2nd Nov 2013 ... Garden trap catch

Nothing startling, but a nice variety .....
0648 ... Endrosis sarcitrella
0998 ... Epiphyas postvittana
1041 ... Acleris sparsana
1524 ... Emmelina monodactyla
1764 ... Common Marbled Carpet
1795 ... November Moth

2091 ... Dark Sword-grass
2240 ... Blair's Shoulder-knot
2258 ... Chestnut
2259 ... Dark Chestnut
2306 ... Angle Shades
This time of year I get several other visitors around the traps.
It's been a good year for most insects and arachnids.
Harvestman Spiders are everywhere, and many other species of spider,  Ophion sp wasps and Caddis are regulars to the traps.
Rosemary Beetles are now common and a female Great Diving Beetle was found in the trap along with a Common Wasp.

Great Diving Beetle, (female)

Common Wasp

Rosemary Beetle

Wasp, Ophion spp. 

5th Jan 2013 ... Earliest Early

Early Grey was the earliest record for the garden, found on the wall by the trap.
Yet another Dark Chestnut, which is the 5th this year and much commoner in The Dells garden than Chestnut.
Other interesting creatures were the variety of flies around the trap and a Rosemary Beetle, Chrysolina americana.
An unidentified larva was seen munching away at my Senicio cineraria (Silver Ragwort) which also suffers occasional attacks from Cinnabar larva as it is closely related to Common Ragwort.

Early Grey

Rosemary Beetle

Unidentified larva  25mm max.

31st March 2012... Garden Traps

Overnight min. temp. 4.6 deg. calm, clear, cloud early a.m.
Temperatures are edging their way back down to average March this week and a cloud cover at night should halt the big drops we have seen lately. and cover the bright waxing moon.
Last nights trap results were mediocre.
A very worn Twin-spotted Quaker was found struggling in a spider web.
The first Rosemary Beetle (Chrysolina americana) of the year was found near one of the traps....


Rosemary Beetle (Chrysolina americana).

Traps tally:-
1862 Double-striped Pug Gymnoscelis rufifasciata 5
2182 Small Quaker Orthosia cruda 5
2187 Common Quaker Orthosia cerasi 5
2189 Twin-spotted Quaker Orthosia munda 1
2190 Hebrew Character Orthosia gothica 1
2243 Early Grey Xylocampa areola 3
1342 Eudonia angustea 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 4