Stuff

A couple of catch-up bits first. I've managed to sort another of the sawflies from Ketton Quarry on 17/05 - or rather confirm from the key that the suggested ID on UK Sawflies was right. It is Cytisogaster chambersi, based on the facial markings which separate it from two other spp.

And I've also sorted a couple of small black hoverflies from the garden on Monday: one was another Pipizella viduata, but the other was new for me - Eumerus funeralis. It's not much of a looker, and only c5mm long so not exactly the most exciting hoverfly but good to sort it properly based on ocelli position and underside of hind femora.

Rear pair of ocelli positioned close to the 'baseline' of the eyes than E. ornatus

Shiny bare patch on hind femora

Another new one for the garden was a surprise, given that the one I swept at Countesthorpe Meadows on 16/05 was on the fourth or so record for the county ....

Empis scutellata - just about to escape from the moth trap it came to

I've got a few bits to pin and check later tonight, including a yello-faced bee from the garden today and a weird shaped small thin sawfly.

Here's a couple more from Huncote Embankment yesterday:

Graphomya macualata - female

Graphomya maculata - male

Helophilus pendulus

A here's a few more from the garden trap ...

Campion - only second garden record

Buff-tip

Coxcomb Prominent

"I made a god out of blood, not superiority,
I killed the king of deceit, now I sleep in anarchy"

Charnwood Lodge 20/05/2011 Pt 2 - List and More Pics

Small Elephant Hawk-moth

After transcibing and integrating our lists, the overall catch from our Chanrwood Lodge jaunt turned out to be a very respectable species total including many new for the year. It was cool and clear with a bit of a breeze, but stayed dry throughout. We ran a 125W MV light over a sheet for a short while inbetween setting up the traps and topping up the gennies for the night before heading home for some kip, returning just after dawn to empty the 12 traps (8 x 125W MV, 2 x 250W MV, 1 x 250W metal halide and 1 x actinic/tungsten combo).

The total catch was 494 of 74 species. Here's a full listing ...

0017 Common Swift (Hepialus lupulinus) 6
0130 Incurvaria masculella 1
0140 Nematopogon swammerdamella 10
0150 Adela reaumurella 4
0227 Skin Moth (Monopis laevigella) 4
0409a Argyresthia trifasciata 1
0418 Apple Fruit Moth (Argyresthia conjugella) 1 (NFY)
0602 Elachista apicipunctella 6
0636 Denisia similella 6 (NFY)
0770 Carpatolechia proximella 4
1007 Capua vulgana 16
1076 Celypha lacunana 2
1136 Epinotia immundana 1
1301 Crambus lathoniellus 2 (NFY)
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 43
1638 Fox Moth (Macrothylacia rubi) 1 (NFY)
1645 Scalloped Hook-tip (Falcaria lacertinaria) 1 (NFY)
1648 Pebble Hook-tip (Drepana falcataria) 1
1652 Peach Blossom (Thyatira batis) 1 (NFY)
1722 Flame Carpet (Xanthorhoe designata) 2
1725 Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet (Xanthorhoe ferrugata) 1
1727 Silver-ground Carpet (Xanthorhoe montanata) 1
1764 Common Marbled Carpet (Chloroclysta truncata) 6
1768 Grey Pine Carpet (Thera obeliscata) 18 (NFY)
1776 Green Carpet (Colostygia pectinataria) 11
1817 Foxglove Pug (Eupithecia pulchellata) 3
1834 Common Pug (Eupithecia vulgata) 3
1835 White-spotted Pug (Eupithecia tripunctaria) 1
1837 Grey Pug (Eupithecia subfuscata) 2
1844 Ochreous Pug (Eupithecia indigata) 3 (NFY)
1856 Larch Pug (Eupithecia lariciata) 1 (NFY)
1857 Dwarf Pug (Eupithecia tantillaria) 2 (NFY)
1893 Tawny-barred Angle (Macaria liturata) 4
1902 Brown Silver-line (Petrophora chlorosata) 101
1904 Scorched Wing (Plagodis dolabraria) 6 (NFY)
1906 Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata) 7
1920 Scalloped Hazel (Odontopera bidentata) 17
1931 Peppered Moth (Biston betularia) 2 (NFY)
1947 Engrailed (Ectropis bistortata) 1
1951 Grey Birch (Aethalura punctulata) 3 (NFY)
1956 Common Wave (Cabera exanthemata) 1
1957 White-pinion Spotted (Lomographa bimaculata) 3
1979 Lime Hawk-moth (Mimas tiliae) 3
1992 Small Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila porcellus) 8 (NFY)
2000 Iron Prominent (Notodonta dromedarius) 6
2003 Pebble Prominent (Notodonta ziczac) 4
2006 Lesser Swallow Prominent (Pheosia gnoma) 3
2008 Coxcomb Prominent (Ptilodon capucina) 2 (NFY)
2011 Pale Prominent (Pterostoma palpina) 1
2014 Marbled Brown (Drymonia dodonaea) 16 (NFY)
2028 Pale Tussock (Calliteara pudibunda) 24
2043 Orange Footman (Eilema sororcula) 14
2060 White Ermine (Spilosoma lubricipeda) 10
2061 Buff Ermine (Spilosoma luteum) 13 (NFY)
2063 Muslin Moth (Diaphora mendica) 1
2064 Ruby Tiger (Phragmatobia fuliginosa) 2
2069 Cinnabar (Tyria jacobaeae) 6 (NFY)
2089 Heart and Dart (Agrotis exclamationis) 1
2098 Flame (Axylia putris) 1 (NFY)
2102 Flame Shoulder (Ochropleura plecta) 9
2120 Ingrailed Clay (Diarsia mendica) 2 (NFY)
2147 Shears (Hada plebeja) 8 (NFY)
2158 Pale-shouldered Brocade (Lacanobia thalassina) 5 (NFY)
2163 Broom Moth (Melanchra pisi) 1 (NFY)
2188 Clouded Drab (Orthosia incerta) 1
2205 Shoulder-striped Wainscot (Mythimna comma) 13 (NFY)
2289 Knot Grass (Acronicta rumicis) 1
2301 Bird's Wing (Dypterygia scabriuscula) 1 (NFY)
2302 Brown Rustic (Rusina ferruginea) 3
2305 Small Angle Shades (Euplexia lucipara) 1 (NFY)
2306 Angle Shades (Phlogophora meticulosa) 1
2326 Clouded-bordered Brindle(Apamea crenata ab. combusta) 1
2334 Rustic Shoulder-knot (Apamea sordens) 2
2422 Green Silver-lines (Pseudoips prasinana britannica) 20

Denisia similella

Flame Carpet - a much smarter individual than from Cossington Meadows a few weeks ago

Coxcomb Prominent

Orange Footman

Marbled Brown

Larch Pug - a bit knackered

Brown Silver-line

See the last post for Noctuid pics.

Gisborne's Gorse, Charnwood Lodge 31/05/2008

I'll be busy at work next week so no chance of any out of garden mothing before National Moth Night 2008, so I decided to leave traps running overnight at Charnwood Lodge.

Total catch was 345 of 59sp., although there were no surpises or major highlights. Plenty of new species for the year though. Total catch list available from VC55 Yahho group for subscribers:
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/VC55Moths/files/Site_Reports/Charnwood_Lodge/

Highest counts:
Pale Tussock (Calliteara pudibunda) 56
Brown Silver-line (Petrophora chlorosata) 50
Marbled Brown (Drymonia dodonaea) 35
Capua vulgana 25
Green Carpet (Colostygia pectinataria) 18
Common Wave (Cabera exanthemata) 13
Orange Footman (Eilema sororcula) 13

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Ancylis mitterbacheriana


Denisia similella


Shoulder-striped Wainscot


Green Silver-lines


Pale Tussock - many were of this darker form.


Lesser Swallow Prominent


Coxcomb Prominent