Big Garden Roundup

Here are the summaries for 13th - 15th in the garden.

13/06/2011

Swarming around cherry tree late afternoon
0420 Cherry Fruit Moth (Argyresthia pruniella) 60 (NFY)

Total catch 127 of 45sp.
(125W MV 80 of 30, 20W/29W actinic CFL/CFL combo 47 of 31)

New for year in garden:
1458 Thistle Ermine (Myelois circumvoluta) 1
1708 Single-dotted Wave (Idaea dimidiata) 1
2069 Cinnabar (Tyria jacobaeae) 1
2128 Double Square-spot (Xestia triangulum) 2
2381 Uncertain (Hoplodrina alsines) 2
2473 Beautiful Hook-tip (Laspeyria flexula) 1
2474 Straw Dot (Rivula sericealis) 1
2489 Fan-foot (Zanclognatha tarsipennalis) 1

Highest counts:
2089 Heart and Dart (Agrotis exclamationis) 32
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 7
1428 Bee Moth (Aphomia sociella) 7
1076 Celypha lacunana 6
1083 Marbled Orchard Tortrix (Hedya nubiferana) 5
1834 Common Pug (Eupithecia vulgata) 5

Best of the rest:
1497 Amblyptilia acanthadactyla 2
1682 Blood-vein (Timandra comae) 1
1707 Small Dusty Wave (Idaea seriata) 1
1961 Light Emerald (Campaea margaritata) 1
2061 Buff Ermine (Spilosoma luteum) 2


14/06/2011
Total catch 172 of 60sp.
(125W MV 84 of 43, 80W/100W actinic/tungsten combo 88 of 35)

New for year in garden:
0977 Large Fruit-tree Tortrix (Archips podana) 1
1033 Green Oak Tortrix (Tortrix viridana) 1
1338 Dipleurina lacustrata 2
1413 Gold Triangle (Hypsopygia costalis) 1
1501 Platyptilia gonodactyla 1
1653 Buff Arches (Habrosyne pyritoides) 1
1702 Small Fan-footed Wave (Idaea biselata) 2
1758 Barred Straw (Eulithis pyraliata) 1
2030 Yellow-tail (Euproctis similis) 1
2077 Short-cloaked Moth (Nola cucullatella) 1

Small Fan-footed Wave f. fimbriolata

Platyptilia gonodactyla

Highest counts:
2089 Heart and Dart (Agrotis exclamationis) 45
1076 Celypha lacunana 8
1937 Willow Beauty (Peribatodes rhomboidaria) 7
1083 Marbled Orchard Tortrix (Hedya nubiferana) 6
1860 Green Pug (Pasiphila rectangulata) 6
2321 Dark Arches (Apamea monoglypha) 6
2160 Bright-line Brown-eye (Lacanobia oleracea) 5

Best of the rest:
0409b Argyresthia cupressella 3
1634 Lackey (Malacosoma neustria) 2
1708 Single-dotted Wave (Idaea dimidiata) 1
1742 Yellow Shell (Camptogramma bilineata) 1
1961 Light Emerald (Campaea margaritata) 2
1991 Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor) 1
2473 Beautiful Hook-tip (Laspeyria flexula) 2

Another wacky Lackey (see here)

This the form of Lackey I usually get

Cabbage Moth

15/06/2011
Total catch 182 of 68sp.
(125W MV 89 of 47, 80W/100W actinic/tungsten combo 93 of 40)

FIRST FOR GARDEN:
0601 Elachista albifrontella 1

Elachista albifrontella

New for year in garden:
0658 Carcina quercana 1
0724 Metzneria lappella 1
1690 Small Blood-vein (Scopula imitaria) 1
1765 Barred Yellow (Cidaria fulvata) 1
1922 Swallow-tailed Moth (Ourapteryx sambucaria) 2
2318 Dun-bar (Cosmia trapezina) 1

Metzneria lappella - first for garden since 2001

Highest counts:
2089 Heart and Dart (Agrotis exclamationis) 46
1076 Celypha lacunana 7
1175 Bramble Shoot Moth (Epiblema uddmanniana) 7
2321 Dark Arches (Apamea monoglypha) 6
1083 Marbled Orchard Tortrix (Hedya nubiferana) 5
2098 Flame (Axylia putris) 5
2381 Uncertain (Hoplodrina alsines) 5

Best of the rest:
0409b Argyresthia cupressella 1
1261 Codling Moth (Cydia pomonella) 1
1338 Dipleurina lacustrata 4
1392 Udea olivalis 2
1634 Lackey (Malacosoma neustria) 1
1702 Small Fan-footed Wave (Idaea biselata) 1
1742 Yellow Shell (Camptogramma bilineata) 1
1758 Barred Straw (Eulithis pyraliata) 1
1961 Light Emerald (Campaea margaritata) 2
1991 Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor) 2
2011 Pale Prominent (Pterostoma palpina) 1
2061 Buff Ermine (Spilosoma luteum) 2
2077 Short-cloaked Moth (Nola cucullatella) 1
2384 Vine's Rustic (Hoplodrina ambigua) 1
2473 Beautiful Hook-tip (Laspeyria flexula) 3

Carcina quercana

Swallow-tailed Moth

Barred Straw

From the garden trap, 23/05/2010

A pretty good night in the garden traps, with the warm and humid conditions bringing a total of 122 of 37sp. (125W MV 61 of 25, 80W actinic 61 of 26) including 12 firsts for the year in the garden. I was pleased to see the actinic catch up, but I can't be sure on one nights showing if this was down to excellent conditions or a genuine iprovement through changing the tubes.

0247 Tinea trinotella 8
0288 Caloptilia stigmatella 1
0357 Phyllonorycter stettinensis 1
0363 Phyllonorycter platanoidella 1 [first for year]
0409a Argyresthia trifasciata 21
0449 Ash Bud Moth (Prays fraxinella) 1 [first for year]
0544 Coleophora albicosta 5
0610 Elachista argentella 1 [first for year]
0647 Brown House Moth (Hofmannophila pseudospretella) 1
0648 White-shouldered House Moth (Endrosis sarcitrella) 2
0822 Scrobipalpa acuminatella 2
0986 Syndemis musculana 7
0998 Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana) 8
1076 Celypha lacunana 1 [first for year]
1126 Ancylis badiana 1 [first for year]
1174 Epiblema cynosbatella 1 [first for year]
1261 Codling Moth (Cydia pomonella) 1 [first for year]
1376 Small Magpie (Eurrhypara hortulata) 3
1646 Oak Hook-tip (Watsonalla binaria) 1 [first for year]
1651 Chinese Character (Cilix glaucata) 1
1738 Common Carpet (Epirrhoe alternata) 1 [first for year]
1776 Green Carpet (Colostygia pectinataria) 9
1819 Mottled Pug (Eupithecia exiguata) 6
1834 Common Pug (Eupithecia vulgata) 10
1844 Ochreous Pug (Eupithecia indigata) 1 [first for year]
1862 Double-striped Pug (Gymnoscelis rufifasciata) 1
1906 Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata) 6
1920 Scalloped Hazel (Odontopera bidentata) 1
1958 Clouded Silver (Lomographa temerata) 4
2061 Buff Ermine (Spilosoma luteum) 1 [first for year]
2063 Muslin Moth (Diaphora mendica) 2
2089 Heart and Dart (Agrotis exclamationis) 5
2092 Shuttle-shaped Dart (Agrotis puta) 2
2102 Flame Shoulder (Ochropleura plecta) 1
2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character (Xestia c-nigrum) 1 [first for year]
2188 Clouded Drab (Orthosia incerta) 1
2334 Rustic Shoulder-knot (Apamea sordens) 2

Oak Hook-tip

Common Carpet

Green Carpet

And here's the Cabbage Moth I found yesterday afternoon:

Cabbage Moth

The traps I left at Narborough Bog did very well - I'll have to leave you in suspense whist I sort the list and photos out though. The garden traps are our again tonight, though it is distinctly cooler than previous nights with a bit of breeze.