..........as the wacky Winter weather continues, there seems to be no end to the unusual records. As well as record breaking early emergence, there seems to be evidence of some migrant activity too. I also have a query on a possible Acleris kochiella and have included a species list at the bottom of this post.
Rusty Dot Pearl Udea ferrugalis
Previous latest garden record, 22nd November in 2014
Silver Y
Previous latest garden record, 8th November in 2011.
Dotted Border
This was a real surprise. Earliest previous garden record 21st February, 2011. All time earliest in VC30 (Beds), 7th January.
Hebrew Character
No need to say really, but another early garden record. Previous earliest garden record 22nd February in 2014. This is an equal VC30 earliest record (27th December)
Pale Brindled Beauty
Previous earliest garden record was 3rd January in 2013. Another record breaker as the earliest ever in VC30 was 1st January.
Acleris kochiella
Has been retained, but looks like a good candidate. The Winter flight of this species always looks grey compared to the Summer flight, which is often extremely pale with prominent markings. If it does turn out to be one, it will be new for the garden and only the 2nd I have ever seen. Confirmed as A. kochiella, Gen Det AM Banthorpe
Acleris kochiella
For comparison, here is an example caught in Home Wood 2nd July 2014. The strong markings point towards kochiella, though this one was Gen. detted just to make sure. (photo: Ben Sale)
Acleris logiana
A second record for the year after one trapped 10th July.
27-12-2015- 2 traps, Upper Caldecote Garden- 14 of 11 species-
1051 Acleris logiana 1
1395 Rusty-dot Pearl (Udea ferrugalis) 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 1
1799 Winter Moth (Operophtera brumata) 4
1926 Pale Brindled Beauty (Phigalia pilosaria) 1
1934 Dotted Border (Agriopis marginaria) 1
1935 Mottled Umber (Erannis defoliaria) 1
2190 Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica) 1
2258 Chestnut (Conistra vaccinii) 1
2441 Silver Y (Autographa gamma) 1
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