What is killing my Hawthorn saplings ? plus garden moth species for 4th June

Something is attacking my young Hawthorn trees !
I have never seen the likes of it before, it is like a ball of white, slimy, silky web with a brown end on it.
Has anyone seen or know what this is ?

Garden Moths for 4th June
12.3 deg. C. min. temp.
A warmer, humid night would have been perfect but for the bright near full moon.
To be fair, it is rising quite late in the evening so has no effect on the early flyers.
5 more species made the garden year list out of the 32 species recorded.

0648 x 1 Endrosis sarcitrella
0649 x 1 Esperia sulphurella
0808 x 2 Platyedra subcinerea
0986 x 1 Syndemis musculana
0998 x 4 Epiphyas postvittana
1174 x 2 Epiblema cynosbatella
1261 x 1 Cydia pomonella, year first

Cydia pomonella

1342 x 2 Eudonia angustea
1428 x 4 Aphomia sociella
1474 x 1 Ephestia unicolorella, year first

Ephestia unicolorella

1707 x 1 Small Dusty Wave, year first

Small Dusty Wave

1728 x 2 Garden Carpet
1764 x 1 Common Marbled Carpet
1819 x 1 Mottled Pug
1834 x 6 Common Pug
1837 x 2 Grey Pug
1860 x 1 Green Pug
1887 x 1 Clouded Border, year first

Clouded Border

1937 x 2 Willow Beauty
2028 x 1 Pale Tussock
2069 x 1 Cinnabar
2087 x 1 Turnip Moth
2089 x 5 Heart and Dart
2092 x 3 Shuttle-shaped Dart
2102 x 1 Flame Shoulder
2126 x 3 Setaceous Hebrew Character
2223 x 1 Toadflax Brocade
2333 x 1 Large Nutmeg, year first

Large Nutmeg

2334 x 1 Rustic Shoulder-knot
2384 x 3 Vine's Rustic
2389 x 1 Pale Mottled Willow
2480 x 1 Buttoned Snout

Buttoned Snout

23rd Sept 2014 .. Yellow-line Quaker

A little earlier than in previous years, a Yellow-line Quaker braved the rain last night and was found in the soaked egg boxes ...

Yellow-line Quaker

August/September "brown" is gradually giving way to "yellow/orange" and I'm hoping to get a good selection of Sallows.
Centre-barred Sallow and Orange Sallow to date...

Red Underwing is still on my want list, but it's starting to look like a dipper this year which would be the only year it hasn't appeared in the garden.
Plutella xylostella, the Diamond-back Moth has had a good year in the garden and last night was no exception with 2 recorded ..

Plutella xylostella

22/9/2014
Best of ..
Small Ranunculus
Brimstone Moth, 2
Garden Carpet, 2
Old Lady
Lunar Underwing ...high count of 23

23/9/2014
Full list
2, Plutella xylostella
2, Epiphyas postvittana
1, Agriphila geniculea
1, Eudonia angustea
2, Emmelina monodactyla
2, Small Dusty Wave

Small Dusty Wave

2, Garden Carpet
1, Double-striped Pug
1, Brimstone Moth
6, Willow Beauty
2, Turnip Moth
7, Shuttle-shaped Dart
12, Large Yellow Underwing
5, Leser Yellow Underwing
1, Setaceous Hebrew Character
1, Square-spot Rustic
1, Large Ranunculus

Large Ranunculus

1, Yellow-line Quaker, year first
28, Lunar Underwing, high count
1, Marbled Beauty
4, Angle Shades

Angle Shades

1, Large Wainscot, 2nd for year
4, Pale Mottled Willow

19th May 2013 ... Best night so far

11 deg all night, and apart from a heavyish shower at 01.00 am, it would have been perfect.
Let's hope for many more "best night so far" nights.
Yesterday, I did a bit of afternoon micro hunting in the front part of the garden, where the north-west border is constantly under attack from my neighbours knee-deep selection of wild grasses and weeds.
This bothers me not one whit as it encourages the local wildlife.
Six species were potted/netted and my Laburnum tree produced Leucoptera laburnella the Laburnum Leaf-miner.  Cochylis dubitana was also added to the year list, a common micro at The Dells.
My prized regulars returned last night for the third year running ... Toadflax Brocade and my female Emperor Moth hatched from its pupa after 3 years, unfortunately the weather hasn't been the best to lure some wild males.

The micro catch .........
0247 ... Tinea trinotella ... Bird's-nest Moth ... 1 ... YF

247 ... Tinea trinotella

0254 ... Leucoptera laburnella ... Laburnum Leaf Miner ... 1 ... YF

254 ... Leucoptera laburnella

0647 ... Hofmannophila pseudospretella ... Brown House-moth ... 2
0648 ... Endrosis sarcitrella ... White-shouldered House-moth ... 3
0649 ... Esperia sulphurella ... Sulphur Tubic ... 2
0697 ... Agonopterix arenella ... Brindled Flat-body ... 1

697 ... Agonopterix arenella

0808 ... Platyedra subcinerea ... Mallow Groundling ... 4
0892 ... Mompha subbistrigella ... Garden Cosmet ... 1
0964 ... Cochylis dubitana ... Little Conch ... 1 ... YF

964 ... Cochylis dubitana 

0974 ... Argyrotaenia ljungiana ... Heather Tortrix ... 2
1288 ... Alucita hexadactyla ... Twenty-plume Moth ... 2
1428 ... Aphomia sociella ... Bee Moth ... 1 ... YF

1524 ... Emmelina monodactyla ... Common Plume ... 1
Macro Moths ...
1707 ... Small Dusty Wave ... Idaea seriata ... 1 ... YF

1707 ... Small Dusty Wave ... Idaea seriata

1724 ... Red Twin-spot Carpet ... Xanthorhoe spadicearia ... 1
1728 ... Garden Carpet ... Xanthorhoe fluctuata ... 6
1781 ... Small Waved Umber ... Horisme vitalbata ... 1
1834 ... Common Pug ... Eupithecia vulgata ... 4
1906 ... Brimstone Moth ... Opisthograptis luteolata ... 3
1920 ... Scalloped Hazel ... Odontopera bidentata ... 1
1979 ... Lime Hawk-moth ... Mimas tiliae ... 1
2007 ... Swallow Prominent ... Pheosia tremula ... 1 ... YF

2007 ... Swallow Prominent ... Pheosia tremula

2092 ... Shuttle-shaped Dart ... Agrotis puta ... 6
2145 ... Nutmeg ... Dicestra trifolii ... 1
2186 ... Powdered Quaker ... Orthosia gracilis ... 1
2190 ... Hebrew Character ... Orthosia gothica ... 1
2223 ... Toadflax Brocade ...Calophasia lunula ... 2 ... YF

2223 ... Toadflax Brocade ... Calophasia lunula

2243 ... Early Grey ... Xylocampa areola ... 1
2283/4. Dark/Grey Dagger agg. ... Acronicta tridens/psi ... 1
2389 ... Pale Mottled Willow ... Paradrina clavipalpis ... 2
2450 ... The Spectacle ... Abrostola tripartita ... 1
Plus a couple for later ID

26th May 2012 ... נחמד לראות אותך

I first started "mothing" in mid 2009, and some of the vernacular names caught my imagination.
None more so than Setaceous Hebrew Character .... wonderful !
The warm evenings continue and look like remaining for the week ahead and I'm sure many trappers are struggling to keep up with their blog posts, unlike a week ago when we were scratching for something post.
The blog title is in Hebrew and means, "Nice to see you", (courtesy of "Google Translate") which I thought was quite apt for a brace of "year first" Setaceous Hebrew Characters found in the trap this morning.
Trap Report :-
17 Common Swift Hepialus lupulinus 4
247 Tinea trinotella 1

647 Brown House-moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella 1

648 White-shouldered House-moth Endrosis sarcitrella 4

808 Platyedra subcinerea 1

998 Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana 3

1356 Garden Pebble Evergestis forficalis 2

1524 Emmelina monodactyla 2

1707 Small Dusty Wave Idaea seriata 1, year first (Below)

1728 Garden Carpet Xanthorhoe fluctuata 2

1819 Mottled Pug Eupithecia exiguata 1

1825 Lime-speck Pug Eupithecia centaureata 2

1834 Common Pug Eupithecia vulgata 1

1937 Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria 2

2043 Orange Footman Eilema sororcula 1, year first (Below)

2061 Buff Ermine Spilosoma luteum 1

2069 The Cinnabar Tyria jacobaeae 1, year first (Below)

2078 Least Black Arches Nola confusalis 1

2087 Turnip Moth Agrotis segetum 3

2092 Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta 9

2107 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba 1

2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum 2, year first (Below)

2160 Bright-line Brown-eye Lacanobia oleracea 2

2145 The Nutmeg Discestra trifolii 1

2154 Cabbage Moth Mamestra brassicae 1

2173 The Lychnis Hadena bicruris 1

2283/4 Dark/Grey Dagger Acronicta tridens/psi 3

2306 Angle Shades Phlogophora meticulosa 1
2384 Vine's Rustic Hoplodrina ambigua 1, year first (Below)

2389 Pale Mottled Willow Paradrina clavipalpis 3

2450 The Spectacle Abrostola tripartita 1

2480 Buttoned Snout Hypena rostralis 2

****  Dichrorampha species  to be determined 1

5th May 2011...Garden latest

The warmer weather should spark off an explosion of FFY's around the country and The Dells garden notched a few more.
This WHITE-SPOTTED PUG 1835 is a new tick, probably overlooked before or written off as a Common Pug.

Another FFY is this pristine BUFF ERMINE 2061

SMALL DUSTY WAVE 1707........ FFY Last nights haul:-

10 x Shuttle-shaped Dart

6 x Garden Carpet

5 x Common Pug

4 x Argyresthia trifasciata

3 x Bright-line Brown-eye

3 x Turnip Moth

3 x Platyedra subcinerea

3 x Muslin Moth

2 x Lime Hawkmoth

2 x Setaceous Hebrew Character *year first

2 x Scalloped Hazel

2 x Epiblema cynosbatella

2 x Flame Shoulder

Pebble Hook-tip

Small Dusty Wave *year first

Aphomia sociella *year first

Emmelina monodactyla

Argyrotaenia ljungiana

Nutmeg

Phtheocroa rugosana *year first

Buff Ermine *year first

Mottled Pug

White-spotted Pug **Garden first

Plus one Pug awaiting ID

111 species .... 73 macro & 38 micro

17th Sept.....Dusky Thorn

Winter seems to be on its way as temps plunged to around 4 degC. There were a few moths flying early in the evening and it was nice to get a Dusky Thorn which is a newcomer to my garden.
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DUSKY THORN

SMALL DUSTY WAVE is a common visitor to the traps

one of 3 PALE MOTTLED WILLOW to brave the cold

GARDEN CARPET

A micro believed to be CELYPHA LACUNANA unless someone knows better. I've set low standards for micro I.D. and so far have failed to achieve them Last nights tally :-

7, Large Yellow Underwing

4, Garden Carpet

4, Square-spot Rustic

3, Setaceous Hebrew Character

3, Pale Mottled Willow

3, Willow Beauty

2, Orange Swift

2, Flounced Rustic

2, Lunar Underwing

1, Silver Y

1, Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

1, Lesser Yellow Underwing

1, Small Dusty Wave

1, Turnip Moth

1, Shuttle-shaped Dart

1, Dusky Thorn (garden first)

22nd May.... Shuttle Space Invaders

IF I GET ANYMORE SHUTTLE-SHAPED DARTS IN MY TRAPS I WILL NEED MORE SPACE
ESPECIALLY WHEN THESE BIG GUYS TURN UP ! LOOKS LIKE A MIRROR IMAGE AS I SNAPPED TWO LIME HAWKMOTHS in the release pot

IRON PROMINENT First for year and only my second record

SMALL DUSTY WAVE another year first

RED (DARK) TWIN SPOT CARPET

TURNIP MOTH Results:-

25 x Shuttle-shaped Dart (highest count so far)

3 x Heart and Dart

3 x Brimstone Moth

3 x Small Waved Umber

3 x Garden Carpet

2 x Grey/Dark Dagger

2 x Lime Hawkmoth

2 x Pale Tussock

2 x Bright-line Brown-eye

2 x Least Black Arches

Muslin Moth

Spectacle
Iron Prominent

Green Carpet

Red/Dark Twin spot Carpet

Turnip Moth

Small Dusty Wave

Knot Grass

Chinese Character

Mottled Pug

Powdered Quaker

4 x Common Pug (probably)