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

21st Aug 2014 .. Some variety at last, plus a macro ID query

Something different to the usual brown stuff at last.

12 deg minimum and overcast with humidity and the overnight low of 12 deg was at sunrise.

Still plenty of brown stuff with a sharp increase of Large Yellow Underwing.

At their peak I average about 80 of these moth cockroaches a night with high counts topping the 100 mark.

Turnip Moth numbers are rising and there are still traps-ful of Straw Underwing and Vine's Rustic.

Shuttle-shaped Dart and Setaceous Hebrew Character have peaked and are in decline.

Common Rustics have all but finished.

20th Aug

Toadflax Brocade ...

 ... is one of my garden "stock" moths.

I have recorded this RDB species since 2009 and there has been a steady increase in numbers for both the May/June and July/August generations.

Not just in my garden as in 2009, but in other areas of the county and beyond which is good news for this attractive species. 

The food plant remains a mystery as I have only seen one Common Toadflax plant (Linaria vulgaris)in the area and that is a half a mile from my garden and no Pale Toadflax (Linaria repens).

After looking in the surrounding gardens, only a couple have a small patch of Snapdragons (  Antirrhinum ) which I know the larva will feed on after observing two larva that emerged from eggs that were laid in a pot.

So for 2 years I have planted  Snapdragon patches but to date have found no larva.

The family of plants which includes Linaria and antirrhinum is huge, so perhaps another foodplant will come to light, excuse the unintended pun.

From the 5th May ( everything was early this spring) I have recorded 14 in May and 5  to mid June.

The second generation appeared on 16th July with 6 in July and 3 to date in August.

Another of my "stock" moths is Small Ranunculus.

Again I had the monopoly on this species 5 years ago in these parts but I'm happy to say, not any more...

21st Aug

Small Ranunculus

Some more of last nights catch :-

Nephopterix angustella

Old Lady

Orange Sallow

Bulrush Wainscot, female

Cochylis hybridella

Unidentified ... ? a worn Dingy Shears ??

And a welcome night visitor ...

19th Aug 2013 .... Micros rule

Two good micros were recorded last night ....
Nephopterix angustella, new for garden

1465 ... Nephopterix angustella

... And, Gelechia senticetella ... year first

801a ... Gelichia senticetella

The Catch ...
0015 ... Orange Swift
0648 ... Endrosis sarcitrella
0697 ... Agonopterix arenella
801a ... Gelichia senticetella, ... Year first
0970 ... Pandemis cerasana
0974 ... Argyrotaenia ljungiana
0998 ... Epiphyas postvittana
1113 ... Eudemis profundana
1261 ... Cydia pomonella
1305 ... Agriphila tristella
1309 ... Agriphila geniculea
1361 ... Pyrausta aurata
1405 ... Pleuroptya ruralis
1465 ... Nephopterix angustella ... Garden first
1524 ... Emmelina monodactyla
1680 ... Maiden's Blush
1713 ... Riband Wave
1728 ... Garden Carpet
1738 ... Common Carpet
1742 ... Yellow Shell
1825 ... Lime-speck Pug ... x 5
1862 ... Double-striped Pug

1862 ... Double-striped Pug

1906 ... Brimstone Moth
1921 ... Scalloped Oak
1937 ... Willow Beauty
2007 ... Swallow Prominent

2007 ... Swallow Prominent

2061 ... Buff Ermine
2087 ... Turnip Moth
2102 ... Flame Shoulder
2107 ... Large Yellow Underwing
2109 ... Lesser Yellow Underwing
2110 ... Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
2111 ... Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
2126 ... Setaceous Hebrew Character
2134 ... Square-spot Rustic
2145 ... The Nutmeg
2165 ... Small Ranunculus

2165 ... Small Ranunculus

2199 ... Common Wainscot
2269 ... Centre-barred Sallow
2293 ... Marbled Beauty
2297 ... Copper Underwing agg.
2299 ... Mouse Moth
2303 ... Straw Underwing
2343 ... Common Rustic agg.
2353 ... Flounced Rustic
2389 ... Pale Mottled Willow
2441 ... Silver Y
2450 ... The Spectacle