11-10.......

A pretty good night as the temperatures reamined relatively high and the strong wind subsided. No new macro species but a good list for the time of year. Last Sunday, a quick look around the Alder with Andy Banthorpe revealed this tiny leaf mine, now confirmed.

272 Bucculatrix cidarella

Another new species for the garden and a mine that has no doubt been overlooked. This species was first recorded in VC30 in 2010- but I suspect only because no one was looking for it before!

The result- 11-10-11, Twin 15w Actinic/UV and Twin 25w FUL Actinic Skinners- 33 of 16 species-

• 1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 3 
• 2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 1 
• 2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 4 
• 2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 5 
• 2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 1 
• 2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 1 
• 2232 Aporophyla nigra Black Rustic 3 
• 2240 Lithophane leautieri Blair's Shoulder-knot 2 
• 2247 Dichonia aprilina Merveille du Jour 2 
• 2263 Agrochola lota Red-line Quaker 1 
• 2267 Agrochola lychnidis Beaded Chestnut 2 
• 2270 Omphaloscelis lunosa Lunar Underwing 1 
• 2274 Xanthia icteritia Sallow 2 
• 2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 1 
• 2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 3 
• 2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 1