30th May ... Yet more new moths for 2014 ...

Another good mothing night with 44 species recorded icluding a new species for garden, Small Clouded Brindle (below)

It looks much more "tent shaped" than its normal flatter pose, this is because it is frozen.
I meant to leave it in the freezer for half a minute to calm it down for a photo ... but the phone rang !
Other new for year moths are as follows:-
Tinea pellionella (from my lounge room)
Epinotia bilunana, below

Aglossa pinguinalis, Large Tabby, (below)

Clepsis consimilana (below)

Treble Brown Spot (below)

Purple Bar (below)

Silver-ground Carpet (below)

Sandy Carpet (below)

11th June 2013 ... POTTED AND NETTED

The warm and windy conditions blew in a garden first Netted Pug which was promptly potted up for a pug mug shot ....

1823 ... Netted Pug ... Eupithecia venosata

....other Pugs included Lime-speck, Mottled, Common, Grey and a host of others which are beyond my limited Pug expertise.
The micros are slowly trickling in with Bryotropha terrella, Cydia pomonella and Epiblema trimaculana putting in an appearance at last......

1176 ... Epiblema trimaculana ... Triple-blotched Bell

787 ... Bryotropha terrella ... Cinereous Groundling

1261 ... Cydia pomonella ... Codling Moth

A rather battered Light Emerald and a Sandy Carpet completed the new 2013 signings ...

1961 ... Light Emerald ... Campaea margaritata

1808 ... Sandy Carpet ... Perizoma flavofasciata

13th July 2011...Release The Dells 4

A chilly night for the time of year, but although the trap yield was lower than usual, there was still some quality moths around.
Pre 2010, only 8 Small Ranunculus were recorded in VC30, but in 2010 I recorded 17 of them.
This year, so far, I have recorded 15 and even posted some to Skev up in Leicestershire (^_"
So it looks as though this "come back" species is thriving and spreading further north at a nice rate....time will tell, keep your eyes peeled Stewart in Northumberland !
Last night I recorded 4 SMALL RANUNCULUS 2165 , a record high.
A first record of SCALLOPED HOOK-TIP was a welcome sight in the trap. It's been a while since one of these turned up, RED TWIN-SPOT CARPET My third SANDY CARPET this year. The small town of SANDY in Bedfordshire is 3 miles away as the moth flies. A fresh batch of RUBY TIGER are out in force right now.

This is one of SIX caught last night.

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

20th June....Sandy Carpet in Biggleswade ?????

Best nights "mothing" for a while, with temperatures only dropping to 12 deg C .... 41 species of macro moths were recorded which is a record number. The explaination for the blog heading, to anyone not familiar with this part of Bedfordshire, SANDY is our neighbouring town, about 3 miles up the A1 from Biggleswade.
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SANDY CARPET (garden first)

BARRED YELLOW (garden first)

MEAL MOTH (garden first for this cracking micro)

GREY PINE CARPET (first for year)

UNCERTAIN (I think !) another first

an early COMMON FOOTMAN (first for year)

DARK ARCHES

LIGHT ARCHES (first for year)

SMALL BLOODVEIN (first for year)

COMMON EMERALD (first for year) RESULTS:-

12 x Heart & Dart

10 x Willow Beauty

5 x Garden Carpet

5 x Marbled Minor agg

4 x Common Marbled Carpet

4 x Large Yellow Underwing

4 x Green Pug

4 x Flame

3 x Turnip Moth

3 x Brimstone Moth

3 x Uncertain **

2 x Wormwood Pug

2 x Common Pug

2 x Barred Yellow **

2 x Broad-barred White

2 x Peppered Moth

2 x Dark Arches

2 x Grey/Dark Dagger

2 x Pale Mottled Willow

2 x Setaceous Hebrew Character

2 x Rustic Shoulder-knot

2 x Privet Hawkmoth

Lime Hawkmoth

Elephant Hawkmoth

Common Emerald *

Riband Wave *

Vine's Rustic

Small Dusty Wave

Flame Shoulder

Sycamore

Small Bloodvein *

Silver Y

Light Arches *

Large Nutmeg

Cinnabar

Buff Ermine

Small Square-spot

Small Waved Umber

Common Footman *

Sandy Carpet **

Grey Pine Carpet *

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Small Magpie

Brown Housemoth

3 x E. mono's

5 x L B Apple moth

3 x Bee Moth

Meal Moth **

* first for year

** garden first