End of Season

The moth trap is still going out occasionally, and there are still a few species that could/should appear, but we are definitely heading fast towards the end of season. I always reckon that when I start seeing Juniper Carpet there is not much garden mothing left to do - and I reckon that will appear any time soon. I'll keep on going though, apart from next week when I'll be lapping up late season sun in Zante.

Here's a couple from the end of September ....

Common Marbled Carpet

Swallow-tailed Moth

This is the first second-brood individual for the garden since 2011.

And three from last night ...

Red-green Carpet

Green-brindled Crescent

November Moth agg.

All the garden individuals I've ever had detted have been November Moth, and there is nothing about this one to make me feel inclined to get it checked out. November Moth = fat lady warming up vocal chords.

Coleophorid ticks

I've not had the garden traps out for a while, and running them last night was a complete waste of time as they were completely empty this morning. It's mid-May for crying out loud. I have managed to add two moths to the garden list though - both coleophorids.

First up, the one I found on silver birch on 6th May is now it it's final case and is recogniseable ...

Coleophora serratella

Then today I found a case on the large sallow that overhangs the garden, and I'm pretty sure on the ID ...

Coleophora lusciniaepennella

The tortrix larva I found on hawthorn last weekend has pupated, should find out what it is before the end on May ...

I also found another probable tortrix sp. feeding in a spinning on my lilac bush - brought in to rear through ...

And here's another couple of larvae from out and about in the square ...

November Moth

Winter Moth

The traps are out again tonight .......

Some Garden Moths

Juniper Carpet - found this in the garden on Thursday afternoon when I got home from Sevilla

November Moth agg. - from the garden trap on Thursday night

Green-brindled Cresent ab. capucina - from the trap last night