................02-03/06

We are really in full flow now with new species coming thick and fast. A few photos and a list of the catch for 3rd June at the bottom of this post. Also we managed to armchair tick a Rufous Minor amongst 4 Marbled Minor agg.s for the Home Wood list......

Scorched Wing

NFG, 2nd June.

 Treble Brown-spot

NFY 2nd June.

1020-24 Grey Tortrix sp. Cnephasia sp.

NFY, 2nd June.

 Miller

 Uncertain

I can't remember seeing a brown Uncertain/Rustic agg. type moth before. Answers on a post card.....

 905 Blastodacna hellerella

Garden 1st, 3rd June.

1033 Green Oak Tortrix Tortrix viridana

NFY, 3rd June.

 1328 Schoenobius gigantella

This is an Nb species not seen in Bedfordshire for 4 years. After looking at various images- I don't think it could be anything else. It's a probable female and is a massive 30mm long, a macro Micro!

The results for 03/06- 104 of 39 species-

• 1361 Pyrausta aurata 1 
• 1334 Scoparia ambigualis 7 
• 1707 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 2 
• 0985 Cacoecimorpha pronubana Carnation Tortrix 1 
• 1033 Tortrix viridana Green Oak Tortrix 1 NFY 
• 2280 Acronicta leporina Miller 1 
• 2333 Apamea anceps Large Nutmeg 17 
• 2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 24 
• 1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 6 
• 2069 Tyria jacobaeae Cinnabar 1 
• 1837 Eupithecia subfuscata Grey Pug 2 
• 1376 Eurrhypara hortulata 2
• 2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 2 
• 2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 5 
•  2098 Axylia putris Flame 2 
•  1776 Colostygia pectinataria Green Carpet 1 
•  1063 Celypha striana Celypha striana 1 
•  1474 Ephestia parasitella unicolorella 1 
•  2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 2 
•  2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 2 
•  1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 1 
•  1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 1 
• 2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 1 
•  2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 2 
•  2060 Spilosoma lubricipeda White Ermine 1 
•  1834 Eupithecia vulgata Common Pug 1 
•  2170 Hadena compta Varied Coronet 1 
•  1860 Pasiphila rectangulata Green Pug 1 
•  2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1 
•  2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 3 
•  2302 Rusina ferruginea Brown Rustic 2 
•  1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella 1 
•  2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 1 
•  2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 2 
•  1328 Schoenobius gigantella 1 1st Ever 
•  2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 1 NFY 
•  1524 Emmelina monodactyla 1 
•  1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 1