29th July 2014 ... Garden Moths latest

Another new macro moth for the garden list ...
Small Rufous

Latest selection ...
28th July
0862 ... Juniper Webber
1690 ... Small Blood-vein
1816 ... Toadflax Pug
1830 ... Wormwood Pug x 4
1749 ... Dark Spinach ... was a garden first the previous evening.
This one is fresher with better defined markings ...

2089 ... Heart and Dart .... thought they had finished
2134 ... Square-spot Rustic ... year first

2193 ... Clay
2289 ... Knot Grass
2299 ... Mouse Moth
2450 ... Spectacle
2469 ... Herald

29th July
0862 Juniper Webber, Dichomeris marginella
1838 Tawny Speckled Pug, year first

almost missed it against the brick wall

1914 Dusky Thorn, year first

2165 Small Ranunculus
2292 Tree-lichen Beauty
2379 Small Rufous, garden first.

What is this Bee ?

on Spear Thistle

10/11/12th Aug 2013 ... A select few

 Above: A very washed out Large Twin-spot carpet, 10th Aug

Below: Mompha propinquella by the look of it ... to be dermined
Wrong ! (again) 

0266 ... Bucculatrix nigricomella

 Above: A "year first" Rosy Rustic

Below: First appearance of Agriphila geniculea, followed by several others

 Above: Orange Swift new for 2013

Below: 2nd record of Twin-spotted Wainscot

Below:  2 x  pristine Vine's Rustic in the trap 11th Aug

A garden first record of Willow Ermine although this has probably been disregarded in the past in amongst the numerous Bird-cherry, Apple and Spindle Ermines.

428 ... Yponomeuta rorrella

12th Aug, a year first Square-spot Rustic,
first of many .......

2134 ... Square-spot Rustic ... Xestia xanthographa

9th Oct. 2012 ... Garden Traps

6.4 deg. min. temp, cloudy and not a breath of wind.
Numbers of moths were unexpectedly low given the weather conditions.
Setaceous Hebrew Character made up the bulk of the catch.
Micros were down to 2 common species.

Garden birds: Today (9th)  included Great, Blue, Long-tailed and, for my garden, a scarce Coal Tit all feeding together in the trees and shrubs.
Add to that a calling Chiffchaff and a Goldcrest which are both excellent birds for my town garden.
A pair of Mistle Thrush 3 days ago were the first seen in the garden for about 5 years when they regularly came in to finish off my Golden Hornet crab apples.

Moth Traps:
  5 .. 0648 .. White-shouldered House Moth
  4 .. 1524 .. Common Plume
  2 .. 1728 .. Garden Carpet
  1 .. 1764 .. Common Marbled Carpet
  1 .. 1906 .. Brimstone Moth
  3 .. 1937 .. Willow Beauty
  5 .. 2107 .. Large Yellow Underwing
  7 .. 2109 .. Lesser Yellow Underwing
12 .. 2126 .. Setaceous Hebrew Character
  1 .. 2134 .. Square-spot Rustic

  2 .. 2240 .. Blair's Shoulder-knot
  3 .. 2252 .. Large Ranunculus

  1 .. 2267 .. Beaded Chestnut
  3 .. 2270 .. Lunar Underwing
  1 .. 2306 .. Angle Shades
  1 .. 2384 .. Vine's Rustic
  2 .. 2389 .. Pale Mottled Willow

25th Aug 2012 ... Small consolation

A Small Square-spot was the first macro to be added to the year list since a superb Vestal on the 18th Aug.

Last nights trap results were a little lower as I was at the Trappings household devouring hot curry and quaffing red wine so no patrols of the traps, and after two bottles of red...who cares ?

  5 .. 0015 .. Orange Swift
  2 .. 1728 .. Garden Carpet
  2 .. 1776 .. Green Carpet
  1 .. 1830 .. Wormwood Pug
  2 .. 1862 .. Double-striped Pug
  1 .. 1867 .. Treble-bar

  2 .. 1906 .. Brimstone Moth
  3 .. 1937 .. Willow Beauty
  1 .. 2087 .. Turnip Moth
25 .. 2092 .. Shuttle-shaped Dart
20 .. 2107 .. Large Yellow Underwing
  2 .. 2109 .. Lesser Yellow Underwing
  2 .. 2110 .. Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
  2 .. 2123 .. Small Square-spot *year first...oops ! Well spotted Andy Grimsey...this is NOT a Small Square-spot...Problem is, I haven't got pics of the other, nor pics of the one on 29th Aug so I will lose this one for now. Just to play safe...
Square-spot Rustic

25 .. 2126 .. Setaceous Hebrew Character
  6 .. 2134 .. Square-spot Rustic
  1 .. 2199 .. Common Wainscot
  2 .. 2284x  Grey Dagger agg.
  3 .. 2293 .. Marbled Beauty
  2 .. 2297 .. Copper Underwing
  2 .. 2303 .. Straw Underwing
  1 .. 2306 .. Angle Shades
  2 .. 2334 .. Burnished Brass

  2 .. 2343x  Common Rustic agg.
18 .. 2353 .. Flounced Rustic
22 .. 2384 .. Vine's Rustic
  2 .. 2389 .. Pale Mottled Willow
  4 .. 0998 .. Epiphyas postvittana
  1 .. 1305 .. Agriphila tristella
27 .. 1309 .. Agriphila geniculea
  1 .. 1331 .. Acentria ephemerella
  3 .. 1342 .. Eudonia angustea
  1 .. 1405 .. Pleuroptya ruralis
  1 .. 1417 .. Pyralis farinalis
  4 .. 1524 .. Emmelina monodactyla

12 Aug '12 ... Garden traps

No sign of macro no. 300 which is disappointing given the great weather for the last week.
The last two nights haven't boosted the year list by many, just an expected Square-spot Rustic and a Small China-mark....
A second Small Rivulet for the garden, Latticed Heath, Nut-tree Tussock and White Satin Moth were nice finds.
No Footman moths for the first time in weeks, whoosh, that was your summer !

Square-spot Rustic ... Xestia xanthographa, year first.

Small China-mark, Cataclysta lemnata, year first

Latticed Heath, Chiasmia clathrata

Sallow Kitten, Furcula furcula

Below ... Marbled Beauty's

5th Sept....Gothic Topic

Two Feathered Gothics in the Skinner by the house and an Old Lady on the garden shed were more than welcome, also Angle Shades and Blood-vein were noted. Another 48 Large Yellow Underwing cluttered up the traps with 23 Setaceous Hebrew Character. and a whole host of Rustic types.
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FEATHERED GOTHIC

OLD LADY

Female BROAD-BORDERED YELLOW UNDERWING

SQUARE-SPOT RUSTIC

COPPER UNDERWING

National Moth Day 1

Perfect conditions but a disappointing return from my Biggleswade garden trap.
Several Large yellow Underwings, my most common moth.







Willow Beauty (5 in and around trap)
Square-spot Rustic (I think, but any correction to my ID would be appreciated)

Shuttle-shaped Dart, 3 in trap

Pale Mottled Willow