Nights with White Satin........08/07

Perfect conditions last night and a trap full this morning. A very light wind, cloud cover and high temperature gave the garden a few more newbies...........

Cloaked Minor

White Satin Moth

   (1483)

Spindle Ermine (427)

Brown-tail

Only 1 twin 15w trap out and 46 species trapped. Not bad for the humble Actinic. The full list is as follows-

1. Chrysoteuchia culmella- 21
2. Uncertain- 12
3. Crambus pascuella- 10
4. Common Footman- 8
5. Flame- 6
6. Riband Wave- 6
7. Celypha striana- 6
8. Scarce Footman- 4
9. Brown-tail- 4 Garden 1st
10. Heart & Dart- 4
11. Acleris forsskaleana- 3
12. White Satin Moth- 2 Garden 1st
13. Grey Dagger- 2
14. Bird-cherry Ermine- 2
15. Apple Ermine- 2 Garden 1st
16. Dark Arches- 2
17. Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix- 2
18. Crambus perlella
19. Yellow-Tail
20. Buff Ermine
21. V-Pug
22. Small Blood-vein
23. Common Pug
24. Large Nutmeg
25. Marbled Minor agg.
26. Common Wainscot
27. Poplar Grey
28. Fan-foot
29. Double Square-spot
30. Single-dotted Wave
31. Red-barred Tortrix
32. Grey Tortrix sp.
33. Carcina quercana- Garden 1st
34. Clepsis consimilana
35. Batia lunaris
36. Willow Beauty
37. Buff-Tip
38. Mottled Rustic
39. Dwarf Cream Wave
40. Broad-barred White
41. Cloaked Minor- Garden 1st
42. Mere Wainscot??
43. Codling Moth
44. Phycitodes binaevella- Garden 1st
45. Spilonota ocellana- Garden 1st
46. Small Magpie