The Trappings of Success

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Garden results for 01/06

Well what a stonker! Conditions were perfect so I put out 2 traps. My trusty 2x 15w Skinner at the top of the garden and after an hour trying out an 80w MV, switched to the 2x 25w FUL Actinic at the bottom of the garden. One of the best nights of the year so far............

Beautiful Hook-tip

Double Square-spot

Varied Coronet

Dusky Brocade

Fan-foot

Grey Pine Carpet

Heart and Club

Mottled Beauty

The result- 151 of 58 species-

1361 Pyrausta aurata 1
1513 Pterophorus pentadactyla White Plume Moth 3 NFY
0765 Teleiodes vulgella 1 Garden 1st
1742 Camptogramma bilineata Yellow Shell 2
1707 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 3
1063 Celypha striana 2
2069 Tyria jacobaeae Cinnabar 1
0998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 1
2473 Laspeyria flexula Beautiful Hook-tip 1 NFY
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 4
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 2
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 25
2333 Apamea anceps Large Nutmeg 21
1834 Eupithecia vulgata Common Pug 3
1011 Pseudargyrotoza conwagana 1
1082 Hedya pruniana Plum Tortrix 1
1177 Epiblema rosaecolana 1
1261 Cydia pomonella Codling Moth 2
0229 Monopis obviella 2
2098 Axylia putris Flame 6
0787 Bryotropha terrella 2
2170 Hadena compta Varied Coronet 1 NFY
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 1
0989 Aphelia paleana Timothy Tortrix 3
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 1
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 3
1474 Ephestia parasitella unicolorella 2
1936 Menophra abruptaria Waved Umber 1
2060 Spilosoma lubricipeda White Ermine 2
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella 1 NFY
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 2
2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 5
2330 Apamea remissa Dusky Brocade 1 Garden 1st
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 6
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 2
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 2 NFY
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 1
0647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House-moth 1
0648 Endrosis sarcitrella White-shouldered House-moth 1
0994 Clepsis consimilana 4 NFY
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 2
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 2
1083 Hedya nubiferana Marbled Orchard Tortrix 1
2147 Hada plebeja Shears 1
1301 Crambus lathoniellus 1
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 1
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 2
2489 Zanclognatha tarsipennalis Fan-foot 2 NFY
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 3
2380 Charanyca trigrammica Treble Lines 1
2340 Oligia fasciuncula Middle-barred Minor 1
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 1 NFY
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 2
1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 1 NFY
0746 Chrysoesthia drurella 1
1768 Thera obeliscata Grey Pine Carpet 1 NFY
1837 Eupithecia subfuscata Grey Pug 1
1819 Eupithecia exiguata Mottled Pug 1

More Garden Micros

.......and a few more.

989 Timothy Tortrix Aphelia paleana

NFY 30th May.

746 Chrysoesthia drurella

Garden 1st 31st May.

765 Teleiodes vulgella

Garden first 1st June.

1513 White Plume Moth Pterophorus pentadactyla

NFY 1st June.

1063 Celypha striana

Every day since 27th May.

994 Clepsis consimilana

4 caught, NFY 1st June.

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

Home Wood/ The Lodge

Just a few of the many micro species caught in Home Wood on 29th May. After a hour or so we started to run out of pots! So a lot of the more common identifiable moths were let go before photos.......more pots on the way before the next trip.

246 Tinea semifulvella

417 Argyresthia spinosella

601 Elachista albifrontella

1142 Epinotia tedella

On the 29th May we took a family trip to the RSPB's headquarters to show some relatives the new trails. A largely coniferous tree covered area has now been felled and heather has been planted in large areas. Hopefully in a few years time Nightjars and Woodlarks will make a triumphant return. Louie insisted on bringing the net so whilst backs were worked the Old Heath area.......

Common Heath

Brown Silver-line

415 Argyresthia retinella

148 Nemophora degeerella

There were at least 20 of these in a nettle patch at the edge of the woodland.

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Some Macros from Home Wood.........

Brindled White-spot

Scorched Wing

Pale Oak Beauty

Tawny-barred Angle

Marbled Brown

Silver-ground Carpet

Green Silver-lines

Marbled White-spot

May Highflyer

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

List for Home Wood- 25th May

Here is a belated list from a productive night's mothing last week; We used 2 x 80w Mercury Vapour lights and an Actinic/BLB combo. We then left one of the MV's in the wood for the rest of the night and Trent collected it in the morning. Despite a few hiccups with the cheapo MVs 'dropping out' occasionally we managed to do quite well. Barely a breeze and good temperatures of a constant 14°C obviously helped. Many thanks to Andy Grimsey for his help in trying to keep up! It's a steep leaning curve this mothin' lark.

I am still experiencing major problems with blogger as I can't sign in! We are a week into the glitch now......is anyone else finding this problem? I can't comment on posts, even on my own blog!

Beautiful Hook-tip

1 of 2 caught in the Actinic/UV combo

Home Catapillar

I don't know much about larvae- I need to get a decent book I suppose?

More to come in the next few days.

Anyway the list, 238 moths of 64 species-

0017 Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift 29 NFS
0143 Nematopogon metaxella 30 NFS
0150 Adela reaumurella 1
0246 Tinea semifulvella 1 NFS
0417 Argyresthia spinosella 1 NFS
489-526 Coleophora sp.??? 1 NFS To be Confirmed
0601 Elachista albifrontella 1 NFS
0620 Elachista gangabella 1 NFS
0649 Esperia sulphurella 1 NFS
0892 Mompha subbistrigella 1 NFS
0970 Pandemis cerasana Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix 3 NFS
1011 Pseudargyrotoza conwagana 1 NFS
1082 Hedya pruniana Plum Tortrix 1 NFS
1083 Hedya nubiferana Marbled Orchard Tortrix 1 NFS
1142 Epinotia tedella 1 NFS
1176 Epiblema trimaculana 1 NFS
1219 Lathronympha strigana 1 NFS
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 6 NFS
1392 Udea olivalis 8 NFS
1680 Cyclophora punctaria Maiden's Blush 2
1693 Scopula floslactata Cream Wave 4
1727 Xanthorhoe montanata Silver-ground Carpet 20 NFS
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 4 NFS
1760 Chloroclysta siterata Red-green Carpet 1
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 1 NFS
1768 Thera obeliscata Grey Pine Carpet 1
1776 Colostygia pectinataria Green Carpet 6
1778 Hydriomena impluviata May Highflyer 2 NFS
1819 Eupithecia exiguata Mottled Pug 2
1834 Eupithecia vulgata Common Pug 1
1837 Eupithecia subfuscata Grey Pug 2 NFS
1844 Eupithecia indigata Ochreous Pug 3 NFS
1893 Macaria liturata Tawny-barred Angle 1 NFS
1904 Plagodis dolabraria Scorched Wing 3 NFS
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 4
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 2 NFS
1944 Hypomecis punctinalis Pale Oak Beauty 10 NFS
1950 Parectropis similaria Brindled White-spot 1 NFS
1958 Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 4 NFS
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 11 NFS
1978 Hyloicus pinastri Pine Hawk-moth 1 NFS
1981 Laothoe populi Poplar Hawk-moth 1 NFS
2011 Pterostoma palpina Pale Prominent 1
2014 Drymonia dodonaea Marbled Brown 1 NFS
2028 Calliteara pudibunda Pale Tussock 7 NFS
2043 Eilema sororcula Orange Footman 5
2060 Spilosoma lubricipeda White Ermine 1 NFS
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 5 NFS
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 3 NFS
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 1 NFS
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 1 NFS
2302 Rusina ferruginea Brown Rustic 4 NFS
2333 Apamea anceps Large Nutmeg 9 NFS
2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 3 NFS To be confirmed
2380 Charanyca trigrammica Treble Lines 8 NFS
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 1 NFS
2410 Protodeltote pygarga Marbled White Spot 1 NFS
2422 Pseudoips prasinana Green Silver-lines 2 NFS
2434 Diachrysia chrysitis Burnished Brass 1 NFS
2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 1 NFS
2473 Laspeyria flexula Beautiful Hook-tip 2 NFS
2474 Rivula sericealis Straw Dot 2 NFS
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 1 NFS

Friday, May 27, 2011

Blogger Problems..........

At the moment I don't seem to be able to sign in. Therefore it seems Blogger thinks I'm an anonymous user and forbids be from posting comment. It's been the same for 2 days now............hopefully normal service will be resumed soon.

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Blow Wind!

Well the gazebo was almost uprooted by the strong winds last night, as a result I was forced to take down the BLB tubes to prevent breakages. In the morning I packed it away to save it being totally written off! But despite the wind there were still a few moths. The kids netted a Pea Moth during the day and there were a few new macros as well. If I do any trapping tonight it will be with the usual 2x 15w Actinic/UV as I don't suppose this wind will slacken off any time soon.

1257 Pea Moth Cydia nigricana

Swept from the hedge during the day.

Yellow Shell

Swept from the hedge.

Brown Rustic

Puss Moth

I've seen 4 of these this year!

The result- 55 of 23 species-

1995 Cerura vinula Puss Moth 1
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 1
2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 5
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 11
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 1
2333 Apamea anceps Large Nutmeg 12
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 2
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 3
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 1
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 4
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 1
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 1 1st of the year
1301 Crambus lathoniellus 1
2284 Acronicta psi Grey Dagger 1
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 2
2302 Rusina ferruginea Brown Rustic 1 1st of the year
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2380 Charanyca trigrammica Treble Lines 1
1082 Plum Tortrix Hedya pruniana 1
1177 Epiblema rosaecolana 1
1083 Marbled Orchard Tortrix Hedya nubiferana 1
1257 Pea Moth Cydia nigricana 1 1st of the year
1742 Camptogramma bilineata Yellow Shell 1 1st of the year

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Gazeboo!

After yesterday's big build up nothing really happened in the gazebo- the best being two Shears and the 3rd Maiden's Blush of the year. But then again, compared to the haul on 19th it was generally not as good a night anyway. Only two new species in the form of a tatty Blood-vein and a garden 1st Plum Tortrix. The gazebo is probably best suited to hot summer nights. But now it's up, it won't hurt to try it again.

Blood-vein

Shears

A good year for these with 8 so far.

Iron Prominent

1082 Plum Tortrix Hedya pruniana

Garden 1st.

The results- 40 of 21 species-

2147 Hada plebeja Shears 2
1680 Cyclophora punctaria Maiden's Blush 1
1682 Timandra comae Blood-vein 1 1st of the year
2000 Notodonta dromedarius Iron Prominent 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 2
2333 Apamea anceps Large Nutmeg 9
2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 3
2278 Acronicta megacephala Poplar Grey 1
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 1
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 7
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 1
1474 Ephestia parasitella unicolorella 1
0017 Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift 1
648 Endrosis sarcitrella White-shouldered House-moth 1
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 1
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 1
2380 Charanyca trigrammica Treble Lines 2
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 1
1834 Eupithecia vulgata Common Pug 1
1082 Hedya pruniana Hedya pruniana 1 Garden 1st
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 1

Friday, May 20, 2011

........Trent's Nemesis

Over the past few nights Trent has got back into the lead in the Mothin' Marathon and now has to suffer the consequences. He got in front about a month ago and this was enough to receive a verbal warning. But now with the competition in full flow, it is time to unveil the ultimate sanction.

When it was used last year I had my best results, as it retains a lot of which it attracts during the night. As I don't do much patrolling, just about everything I record is in the traps; therefore I probably miss an awful lot.

The Gazebo

The harvesting method is very simple- 1) Wait until morning. 2) Let Louie out into the garden with a light weight insect net. 3) Give him some pots and zip down the sides. 4) Don't let him out until all moths are potted ready for photos and ID.

Gazebo Interior Tramp-o-trap

The light fitting inside the gazebo is a twin T12 40w BLB tube and fitting that neatly tie-wraps to the inside of the roof frame.
Mean while, last night's effort was to put the twin 25w FUL Skinner in the trampoline to test. This would be good for night patrols as all moths end up either on the in or outside of the safety net. However, by morning they all hide in the most inaccessible areas around the crash mats and underneath. Not something I will be doing again, though it did lead to my highest ever count of Large Nutmegs (43).

1176 Epiblema trimaculana