50 Shades of Brown

Here's some fairly standard fare from the garden traps at this time of year - mainly brown apart from this one ....

Sycamore

Shuttle-shaped Dart - slightly oddly marked

Ingrailed Clay

Small Square-spot

Brown Rustic

Rustic Shoulder-knot

Agonopterix arenella

White-shouldered House Moth

Scalloped Hazel

Thursday 21st Round Two - From The Garden Trap

After the birding yesterday, and before I headed out for some mothing at Cossington, I sorted out the garden traps. Garden mothing over the last few days has produced 17 firsts for the year bringing the garden yearlist up to 61, but numbers of individuals are still quite low. Only Wednesday night produced a reasonable catch total. Summaries as follows:

18/04/2011
Total catch 12 of 8sp.
(125W MV 7 of 5; 160W blended 5 of 3)
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 1
1747 Streamer (Anticlea derivata) 1
1835 White-spotted Pug (Eupithecia tripunctaria) 1 (NFY)
1853 Oak-tree Pug (Eupithecia dodoneata) 2
1862 Double-striped Pug (Gymnoscelis rufifasciata) 2
1906 Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata) 1 (NFY)
2187 Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi) 2
2190 Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica) 2

Brimstone Moth

19/04/2011 - to lit window
0697 Agonopterix arenella 1 (NFY)

20/04/2011
Total catch 40 of 20sp.
(125W MV 23 of 14; 160W blended 17 of 14)
0247 Tinea trinotella 2 (NFY)
0544 Coleophora albicosta 1 (NFY)
0648 White-shouldered House Moth (Endrosis sarcitrella) 1 (NFY)
0667 Semioscopis steinkellneriana 2
0697 Agonopterix arenella 1
1428 Bee Moth (Aphomia sociella) 1 (NFY)
1648 Pebble Hook-tip (Drepana falcataria) 2 (NFY)
1651 Chinese Character (Cilix glaucata) 2 (NFY)
1728 Garden Carpet (Xanthorhoe fluctuata) 3 (NFY)
1747 Streamer (Anticlea derivata) 2
1834 Common Pug (Eupithecia vulgata) 1 (NFY)
1835 White-spotted Pug (Eupithecia tripunctaria) 1
1852 Brindled Pug (Eupithecia abbreviata) 2
1853 Oak-tree Pug (Eupithecia dodoneata) 3
1862 Double-striped Pug (Gymnoscelis rufifasciata) 1
1883 Yellow-barred Brindle (Acasis viretata) 1 (NFY)
1906 Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata) 2
2063 Muslin Moth (Diaphora mendica) 1 (NFY)
2092 Shuttle-shaped Dart (Agrotis puta) 2 (NFY)
2190 Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica) 9

Tinea trinotella

White-shouldered House Moth - incidentally I always write ensar for this in the notebook as it is the short cut for recording in MapMate (as in ENdrosis SARcitrella)

Pebble-hook Tip - by far the earliest for the garden and only 7 previous individuals, all singles in different years, so getting two in one night is unusual

Chinese Character

Yellow-barred Brindle

21/04/2011
Total catch 20 of 15sp.
(125W MV 9 of 8; 160W blended 11 of 9)
0287 Caloptilia robustella 1 (NFY)
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 1
1728 Garden Carpet (Xanthorhoe fluctuata) 1
1747 Streamer (Anticlea derivata) 1
1817 Foxglove Pug (Eupithecia pulchellata) 1 (NFY)
1834 Common Pug (Eupithecia vulgata) 3
1852 Brindled Pug (Eupithecia abbreviata) 1
1883 Yellow-barred Brindle (Acasis viretata) 1
1906 Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata) 1
2092 Shuttle-shaped Dart (Agrotis puta) 1
2186 Powdered Quaker (Orthosia gracilis) 1
2188 Clouded Drab (Orthosia incerta) 1
2190 Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica) 4
2243 Early Grey (Xylocampa areola) 1
2469 Herald (Scoliopteryx libatrix) 1 (NFY)

Caloptilia robustella

Sugar going sour

Not too much on the sugar last night, just 8 individuals of 5 species: 3 Large Yellow Underwing 2 Common Rustic agg. 1 Mouse Moth 1 Setaceous Hebrew Character 1 White-shouldered House Moth White-shouldered House Moth - small moth, long name My recent sugaring experiences were dampened a little this morning when I noticed that a load of wasps had latched onto the free meal and were on the fence and on the ground immediately below where the sugar drips. I don't mind one or two but 20 - 30 at a time is pushing it when the sugaring spot is right next to the entry/exit to the garden. Drunken Wasps Reminds me that wasps are a clear Mothing Villain - these buggers in the trap will occasionally set about decapitating and eating a load of moths.