Last chance to see?

Another warm front came through during the night with a thick bank of cloud cover . Perfect conditions for a good haul, including a couple that I thought I'd be waiting for until well into next year. I will have to find out what the latest VC30 dates are for Blood-vein and Vine's Rustic. If they're not the latest, they must be close! The Blood-vein is the equal latest record..........

It was also good to record a 2nd Rusty Dot Pearl, if migrants are still around it might not be too late to get a Dark Sword-grass.

Blood-vein

Vine's Rustic

 Green-brindled Crescent

A record 4 caught.

1395 Udea ferrugalis Rusty Dot Pearl

The result- 28-10-11- Twin 15w Actinic/UV, twin 25w FUL Actinic Skinners- 21 of 14 species-

• 0695 Agonopterix alstromeriana 1 
• 1395 Udea ferrugalis Rusty Dot Pearl 1 
• 1524 Emmelina monodactyla 1 
• 1682 Timandra comae Blood-vein 1 
• 1795x Epirrita dilutata agg. November Moth agg. 4 
• 1923 Colotois pennaria Feathered Thorn 1 
• 1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 1 
• 2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 2 
• 2232 Aporophyla nigra Black Rustic 1
• 2245 Allophyes oxyacanthae Green-brindled Crescent 4 
• 2259 Conistra ligula Dark Chestnut 1 
• 2375 Rhizedra lutosa Large Wainscot 1 
• 2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 1 
• 2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 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

A few recent highlights.......

Work commitments and a weekend break have kept blogging to a minimum, though the recording of moths has continued up to 27/05. I have included a few of the recent highlights and have now also brought all lists up-to-date. So far this year I have recorded 116 species in the garden, 91 of which are macros.....

ShearsRecorded for the 1st time on 27/05.

Vine's RusticA year tick on 25/05.

Blood-veinA year tick on 25/05.

Light BrocadeA real stunner, trapped for the 1st time ever on 24/05.

Iron ProminentA year tick on 24/05.

CinnabarA year tick on 24/05- 1st in the trap.

Lime HawkmothA 1st ever on 23/05.

Maidens BlushA 1st ever on 23/05.