....and still they come 05-07

........Another warm, still night and another bumper crop. The latest new macro for the garden turned up in the form of this diminutive species- full list at the bottom of this post.

Dingy Shell

NFG- this tiny moth is very recognisable due to its 'wings closed' resting position.

Shoulder-striped Wainscot

2nd ever garden record.

 Clay

3rd of the year.

 Clouded Brindle

Very worn- but welcome anyway.

 Barred Straw

 Barred Yellow

 765 Teleiodes vulgella

 1261 Codling Moth Cydia pomonella

 1392 Udea olivalis

Upper Caldecote garden- 3 traps- 189 of 60 species-

0765  Teleiodes vulgella  1 NFY
0874  Blastobasis lacticolella  1
1076  Celypha lacunana  2
1159  Holly Tortrix (Rhopobota naevana)  1 NFY
1261  Codling Moth (Cydia pomonella)  1
1293  Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella)  6
1294  Crambus pascuella  12
1302  Crambus perlella  2
1334  Scoparia ambigualis  1
1344  Eudonia mercurella  1
1392  Udea olivalis  2
1428  Bee Moth (Aphomia sociella)  3
1513  White Plume Moth (Pterophorus pentadactyla)  1
1524  Emmelina monodactyla  2
1669  Common Emerald (Hemithea aestivaria)  1
1708  Single-dotted Wave (Idaea dimidiata)  1
1711  Treble Brown Spot (Idaea trigeminata)  3
1713  Riband Wave (Idaea aversata)  4
1728  Garden Carpet (Xanthorhoe fluctuata)  1
1742  Yellow Shell (Camptogramma bilineata)  1
1758  Barred Straw (Eulithis pyraliata)  1
1765  Barred Yellow (Cidaria fulvata)  2
1830  Wormwood Pug (Eupithecia absinthiata)  1
1834  Common Pug (Eupithecia vulgata)  4
1837  Grey Pug (Eupithecia subfuscata)  4
1860  Green Pug (Pasiphila rectangulata)  2
1874  Dingy Shell (Euchoeca nebulata)  1 NFG
1887  Clouded Border (Lomaspilis marginata)  1
1906  Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata)  2
1931  Peppered Moth (Biston betularia)  2
1937  Willow Beauty (Peribatodes rhomboidaria)  1
1958  Clouded Silver (Lomographa temerata)  2
1994  Buff-tip (Phalera bucephala)  2
2050  Common Footman (Eilema lurideola)  1
2061  Buff Ermine (Spilosoma luteum)  5
2088  Heart and Club (Agrotis clavis)  8
2089  Heart and Dart (Agrotis exclamationis)  17
2098  Flame (Axylia putris)  11
2107  Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba)  1
2128  Double Square-spot (Xestia triangulum)  4
2154  Cabbage Moth (Mamestra brassicae)  1
2160  Bright-line Brown-eye (Lacanobia oleracea)  2
2193  Clay (Mythimna ferrago)  1
2205  Shoulder-striped Wainscot (Mythimna comma)  1 NFY
2278  Poplar Grey (Acronicta megacephala)  1
2279  Sycamore (Acronicta aceris)  1
2280  Miller (Acronicta leporina)  1
2284x  Grey Dagger / Dark Dagger (Acronicta tridens/psi)  2
2302  Brown Rustic (Rusina ferruginea)  4
2321  Dark Arches (Apamea monoglypha)  19
2322  Light Arches (Apamea lithoxylaea)  4
2327  Clouded Brindle (Apamea epomidion)  1 NFY
2331  Small Clouded Brindle (Apamea unanimis)  1
2337x  Marbled Minor agg. (Oligia strigilis agg.)  6
2343x  Common Rustic agg. (Mesapamea secalis agg.)  1
2381  Uncertain (Hoplodrina alsines)  9
2382  Rustic (Hoplodrina blanda)  1
2384  Vine's Rustic (Hoplodrina ambigua)  1
2387  Mottled Rustic (Caradrina morpheus)  2
2389  Pale Mottled Willow (Paradrina clavipalpis)  1

Garden Catch up........

A few highlights from the last week. The 19th June was certainly the best night of the year so far with 35 species accounted for. Since then, stormy conditions have set in once again and the catch has reverted from decent to rubbish again. Tomorrow night (23rd) I'm meant to be setting up some equipment for a moth-ing demo at Marston Vale Millennium Park for National Moth Night, I may also pack a wind-break and snorkel!

Treble Brown-spot

NFY- 17th June.

Maple Prominent

NFY- 17th June- absent in 2010.

Barred Yellow

NFY 18th June.

143 Nematopogon metaxella

A garden 1st, 18th June. 

Sandy Carpet

NFY 19th June- only my 2nd record and the only time I've manged to get a photo.

Elephant Hawk-moth

NFY, 19th June.

Heart and Club

NFY, 19th June- 3 caught so far.

Freyer's Pug

NFY, 19th June.

Light Arches

NFY, 19th June.

Middle-barred Minor f. pallida

NFY, 19th June.

Straw Dot

NFY 19th June.

1474 Ephestia parasitella

NFY, 19th June.

5 new for 13-06

A good night last night; the list including some sweep netting by the kids during the afternoon. Looks like tonight could be even better. The total combined list includes both Actinic traps at either end of the garden.

Barred Yellow

A good one to get, with only one record last year.

 Cloaked Minor

1st of many.

 Clouded Brindle

2nd record this year.

 417 Argyresthia spinosella

A garden 1st after catching it in Home Wood last month.

 1481 Homoeosoma sinuella

Garden 1st.

1338 Dipleurina lacustrata

1st of the year.

The list- 83 of 49 species-

• 0417 Argyresthia spinosella 1 Garden 1st 
• 0441 Paraswammerdamia nebulella 1 
• 0450 Scythropia crataegella Hawthorn Moth 1 
• 0647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House-moth 1 
• 0994 Clepsis consimilana 1 
• 1011 Pseudargyrotoza conwagana 1 
• 1020-24 Cnephasia sp. 1    
• 1176 Epiblema trimaculana 1 
• 1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella 1 
• 1334 Scoparia ambigualis 1 
• 1338 Dipleurina lacustrata 1 NFY 
• 1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 2 
• 1474 Ephestia parasitella unicolorella 1 
• 1481 Homoeosoma sinuella 1 Garden 1st 
• 1513 Pterophorus pentadactyla White Plume Moth 2 
• 1669 Hemithea aestivaria Common Emerald 1 
• 1707 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 2 
• 1711 Idaea trigeminata Treble Brown Spot 2 
• 1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 1 
• 1742 Camptogramma bilineata Yellow Shell 1 
• 1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 1 
• 1765 Cidaria fulvata Barred Yellow 1 NFY 
• 1834 Eupithecia vulgata Common Pug 1 
• 1837 Eupithecia subfuscata Grey Pug 1 
• 1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 1 
• 1887 Lomaspilis marginata Clouded Border 1 
• 1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 1 
• 1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 4 
• 1958 Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 1 
• 1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 1 
• 2003 Notodonta ziczac Pebble Prominent 1 
• 2011 Pterostoma palpina Pale Prominent 1 
• 2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 2 
• 2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 2 
• 2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 4 
• 2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 10 
• 2098 Axylia putris Flame 5 
• 2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 1 
• 2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 2 
• 2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1 
• 2302 Rusina ferruginea Brown Rustic 1 
• 2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 3 
• 2327 Apamea epomidion Clouded Brindle 1 
• 2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 1 
• 2341 Mesoligia furuncula Cloaked Minor 1 NFY 
• 2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 6 
• 2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 1 
• 2473 Laspeyria flexula Beautiful Hook-tip 1 
• 0000 Phyllonorycter sp.?  1 

Recent Macros............

I just haven't been able to keep up with regular nightly posts on the blog with my usual species lists. However last night dipped to just 8°C so the count was well down. I potted a few new micros and had just 1 new Macro- a Ghost Moth!

There is also a couple of queries further down the page...........

Barred Yellow

Bird's Wing

Brown-line Bright-eye

Clay

Dot Moth

Double Square-spot

Ghost Moth- female

Leopard Moth

Maple Prominent

Lime-speck Pug

Small Blood-vein

Wormwood Pug