7th July '15 Just another mother

Mother of Pearl that is.
My attempt at 300 species before my holidays looked an easy target last week, but there has been a gradual slowing down with the cooler spell of weather.
I'm currently sitting on 296 species and tonight is the last trap night before jetting off to Grand Cayman for a week and then to the mountains in North Carolina.
It's alright for some.
There is a portable "Ratface Traveller" trap waiting for me in Cayman which will also pack away comfortably in a suitcase for the USA too, so hopefully I'll be able to post something a little more exotic, if it is still working.
Anyway, back to the Mother of Pearl.
This was the only new moth for the year leaving me 4 species to trap tonight for the 300, and it's a little cool out there at the mo.
1405 Pleuroptya ruralis, Mother of Pearl

7/7/15
Min temp 13.4 deg C.
SW breeze with rain showers after midnight.
Fewer micro moths about.
0424 Yponomeuta evonymella 1
0647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella 2
0674 Depressaria badiella 1
870x Oegoconia sp. 1
0994 Clepsis consimilana 2
1020 Cnephasia stephensiana 1
1063 Celypha striana 3
1115 Ancylis achatana 1
1175 Epiblema uddmanniana 1
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella 10+
1294 Crambus pascuella 2
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 2
1405 Pleuroptya ruralis 1
1424 Endotricha flammealis 2
1513 Pterophorus pentadactyla 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 2

1669 Common Emerald 1
1699 Least Carpet
1705 Dwarf Cream Wave 2
1708 Single-dotted Wave 1
1713 Riband Wave 3
1728 Garden Carpet 1
1813 Haworth's Pug 1
1834 Common Pug 3
1860 Green Pug 2
1862 Double-striped Pug 1
1937 Willow Beauty 3
1941 Mottled Beauty 1
1976 Privet Hawk-moth 1
1991 Elephant Hawk-moth 1
2047 Scarce Footman 1
2050 Common Footman 10+
2061 Buff Ermine 1
2077 Short-cloaked Moth 1
2087 Turnip Moth 1
2088 Heart and Club 5
2089 Heart and Dart 10+
2098 Flame 1
2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character 1
2128 Double Square-spot 1
2154 Cabbage Moth 1
2160 Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2193 Clay 4
2198 Smoky Wainscot 1
2279 Sycamore 2
2321 Dark Arches 12
2341 Cloaked Minor 1
2381 X Uncertain/Rustic agg. 8
2387 Mottled Rustic 3
2389 Pale Mottled Willow 1
2441 Silver Y 5
2466 Blackneck 1

2469 Herald 1

2477 Snout 2

I will carry this post on in the morning after checking the traps ....
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8th July
Quite a chilly night with temps dipping to 9.3 deg C.
Only two to add
0427 Yponomeuta cagnagella, 1,  Spindle Ermine

2349 Mere Wainscot. 1
But I may get a couple of hours trapping tonight before I grab some sleep for the early start to Heathrow in the morning.
The Mere Wainscot had escaped from the trap by this morning so no photo.
I don't have a problem ID'ing these however, and I got a good look at it last night..
This particular one was rufous-brown coloured with dark veins down the fore wing, some are much paler as the ground colour can vary quite a bit.
So, 298 with two to go and it's a bit warmer tonight.
I'll give it to 11.30 pm.

23rd June 2014 .. More additions to year list

Yet another bumper night.
Around 90 species were recorded on a calm, warm evening with plenty of humidity, moth heaven.
New for year species were Yponomeuta evonymella, Limnaecia phragmitella, Pleuroptya ruralis, Pempelia formosa, Trachycera advenella, Lesser Yellow Underwing and Shark.
Plus a small Cnephasia species to be checked, given its small size I would hazard a guess at Cnephasia incertana or asseclana.
There is also a small, dark tortrix to be ID'd
The newcomers pics ...
From top to bottom as listed.

13th July 2013 ... New additions

10 more added to the year list ...

1086 ... Hedya salicella

1921 ... Scalloped Oak

2026 ... Vapourer

1405 ... Pleuroptya ruralis

1732 ... Shaded Broad-bar

1495 ... Marasmarcha lunaedactyla

2031 ... White Satin Moth

2314 ... Dingy Shears

1064 ... Celypha  rosaceana

1452 ... Phycita roborella

17th July .. Speaking of wine bet !

Wine bet :-
Following yesterdays update, last night was a disaster as The Captain and Crew enjoyed a stonking night, 10 new macros for the year.
Luckily I got a couple of year firsts to stay just 1 point ahead ...
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17th July 2012. Warm and calm, gusty wind later.
Maybe a site first Drinker will be a good omen for the wine !

New for 2012, micros.....
26 species of micro moth were recorded with a few for ID confirmation.
450 ... Scythropia crataegella *year first

1405 ... Pleuroptya ruralis *year first

1260 ... Cydia splendana *year first
NB. Got that one wrong, thanks to David Shenton and David Manning for the correction...... 1236 ... Pammene fasciana *year first

1036 ... Acleris forsskaleana *year first

Plus a Caloptillia, probably rufipennella and a couple more for the County recorder.
Hopefully the micro tally will be boosted by the ID results from the recorder, who collected a batch of pots from my freezer on Tuesday.

Macros
44 macro species were recorded last night....
2111 ... Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing was the first this year....

...... and a new moth for The Dells garden
1640 ... Drinker

The Dells latest

Nothing new in the garden for the past two nights. The trap has been under cover which restricts the light spread but the perspex rain guard is on the drawing board and will soon be fitted.
8th July.... One of my favourite moths THE HERALD, I get two or three of these a year. 7th July... I like the varied ground colours of the forewings of this common visitor. I get the very pale ones mostly.

THE DUN-BAR 7th July... First appearance this year for PLEUROPTYA RURALIS, Mother of Pearl, a common large "micro"

I've no idea what this catty is. It was found crawling across the dining room floor, so no clues on food plant... 25mm long

2011 Garden totals:-

306 species...186 macro, 120 micro (1 micro pending)