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

Another Merv..........

But before that, it was good to record a another NFY macro. In fact, there were two recorded including the dark form ab. capucina pictured below. I now need just two more species to make the 250 mark, but I may have to wait as the weather is about to take a turn for the worse.

Green-brindled Crescent

 Merveille du Jour

An unprecedented 6th record for the garden this year.

 Large Wainscot

Another good year for these with 8 so far.

Result for 16-10-11, Twin 15w Actinic/UV Skinner- 11 of 10 species-

• 1497 Amblyptilia acanthadactyla 1 
• 1524 Emmelina monodactyla 1 
• 1745 Larentia clavaria Mallow 1 
• 1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 1 
• 2245 Allophyes oxyacanthae Green-brindled Crescent 2 NFY 
• 2247 Dichonia aprilina Merveille du Jour 1 
• 2264 Agrochola macilenta Yellow-line Quaker 1 
• 2375 Rhizedra lutosa Large Wainscot 1 
• 2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 1 
• 2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 1

The Garden...........02/09

Large Wainscot

The Result- Twin 15w Actinic/UV Skinner-173 of 32 species-

•  0647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House-moth 1 
•  0658 Carcina quercana 2 
•  0692 Agonopterix subpropinquella 1 
•  1063 Celypha striana 1 
•  1309 Agriphila geniculea 33 
•  1439 Trachycera advenella 1 
•  1742 Camptogramma bilineata Yellow Shell 2 
•  1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 1 
•  1768 Thera obeliscata Grey Pine Carpet 1 
•  1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 2 
•  1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 1 
•  1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 2 
•  1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 3 
•  2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 1 
•  2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 1 
•  2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 2 
•  2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 38 
•  2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 4 
•  2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 2 
•  2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 2 
•  2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 9 
•  2145 Discestra trifolii Nutmeg 1 
•  2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 7 
•  2269 Atethmia centrago Centre-barred Sallow 2 
•  2297x Amphipyra pyramidea agg. Copper Underwings 1 
•  2303 Thalpophila matura Straw Underwing 2 
•  2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 24 
•  2369 Nonagria typhae Bulrush Wainscot 1 
•  2375 Rhizedra lutosa Large Wainscot 1 NFY 
•  2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 10 
•  2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 7

Cold!.....16/10

With temperatures down from 7 to just 3°C, the catch has dropped to virtually nothing. Just 2 moths; 1 Large Wainscot and 1 November Moth. With slightly more favourable conditions, I'm expecting a few more tonight....

Large Wainscot

A good year for these with 9 so far............

Yellow-line Fever......11/10

Another good night despite a drop in temperature to 7°C.  I've recently repositioned the trap nearer the house and this seems to have helped. But wheres my Merveille du Jour?

Yellow-line Quaker

Another Year Tick.

 Large Wainscot

A total of 6 so far..........

 Beaded Chestnut

The 16th & 17th caught this year.

 Sallow

5th of the year.

 Vine's/Uncertain/Rustic

This was caught on 9th October and I've given up deciding what it is. It seems long passed it's flight season.

It seems that this late flyer is a Vine's Rustic- Thanks to Andy of VC30 Moth Group.

The Count-

1. Willow Beauty- 4
2. November Moth agg.- 2
3. Garden Rose Tortrix- 2
4. Turnip Moth- 2
5. Large Wainscot- 2
6. Beaded Chestnut- 2
7. Yellow-line Quaker- Year Tick
8. Large Yellow Underwing
9. Shuttle-shaped Dart
10. Lunar Underwing
11. Light Brown Apple Moth

The Catch Up and ID?....10/10

I've had a lot on recently so blogging has been pushed aside for a while. I have however still been trapping with some success of late. Here are a few of the highlights with a full count for 10th October at the bottom of the post......

Micro A?

Not sure about this one and awaiting an ID from the Micro recorder for VC30. It does look as though it could be Sitochroa palealis (1370) any ideas? Caught 7th October.

Not a Micro, but what looks like a very late Straw Dot..Thanks Ben.

Eudonia angestea (1342)

Another new micro caught 7th October

Green-brindled Crescent

2 caught so far on 7th & 8th October.

Large Wainscot

An incredible 4 caught on 9th October.

November Moth agg.

One of 3 caught- 10th October.

Pink-barred Sallow!

The 1st new garden moth since 11th September but I hardly feel Euphoric about it. Mainly because most of it is inside a Spider. So desperate am I for a new tick that I unravelled this one from a web to find it was indeed a Pink-barred...........Is it too much to ask to see a live one?

The full count-

1. Willow Beauty- 5
2. November Moth agg.- 3- Year Tick
3. Blair's Shoulder-knot- 2
4. Large Yellow Underwing- 2
5. Mallow
6. Pale Mottled Willow
7. Common Marbled Carpet
8. Shuttle-shaped Dart
9. Common Wainscot
10. Grey Shoulder-knot- 2nd Record
11. Garden Rose Tortrix
12. Barred Sallow
13. Pink-barred Sallow- 1st Ever

A decent haul...............24/09/2009

An interesting evening. Quantity was down but quality up, with 2 more new for the trap. The Large Wainscot (above) is usually an inhabitant or reed beds or marshes. I think I owe this new one to Broom GPs just 1/2 mile away. Centre right is the Beaded Chestnut, found in the trap among many very similar Lunar Underwing. Although not new, it is the 1st photo I have managed to get. Bottom right is the rare immigrant Dark Sword-grass found for the 1st time under the egg boxes- very unexpected, another great find! I have now been trapping for just under 3 months and have recorded over 80 species of macro moth. Not bad for a village back garden! Also-

• Shuttle shaped Dart
• Pale Mottled Willow
• Willow Beauty
• Black Rustic