More Late Stuff..........

..........And with the Iberian conditions continuing  until the weekend at least, who could bet against more migrants and odd late records turning up?

After other VC30 moth-ers have continued to catch migrants such as Gem and Scarce Bordered Straw, I have kept just one trap on over the last few nights just in case. I have still yet to record a 'blank', which is pretty good considering we are edging towards mid November. 

Only two moths last night- 874 Blastobasis lacticolella and this-

Large Nutmeg

This has to be the latest VC30 record so far this year- In the books, the flight time is June and July!

697 Agonopterix arenella

Result for 08-11-11- 4 of 3 species-

• 0697 Agonopterix arenella 1 
• 2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 1 
• 2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 2

998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth

Result for 07-11-11- 6 of 6 species-

• 0874 Blastobasis lacticolella 1 
• 0998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 1 
• 1395 Udea ferrugalis Rusty Dot Pearl 1 
• 1795x Epirrita dilutata agg. November Moth agg. 1 
• 2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 1 
• 2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 1

..........5/5

Things have suddenly started to hot up; after a couple of cold windy nights the moths have upped their game and a whole load of new species have sprung into action.

Vine's Rustic

Totally expected.

 Scorched Carpet

Totally unexpected, rare in my garden and only the second record after a second flight last year.

 Eyed Hawk-moth

What a beauty!

 Setaceous Hebrew Character

As expected slowly replacing the now waning Hebrew Character.

 Large Nutmeg

Will probably reach plague proportions in a few weeks.

 Shears

A good one to get in the garden. Second record.

The results for the day also include some garden sweeping during the late afternoon and evening with the kids on above post- 50 of 26 Species-

• 2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 10
• 0227 Monopis laevigella Skin Moth 4
• 0391 Glyphipterix simpliciella Cocksfoot Moth 3 Garden 1st
• 2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 2
• 0174 Epiblema cynosbatella 2 Garden 1st
• 1819 Eupithecia exiguata Mottled Pug 3
• 2190 Orthosia gothica Hebrew Character 2
• 2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 2
• 1361 Pyrausta aurata 2
• 0648 Endrosis sarcitrella White-shouldered House-moth 2
• 2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 1 FFY
• 1888 Ligdia adustata Scorched Carpet 1 FFY
• 0904 Spuleria flavicaput 1 FFY
• 0315 Phyllonorycter harrisella 1 Garden 1st
• 0301-8 Parornix sp. 1 Garden 1st
• 0892 Mompha subbistrigella 1
• 1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 1
• 1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 1
• 1834 Eupithecia vulgata Common Pug 1
• 1980 Smerinthus ocellata Eyed Hawk-moth 1 NFY
• 2147 Hada plebeja Shears 1 NFY
• 1524 Emmelina monodactyla 1
• 2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 1
• 2333 Apamea anceps Large Nutmeg 1 NFY
• 0974 Argyrotaenia ljungiana 1
• 0247 Tinea trinotella 3  NFY

More Unconfirmed........

Due to work commitments I've had little time for blogging. I haven't had a lot of time to look up some ID problems either, so I wonder if anyone can help.....?

Mystery?

About the size of a Shuttle-shaped Dart but shorter and stouter looking. Very worn.....

Large Nutmeg?

I caught 2 of these last night, the other one showed slightly more white on the kidney mark.....