From the garden trap - 14/06 to 17/06

A bit delayed as I've been busy, distracted or completely wasting my life watching the England game. Here's trapping summaries from the last few nights including a garden tick Argyresthia curvella from last night.

14/06/2010
77 of 35sp (125W MV 47 of 25, 80W actinic 30 of 15)

First for year in garden:
0937 Agapeta hamana 1
1011 Pseudargyrotoza conwagana 1
1302 Crambus perlella 1
1682 Blood-vein (Timandra comae) 2
1742 Yellow Shell (Camptogramma bilineata) 1
1941 Mottled Beauty (Alcis repandata) 1
2087 Turnip Moth (Agrotis segetum) 1
2434 Burnished Brass (Diachrysia chrysitis) 1

Highest counts:
2089 Heart and Dart (Agrotis exclamationis) 26
1376 Small Magpie (Eurrhypara hortulata) 5
1776 Green Carpet (Colostygia pectinataria) 3
1819 Mottled Pug (Eupithecia exiguata) 3

Best of the rest:
1778 May Highflyer (Hydriomena impluviata) 1
1817 Foxglove Pug (Eupithecia pulchellata) 1
2384 Vine's Rustic (Hoplodrina ambigua) 1

Burnished Brass

16/06/2010
45 of 24sp (125W MV 25 of 14, 80W actinic 20 of 15)

First for year in garden:
0970 Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix (Pandemis cerasana) 1
1115 Ancylis achatana 1
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 1
2128 Double Square-spot (Xestia triangulum) 1

Highest counts:
2089 Heart and Dart (Agrotis exclamationis) 15
2107 Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba) 3

Double Square-spot

Large Nutmeg

17/06/2010
114 of 48sp (125W MV 48 of 29, 80W actinic 66 of 31)

FIRST FOR GARDEN:
0414 Argyresthia curvella 1

First for year in garden:
0409b Argyresthia cupressella 1
0989 Timothy Tortrix (Aphelia paleana) 1
1175 Bramble Shoot Moth (Epiblema uddmanniana) 2
1293 Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella) 1
1392 Udea olivalis 2
2330 Dusky Brocade (Apamea remissa) 2
2389 Pale Mottled Willow (Paradrina clavipalpis) 1
2473 Beautiful Hook-tip (Laspeyria flexula) 1

Highest counts:
2089 Heart and Dart (Agrotis exclamationis) 31
0970 Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix (Pandemis cerasana) 5
1076 Celypha lacunana 5
2321 Dark Arches (Apamea monoglypha) 5
1083 Marbled Orchard Tortrix (Hedya nubiferana) 4
1860 Green Pug (Pasiphila rectangulata) 4

Best of the rest:
1808 Sandy Carpet (Perizoma flavofasciata) 1
1991 Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor) 1

Bramble Shoot Moth

Buff Ermine

Sandy Carpet

Elephant Hawk-moth

And here's one of the Dichrorampha spp. from Wednesday evening. Given the profusion of Oxeye Daisy at Huncote Embankment where I netted it, I expect it will turn out to be Dichrorampha alpinana.