11th June ... Warmer weather ramps up garden moth catch

The last few nights have been rubbish, just too cold, but June is an unpredictable month weather-wise.
The warmer weather last night boosted the species count to 33 compared with 11 species on the 8th, 21 on the 9th and 15 on the 10th.
Tonight is set to be warmer still, so if those isolated thunderstorms keep away, it might be an interesting mothy night.
The catch :-
0647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella, 1
0648 Endrosis sarcitrella, 2
0893 Mompha epilobiella, 1
0994 Clepsis consimilana, 3, year first

Clepsis consimilana, male

0998 Epiphyas postvittana, 2
1174 Epiblema cynosbatella, 1
1356 Evergestis forficalis, 1
1361 Pyrausta aurata, 1
1428 Aphomia sociella, 1
1474 Ephestia unicolorella, 1

Ephestia unicolorella

1682 Blood-vein, 1, year first

Blood-vein

1728 Garden Carpet, 6
1764 Common Marbled Carpet, 1
1834 Common Pug, 2
1906 Brimstone Moth, 1
1937 Willow Beauty, 3
1958 Clouded Silver, 1, year first

Clouded Silver

1961 Light Emerald, 1
2028 Pale Tussock, 1
2043 Orange Footman, 1
2089 Heart and Dart, 14
2092 Shuttle-shaped Dart, 1
2107 Large Yellow Underwing, 1
2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character, 1
2160 Bright-line Brown-eye, 1
2199 Common Wainscot, 1
2284x Dark/Grey Dagger agg. 1
2321 Dark Arches, 1
2331 Small Clouded Brindle, 1, year first

Small Clouded Brindle

2333 Large Nutmeg, 2
2337x Marbled Minor agg. 2
2384 Vine's Rustic, 5
2387 Mottled Rustic, 1, year first

Mottled Rustic

Pale Mottled Willow, 3

6th June 2014 ... Garden Traps latest ...

Much warmer than the previous nights with high humidity and overcast.
I covered the traps at midnight as a precaution against the heavy rain forecast.
I needn't have bothered as the rain arrived later than predicted, you can't win !
A good catch though, with another 7 for the garden year list...
The catch:-
0229 .. Monopis obviella, 1
0892 .. Mompha subbistrigella, 5
0994 .. Clepsis consimilana, 1
0998 .. Epiphyas postvittana, 5
1011 .. Pseudargyrotoza conwagana, 4
1261 .. Cydia pomonella, 1
1301 .. Crambus lathoniellus, 2
1334 .. Scoparia ambigualis, 1
1342 .. Eudonia angustea, 1
1376 .. Eurrhypara hortulata, 1
1428 .. Aphomia sociella, 4
1474 .. Ephestia parasitella, 3
1648 .. Pebble Hook-tip, 1, below

1690 .. Small Blood-vein, 1, below

1713 .. Riband Wave, 2, below

1728 .. Garden Carpet, 1
1764 .. Common Marbled Carpet, 1
1781 .. Small Waved Umber, 1
1807 .. Grass Rivulet, 1
1834 .. Common Pug, 4
1887 .. Clouded Border, 1, below

1906 .. Brimstone Moth, 1
1931 .. Peppered Moth, 1
1937 .. Willow Beauty, 3
1976 .. Privet Hawk-moth, 1
2050 .. Common Footman, 1
2069 .. Cinnabar, 1
2087 .. Turnip Moth, 1
2089 .. Heart and Dart, 36
2092 .. Shuttle-shaped Dart, 4
2102 .. Flame Shoulder, 1
2107 .. Large Yellow Underwing, 4
2126 .. Setaceous Hebrew Character, 1
2154 .. Cabbage Moth, 1
2170 .. Varied Coronet, 1
2280 .. Miller, 1
2321 .. Dark Arches,1
2333 .. Large Nutmeg, 2
2337X Marbled Minor agg. 5
2384 .. Vine's Rustic, 1
2387 .. Mottled Rustic, 1, below

2389 .. Pale Mottled Rustic, 3
2418 .. Cream-bordered Green Pea, 1, below

2422 .. Green Silver-lines, 1, below

2480 .. Buttoned Snout, 1
2489 .. Fan-foot, 1
plus two micros for ID and a pug

31st May 2012 ... Good end to month

Overnight low 13.3 deg. cloudy
The month ended on a high with 45 species in and around the garden traps, including 11 additions to the year list.

17 Common Swift Hepialus lupulinus 1
229 Monopis obviella 1
647 Brown House-moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella 3
648 White-shouldered House-moth Endrosis sarcitrella 3
779 Bryotropha affinis 1
808 Platyedra subcinerea 2
974 Argyrotaenia ljungiana 1
998 Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana 3
1063 Celypha striana 1, year first
1133 Epinotia bilunana 1 year first (Below)

1174 Epiblema cynosbatella 2
1428 Bee Moth Aphomia sociella 3
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 1
1728 Garden Carpet Xanthorhoe fluctuata 5
1768 Grey Pine Carpet Thera obeliscata 1 year first (Below)

1776 Green Carpet Colostygia pectinataria 4
1819 Mottled Pug Eupithecia exiguata 1
1825 Lime-speck Pug Eupithecia centaureata 1
1834 Common Pug Eupithecia vulgata 7
1860 Green Pug Pasiphila rectangulata 2, year first (Below)

1906 Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata 3
1920 Scalloped Hazel Odontopera bidentata 1
1937 Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria 4
1958 Clouded Silver Lomographa temerata 1, year first (Below)

1961 Light Emerald Campaea margaritata 1, year first (Below)

2000 Iron Prominent Notodonta dromedarius 1
2006 Lesser Swallow Prominent Pheosia gnoma 1, year first (Below)

2011 Pale Prominent Pterostoma palpina 1, year first (Below)

2028 Pale Tussock Calliteara pudibunda 1
2060 White Ermine Spilosoma lubricipeda 1, year first (Below)

2087 Turnip Moth Agrotis segetum 8
2089 Heart & Dart Agrotis exclamationis 4, (Below)

2092 Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta 15
2102 Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta 1
2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum 1
2154 Cabbage Moth Mamestra brassicae 2
2173 The Lychnis Hadena bicruris 1
2223 Toadflax Brocade Calophasia lunula 1
2333 Large Nutmeg Apamea anceps 2
2380 Treble Lines Charanyca trigrammica 4
2381 The Uncertain Hoplodrina alsines 7
2283/4 Dark/Grey Dagger Acronicta tridens/psi agg.1
 2387 Mottled Rustic Caradrina morpheus 1, year first (Below)

2389 Pale Mottled Willow Paradrina clavipalpis 8
2418 Cream-bordered Green Pea Earias clorana 1, year first (Below)

2441 Silver Y Autographa gamma 4

19th May 2011.....Half of last nights trap yields

After losing all the moths in Skinner #1 to an adventurous Blue Tit, here are Trap #2 results plus potted species from walls.
Six more species for the year and it may have been more but I didn't really have the time to sift through a pile of wings !
The wine side bet has swung my way again. I am 4 or 5 species ahead now, but Captain Trappings is putting up his large gazebo tonight.
He hangs a couple of 1200mm disco u/v lights inside and leaves the two ends open. It's very productive and I could find myself playing catch-up after the weekend.
Anyway, back to the moths.

EPINOTIA BILUNANA 1133 year first

HEDYA PRUNIANA 1082.... first record for the Plum Tortrix

SANDY CARPET 1808 year first

MOTTLED RUSTIC 2387 year first

UNCERTAIN 2381....The Rustic will be out a couple of weeks or so after The Uncertain

LIGHT EMERALD 1961 year first

19th May :-

8 x Heart and Dart

2 x Setaceous Hebrew Character

5 x Shuttle-shaped Dart

2 x Small Waved Umber

1 x Pale Tussock

4 x Marbled Minor agg.

1 x Common Marbled Carpet

6 x Willow Beauty

6 x Large Nutmeg

2 x Light Emerald * year first

3 x Garden Carpet

1 x White Ermine

5 x Vine's Rustic

3 x Green Pug

1 x Buff-tip1 x Angle Shades

1 x Mottled Rustic * year first

1 x Scalloped Hazel

3 x Treble Lines

3 x Turnip Moth

1 x Sandy Carpet * year first

1 x Common Wainscot

3 x Common Pug

1 x Uncertain * year first

4 x Endrosis sarcitrella

4 x Epiphyas postvittana

3 x Aphomia sociella

1 x Clepsis consimilana

1 x Epinotia bilunana * year first

1 x Hofmannophila pseudospretella

1 x Celypha lacunana

1 x Platyedra subcinerea

1 x Hedya pruniana ** garden first

Totals:-

167 species.....114 macro, 53 micro

11th &12th July.

11th July............All traps blazing with 40+ species recorded
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a garden first in the shape of this rather worn
BLACKNECK

MALLOW ......1st for year. STOP PRESS:::::::::: Eagle-eyed Matt Burgess has noticed that this is NOT a Mallow. It is in fact a SHADED BROAD-BAR which is very similar. Thanks Matt that is a Dells Garden First and I will be expecting my year first Mallow in about two months time.

one of 2 NUT-TREE TUSSOCK

LARGE YELLOW UNDERWING.....I've taken a few "hits" from these big guys, but love 'em or hate 'em they are a cracking moth. Another wrong ID by yours truly ! This is a female BROAD-BORDERED YELLOW UNDERWING thanks Ornithom, much appreciated.

SHARK

MOTTLED RUSTIC

my 2nd PINE HAWKMOTH

RED/DARK TWIN-SPOT CARPET

12th July....................Much cooler last night with a bit of rain thrown in. Just had the one trap working and numbers were well down with 22 species of macros noted.
I was almost sure the top pic was the UNCERTAIN (contradiction noted) in its grey form, but the black dots along the leading edge of the forewing confirm it is the very similar PALE MOTTLED WILLOW

This NUTMEG is definitely a different one from the night before, it became breakfast for a cheeky robin which darted in before I could transfer it to the release bin.

BROAD-BARRED WHITE The rest are the usual visitors at the moment with a few interesting micros .

12/07/10

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12 x Dark Arches

8 x Uncertain

8 x Common Footman

5 x Riband Wave

5 x Willow Beauty

3 x Heart & Dart

3 x S.S.Dart

3 x Large Yellow Underwing

3 x Scarce Footman

2 x Marbled Beauty

2 x Dot Moth

2 x Grey/Dark Dagger

2 x Buff Ermine

2 x Marbled Minor agg

1 x Swallow-tailed Moth

1 x Broad-barred White

1 x Pale Mottled Willow

1 x Single-dotted Wave

1 x Least Carpet

1 x Cloaked Minor

1 x Bright-line Brown-eye

1 x Light Arches

5th June.....Shear Luck ?

Another 30 plus species night despite the rain,
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MOTTLED PUG

PALE TUSSOCK

originally had this as a Marbled Minor agg but keen-eyed Matt Burgess correctly pointed out that it is a MOTTLED RUSTIC .

PEPPERED MOTH

SMALL SQUARE-SPOT

WHITE ERMINE

TAWNY SHEARS

SILVER Y

MILLER

ELEPHANT HAWKMOTH 30 plus more species with a couple to be confirmed:-

19 x Heart & Dart

7 x Shuttle-shaped Dart

3 x Willow Beauty

3 x Marbled Minor agg.

2 x Miller

2 x White Ermine Garden first
2 x Common Marbled Carpet

2 x Setaceous Hebrew Character

2 x Pale Mottled Willow

2 x Treble Lines

2 x Turnip Moth

2 x Large Nutmeg

Mottled Rustic Garden first

Lime Hawkmoth

Elephant Hawkmoth Garden first

Chinese Character

Silver Y first for year

Mottled Pug

Common Pug

Flame Shoulder

Bright-line Brown-eye

Small square-spot Garden first

Tawny Shears Garden first

Vine's Rustic

some more micros to be identified