A few highlights & Home Wood

 Things are still ticking over and Trent has eased into the lead! I discovered that I had left the perspex across my trap last night with nowhere for the moths to get into it. Doh!

Coxcomb Prominent

NFY, 28th May

Ingrailed Clay

Caught at Home Wood- 28th May

Buff-tip

Only the 'Buff-tip' remains. The Sparrows got there before me on 29th May.

 Flame

NFY, 30th May

 Bordered White

NFY 31st May, not seen in 2011.

Home Wood Species List- 28-05-2012- 102 of 30 Species-

0017	Hepialus lupulinus	Common Swift	10
0597	Elachista atricomella?		1	to be confirmed?
0986	Syndemis musculana		5
1174	Epiblema cynosbatella		2	NFS
1212	Rhyacionia pinivorana	Spotted Shoot Moth	4	NFS
1334	Scoparia ambigualis		4
1646	Watsonalla binaria	Oak Hook-tip	1	NFS
1680	Cyclophora punctaria	Maiden's Blush	1
1693	Scopula floslactata	Cream Wave	1
1727	Xanthorhoe montanata	Silver-ground Carpet	4
1764	Chloroclysta truncata	Common Marbled Carpet	1
1768	Thera obeliscata	Grey Pine Carpet	1
1776	Colostygia pectinataria	Green Carpet	17
185?	Eupithecia sp.	Pug sp?	1	awaiting gen. det. AB.
1852	Eupithecia abbreviata	Brindled Pug	1
1906	Opisthograptis luteolata	Brimstone Moth	2
1936	Menophra abruptaria	Waved Umber	1	NFS
1944	Hypomecis punctinalis	Pale Oak Beauty	4
1950	Parectropis similaria	Brindled White-spot	1
1958	Lomographa temerata	Clouded Silver	3
1961	Campaea margaritata	Light Emerald	2
1981	Laothoe populi	Poplar Hawk-moth	1
2009	Ptilodon cucullina	Maple Prominent	1	NFS
2028	Calliteara pudibunda	Pale Tussock	4
2043	Eilema sororcula	Orange Footman	13
2060	Spilosoma lubricipeda	White Ermine	1
2078	Nola confusalis	Least Black Arches	1
2120	Diarsia mendica	Ingrailed Clay	1	NFS
2380	Charanyca trigrammica	Treble Lines	2
2422	Pseudoips prasinana	Green Silver-lines	2

Macro catch up Part 1...........

I feel like I'm battling against 1) The unusually warm weather bringing everything out at once. 2) The fact that Trent Duval is unemployed, means he is totally absorbed by Mothing.......this time last year I was killing his year list by 20+ species. It's not going to be the case this year, so it was a good job the garden has been pulling plenty in of late. 3) The height of the bird migration season means I've been spending most mornings 6.30-7.45am at Broom Gps. 4)Work!

At some point over the next few days we also need to get into Home Wood for the BC/FC survey.......it's all go!

Flame Shoulder

Year tick on 15th April, also 4 Ruby Tigers (no photo)

 Lesser Swallow Prominent

A year tick also 15th April.

 Currant Pug

Year tick- 15th April

 Shuttle-shaped Dart

Year tick- 17th April.

 Common Pug

Also 17th April.

 Red Twin-spot Carpet

A year tick 19th April.

 Chinese Character

Year tick- 19th April.

 Coxcomb Prominent

1 of my favourites- year tick 19th April.

Down by the Gazebo this week.....

The combination of the Gazebo with twin 40w BLB and a twin Actinic/UV trap seems to be paying dividends and the moment. I've managed to snap a 'few that got away' last week.

Trachycera advenella (1439)

Orthopygia glaucinalis (1415)

Broad-barred White

Brown-line Bright-eye

Campion- battered!!

Clouded Border

Common Emerald

Coxcomb Prominent

Dusky Sallow

Bordered Pug

Id by Ben Sale- Many Thanks!!