From the garden trap, 27th & 31st August

Not much garden trapping lately for one reason or another. 27th August Total Catch 132 of 28sp. (125W MV 42 of 19sp., 80W actinic 90 of 22sp.) First for year in garden: Rhomboid Tortrix (Acleris rhombana) 1 Centre-barred Sallow (Atethmia centrago) 2 Highest counts: Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba) 41 Lesser Yellow Underwing (Noctua comes) 19 Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana) 10 Square-spot Rustic (Xestia xanthographa) 8 Other highlights: Vine's Rustic (Hoplodrina ambigua) 1 Gold Spot (Plusia festucae) 2 31st August Total catch 241 of 40sp. (125W MV 93 of 28sp., 80W actinic 148 of 31sp.) First for year in garden: Rush Veneer (Nomophila noctuella) 2 Pale Eggar (Trichiura crataegi) 1 Sallow (Xanthia icteritia) 3 Highest counts: Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba) 67 Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana) 33 Lesser Yellow Underwing (Noctua comes) 28 Setaceous Hebrew Character (Xestia c-nigrum) 12 Square-spot Rustic (Xestia xanthographa) 9 Other highlights: Eudonia angustea 1 Centre-barred Sallow (Atethmia centrago) 2 Vine's Rustic (Hoplodrina ambigua) 1 Gold Spot (Plusia festucae) 2 Red Underwing (Catocala nupta) 1 The Sallow - a real autumnal favourite of mine This is a different individual - quite a variable species both in intensity of base colour and strength of markings Pale Eggar The Lychnis - a late second brood individual Rush Veneer As at 31/08/2009, the garden list for the year stands at 8647 of 320 species, including 8 new micros and 3 new macros. The full garden list is now 566 species, plus 10 aggregates and subspecies.