4th May 2011....Poplar Front

The past two nights were 2 deg. and 1 deg, respectively, and apart from a few SSDarts in the early evening, it wasn't worth putting the traps on.
Last night was a different kettle of fish though, and 3 more macros were added to The Dells garden list.
POPLAR HAWKMOTH 1981

TREBLE-BAR 1867

TAWNY? MARBLED MINOR will ask recorder to gen. check this one

SALLOW KITTEN 1997 Last night:-

Shuttle-shaped Dart x 11

Garden Carpet x 2

Hebrew Character

Turnip Moth

Sallow Kitten

Pale Mottled Willow

Poplar Hawkmoth *year first

Treble-bar *year first

Marbled Minor agg *year first

Emmelina monodactyla

Epiphyas postvittana

Argyresthia trifasciata

Garden total to date..... 104 species...69 x macro, 35 x micro

22nd & 23rd July...Hark the Herald

Heavy showers on Thursday and a cold night for Friday slowed things down. 3 traps were set for my usual Friday night blitz and an illuminated sheet but my half hourly patrols didnt produce too much. Plenty of Common Rustic aggs. and the next generation Buff Ermines, which are a richer colour than the last white batch. My 2nd Herald for the year was a welcome sight, one of my favourite moths................
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HERALD

LEAST CARPET

SCARCE FOOTMAN...again no Common Footman

BUFF ERMINE

LIME-SPECK PUG

A brace of POPLAR HAWKMOTHS...ready for the off

FLOUNCED RUSTIC

NUT-TREE TUSSOCK

30th May...All the "P's"

Three new ones for the garden and all beginning with "P".....Thought this was a Shark at first. But having never seen a Shark or a Pale Prominent before I enlisted the expertise of Andy & Melissa, who needed about 2 secs to tell me it was my first.....
PALE PROMINENT obviously a garden first........................

........... No trouble identifying this big fella on the wall near the trap though........

PEPPERED MOTH another first.

My 3rd species of hawkmoth for the garden and another first.........

POPLAR HAWKMOTH

SILVER- GROUND CARPET, first for year

BUFF ERMINE, first for year

An easy Pug to identify for a change, and my first for year......

LIME-SPECK PUG Another nice haul with the three new additions making my garden macro total
for the year a respectable 62 species so far.

Results:-

12 x S.S.Dart

6 x Heart & Dart

4 x Turnip Moth

2 x Treble Lines

Vine's Rustic

Poplar Hawkmoth

Peppered Moth

Lime-speck Pug

Pale Prominent

Iron Prominent

Treble Bar

Silver Ground Carpet

Grey/Dark Dagger

Pale Tussock

Pale Mottled Willow

Buff Ermine

Common Pug....probably

As for the micro's, just one Emmelina monodactyla and 4 L.B. Apple Moth