Saturday, October 27, 2012

Garden List 24-10

Beaded Chestnut
Top of the shop with 5 caught. A very late Square-spot Rustic was also notable.

Upper Caldecote- Twin 15w Actinic/UV Skinner & 15w BLB Bulb- 24 of 15 species

1048    Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 1
1764    Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 2
2087    Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 1
2107    Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 1
2109    Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 1
2126    Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 2
2134    Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 1
2232    Aporophyla nigra Black Rustic 1
2237    Lithophane ornitopus Grey Shoulder-knot 1
2240    Lithophane leautieri Blair's Shoulder-knot 1
2245    Allophyes oxyacanthae Green-brindled Crescent 2
2263    Agrochola lota Red-line Quaker 2
2267    Agrochola lychnidis Beaded Chestnut 5
2306    Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 1
2441    Autographa gamma Silver Y 1

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

New for late October

Green-brindled Crescent ab. capucina
 NFY, 20th October

Spruce Carpet
NFY, 21st October

 Red-green Carpet
NFY, 22nd October

Thursday, October 18, 2012

Garden List 17-10

Upper Caldecote- Twin 15w Actinic/UV Skinner, 15w BLB Bulb- 18 of 11 species-

1764    Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 1
2109    Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 1
2126    Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 4
2240    Lithophane leautieri Blair's Shoulder-knot 1
2258    Conistra vaccinii Chestnut 1
2259    Conistra ligula Dark Chestnut 1
2267    Agrochola lychnidis Beaded Chestnut 5
2273   Xanthia togataPink-barred Sallow1   NFY
2306    Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 1
2384    Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 1
2441    Autographa gamma Silver Y 1

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Bonus Tick........

............Having looked back through my records, I didn't get this when I usually do in Spring.

Grey Shoulder-knot
NFY, 15th October.

This was caught under a 15w BLB bulb at the bottom of the garden, with just a handful of others. Another Deep-brown Dart along with a Large Yellow Underwing, Setaceous Hebrew Character and Blair's Shoulder-knot.

Monday, October 15, 2012

List for 11-10-12

A couple of year ticks after a short break from trapping.

Upper Caldecote Garden- Twin 15w Actinic/UV Skinner 10 of 8 species-

1048    Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 1
1795x    Epirrita dilutata agg. November Moth agg. 1    NFY
2126    Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 1
2232    Aporophyla nigra Black Rustic 1
2247    Dichonia aprilina Merveille du Jour 1    NFY
2267    Agrochola lychnidis Beaded Chestnut 1
2270    Omphaloscelis lunosa Lunar Underwing 3
2306    Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 1