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.

From the garden trap - 01/07/2008

July is usually the best month of the year for mothing .. or at least was until last year when virtually the whole month was a washout! This year's top month though started with a real bang - superb numbers of individuals and species.

Total catch 265 of 82sp.
(125W MV 155 of 65sp., 80W actinic 110 of 51sp.)
(85 of 30 micro sp., 180 of 52 macro sp.)

First for year in garden:
Cherry Fruit Moth (Argyresthia pruniella) 1
Metzneria metzneriella 1
Teleiodes vulgella 1
Bryotropha terrella 1
Pine Shoot Moth (Rhyacionia buoliana) 2
Crambus pascuella 1
Dipleurina lacustrata 1
Phlyctaenia coronata 1
Orthopygia glaucinalis 2
Small Fan-footed Wave (Idaea biselata) 1
Small Dusty Wave (Idaea seriata) 1
Large Twin-spot Carpet (Xanthorhoe quadrifasiata) 1
Clay (Mythimna ferrago) 2
Highest counts:
Heart and Dart (Agrotis exclamationis) 21
Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba) 17
Bramble Shoot Moth (Epiblema uddmanniana) 12
Riband Wave (Idaea aversata) 12
Marbled Minor agg. (Oligia strigilis agg.) 11
Dark Arches (Apamea monoglypha) 10


Bramble Shoot Moth


Common Emerald


Marbled Beauty - an unusual form for my garden of this variable species


Spinach


Swallow-tailed Moth