Some Spanking Garden Moths

It's that time of year when keeping up with MapMate recording is hard work, with ever growing garden lists in conjunction with mothing forays around the county. As soon as I catch up and have a couple of nights off, I start again and I am back behind. As it stands I have garden lists from 1st, 2nd & 3rd July to enter, plus the Watermead and Cossington lists to sort out from 2nd. In the meantime, here's some shots of a few from the garden over the last two nights including some corkers!

For the garden mother, there is only one thing better than picking up a garden first and this is when a really smart/scarce/outlandish species reappears. There's nothing worse than having lots of single individual/record species on the garden list - I should know as I have lots of them! So really pleased that these two turned up again:

Small Ranunculus - second record, first was 25/07/2010

Blackneck 02/07/2011 - second record, first was 02/07/2010 (amazing coincidence)

Another one to reappear was this:

Carpatolechia alburnella 02/07/2011 - second record, first was 13/07/2008

There is a potential garden first in the offing as well though - depending on how the gen det turns out. I've been looking out for Rufous Minor in the garden for years and it looks like I may finally be in luck ..

Rufous Minor 02/07/2011

CONFIRMED - gen. det. by Jon Clifton Jan 2012

This one is a definite garden first - albeit just a form of a regular species.

Lime Hawk-moth f. brunnea 03/07/2011

The last three are just cause I fancied getting a shot of them.

Lilac Beauty 03/07/2011 - stunning moth

Acleris forsskaleana 03/07/2011 - common in my garden

Slender Pug 02/07/2011 - subtly smart when fresh(ish)

From the garden trap, 02/07/2010

No trapping last night; I gave myself a night off after a very early start yesterday morning to retrieve traps from Huncote Embankment - a session that I'll summarise separately.

The garden traps were out on Friday night though. I cleared the outsides and knocked off the lights before heading over to Huncote and then emptied them when I get home, finding a really nice garden macro tick in the process ...

02/07/2010 : total catch 350 of 91sp
(125W MV 190 of 70; 80W/100W actinic/tungsten 160 of 61)

FIRST FOR GARDEN:
2466 Blackneck (Lygephila pastinum) 1

First for year in garden:
0415 Argyresthia retinella 1
0868 Helcystogramma rufescens 1
1205 Bud Moth (Spilonota ocellana) 4
1378 Phlyctaenia coronata 1
1413 Gold Triangle (Hypsopygia costalis) 2
1421 Large Tabby (Aglossa pinguinalis) 1
1811 Slender Pug (Eupithecia tenuiata) 1
1910 Lilac Beauty (Apeira syringaria) 1
1921 Scalloped Oak (Crocallis elinguaria) 2
2318 Dun-bar (Cosmia trapezina) 3

Lilac Beauty

Highest counts:
2321 Dark Arches (Apamea monoglypha) 43
2089 Heart and Dart (Agrotis exclamationis) 42
1713 Riband Wave (Idaea aversata) 20
1937 Willow Beauty (Peribatodes rhomboidaria) 16
1293 Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella) 11
2381 Uncertain (Hoplodrina alsines) 10
2387 Mottled Rustic (Caradrina morpheus) 10

The rest:
0263 Apple Leaf Miner (Lyonetia clerkella) 1
0420 Cherry Fruit Moth (Argyresthia pruniella) 1
0427 Spindle Ermine (Yponomeuta cagnagella) 1
0610 Elachista argentella 1
0647 Brown House Moth (Hofmannophila pseudospretella) 2
0874 Blastobasis lacticolella 4
0905 Blastodacna hellerella 2
0970 Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix (Pandemis cerasana) 3
0977 Large Fruit-tree Tortrix (Archips podana) 2
0994 Clepsis consimilana 3
0998 Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana) 1
1011 Pseudargyrotoza conwagana 1
1032 Aleimma loeflingiana 1
1036 Acleris forsskaleana 3
1063 Celypha striana 5
1076 Celypha lacunana 5
1082 Plum Tortrix (Hedya pruniana) 1
1083 Marbled Orchard Tortrix (Hedya nubiferana) 2
1084 Hedya ochroleucana 2
1115 Ancylis achatana 2
1168 Gypsonoma sociana 1
1176 Epiblema trimaculana 1
1236 Pammene fasciana 1
1261 Codling Moth (Cydia pomonella) 1
1294 Crambus pascuella 3
1331 Water Veneer (Acentria ephemerella) 1
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 7
1338 Dipleurina lacustrata 5
1376 Small Magpie (Eurrhypara hortulata) 5
1390 Udea prunalis 3
1483 Phycitodes binaevella 2
1497 Amblyptilia acanthadactyla 1
1634 Lackey (Malacosoma neustria) 2
1653 Buff Arches (Habrosyne pyritoides) 8
1669 Common Emerald (Hemithea aestivaria) 2
1707 Small Dusty Wave (Idaea seriata) 1
1708 Single-dotted Wave (Idaea dimidiata) 1
1728 Garden Carpet (Xanthorhoe fluctuata) 1
1758 Barred Straw (Eulithis pyraliata) 1
1765 Barred Yellow (Cidaria fulvata) 1
1834 Common Pug (Eupithecia vulgata) 1
1837 Grey Pug (Eupithecia subfuscata) 2
1860 Green Pug (Pasiphila rectangulata) 2
1862 Double-striped Pug (Gymnoscelis rufifasciata) 1
1906 Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata) 5
1922 Swallow-tailed Moth (Ourapteryx sambucaria) 4
1958 Clouded Silver (Lomographa temerata) 7
1961 Light Emerald (Campaea margaritata) 2
1981 Poplar Hawk-moth (Laothoe populi) 1
2050 Common Footman (Eilema lurideola) 3
2077 Short-cloaked Moth (Nola cucullatella) 2
2098 Flame (Axylia putris) 7
2102 Flame Shoulder (Ochropleura plecta) 1
2107 Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba) 3
2128 Double Square-spot (Xestia triangulum) 5
2136 Gothic (Naenia typica) 1
2155 Dot Moth (Melanchra persicariae) 4
2160 Bright-line Brown-eye (Lacanobia oleracea) 4
2193 Clay (Mythimna ferrago) 1
2198 Smoky Wainscot (Mythimna impura) 1
2284x Grey Dagger / Dark Dagger (Acronicta tridens/psi) 2
2293 Marbled Beauty (Cryphia domestica) 2
2302 Brown Rustic (Rusina ferruginea) 1
2322 Light Arches (Apamea lithoxylaea) 5
2333 Large Nutmeg (Apamea anceps) 1
2334 Rustic Shoulder-knot (Apamea sordens) 2
2337x Marbled Minor agg. (Oligia strigilis agg.) 6
2384 Vine's Rustic (Hoplodrina ambigua) 1
2434 Burnished Brass (Diachrysia chrysitis) 1
2469 Herald (Scoliopteryx libatrix) 1
2473 Beautiful Hook-tip (Laspeyria flexula) 3
2477 Snout (Hypena proboscidalis) 3
2489 Fan-foot (Zanclognatha tarsipennalis) 4

Clipsham Quarry, 25th June 2009

Here's a few of the highlights and a couple of seasonal species:


Sloe Pug


Privet Hawk-moth


July Highflyer


Heart and Club


Concolorous


Brown Scallop


Blue-bordered Carpet


Blotched Emerald - a county tick for me


Blackneck