Psychidelic Garden Tick

I'd emptied the trap and potted a few bits to photograph, and walked back into the garden with nice bright sunshine just appearing to gather a couple of props. As I walked down the garden I saw a small dark moth flittering about (after a good few years of moth trapping you can pretty much distinguish a micro flying about versus any other flying insects) but had nothing to hand other than, well, my hand. A couple of missed grabs, and then I had it neatly tucked in. A quick peek confirmed that it was a micro, it was dark and there were some paler markings. A few minutes later and I'm looking at it in a pot and realise that it looks a Psychid. I grabbed a couple of quick shots and was happy that it was a garden tick Narycia duplicella, albeit a worn one. A couple of hours later I had another go, as the other side looked less worn.

Narycia duplicella - 669th moth / 357th micro for the garden

There was some nice karma in managing to catch this. Had I been at work I'd of missed it, and it's good to now add it to the garden list after I added it to the VC55 list back in 2004.

Narycia duplicella, reared ex-larva found at Swithland Res 27/03/2004, emerged 07/05/2004

I've seen the adult a couple of other time as well, including another success rearing one from a larva.

Narycia duplicella, reared ex-larva found at Swithland Res 05/03/2006, emerged 18/04/2006

Here's some other bits from the trap.

Peach Blossom

Pale Tussock

White Ermine

Thistle Ermine

Diamond-back Moth

Some moths

I've been a bit lax when it comes to phtographing moths just lately. A few good nights in the traps at the end of last week and over the weekend, but I couldn't be bothered really to pot a few up for later photography. The only one I did pot up to have a go at was a NFG micro from 17th - Phyllonorycter harrisella. This is an oak feeder, so not exactly high on my expected list, but nevertheless it is the 649th species, 343rd micro and 12th Phyllonorycter on the garden list. Having potted it up, I then made a right hash of getting a good photo so here's a pants one .......

Phyllonorycter harrisella

Otherwise, a hawk-moth shot in low early morning light and three photographed with flash around the garden moth trap last night (I ran one until around midnight then packed up before the forecast deluge hit).

Eyed Hawk-moth

Diamond-back Moth

Argyresthia trifasciata

Fan-foot

Recent Garden Mothing

The moth traps have been out for the last three nights (after a lengthy dormant spell in late May again!). I've also got the synergetic running again at long last, almost a year on from when it got knackered by Nichola during a bizarre shed incident. Catches still poor though overall, though garden leps. yearlist now up to 86.

31/05/2013
Total catch 49 of 23sp.
(125W MV 17 of 13sp., 22W/18W Synergetic/CFL combo 32 of 16sp.)
0409a  Argyresthia trifasciata  3 (NFY)
0464  Diamond-back Moth (Plutella xylostella)  1 (NFY)
0602  Elachista apicipunctella  1
0648  White-shouldered House Moth (Endrosis sarcitrella)  1
0649  Esperia sulphurella  2
0892  Mompha subbistrigella  1
0986  Syndemis musculana  2
1356  Garden Pebble (Evergestis forficalis)  1 (NFY)
1648  Pebble Hook-tip (Drepana falcataria)  1 (NFY)
1654  Figure of Eighty (Tethea ocularis octogesimea)  1 (NFY)
1728  Garden Carpet (Xanthorhoe fluctuata)  4
1776  Green Carpet (Colostygia pectinataria)  5
1778  May Highflyer (Hydriomena impluviata)  1 (NFY)
1817  Foxglove Pug (Eupithecia pulchellata)  1
1819  Mottled Pug (Eupithecia exiguata)  1
1834  Common Pug (Eupithecia vulgata)  5
1906  Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata)  11
1920  Scalloped Hazel (Odontopera bidentata)  2
1955  Common White Wave (Cabera pusaria)  1 (NFY)
1958  Clouded Silver (Lomographa temerata)  1 (NFY)
1981  Poplar Hawk-moth (Laothoe populi)  1 (NFY)
2092  Shuttle-shaped Dart (Agrotis puta)  1
2334  Rustic Shoulder-knot (Apamea sordens)  1 (NFY)

Poplar Hawk-moth

Diamond-back Moth

Common White Wave

01/06/2013
Total catch 20 of 12sp.
(125W MV 7 of 5sp., 22W/18W Synergetic/CFL combo 13 of 10sp.)
0602  Elachista apicipunctella  1
0649  Esperia sulphurella  1
0822  Scrobipalpa acuminatella  1
1728  Garden Carpet (Xanthorhoe fluctuata)  1
1776  Green Carpet (Colostygia pectinataria)  4
1778  May Highflyer (Hydriomena impluviata)  1
1819  Mottled Pug (Eupithecia exiguata)  1
1834  Common Pug (Eupithecia vulgata)  3
1906  Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata)  2
1920  Scalloped Hazel (Odontopera bidentata)  3
1981  Poplar Hawk-moth (Laothoe populi)  1
2334  Rustic Shoulder-knot (Apamea sordens)  1

02/06/2013
Total catch 39 of 17sp.
(125W MV 11 of 6sp., 22W/18W Synergetic/CFL combo 28 of 16sp.)
0266  Bucculatrix nigricomella  1 (NFY)
0409a  Argyresthia trifasciata  2
0464  Diamond-back Moth (Plutella xylostella)  1
0648  White-shouldered House Moth (Endrosis sarcitrella)  1
0779  Bryotropha affinis  1 (NFY)
1428  Bee Moth (Aphomia sociella)  1 (NFY)
1728  Garden Carpet (Xanthorhoe fluctuata)  2
1776  Green Carpet (Colostygia pectinataria)  8
1778  May Highflyer (Hydriomena impluviata)  3
1808  Sandy Carpet (Perizoma flavofasciata)  1 (NFY)
1817  Foxglove Pug (Eupithecia pulchellata)  1
1819  Mottled Pug (Eupithecia exiguata)  1
1834  Common Pug (Eupithecia vulgata)  4
1906  Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata)  5
1920  Scalloped Hazel (Odontopera bidentata)  4
1958  Clouded Silver (Lomographa temerata)  2
2028  Pale Tussock (Calliteara pudibunda)  1 (NFY)

Pale Tussock