Nearer....................

............to the elusive 100 species up in one night. As has been commented before, I would probably do better with some more powerful traps and being slightly less apathetic when confronted by huge amounts of moths to process. I may well of missed the boat this year though.............

1316 Catoptria falsella

Haworth's Pug

Upper Caldecote Garden- 24-07-2012- 3 traps- 290 of 92 species-

0424	Yponomeuta evonymella	Bird-cherry Ermine	2
0455	Ypsolopha scabrella		1	NFY
0647	Hofmannophila pseudospretella	Brown House Moth	1
0648	Endrosis sarcitrella	White-shouldered House Moth	1
0688	Agonopterix heracliana		1
0898	Limnaecia phragmitella		1
0937	Agapeta hamana		1
0965	Cochylis hybridella		1
0970	Pandemis cerasana	Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix	1
0974	Argyrotaenia ljungiana		2
0977	Archips podana	Large Fruit-tree Tortrix	1
0998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	1
1010	Ditula angustiorana	Red-barred Tortrix	1
1011	Pseudargyrotoza conwagana		1	NFY
1020	Cnephasia sp.		1
1036	Acleris forsskaleana		1
1063	Celypha striana		1
1236	Pammene fasciana		1	NFY
1245	Grapholita janthinana		1	NFY
1261	Cydia pomonella	Codling Moth	1
1292	Calamotropha paludella		1
1293	Chrysoteuchia culmella		13
1294	Crambus pascuella		4
1302	Crambus perlella		4
1316	Catoptria falsella		4
1331	Acentria ephemerella	Water Veneer	100	circa
1334	Scoparia ambigualis		2
1344	Eudonia mercurella		1
1371	Sitochroa verticalis		1	NFY
1378	Phlyctaenia coronata		1	NFY
1390	Udea prunalis		1
1405	Pleuroptya ruralis	Mother of Pearl	1
1413	Hypsopygia costalis	Gold Triangle	10
1415	Orthopygia glaucinalis		1
1424	Endotricha flammealis		4
1445	Pempelia formosa		1	NFY
1452	Phycita roborella		2
1497	Amblyptilia acanthadactyla		1
1513	Pterophorus pentadactyla	White Plume Moth	1
1524	Emmelina monodactyla		1
1690	Scopula imitaria	Small Blood-vein	1
1699	Idaea rusticata	Least Carpet	5
1705	Idaea fuscovenosa	Dwarf Cream Wave	3
1707	Idaea seriata	Small Dusty Wave	2
1708	Idaea dimidiata	Single-dotted Wave	1
1713	Idaea aversata	Riband Wave	5
1742	Camptogramma bilineata	Yellow Shell	1
1813	Eupithecia haworthiata	Haworth's Pug	1	NFY
1830	Eupithecia absinthiata	Wormwood Pug	1
1837	Eupithecia subfuscata	Grey Pug	1
1839	Eupithecia succenturiata	Bordered Pug	1	NFY
1858	Chloroclystis v-ata	V-Pug	1
1860	Pasiphila rectangulata	Green Pug	1
1862	Gymnoscelis rufifasciata	Double-striped Pug	2
1922	Ourapteryx sambucaria	Swallow-tailed Moth	1
1937	Peribatodes rhomboidaria	Willow Beauty	1
1955	Cabera pusaria	Common White Wave	1
1994	Phalera bucephala	Buff-tip	1
2006	Pheosia gnoma	Lesser Swallow Prominent	2
2029	Euproctis chrysorrhoea	Brown-tail	1
2030	Euproctis similis	Yellow-tail	1
2037	Miltochrista miniata	Rosy Footman	1	NFG
2044	Eilema griseola	Dingy Footman	3	NFY
2047	Eilema complana	Scarce Footman	3
2050	Eilema lurideola	Common Footman	4
2061	Spilosoma luteum	Buff Ermine	5
2064	Phragmatobia fuliginosa	Ruby Tiger	1
2077	Nola cucullatella	Short-cloaked Moth	1
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	1
2107	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	11
2109	Noctua comes	Lesser Yellow Underwing	1
2110	Noctua fimbriata	Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing	1
2128	Xestia triangulum	Double Square-spot	2
2155	Melanchra persicariae	Dot Moth	6
2193	Mythimna ferrago	Clay	1
2197	Mythimna straminea	Southern Wainscot	2	NFG
2211	Cucullia absinthii	Wormwood	1	NFG
2278	Acronicta megacephala	Poplar Grey	1
2280	Acronicta leporina	Miller	2
2284	Acronicta psi	Grey Dagger	4	agg.
2293	Cryphia domestica	Marbled Beauty	1
2303	Thalpophila matura	Straw Underwing	1	NFY
2318	Cosmia trapezina	Dun-bar	1
2321	Apamea monoglypha	Dark Arches	12
2341	Mesoligia furuncula	Cloaked Minor	1
2343x	Mesapamea secalis agg.	Common Rustic agg.	1
2349	Chortodes fluxa	Mere Wainscot	1
2352	Eremobia ochroleuca	Dusky Sallow	1
2381	Hoplodrina alsines	Uncertain	7
2466	Lygephila pastinum	Blackneck	1	NFG
2469	Scoliopteryx libatrix	Herald	1
2489	Zanclognatha tarsipennalis	Fan-foot	1

300..............and counting

....................and the 300 target falls, with an incredible run of six new garden moths in just three days..........and here they are-

True Lover's Knot

Totally out of context, the nearest heathland is a small area in the grounds of the RSPB's headquarters over four miles away. NFG 23rd July

 Rosy Footman

Found stuck to my plastic picnic table in the morning dew, hence the lack of colour. NFG 24th July

 Wormwood

The star of the show and only the 18th VC30 record. NFG 24th July.

 Southern Wainscot

Two caught, NFG 24th July.

 Blackneck

A long-awaited Garden first, 24th July.

 Lunar-spotted Pinion

Caught in the gazebo under my twin 40w BLB rig, this completes the set of all three Spotted Pinion species, NFG 25th July.

21-07.........

.................the only new addition to the garden list, despite firing up three traps.

Dusky Sallow

Broom GPs, 21-07

An early afternoon visit to Broom with the kid produced some decent photo opportunities. We were out for well over an hour and it didn't rain! The next few days look as though we have finally left winter behind us..........just in time for Autumn. I collected a couple of micros that need to be investigated further.

Six-spot Burnet

 

Louie found two of these feeding in Trefoil flowers. It's the first time I've seen them at this site.

 Marbled White

One of at least ten, found between the lakes in the meadow area. They seemed to prefer the flowers of Marsh Thistle.

 Meadow Brown

 Small Skipper

Really nice to see so many butterflies. Though I have noticed a distinct lack of both Peacock and Small Tortoiseshell.

Marbled Beauty

 Back home in the garden, the only new moth for the year was this; found by the kids in the front garden.

19-07

After a night off on 18th, a decent but colder night on 19th. Four new species for the year- including the rare Schoenobius gigantella. This time a male and only my second record. The others were Cabbage Moth, July Highflyer and Orthopygia glaucinalis.

Small Rivulet

 

Second record for 2012.

 1328 Schoenobius gigantella

The Score 17-07

It was the first warm night in a long time with the temperature at 10.00pm hovering around 18°C. Earlier in the evening I put out three traps in strategic positions around the garden. Not wishing to miss anything I did a few early patrols (Trent style) up until around 11.30pm.

I very rarely patrol at this time of year, as it is usually quite late before anything turns up. But this turned out to be an exceptional night with sizeable amounts turning up shortly after dark. Twenty new moths for the year (10 macro, 10 micro) and in that, four were new for the garden! It's been a long time since that's happened, I'm lucky to get one nowadays. 

I ended up with a record breaking 294 of 88 species..........however, I won't be attempting this too often as it takes absolutely ages to process!

Fern 

Garden First.

 Small Fan-footed Wave

Garden First.

 Mere Waiscot

Not shown in books, a good way to separate this from Small Wainscot is the spiky hairdo!

 Miller

 Eyed Hawk-moth

 White Satin

 724 Metzneria lappella

Garden First.

 1201 Eucosma cana

Garden First.

 1380 Phlyctaenia perlucidalis

 1086 Hedya salicella

Upper Caldecote Garden- 3 traps- 294 of 88 species-

0161	Zeuzera pyrina	Leopard Moth	1	NFY
0216	Nemapogon cloacella	Cork Moth	1	NFY
0441	Paraswammerdamia nebulella		1
0450	Scythropia crataegella	Hawthorn Moth	2	NFY
0647	Hofmannophila pseudospretella	Brown House-moth	3
0724	Metzneria lappella		1	NFG
0787	Bryotropha terrella		5
0898	Limnaecia phragmitella		1	NFY
0905	Blastodacna hellerella		2
0970	Pandemis cerasana	Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix	1
0972	Pandemis heparana	Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix	1	NFY
0977	Archips podana	Large Fruit-tree Tortrix	1
1001	Lozotaeniodes formosanus		1
1020	Cnephasia sp.		2
1036	Acleris forsskaleana		1	NFY
1063	Celypha striana		2
1083	Hedya nubiferana	Marbled Orchard Tortrix	1
1086	Hedya salicella		1	NFY
1201	Eucosma cana		1	NFG
1261	Cydia pomonella	Codling Moth	1
1293	Chrysoteuchia culmella		59
1294	Crambus pascuella		9
1302	Crambus perlella		1
1331	Acentria ephemerella	Water Veneer	3
1334	Scoparia ambigualis		2
1338	Dipleurina lacustrata		1
1375	Ostrinia nubilalis	European Corn-borer	1	NFY
1376	Eurrhypara hortulata	Small Magpie	1
1380	Phlyctaenia perlucidalis		1	NFY
1413	Hypsopygia costalis	Gold Triangle	4
1424	Endotricha flammealis		3
1428	Aphomia sociella	Bee Moth	2
1474	Ephestia parasitella unicolorella		3
1513	Pterophorus pentadactyla	White Plume Moth	1
1524	Emmelina monodactyla		1
1651	Cilix glaucata	Chinese Character	1
1669	Hemithea aestivaria	Common Emerald	1
1699	Idaea rusticata	Least Carpet	2
1702	Idaea biselata	Small Fan-footed Wave	1	NFG
1705	Idaea fuscovenosa	Dwarf Cream Wave	2
1708	Idaea dimidiata	Single-dotted Wave	1
1713	Idaea aversata	Riband Wave	2
1728	Xanthorhoe fluctuata	Garden Carpet	1
1732	Scotopteryx chenopodiata	Shaded Broad-bar	1
1782	Horisme tersata	Fern	1	NFG
1803	Perizoma alchemillata	Small Rivulet	1	NFY
1830	Eupithecia absinthiata	Wormwood Pug	1
1834	Eupithecia vulgata	Common Pug	1
1837	Eupithecia subfuscata	Grey Pug	2
1858	Chloroclystis v-ata	V-Pug	2
1887	Lomaspilis marginata	Clouded Border	1
1888	Ligdia adustata	Scorched Carpet	1	NFY
1921	Crocallis elinguaria	Scalloped Oak	2
1922	Ourapteryx sambucaria	Swallow-tailed Moth	2
1937	Peribatodes rhomboidaria	Willow Beauty	2
1941	Alcis repandata	Mottled Beauty	1
1976	Sphinx ligustri	Privet Hawk-moth	3
1980	Smerinthus ocellata	Eyed Hawk-moth	1	NFY
2031	Leucoma salicis	White Satin	1	NFY
2047	Eilema complana	Scarce Footman	2
2050	Eilema lurideola	Common Footman	6
2061	Spilosoma luteum	Buff Ermine	4
2088	Agrotis clavis	Heart and Club	2
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	3
2098	Axylia putris	Flame	4
2107	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	20
2109	Noctua comes	Lesser Yellow Underwing	9
2110	Noctua fimbriata	Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing	6
2128	Xestia triangulum	Double Square-spot	5
2155	Melanchra persicariae	Dot Moth	3
2160	Lacanobia oleracea	Bright-line Brown-eye	1
2173	Hadena bicruris	Lychnis	1	NFY
2192	Mythimna conigera	Brown-line Bright Eye	2
2193	Mythimna ferrago	Clay	2
2198	Mythimna impura	Smoky Wainscot	3
2199	Mythimna pallens	Common Wainscot	1
2279	Acronicta aceris	Sycamore	1
2280	Acronicta leporina	Miller	1	NFY
2284	Acronicta psi	Grey Dagger	2	agg.
2318	Cosmia trapezina	Dun-bar	1
2321	Apamea monoglypha	Dark Arches	26
2322	Apamea lithoxylaea	Light Arches	2
2343	Mesapamea secalis	Common Rustic	4	agg.
2349	Chortodes fluxa	Mere Wainscot	1	NFY
2381	Hoplodrina alsines	Uncertain	23
2387	Caradrina morpheus	Mottled Rustic	1
2389	Paradrina clavipalpis	Pale Mottled Willow	1
2477	Hypena proboscidalis	Snout	2

15-07

Slightly warmer than last night and still using just one trap as the unpredictable weather blights the best time of year for mothing. But surprisingly another three macro moths for the year list, including a second generation Engrailed- one I thought I'd missed.

Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

Engrailed

 V-pug

Upper Caldecote Garden- 1 trap- 67 of 29 species-

1063    Celypha striana 1 1293    Chrysoteuchia culmella 12 1294    Crambus pascuella 4 1302    Crambus perlella 1 1344    Eudonia mercurella 1 1413    Hypsopygia costalis Gold Triangle 1 1452    Phycita roborella 1 1653    Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches 1 1705    Idaea fuscovenosa Dwarf Cream Wave 1 1713    Idaea aversata Riband Wave 2 1858    Chloroclystis v-ata V-Pug 1    NFY 1937    Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 1 1947    Ectropis bistortata Engrailed 1    NFY 2047    Eilema complana Scarce Footman 1 2050    Eilema lurideola Common Footman 9 2061    Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 3 2088    Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 1 2089    Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 1 2107    Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 1 2109    Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 1 2110    Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1    NFY 2145    Discestra trifolii Nutmeg 1 2198    Mythimna impura Smoky Wainscot 1 2199    Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 1 2284    Acronicta psi Grey Dagger 1    agg. 2321    Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 9 2381    Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 6 2387    Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 1 2450    Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 1