Recent Garden Micros

A little catch up of some recent garden activity, the micros have really responded to the higher night time temperatures and the slackening of the windy conditions..........

874 Blastobasis lacticolella

NFY 25th May.

 1133 Epinotia bilunana

Garden 1st 25th May.

 310 Callisto denticulella

Garden 1st 27th May.

1150 Epinotia abbreviana

Garden 1st 25th May.

 1011 Pseudargyrotoza conwagana

Garden 1st 27th May.

 779 Bryotropha affinis

Garden 1st 29th May.

965 Cochylis hybridella

NFY 29th May.

787 Bryotropha terrella

Micro catch up..............

These are a few images of micros from the last week. It's a constant challenge keeping up with them, many thanks to VC30 micro recorder David Manning for his help with identification..........

Blastobasis adustella (873) 

1st caught on 24th.

 Grapholita janthinana (1245)

1st caught on 24th.

 Oegoconia deauratella (871)

Another debutant on 24th.

 Apotomis lineana (1091)

Quite a rarity, not found in VC30 since 2005, caught on 26th.

 Bryotropha terrella (787)

Caught on 26th.

Eucosma obumbratana (1202) 

New for the garden on 26th.

Acleris laterana (1038) 

1st caught on 28th.

Bucculatrix bechsteinella (275) 

Swept from Purging Buckthorn on 28th.

 Amblyptilia acanthadactyla (1497)

2nd record, caught on 29th.