30th June 2014 ..Garden Moths latest

The last three nights have been on the cool side by late afternoon and into the evening.
Catch numbers have been low and micro moths have been scarce, especially the small ones.
Last night was much better and the temperature stayed in the high teens until the early hours.
The day started off well with a Large Skipper being added to the butterfly year list.

above ... Large Skipper

New additions to garden moth year ...

28th June
1115 .. Ancylis achatana
2192 .. Brown-line Bright-eye
2293 .. Marbled Beauty
30th June
0426 .. Yponomeuta mallinellus
1165 .. Epiblema foenella
1921 .. Scalloped Oak

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

6th & 7th July ... Garden traps

A clear sky and a bright moon on the 6th.
Rained off on the 7th
 Scalloped Oak was added to the 2012 macro list.
A garden first micro, Rhyaciona buoliana (Pine Shoot Moth) and a year first Pandemis cerasana were the micro highlights.

Scalloped Oak

Rhyacionia buoliana  (worn)

Pandemis cerasana

22nd June 2011...Nights in .............

........ WHITE SATIN moth... 2031, SCALLOPED OAK 1921 COMMON RUSTIC agg 2343/a
ERROR
CABBAGE MOTH 2154 SMALL RANUNCULUS 2165, 3rd for year METZNERIA METZNERIELLA 0726, a garden first 22nd June :-

18 x Common Footman

17 x Uncertain aggs.

12 x Heart and Dart

10 x Dark Arches

3 x Scarce Footman

1 x Lime Hawk-moth

1 x Privet Hawk-moth

3 x Garden Carpet

1 x Small Dusty Wave

4 x Pale Mottled Willow

1 x Barred Yellow

2 x The Flame

1 x Sycamore

2 x L.Y.U's

3 x Light Arches

1 x Common Rustic agg ERROR......Cabbage Moth

3 x Small Blood-vein

2 x Grey Dagger agg.

1 x Common Wainscot

1 x Peppered Moth

2 x Dwarf Cream Wave

4 x Buff Ermine

1 x White Satin Moth * year first

1 x Small Ranunculus

1 x Short-cloaked Moth

1 x Buff-tip

2 x Least Carpet

1 x Scalloped Oak * year first

2 x Heart and Club

1 x Smoky Wainscot

1 x Epiblema uddmanniana

4 x Hofmannophila pseudospretella

1 x Aphomia sociella

1 x Endotricha flammealis

3 x Eudonia mercurella

2 x Archips podana

1 x Ephestia parasitella

2 x Emmelina monodactyla

2 x Eurrhypara hortulata

2 x Udea prunalis

1 x Metzneria metzneriella ** garden first

1 x Oegoconia agg.

1 x Bryotropha terrella

1 x Clepsis consimilana

2 x Chrysoteuchia culmella

1 x Crambus pascuella

1 x Phycita roborella

2 x Cnephasia agg

Garden total :-

265 species.....164 macro, 101 micro

There may be another macro to add, just waiting for official ID confirmation of yesterdays DINGY SHEARS.

Many thanks to Bill D. and Matt (Captain Trappings) for pointing this out.

After checking out a few web images I am convinced they are spot on.

21st July.....Wormwood scrubs up well !

The unique duo Blacklight/actinic (an early experimental "Ratface" trap) is certainly accounting for a lot of species in The Dells garden.
And last night was no exception as it bagged a ......................................................

............................... WORMWOOD !

a garden first for the Dells, and after Mr Blain's 14th last week, this is the 15th vc30 record.

MERE WAINSCOT....first appearance in the garden

Red Twin-spot Carpet X

SCALLOPED OAK.......2nd record for the year A cool breeze developed as the night went on keeping numbers down.

29 species of macro moths recorded.

13th July..... The Dark Side

Red Twin-spot Carpet

Yellow-barred Brindle

Last night turned up some interesting species in the one Skinner I had operating. The weather was a little warmer than the night before and the wind had dropped.
A garden first DARK UMBER

SCALLOPED OAK...2nd for the year

An easy Pug species to identify for a change...

BORDERED PUG....first for year

a stunning micro.......

BEAUTIFUL CHINA-MARK

another first for my ever expanding micro list

EUROPEAN CORN-BORER Results :

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9 x Dark Arches

6 x Common Footman

6 x Uncertain

5 x Willow Beauty

5 x Shuttle-shaped Dart

4 x Riband Wave

3 x Dot Moth

3 x Least Carpet

3 x Buff Ermine

3 x Scarce Footman

3 x Pale Mottled Willow

3 x Heart & Dart

2 x Cloaked Minor

2 x Flame

2 x Bright-line Brown-eye

2 x Dun-bar

2 x Grey/Dark Dagger

AND one each of the following:-

Small Emerald

Garden Carpet

Ruby Tiger

Clay

Bordered Pug

Small Waved Umber

Yellow-barred Brindle (a fresh green example)

Red Twin-spot Carpet

Dark Umber

Small Ranunculus (my 13th record for the year)

Poplar Hawkmoth

Common Wainscot

Light Arches

Scalloped Oak

Rustic

Silver Y

Small Dusty Wave

5th July....another "first"

Cooler weather with a stiffish breeze lowered the numbers a little..Still running the one Skinner with 2 x 25w BC Blacklights and two PL 11w actinics attached to cover more of the light spectrum....But..........the new moth preferred to come in the kitchen attracted by the 50w Dichroics !!
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SCALLOPED OAK...... garden/kitchen "first"

SYCAMORE

LARGE TABBY........my third record for this large micro

SMALL RANUNCULUS.....regular visitor to my garden this year

another striking micro.........

EPIBLEMA FOENELLA

the very common CRAMBUS PASCUELLA Results:-

12 Buff Ermine

10 Common Footman ( no Scarce Footman found !)

7 Dark Arches

7 Willow Beauty

6 Flame

5 Uncertain

5 Riband Wave

4 Heart & Dart

3 Dot Moth

3 Large Yellow Underwing

2 Small Emerald

2 Swallow-tailed Moth

2 Mottled Rustic

2 Grey/Dark Dagger

2 Heart & Club

2 Marbled Minor agg

Dwarf Cream Wave

Green Pug

Bright-line Brown-eye

Ruby Tiger

Setaceous Hebrew Character

Small Ranunculus

Garden Carpet

Pale Mottled Willow

Scalloped Oak.....GF

Shuttle-shaped Dart

Broad-barred White

Turnip Moth

Sycamore