Thursday, October 3, 2013

Completing the Set......

It had to come eventually and 2nd October was the night. Pale-lemon Sallow finally completes the set. Although fairly scarce nationally, this area at least has thrown up quite a few records.

Pale-lemon Sallow

Grey Shoulder-knot
 NFY

 Satellite

Upper Caldecote Garden- 2 traps- 159 of 26 species-

0998  Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana)  2
1413  Gold Triangle (Hypsopygia costalis)  2
1728  Garden Carpet (Xanthorhoe fluctuata)  1
1745  Mallow (Larentia clavaria)  3
1764  Common Marbled Carpet (Chloroclysta truncata)  2
1937  Willow Beauty (Peribatodes rhomboidaria)  1
2092  Shuttle-shaped Dart (Agrotis puta)  3
2107  Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba)  22
2109  Lesser Yellow Underwing (Noctua comes)  5
2110  Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (Noctua fimbriata)  2
2123  Small Square-spot (Diarsia rubi)  1
2126  Setaceous Hebrew Character (Xestia c-nigrum)  63
2134  Square-spot Rustic (Xestia xanthographa)  1
2232  Black Rustic (Aporophyla nigra)  10
2237  Grey Shoulder-knot (Lithophane ornitopus)  2 NFY
2240  Blair's Shoulder-knot (Lithophane leautieri)  12
2256  Satellite (Eupsilia transversa)  1
2259  Dark Chestnut (Conistra ligula)  1
2266  Brown-spot Pinion (Agrochola litura)  1
2267  Beaded Chestnut (Agrochola lychnidis)  7
2270  Lunar Underwing (Omphaloscelis lunosa)  8
2276  Pale-lemon Sallow (Xanthia ocellaris)  1 NFG
2361  Rosy Rustic (Hydraecia micacea)  1
2384  Vine's Rustic (Hoplodrina ambigua)  2
2389  Pale Mottled Willow (Paradrina clavipalpis)  4
2441  Silver Y (Autographa gamma)  1

2 comments:

  1. Well done that man! One we as a moth group have been trying to find for years and years, that and Heart Moth, both which use to be present here in Herts around 1900. I want one! In your garden as well absoloutely superb!

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  2. Cheers Ben, I think you need to move a little further North!

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