year first (Below)

8 ... 1474 Ephestia parasitella
2 ... 1481 Homoeosoma sinuella
1 ... 1524 Emmelina monodactyla
* more than 5, but unchecked
Several micros potted up for ID/gen det.

The Macros
1 ... 1653 Buff Arches year first (Below)

1 ... 1669 Common Emerald
2 ... 1690 Small Blood-vein
2 ... 1705 Dwarf Cream Wave
1 ... 1711 Treble Brown Spot
6 ... 1713 Riband Wave
2 ... 1728 Garden Carpet
1 ... 1765 Barred Yellow
1 ... 1816 Toadflax Pug
1 ... 1817 Foxglove Pug
3 ... 1834 Common Pug
1 ... 1837 Grey Pug
1 ... 1922 Swallow-tailed Moth
2 ... 1931 Peppered Moth
5 ... 1937 Willow Beauty
1 ... 1955 Common White Wave year first (Below)

1 ... 1958 Clouded Silver
1 ... 1976 Privet Hawk-moth
1 ... 2009 Maple Prominent year first (Below)

1 ... 2026 Vapourer year first (Below)

5 ... 2047 Scarce Footman
12 . 2050 Common Footman
2 ... 2069 Cinnabar
1 ... 2077 Short-cloaked Moth year first (Below)

2 ... 2087 Turnip Moth
6 ... 2088 Heart & Club
12 . 2089 Heart & Dart
3 ... 2098 Flame
3 ... 2107 Large Yellow Underwing
2 ... 2109 Lesser Yellow Underwing
1 ... 2110 Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
2 ... 2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character
2 ... 2128 Double Square-spot
1 ... 2155 Dot Moth
1 ... 2164 Broad-barred White
1 ... 2165 Small Ranunculus
3 ... 2170 Varied Coronet
3 ... 2199 Common Wainscot
1 ... 2279 Sycamore
4 ... 2284x Grey Dagger agg.
8 ... 2321 Dark Arches
1 ... 2333 Large Nutmeg
2 ... 2341 Cloaked Minor year first (Below)

18 . 2381 Uncertain
2 ... 2422 Green Silver-lines (Below)

7 ... 2489 Fan-foot

21st to 23rd July...Catch 22

Too cold for July and it showed as only 22 species were trapped last night (Saturday, 8 deg.) and 35 species on Thursday (21st, 8 deg.). Friday 22nd was too cold, wet and windy to bother.

Campion



Yellow-tail




Maple Prominent



Single-dotted Wave

There were one or two highlights but no new species.
2x Campion, one on Friday and another last night making 3 appearances for my signature moth this year.
A Maple Prominent was a second record this year.
A micro caught on 20th July, Pammene fasciana 1236, was confirmed by the county recorder, which is a new species for the garden list.



Pammene fasciana1236

 Species total for the garden stands at 329 with a couple of micros pending. The full list of macro/micro species are on the Pages at the top of the blog.

25th June 2011...Near perfect conditions disappoint.

With the warm humid conditions, the expected glut of year ticks didn't happen on a slightly disappointing evening,

Never mind, tonight looks even better with temps staying at 18 deg.

MAPLE PROMINENT 2009 year first



COMMON RUSTIC agg. year first this time ! BROAD-BORDERED YELLOW UNDERWING 2110 year first

I didn't expect to find a RED ADMIRAL under the shed blacklight

Garden totals to date :-

271 species...168 macro, 103 micro

The wine bet has taken a severe backward step as Captain Trappings weighed in with 12 + new ticks last night, putting me about 9 behind.

His twin 15watt actinic/BLB trap ("The Ratface".....the only garden trap you'll ever need...Cheap...economical to run...deadly ) certainly came into it's own last night as he left me floundering in his wake.

20th July.......14th Small Ranunculus !

Another good night with my 14th Small Ranunculus of the year. Also had about 10 Common rustic aggs of various ground colours.
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SMALL RANUNCULUS

MAPLE PROMINENT

a garden first for this....

DINGY FOOTMAN

also had a few Scarce Footman and unbelievably NO Common Footman recorded.

an absolutely cracking LARGE EMERALD...my 2nd for the year Find Emerald eyes in the night. Gleaming shiny and bright......... Emerald Eyes... from the album, Mystery to Me, by Fleetwood Mac...1973