16th July 2016 .... Small Waves

Having caught 3 small wave species in the traps I thought a comparison shot might be good for beginners.
If you think herding cats is difficult, try herding moths without the aid of a blast or two of CO2.
I got there in the end after much coaxing and cussing ...

Small Fan-footed Wave - Dwarf Cream Wave - Single-dotted Wave

 From L to R
Small Fan-footed Wave
Dwarf Cream Wave
Single-dotted Wave

5th Sep 2014 ... Garden Moths latest

On the previous evening, a Black Rustic turned up to (un)officially announce the beginning of Autumn and last night a Centre-barred Sallow arrived to confirm it ...

Centre-barred Sallow

Once again 150 - 200 Large Yellow Underwing's coated the traps and egg boxes and even though I rid the garden of 80 - 100 at a time they just keep coming.
The Catch:-
2 x Cameraria ohridella
1 x Plutella xylostella
2 x Endrosis sarcitrella
1 x Carcina quercana
1 x Endothenia marginana

Endothenia marginana

3 x Epiphyas postvittana
5 x Acleris variegana
1 x Eudonia angustea
20+ Agriphila geniculea
3 x Emmelina monodactyla
1 x Coleophora sp to be identified
1 x Chinese Character
1 x Small Dusty Wave
1 x Single-dotted Wave

Single-dotted Wave

3 x Light Emerald
2 x Lime-speck Pug
2 x Double-striped Pug
8 x Willow Beauty
2 x Brimstone
16 x Orange Swift
3 x Yellow Shell
9 x Garden Carpet
150+ Large Yellow Underwing
4 x Lesser Yellow Underwing
2 x Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
1 x Lesser B-b Y U
7 x Setaceous Hebrew Character
18 x Square-spot Rustic
3 x Shuttle-shaped Dart
6 x Flounced Rustic
2 x Turnip Moth
2 x Copper Underwing agg.
1 x Straw Underwing
1 x Ruby Tiger
5 x Small Ranunculus

Small Ranunculus

2 x Rosy Rustic
1 x Cabbage Moth
1 x Old Lady

Old Lady

1 x Centre-barred Sallow, year first
4 x Marbled Beauty
14 x Vine's Rustic
12 x Pale Mottled Willow1 x Silver Y
1 x Burnished Brass f. juncta
1 x Snout
3 x Angle Shades

Angle Shades

12th June 2014 .. Grey and Poplar

Very warm again last night but no cloud cover for the bright full moon.
A great chance arose to get a group comparison shot of a Sycamore, a larger, dark form Sycamore f. infuscata and a Poplar Grey.
All three of these moths are reasonably common in The Dells garden ...

... and I couldn't have asked for a more cooperative pose.
left, Sycamore f. infuscata.. center, Sycamore .. right, Poplar Grey.
Pleased with that.

Year first moths for the garden list also please me and a few more turned up last night ...
1033 ... Tortrix viridana
1328 ... Schoenobius gigantella
1331 ... Acentria ephemerella
1354 ... Cataclysta lemnata
1998 ... Poplar Kitten
2155 ... Dot Moth

I forgot to include a Swallow-tailed Moth on the previous nights list, but another turned up ...

Poplar Kitten is uncommon in the garden, this one is the 2nd or 3rd in 5 years.

On the other hand, this DOT MOTH is present in good numbers anually ...

Below ...
Schoenobius gigantella
Cataclysta lemnata, Small China-mark

Not too sure of the ID of this Eudonia/Scoparia

Or this Pug ...

27 mm wingspan, probably Freyer's Pug
and the other could be Eudonia angustea.
Almost forgot ...
Single-dotted Wave, another year first ...

21st to 23rd July...Catch 22

Too cold for July and it showed as only 22 species were trapped last night (Saturday, 8 deg.) and 35 species on Thursday (21st, 8 deg.). Friday 22nd was too cold, wet and windy to bother.

Campion



Yellow-tail




Maple Prominent



Single-dotted Wave

There were one or two highlights but no new species.
2x Campion, one on Friday and another last night making 3 appearances for my signature moth this year.
A Maple Prominent was a second record this year.
A micro caught on 20th July, Pammene fasciana 1236, was confirmed by the county recorder, which is a new species for the garden list.



Pammene fasciana1236

 Species total for the garden stands at 329 with a couple of micros pending. The full list of macro/micro species are on the Pages at the top of the blog.

July 2nd.......Growl ! ! !

BROWN-TAIL ......first for year

A welcome newcomer to the garden LEOPARD MOTH

SINGLE-DOTTED WAVE

MARASMARCHA LUNAEDACTYLA............ a garden first

DWARF CREAM WAVE All in all a cracking night with 60 plus species a record high.