Garden Mothing Update

Biggest moth news in VC55 is that the first post-VCH Dotted Chestnut for the county turned up on 21/03/2012 ...... in a small suburban garden moth trap that is close to where I work with very little in the way of decent woodland nearby. A very lucky catch of one from a small northward movement, or one of thousands that have moved in undetected over recent years? Who knows - I just hope that one comes my way before too long. I also hope one of these northward moving macros has the decency to turn up in one of my traps first next time!

The garden raps have run on a few nights during the week - here's the summaries:

16/03/2012 : 20 of 2sp.

2187 Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi) 20

2188 Clouded Drab (Orthosia incerta) 2 (NFY)

Clouded Drab

20/03/2012 : 33 of 8sp.

0288 Caloptilia stigmatella 1 (NFY)

0663 Diurnea fagella 1 (NFY)

1524 Emmelina monodactyla 2

1746 Shoulder Stripe (Anticlea badiata) 1 (NFY)

2187 Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi) 12
2188 Clouded Drab (Orthosia incerta) 11

2190 Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica) 4 (NFY)

2243 Early Grey (Xylocampa areola) 1 (NFY)

Hebrew Character

21/03/2012 : 17 of 6sp.

1524 Emmelina monodactyla 1
1746 Shoulder Stripe (Anticlea badiata) 1
1934 Dotted Border (Agriopis marginaria) 1
2187 Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi) 3
2188 Clouded Drab (Orthosia incerta) 3
2190 Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica) 8

Shoulder Stripe

22/03/2012 : 46 of 12sp.

0688 Agonopterix heracliana 2
1497 Amblyptilia acanthadactyla 2
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 6
1663 March Moth (Alsophila aescularia) 1
1746 Shoulder Stripe (Anticlea badiata) 3

1862 Double-striped Pug (Gymnoscelis rufifasciata) 4 (NFY)

1917 Early Thorn (Selenia dentaria) 1 (NFY)

2182 Small Quaker (Orthosia cruda) 2 (NFY)

2187 Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi) 7
2188 Clouded Drab (Orthosia incerta) 7
2190 Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica) 10

2423 Oak Nycteoline (Nycteola revayana) 1 (NFY)

Oak Nycteoline

23/03/2012 : 33 of 9sp.

0663 Diurnea fagella 2
0688 Agonopterix heracliana 1
1497 Amblyptilia acanthadactyla 6
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 3
1746 Shoulder Stripe (Anticlea badiata) 3
2182 Small Quaker (Orthosia cruda) 7
2187 Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi) 3
2188 Clouded Drab (Orthosia incerta) 4
2190 Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica) 4

Diurnea fagella

Also, a Mompha subbistrigella (NFY) by day on 19/03/2012