21st and 22nd June 2013 ... Weather break

With the weather change, so the moth count has dropped.
The 21st saw a big near-full moon in clear skies and a freshening wind and last night (22nd) was just awful.
Strong winds and rain.
Ran two traps on the 21st and one trap under cover last night

21st ....
0648 ... Endrosis sarcitrella ... White-shouldered House-moth ... 2
0808 ... Platyedra subcinerea ... Mallow Groundling
0998 ... Epiphyas postvittana ... Light Brown Apple Moth ... 6
1342 ... Eudonia angustea ... Narrow-winged Grey
1428 ... Aphomia sociella ... Bee Moth ... 3
1481 ... Homoeosoma sinuella ... Twin-barred Knot-horn :)
1728 ... Garden Carpet ... 5
1819 ... Mottled Pug
1827 ... Freyer's Pug ... 2
1834 ... Common Pug ... 6
1931 ... Peppered Moth ... 3
1937 ... Willow Beauty ... 7
1961 ... Light Emerald ... 2
2050 ... Common Footman
2061 ... Buff Ermine ... 2
2089 ... Heart and Dart ... 16
2098 ... The Flame
2107 ... Large Yellow Underwing ... 4
2160 ... Bright-line Brown-eye ... 2
2221 ... The Mullein
2279 ... The Sycamore
2283/4. Dark/Grey Dagger agg.
2321 ... Dark Arches
2333 ... Large Nutmeg ... 4
2337/9. Marbled Minor agg.
2381/2. Uncertain/Rustic agg. ... YF

Uncertain/Rustic agg.

2384 ... Vine's Rustic ... 2
2389 ... Pale Mottled Willow
2450 ... Spectacle

22nd ....
0998 ... Epiphyas postvittana
1728 ... Garden Carpet
1742 ... Yellow Shell

1742 ... Yellow Shell ... Camptogramma bilineata

1834 ... Common Pug
2089 ... Heart and Dart ... 3
2387 ... Mottled Rustic

15th June 2012 ... Garden Traps

Overnight low ... 9.7 deg. ... Windy
The wind increased in intensity throughout the night, killing the often productive pre-dawn hour.
Yellow Shell and Cochylis dubitana were added to the year list.

Yellow Shell, Camptogramma bilineata

Cochylis dubitana

26th July 2011...Gradual improvement

Overnight temp. 13.4 deg. Overcast and calm conditions.
61 Shuttle-shaped Darts was an all-time high, and at last Common Carpet has turned up.
Two more Small Ranunculus brought the years total to a very healthy 22.
Three Straw Underwings were the first this year and an Old Lady made two attempts to go in the trap unsuccessfully.It fluttered around like a bat before settling on the house wall long enough for me to get camera/large pot, but not long enough to put either to use, so no pic. I had 5 or 6 of these last year so I'm hoping another opportunity will soon arise.
Tonight looks good weatherwise so I'm hoping to get my 200th macro for the year...one to go !
On the micro front, a good selection, with a garden first for Aspilapteryx tringipennella.
The Catch (macro)
61 x Shuttle-shaped Dart
1 x Copper Underwing agg.
1 x Lime-speck Pug
1 x Toadflax Pug
1 x Double-striped Pug
1 x Wormwood Pug
6 x Common Rustic agg.
2 x Willow Beauty
4 x Least Carpet
4 x Ruby Tiger
4 x Riband Wave
6 x Cloaked Minor
2 x Brimstone Moth
4 x Yellow Shell

YELLOW SHELL

1 x Marbled Beauty
3 x Large Yellow Underwing
1 x Pine Hawkmoth
2 x Small Ranunculus
1 x Bright-line Brown-eye
1 x Dot Moth
2 x Lesser Yellow Underwing
1 x Dingy Footman
1 x Scarce Footman
3 x Turnip Moth
2 x Common Carpet FFY

COMMON CARPET

2 x Garden Carpet
1 x White Satin Moth
2 x Pale Mottled Willow
1 x Old Lady FFY
3 x Straw Underwing FFY



STRAW UNDERWING

4 x Clay 2 x Buff Ermine
1 x Nutmeg
1 x Grey Dagger agg.
1 x Poplar Grey
2 x Uncertain
2 x Swallow Prominent



SWALLOW PROMINENT

Micros
12 x Chrysoteuchia culmella
8 x Crambus pascuella
1 x Caloptria pinella
2 x Agapeta hamana
2 x Pleuroptya ruralis
3 x Hypsopygia costalis
2 x Cydia pomonella
1 x Acleris variegana
1 x Amblyptilia acanthadactyla

AMBLYPTILIA ACANTHADACTYLA

1 x Pterophorus pentadactyla
1 x Ypsolopha scabrella
1 x Acleris forsskaleana
1 x Aethes cnicana
1 x Gelechia senticetella
2 x Hofmannophila pseudospretella
1 x Aspilapteryx tringipennella  (garden first)

ASPILAPTERYX TRINGIPENNELLA

1 x Ditula angustiorana
1 x Platyedra subcinerea
1 x Spilonota ocellana.....not to be confused with Cydia servillana ! ( cheers Skev)
2011 Garden total now stands at 339 species, 199 macro, 140 micro with one ID pending.
The Wine Bet...
Dire ! I am trailing by about a dozen species

17th May 2011...Hi Ho Silver Lining

Another fairly good night with 12 degree minimum temperature, although the wind was trying to wreck the party most of the evening.
6 species were added to the garden year list and 80 plus moths were recorded of 25 species.
CLOUDED SILVER 1958

YELLOW SHELL 1742

UDEA OLIVALIS 1392

CRAMBUS LATHONIELLUS 1301

STRAW DOT 2474

EPIBLEMA TRIMACULANA 1176

PEPPERED MOTH 1931

KNOT GRASS 2289

SYCAMORE 2279 TOTAL :-

17 Heart & Dart

11 Shuttle-shaped Dart

6 x Large Nutmeg

1 x Yellow Shell * year first

1 x Clouded Silver * year first

1 x Straw Dot * year first

1 x Pale Prominent

8 x Vine's Rustic

1 x Garden Carpet

2 x Willow Beauty

5 x Turnip Moth

5 x Pale Mottled Willow

1 x Peppered Moth

3 x Common Swift

1 x Sycamore

2 x Knot Grass

4 x Marbled Minor agg.

10 x Epiphyas postvittana

1 x Cydia pomonella

4 x Endrosis sarcitrella

2 x Aphomia sociella

1 x Epiblema trimaculana * year first

1 x Udea olivalis * year first

1 x Enarmia formosana

1 x Evergestis forficalis

1 x Crambus lathoniellus * year first

2011 Garden Total :-

155 species.....107 macro, 48 micro

2nd Sept.....Nice !

Great selection in and around traps. Very still weather but very damp with a heavy dew.
Star of the show has to be ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
FEATHERED GOTHIC...a new addition to The Dells garden list

Another newcomer to the garden is this BROWN-SPOT PINION

There must be a 2nd generation hatching as I havent had one of these for quite a while....

....SMALL RANUNCULUS

THE SNOUT....first appearance for the year Correction....this is the 5th this year

YELLOW SHELL

The 4th OLD LADY to pay me a visit this year

WILLOW BEAUTY....very common

MOTHER of PEARL

MARBLED BEAUTY

NUTMEG

TURNIP MOTH

LIME-SPECK PUG

DOUBLE-STRIPED PUG

BORDERED PUG

WORMWOOD PUG

30ty Aug.... Power Cut at The Dells !

Parts of Biggleswade endured a power cut between 22.30 and midnight on a cold August night with a bright half moon. Little wonder the moth count was low in my two Skinners. Plenty of Large Yellow Underwings, Vine's Rustic, Orange Swifts, Turnip Moths and Set. Heb. Characters. The only moth of note was this brown form of YELLOW SHELL, which according to UK moths is usually found up North. (it looks a tad lighter with the flash)

5th, 6th, 7th, Aug...new micro + 1 unid'd macro

Warmer weather = more moths. A garden "first" for this smart little micro.......
YPSOLOPHA SEQUELLA

micros rule at the mo, I seem to be inundated with SH. SH. DARTS, , COM. RUSTIC aggs and STRAW U'WINGS so it made a nice change to see a few micros and rack my inadequate brain as to the ID.

TRACHYCERA ADVENELLA unless I'm mistaken !

This one I'm not sure of.....any ideas welcome............................ Thanks Ben, hope you've settled in to your new gaff.

FLOUNCED RUSTIC

IRON PROMINENT

LESSER BROAD- BORDERED YELLOW UNDERWING

Had to put this fella in.....another slug meets his/her/its end

MARBLED BEAUTY showing orange background rather than my usual white ones

MAPLE PUG

VINE'S RUSTIC

YELLOW SHELL

24th July....A night at the Proms

Temperatures were back up last night and two new species for the garden were added to the list. Both Coxcomb and Swallow Prominents.
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COXCOMB PROMINENT

SWALLOW PROMINENT

MOUSE MOTH

YELLOW SHELL

LACKEY Results from 3 traps :-

18 Dark Arches

17 Shuttle-shaped Dart

7 Common Rustic agg

6 Silver Y

6 Riband Wave

5 Broad Bordered Yellow Underwing

4 Ruby Tiger

3 Grey/Dark Dagger

3 Nutmeg

2 Lesser Yellow Underwing

2 Lesser Broad Bordered Underwing

2 Toadflax Pug

2 Turnip Moth

2 Cloaked Minor

2 Least Carpet

2 Small Waved Umber

2 Willow Beauty

2 Buff Ermine

2 Bright-line Brown-eye

2 Pale Mottled Willow

2 Uncertain

2 Scarce Footman

Lime-speck Pug

Large Yellow Underwing

V-Pug

Dingy Footman

Mouse Moth

Yellow Shell

Brimstone Moth

Dun-bar

Straw Dot

Swallow Prominent

Knot Grass

Scalloped Oak

Cabbage Moth

Bordered Pug

Double Square-spot

Blood-vein

Light Arches

Dot Moth

Single-dotted Wave

Coxcomb Prominent

Lackey