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
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!
ReplyDeleteCheers Ben, I think you need to move a little further North!
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