25-09 Another big night.........

.......and even better than last! Only one new macro moth in the form of a Large Wainscot, but more variety and a few surprising records. A very late Beautiful Hook-tip, Marbled Beauty and Orthopygia glaucinalis.

Large Wainscot

NFY- not seen in 2012.

Beautiful hook-tip

A rare Autumn record.

 Dusky-lemon Sallow

 Second record this year.

 Red-green Carpet

My first multiple record with two in one night.

Upper Caldecote Garden- 2 traps 430 of 44 species-

0647  Brown House Moth (Hofmannophila pseudospretella)  1
0648  White-shouldered House Moth (Endrosis sarcitrella)  1
0998  Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana)  4
1048  Garden Rose Tortrix (Acleris variegana)  1
1398  Rush Veneer (Nomophila noctuella)  1
1413  Gold Triangle (Hypsopygia costalis)  5
1415  Orthopygia glaucinalis  1
1425  Wax Moth (Galleria mellonella)  1
1728  Garden Carpet (Xanthorhoe fluctuata)  4
1745  Mallow (Larentia clavaria)  1
1760  Red-green Carpet (Chloroclysta siterata)  2
1764  Common Marbled Carpet (Chloroclysta truncata)  4
1906  Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata)  1
1937  Willow Beauty (Peribatodes rhomboidaria)  16
1961  Light Emerald (Campaea margaritata)  1
2087  Turnip Moth (Agrotis segetum)  3
2092  Shuttle-shaped Dart (Agrotis puta)  1
2107  Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba)  106
2109  Lesser Yellow Underwing (Noctua comes)  28
2110  Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (Noctua fimbriata)  4
2126  Setaceous Hebrew Character (Xestia c-nigrum)  100
2134  Square-spot Rustic (Xestia xanthographa)  2
2199  Common Wainscot (Mythimna pallens)  9
2231  Deep-brown Dart (Aporophyla lutulenta)  11
2232  Black Rustic (Aporophyla nigra)  15
2240  Blair's Shoulder-knot (Lithophane leautieri)  11
2248  Brindled Green (Dryobotodes eremita)  1
2252  Large Ranunculus (Polymixis flavicincta)  1
2266  Brown-spot Pinion (Agrochola litura)  1
2267  Beaded Chestnut (Agrochola lychnidis)  4
2270  Lunar Underwing (Omphaloscelis lunosa)  54
2272  Barred Sallow (Xanthia aurago)  1
2274  Sallow (Xanthia icteritia)  3
2275  Dusky-lemon Sallow (Xanthia gilvago)  1
2293  Marbled Beauty (Cryphia domestica)  1
2298  Svensson's Copper Underwing (Amphipyra berbera)  1
2299  Mouse Moth (Amphipyra tragopoginis)  2
2361  Rosy Rustic (Hydraecia micacea)  1
2364  Frosted Orange (Gortyna flavago)  1
2375  Large Wainscot (Rhizedra lutosa)  1 NFY
2384  Vine's Rustic (Hoplodrina ambigua)  3
2389  Pale Mottled Willow (Paradrina clavipalpis)  16
2473  Beautiful Hook-tip (Laspeyria flexula)  1
2477  Snout (Hypena proboscidalis)  3

A few goodies......03-07

A couple of pics from 3rd July.The mothing weather is set to be perfect for the whole weekend and into next week. So plenty more to come.

Reddish Light Arches

NFG.

 Beautiful Hook-tip

NFY

 Bird's Wing

NFY- Not seen in 2012.

 Buff Arches

NFY.

Garden List- 24-06

Upper Caldecote Garden- Twin 15w Actinic/UV, twin 25w FUL Skinners- 48 of 28 species-

0647	H. pseudospretella	Brown House-moth	2
0787	Bryotropha terrella		2
1063	Celypha striana		1
1175	Epiblema uddmanniana	Bramble Shoot Moth	1	NFY
1301	Crambus lathoniellus		3
1302	Crambus perlella		2	NFY
1428	Aphomia sociella	Bee Moth	1
1707	Idaea seriata	Small Dusty Wave	1
1711	Idaea trigeminata	Treble Brown Spot	1
1742	Camptogramma bilineata	Yellow Shell	1
1827	Eupithecia intricata	Freyer's Pug	1
1834	Eupithecia vulgata	Common Pug	4
1837	Eupithecia subfuscata	Grey Pug	1
1860	Pasiphila rectangulata	Green Pug	1
1887	Lomaspilis marginata	Clouded Border	1	NFY
1937	Peribatodes rhomboidaria	Willow Beauty	4
2050	Eilema lurideola	Common Footman	1
2061	Spilosoma luteum	Buff Ermine	1
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	2
2092	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	1
2098	Axylia putris	Flame	2
2107	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	2
2199	Mythimna pallens	Common Wainscot	1
2306	Phlogophora meticulosa	Angle Shades	1
2321	Apamea monoglypha	Dark Arches	7
2337x	Oligia strigilis agg.	Marbled Minor agg.	1
2384	Hoplodrina ambigua	Vine's Rustic	1
2473	Laspeyria flexula	Beautiful Hook-tip	1	NFY

Clouded Border

Beautiful Hook-tip

Garden results for 01/06

Well what a stonker! Conditions were perfect so I put out 2 traps. My trusty 2x 15w Skinner at the top of the garden and after an hour trying out an 80w MV, switched to the 2x 25w FUL Actinic at the bottom of the garden. One of the best nights of the year so far............

Beautiful Hook-tip

 Double Square-spot

 Varied Coronet

 Dusky Brocade

 Fan-foot

 Grey Pine Carpet

 Heart and Club

 Mottled Beauty

The result- 151 of 58 species-

• 1361 Pyrausta aurata 1
• 1513 Pterophorus pentadactyla White Plume Moth 3 NFY
• 0765 Teleiodes vulgella 1 Garden 1st
• 1742 Camptogramma bilineata Yellow Shell 2 
• 1707 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 3 
• 1063 Celypha striana 2 
• 2069 Tyria jacobaeae Cinnabar 1 
• 0998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 1 
• 2473 Laspeyria flexula Beautiful Hook-tip 1 NFY 
• 1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 4 
• 2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 2 
• 2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 25 
• 2333 Apamea anceps Large Nutmeg 21 
• 1834 Eupithecia vulgata Common Pug 3 
• 1011 Pseudargyrotoza conwagana 1 
• 1082 Hedya pruniana Plum Tortrix 1 
• 1177 Epiblema rosaecolana 1 
• 1261 Cydia pomonella Codling Moth 2 
• 0229 Monopis obviella 2 
• 2098 Axylia putris Flame 6 
• 0787 Bryotropha terrella 2 
• 2170 Hadena compta Varied Coronet 1 NFY 
• 1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 1 
• 0989 Aphelia paleana Timothy Tortrix 3 
• 1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 1 
• 1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 3 
• 1474 Ephestia parasitella unicolorella 2 
• 1936 Menophra abruptaria Waved Umber 1 
• 2060 Spilosoma lubricipeda White Ermine 2 
• 1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella 1 NFY 
• 1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 2 
• 2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 5 
• 2330 Apamea remissa Dusky Brocade 1 Garden 1st 
• 1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 6 
• 2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 2 
• 2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 2 NFY 
• 1524 Emmelina monodactyla 1 
• 0647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House-moth 1 
• 0648 Endrosis sarcitrella White-shouldered House-moth  1 
• 0994 Clepsis consimilana 4 NFY 
• 2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 2 
• 1334 Scoparia ambigualis 1 
• 2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 2 
• 1083 Hedya nubiferana Marbled Orchard Tortrix 1 
• 2147 Hada plebeja Shears 1 
• 1301 Crambus lathoniellus 1 
• 2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 1 
• 2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 2 
• 2489 Zanclognatha tarsipennalis Fan-foot 2 NFY 
• 2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 3 
• 2380 Charanyca trigrammica Treble Lines 1 
• 2340 Oligia fasciuncula Middle-barred Minor 1 
• 2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 1 NFY 
• 2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 2 
• 1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 1 NFY 
• 0746 Chrysoesthia drurella 1 
• 1768 Thera obeliscata Grey Pine Carpet 1 NFY 
• 1837 Eupithecia subfuscata Grey Pug 1 
• 1819 Eupithecia exiguata Mottled Pug 1

List for Home Wood- 25th May

Here is a belated list from a productive night's mothing last week; We used 2 x 80w Mercury Vapour lights and an Actinic/BLB combo. We then left one of the MV's in the wood for the rest of the night and Trent collected it in the morning.  Despite a few hiccups with the cheapo MVs 'dropping out' occasionally we managed to do quite well. Barely a breeze and good temperatures of a constant 14°C obviously helped. Many thanks to Andy Grimsey for his help in trying to keep up! It's a steep leaning curve this mothin' lark.

I am still experiencing major problems with blogger as I can't sign in! We are a week into the glitch now......is anyone else finding this problem? I can't comment on posts, even on my own blog!

Beautiful Hook-tip

1 of 2 caught in the Actinic/UV combo

Home Catapillar

I don't know much about larvae- I need to get a decent book I suppose?

More to come in the next few days.

Anyway the list, 238 moths of 64 species-

• 0017 Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift 29 NFS
• 0143 Nematopogon metaxella 30 NFS
• 0150 Adela reaumurella 1
• 0246 Tinea semifulvella 1 NFS
• 0417 Argyresthia spinosella 1 NFS
• 489-526 Coleophora sp.??? 1 NFS To be Confirmed
• 0601 Elachista albifrontella 1 NFS
• 0620 Elachista gangabella 1 NFS
• 0649 Esperia sulphurella 1 NFS
• 0892 Mompha subbistrigella 1 NFS
• 0970 Pandemis cerasana Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix 3 NFS
• 1011 Pseudargyrotoza conwagana 1 NFS
• 1082 Hedya pruniana Plum Tortrix 1 NFS
• 1083 Hedya nubiferana Marbled Orchard Tortrix 1 NFS
• 1142 Epinotia tedella 1 NFS
• 1176 Epiblema trimaculana 1 NFS
• 1219 Lathronympha strigana 1 NFS
• 1334 Scoparia ambigualis 6 NFS
• 1392 Udea olivalis 8 NFS
• 1680 Cyclophora punctaria Maiden's Blush 2
• 1693 Scopula floslactata Cream Wave 4
• 1727 Xanthorhoe montanata Silver-ground Carpet 20 NFS
• 1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 4 NFS
• 1760 Chloroclysta siterata Red-green Carpet 1
• 1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 1 NFS
• 1768 Thera obeliscata Grey Pine Carpet 1
• 1776 Colostygia pectinataria Green Carpet 6
• 1778 Hydriomena impluviata May Highflyer 2 NFS
• 1819 Eupithecia exiguata Mottled Pug 2
• 1834 Eupithecia vulgata Common Pug 1
• 1837 Eupithecia subfuscata Grey Pug 2 NFS
• 1844 Eupithecia indigata Ochreous Pug 3 NFS
• 1893 Macaria liturata Tawny-barred Angle 1 NFS
• 1904 Plagodis dolabraria Scorched Wing 3 NFS
• 1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 4
• 1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 2 NFS
• 1944 Hypomecis punctinalis Pale Oak Beauty 10 NFS
• 1950 Parectropis similaria Brindled White-spot 1 NFS
• 1958 Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 4 NFS
• 1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 11 NFS
• 1978 Hyloicus pinastri Pine Hawk-moth 1 NFS
• 1981 Laothoe populi Poplar Hawk-moth 1 NFS
• 2011 Pterostoma palpina Pale Prominent 1
• 2014 Drymonia dodonaea Marbled Brown 1 NFS
• 2028 Calliteara pudibunda Pale Tussock 7 NFS
• 2043 Eilema sororcula Orange Footman 5
• 2060 Spilosoma lubricipeda White Ermine 1 NFS
• 2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 5 NFS
• 2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 3 NFS
• 2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
• 2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 1 NFS
• 2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 1 NFS
• 2302 Rusina ferruginea Brown Rustic 4 NFS
• 2333 Apamea anceps Large Nutmeg 9 NFS
• 2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 3 NFS To be confirmed
• 2380 Charanyca trigrammica Treble Lines 8 NFS
• 2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 1 NFS
• 2410 Protodeltote pygarga Marbled White Spot 1 NFS
• 2422 Pseudoips prasinana Green Silver-lines 2 NFS
• 2434 Diachrysia chrysitis Burnished Brass 1 NFS
• 2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 1 NFS
• 2473 Laspeyria flexula Beautiful Hook-tip 2 NFS
• 2474 Rivula sericealis Straw Dot 2 NFS
• 2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 1 NFS