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Number of species:
This month: 209

 

Friday 31 July 2009

 

Mainly clear, 9°C, light wind.

Dear oh dear, 9°C is about as miserable as a July night can get. In spite of the conditions being more like those you’d expect in February it still came as a bit of a shock how few moths were in the trap - twelve species counts as pretty pathetic in my book but all was not lost, one of these twelve was a False Mocha, a scarce and declining species we’ve only seen once before back in June ’07.

Blastobasidae

• 1 Dingy Dowd Blastobasis adustella Walsingham

Crambidae

• 2 Straw Grass-veneer Agriphila straminella D. & S.

Pterophoridae

• 1 Common Plume Emmelina monodactyla Linn.

Geometridae

• 1 False Mocha Cyclophora porata Linn.
• 1 Small Phoenix Ecliptopera silaceata D. & S.
• 1 Canary-shouldered Thorn Ennomos alniaria Linn.
• 1 Scalloped Oak Crocallis elinguaria Linn.
• 3 Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria D. & S.
• 1 Mottled Beauty Alcis repandata Linn.

Arctiidae

• 1 Ruby Tiger Phragmatobia fuliginosa Linn.

Noctuidae

• 1 Double Square-spot Xestia triangulum Hufn.
• 3 Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha Hufn.

 

Thursday 30 July 2009

 

To wet, too thundery and generally too nasty.

 

Wednesday 29 July 2009

 

Occasional showers, 13°C, fairly windy.

Very slightly better, in terms of numbers, than yesterday but still nothing memorable.

Coleophoridae

• 1 Common Oak Case-bearer Coleophora lutipennella Zell.

Blastobasidae

• 1 Dingy Dowd Blastobasis adustella Walsingham

Tortricidae

• 1 Viburnum Button Acleris schalleriana Linn.
• 1 Blotched Marble Endothenia quadrimaculana Haw.

Alucitidae

• 2 Twenty-plume Moth Alucita hexadactyla Linn.

Crambidae

• 3 Inlaid Grass Veneer Crambus pascuella Linn.
• 4 Straw Grass-veneer Agriphila straminella D. & S.
• 2 Water Veneer Acentria ephemerella D. & S.
• 1 Garden Pebble Evergestis forficalis
• 1 Rush Veneer Nomophila noctuella D. & S.

Pyralidae

• 1 Rosy Tabby Endotricha flammealis D. & S.

Lymantriidae

• 1 Yellow-tail Euproctis similis Feussl.

Arctiidae

• 1 Dingy Footman Eilema griseola Hb.
• 1 Hoary Footman Eilema caniola Hb.
• 2 Ruby Tiger Phragmatobia fuliginosa Linn.

Geometridae

• 3 Single-dotted Wave Idaea dimidiata Linn.
• 3 Riband Wave Idaea aversata f. remutata Linn.
• 1 Red Twin-spot Carpet Xanthorhoe spadicearia D. & S.
• 1 Clouded Border Lomaspilis marginata Linn.
• 1 Canary-shouldered Thorn Ennomos alniaria Linn.
• 3 Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria D. & S.

Noctuidae

• 1 Turnip Moth Agrotis segetum D. & S.
• 1 Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta Hb.
• 2 Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta Linn.
• 2 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba Linn.
• 1 Dun-bar Cosmia trapezina Linn.
• 3 Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha Hufn.
• 3 Common/Lesser Common Rustic Mesapamea Agg.
• 2 Rustic Hoplodrina blanda D. & S.
• 1 Pale Mottled Willow Paradrina clavipalpis Scop.
• 1 Nut-Tree Tussock Colocasia coryli Linn.

 

Tuesday 28 July 2009

 

Mainly clear, 11°C, windy.

Cooler and fresher than it’s been for some time which, unsurprisingly, brought about a substantial decrease in numbers. The only real highlights were the two Least Yellow Underwing.

Tineidae

• 1 Skin Moth Monopis laevigella D. & S.

Oecophoridae

• 1 White-shouldered House-moth Endrosis sarcitrella Linn.

Tortricidae

• 1 Holly Tortrix Rhopobota naevana Hb.
• 1 Marbled Piercer Cydia splendana Hb.

Crambidae

• 1 Inlaid Grass Veneer Crambus pascuella Linn.
• 1 Straw Grass-veneer Agriphila straminella D. & S.
• 1 Meadow Grey Scoparia pyralella D. & S.

Pyralidae

• 1 Grey Knot-horn Trachycera advenella Zinck.

Geometridae

• 1 Riband Wave Idaea aversata Linn.
• 1 Red Twin-spot Carpet Xanthorhoe spadicearia D. & S.
• 1 Small Phoenix Ecliptopera silaceata D. & S.
• 1 July Highflyer Hydriomena furcata Thunb.
• 2 V-Pug Chloroclystis v-ata Haw.
• 1 Mottled Beauty Alcis repandata Linn.

Arctiidae

1 Rosy Footman Miltochrista miniata Forst.

2 Dingy Footman Eilema griseola Hb.

2 Ruby Tiger Phragmatobia fuliginosa Linn.

Noctuidae

• 1 Turnip Moth Agrotis segetum D. & S.
• 3 Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta Hb.
• 1 Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta Linn.
• 1 Lesser Yellow Underwing Noctua comes Hb.
• 2 Least Yellow Underwing Noctua interjecta Hb.
• 1 Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura Hb.
• 1 Dun-bar Cosmia trapezina Linn.
• 1 Uncertain Hoplodrina alsines Brahm
• 2 Rustic Hoplodrina blanda D. & S.
• 1 Nut-Tree Tussock Colocasia coryli Linn.

 

Monday 27 July 2009

 

Overcast, intermittent drizzle, 15°C, fairly breezy.

Jolly good, numbers back up and with a rather different selection of species too, including quite a few new ones for the list. I suspected it was going to be a fairly productive night when, going out to see how things were progressing yesterday evening, the trap was buzzing with all sorts of insects. As always, my identification of the new species ranges from the "dead cert." to the "wild speculation and guesswork" end of the spectrum. Up at the top end are Barred Rivulet and the nationally scarce, Grey Ermine. Descending through the range of certainty lie the Blotched Marble, Plum Fruit Moth (its palps were pale grey, as they’re supposed to be but I might just be barking up entirely the wrong tree) and at the very bottom, Large Clover Case-bearer.

Yponomeutidae

• 1 Apple Ermine Yponomeuta malinellus Zell.
• 1 Grey Ermine Yponomeuta sedella Treit.
• 1 White-headed Ermel Paraswammerdamia albicapitella Scharf.
• 2 Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella Linn.

Coleophoridae

• 1 Large Clover Case-bearer Coleophora trifolii Curt.

Oecophoridae

• 2 White-shouldered House-moth Endrosis sarcitrella Linn.

Blastobasidae

• 2 Dingy Dowd Blastobasis adustella Walsingham

Cosmopterigidae

• 1 Bulrush Cosmet Limnaecia phragmitella Stt.

Tortricidae

• 1 Common Yellow Conch Agapeta hamana Linn.
• 1 Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix Pandemis corylana Fabr.
• 1 Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix Pandemis heparana D. & S.
• 1 Blotched Marble Endothenia quadrimaculana Haw.
• 1 Holly Tortrix Rhopobota naevana Hb.
• 1 Cock’s-head Bell Zeiraphera isertana Fabr.
• 2 Hoary Bell Eucosma cana Haw.
• 2 Bud Moth Spilonota ocellana D. & S.
• 1 Plum Fruit Moth Grapholita funebrana Treit.
• 2 Marbled Piercer Cydia splendana Hb.
• 1 Codling Moth Cydia pomonella Linn.

Crambidae

• 1 Garden Grass Veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella Linn.
• 2 Inlaid Grass Veneer Crambus pascuella Linn.
• 10 Straw Grass-veneer Agriphila straminella D. & S.
• 1 Common Grass-veneer Agriphila tristella D. & S.
• 1 Meadow Grey Scoparia pyralella D. & S.
• 1 Common Grey Scoparia ambigualis Treit.
• 1 Garden Pebble Evergestis forficalis
• 1 Dusky Pearl Udea prunalis D. & S.
Linn.

Pyralidae

• 1 Gold Triangle Hypsopygia costalis Fabr.

Geometridae

• 1 Single-dotted Wave Idaea dimidiata Linn.
• 3 Riband Wave Idaea aversata f. remutata Linn.
• 1 Pine Carpet Thera firmata Hb.
• 1 July Highflyer Hydriomena furcata Thunb.
• 1 Barred Rivulet Perizoma bifaciata Haw.
• 1 Wormwood Pug Eupithecia absinthiata Cl.
• 1 Double-striped Pug Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Haw.
• 1 Dusky Thorn Ennomos fuscantaria Haw.
• 1 Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria D. & S.

Lymantriidae

• 1 Black Arches Lymantria monacha Linn.

Arctiidae

• 3 Dingy Footman Eilema griseola Hb.
• 3 Ruby Tiger Phragmatobia fuliginosa Linn.

Noctuidae

• 1 Flame Axylia putris Linn.
• 7 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba Linn.
• 1 Lesser Yellow Underwing Noctua comes Hb.
• 1 Nutmeg Discestra trifolii Hufn.
• 1 Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura Hb.
• 1 Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha Hufn.
• 3 Rustic Hoplodrina blanda D. & S.
• 1 Silver Y Autographa gamma Linn.
• 2 Straw Dot Rivula sericealis Scop.

 

Sunday 26 July 2009

 

Mainly clear, 12°C, windy.

Must be something to do with it being Sunday but I was a bit late out to the trap again this morning and I’m guessing that most of the tiddlers had already departed. Glad to see the first Elephant Hawk-moth of the year though, even if it is a bit worn (and late).

Oecophoridae

• 1 Brown House-moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella Stt.

Blastobasidae

• 1 Dingy Dowd Blastobasis adustella Walsingham

Alucitidae

• 1 Twenty-plume Moth Alucita hexadactyla Linn.

Crambidae

• 2 Inlaid Grass Veneer Crambus pascuella Linn.
• 2 Straw Grass-veneer Agriphila straminella D. & S.
• 1 Dusky Pearl Udea prunalis D. & S.

Thyatiridae

• 1 Buff Arches Habrosyne pyritoides Hufn.

Geometridae

• 2 Single-dotted Wave Idaea dimidiata Linn.
• 1 Red Twin-spot Carpet Xanthorhoe spadicearia D. & S.
• 1 Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata Linn.
• 1 Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria D. & S.

Sphingidae

• 1 Elephant Hawk-moth Deilephila elpenor Linn.

Arctiidae

1 Rosy Footman Miltochrista miniata Forst.

1 Hoary Footman Eilema caniola Hb.

Linn.

Noctuidae

• 1 Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta Hb.
• 2 Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura Hb.
• 1 Shoulder-striped Wainscot Mythimna comma Linn.
• 1 Marbled Beauty Cryphia domestica Hufn.
• 1 Dun-bar Cosmia trapezina Linn.
• 1 Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha Hufn.
• 1 Common/Lesser Common Rustic Mesapamea Agg.
• 1 Ear Moth Amphipoea oculea Linn.
• 1 Uncertain Hoplodrina alsines Brahm
• 2 Rustic Hoplodrina blanda D. & S.
• 1 Silver Y Autographa gamma Linn.

 

Saturday 25 July 2009

 

No Trap.

 

Friday 24 July 2009

 

Clear and cool to start torrential rain towards dawn, 13°C, windy.

I think most of what turned up earlier in the night was probably washed away by the end of the night, there was some interest left though.

Crambidae

• 1 Garden Grass Veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella Linn.
• 1 Inlaid Grass Veneer Crambus pascuella Linn.
• 1 Straw Grass-veneer Agriphila straminella D. & S.
• 1 Elder Pearl Phlyctaenia coronata D. & S.

Pyralidae

• 1 Rosy Tabby Endotricha flammealis D. & S.

Pterophoridae

• 3 Common Plume Pterophorus pentadactyla Linn.

Geometridae

• 3 Single-dotted Wave Idaea dimidiata Linn.
• 1 Common Pug Eupithecia vulgata Haw.
• 1 Bordered Beauty Epione repandaria Hufn.
• 1 Purple Thorn Selenia tetralunaria Hufn.

Noctuidae

• 1 Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta Hb.
• 1 Double Square-spot Xestia triangulum Hufn.
• 1 Gothic Naenia typica Linn.
• 1 Shoulder-striped Wainscot Mythimna comma Linn.
• 1 Marbled Beauty Cryphia domestica Hufn.
• 2 Dun-bar Cosmia trapezina Linn.
• 1 Common/Lesser Common Rustic Mesapamea Agg.
• 1 Rustic Hoplodrina blanda D. & S.
• 2 Vine’s Rustic Hoplodrina ambigua D. & S.
• 1 Mottled Rustic Caradrina morpheus Hufn.

 

Thursday 23 July 2009

 

No Trap.

 

Wednesday 22 July 2009

 

Overcast, occasional light showers, 14°C, windy.

What seems like horrible 2008 style summer weather during the daytime seems to be just the ticket at night time and the moths keep coming. One or two intersting species including what, according to John langmaid looks like it could be a Fulvous Bell, but that would relly depend on being able to find its foodplant, Centaurea scabiosa (greater knapweed), in the vicinity which, as yet, I haven’t. We also had a Golden Argent f. literella.

Lyonetiidae

• 1 Apple Leaf Miner Lyonetia clerkella Linn.

Yponomeutidae

• 1 Golden Argent Argyresthia goedartella f. literella Linn.
• 5 Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella Linn.

Blastobasidae

• 1 Dingy Dowd Blastobasis adustella Walsingham

Tortricidae

• 1 Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix Pandemis heparana D. & S.
• 1 Dark Triangle Button Acleris laterana Fabr.
• 1 Triangle-marked Roller Ancylis achatana D. & S.
• 1 Grey Poplar Bell Epinotia nisella Cl.
• 1 Holly Tortrix Rhopobota naevana Hb.
• 1 Fulvous Bell Eucosma fulvana Steph.
• 1 Bud Moth Spilonota ocellana D. & S.
• 2 Codling Moth Cydia pomonella Linn.

Crambidae

• 4 Garden Grass Veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella Linn.
• 3 Inlaid Grass Veneer Crambus pascuella Linn.
• 3 Straw Grass-veneer Agriphila straminella D. & S.
• 2 Meadow Grey Scoparia pyralella D. & S.
• 1 Common Grey Scoparia ambigualis Treit.
• 1 Elder Pearl Phlyctaenia coronata D. & S.
• 2 Dusky Pearl Udea prunalis D. & S.

Pyralidae

• 1 Rosy Tabby Endotricha flammealis D. & S.
• 3 Grey Knot-horn Trachycera advenella Zinck.

Pterophoridae

• 1 Common Plume Emmelina monodactyla Linn.

Geometridae

• 1 Single-dotted Wave Idaea dimidiata Linn.
• 2 Riband Wave Idaea aversata f. remutata Linn.
• 1 Small Phoenix Ecliptopera silaceata D. & S.
• 1 Wormwood Pug Eupithecia absinthiata Cl.
• 1 Green Pug Pasiphila rectangulata Linn.
• 1 Bordered Beauty Epione repandaria Hufn.
• 1 Canary-shouldered Thorn Ennomos alniaria Linn.
• 4 Scalloped Oak Crocallis elinguaria Linn.
• 1 Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria D. & S.

Arctiidae

• 1 Hoary Footman Eilema caniola Hb.

Noctuidae

• 4 Heart and Dart Agrotis exclamationis Linn.
• 1 Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta Hb.
• 2 Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta Linn.
• 3 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba Linn.
• 1 Double Square-spot Xestia triangulum Hufn.
• 1 Bright-line Brown-eye Lacanobia oleracea Linn.
• 3 Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura Hb.
• 1 Shoulder-striped Wainscot Mythimna comma Linn.
• 1 Miller Acronicta leporina Linn.
• 1 Dun-bar Cosmia trapezina Linn.
• 3 Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha Hufn.
• 1 Rustic Hoplodrina blanda D. & S.
• 2 Nut-Tree Tussock Colocasia coryli Linn.
• 1 Silver Y Autographa gamma Linn.

 

Tuesday 21 July 2009

 

Mainly cloudy, occasional showers, 13°C, windy.

Busy again with the number of species up around the fifty mark with two new ones and a couple of nice firsts for the year, a Drinker and a Pebble Hook-tip. The two new species are a Bulrush Cosmet (new family for the list too) no doubting that one and a possible/ probable Hawthorn Slender, it could actually be one of a number of species, Parornix need to have their bits chopped up to separate them but this species would appear to be the commonest of the genus and is also a hawthorn feeder of which there’s lots just nearby - so I’ve spared it the chop and guessed.

Gracillariidae

• 1 Hawthorn Slender Parornix anglicella Stt.

Yponomeutidae

• 1 Bird-cherry Ermine Yponomeuta evonymella Linn.
• 1 Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella Linn.

Coleophoridae

• 1 Common Oak Case-bearer Coleophora lutipennella Zell.

Oecophoridae

• 1 Common Flat-body Agonopterix heracliana Fabr.

Blastobasidae

• 1 Dingy Dowd Blastobasis adustella Walsingham

Cosmopterigidae

• 1 Bulrush Cosmet Limnaecia phragmitella Stt.

Tortricidae

• 1 Barred Marble Celypha striana D. & S.
• 1 Holly Tortrix Rhopobota naevana Hb.
• 1 Bramble Shoot Moth Epiblema uddmanniana D. & S.

Alucitidae

• 7 Twenty-plume Moth Alucita hexadactyla Linn.

Crambidae

• 6 Garden Grass Veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella Linn.
• 4 Inlaid Grass Veneer Crambus pascuella Linn.
• 11 Straw Grass-veneer Agriphila straminella D. & S.
• 2 Meadow Grey Scoparia pyralella D. & S.
• 1 Common Grey Scoparia ambigualis Treit.
• 1 Small Magpie Eurrhypara hortulata Linn.
• 2 Rush Veneer Nomophila noctuella D. & S.

Pyralidae

• 3 Rosy Tabby Endotricha flammealis D. & S.
• 1 Grey Knot-horn Trachycera advenella Zinck.

Pterophoridae

• 1 White Plume Moth Pterophorus pentadactyla Linn.
• 4 Common Plume Pterophorus pentadactyla Linn.

Lasiocampidae

• 1 Drinker Euthrix potatoria Linn.

Drepanidae

• 1 Pebble Hook-tip Drepana falcataria Linn.

Geometridae

• 1 Small Fan-footed Wave Idaea biselata Hufn.
• 3 Single-dotted Wave Idaea dimidiata Linn.
• 1 Riband Wave Idaea aversata f. remutata Linn.
• 1 Red Twin-spot Carpet Xanthorhoe spadicearia D. & S.
• 2 Small Phoenix Ecliptopera silaceata D. & S.
• 1 July Highflyer Hydriomena furcata Thunb.
• 2 Small Rivulet Perizoma alchemillata Linn.
• 1 Common Pug Eupithecia vulgata Haw.
• 1 Bordered Beauty Epione repandaria Hufn.
• 1 Clouded Border Lomaspilis marginata Linn.
• 2 Scalloped Oak Crocallis elinguaria Linn.
• 5 Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria D. & S.

Arctiidae

• 1 Hoary Footman Eilema caniola Hb.
• 1 Scarce Footman Eilema complana Linn.
• 1 Ruby Tiger Phragmatobia fuliginosa Linn.

Noctuidae

• 2 Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta Hb.
• 1 Flame Axylia putris Linn.
• 1 Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta Linn.
• 4 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba Linn.
• 2 Double Square-spot Xestia triangulum Hufn.
• 1 Gothic Naenia typica Linn.
• 1 Bright-line Brown-eye Lacanobia oleracea Linn.
• 1 Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura Hb.
• 1 Svensson’s Copper Underwing Amphipyra berbera Fletch.
• 4 Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha Hufn.
• 3 Rustic Hoplodrina blanda D. & S.
• 1 Silver Y Autographa gamma Linn.

 

Monday 20 July 2009

 

Mainly cloudy, occasional showers, 14°C, fairly windy.

A markedly better night than last night with the number of species being back at more than fifty, one of which was another new species a Smoky-barred Marble.

Yponomeutidae

• 2 Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella Linn.

Oecophoridae

• 1 White-shouldered House-moth Endrosis sarcitrella Linn.

Blastobasidae

• 1 Marsh Dowd Blastobasis rebeli Karsholt & Sinev

Tortricidae

• 2 Common Marble Celypha lacunana D. & S.
• 1 Smoky-barred Marble Lobesia abscisana Doubl.
• 1 Bramble Shoot Moth Epiblema uddmanniana D. & S.
• 1 Hoary Bell Eucosma cana Haw.
• 1 Bud Moth Spilonota ocellana D. & S.
• 1 Red Piercer Lathronympha strigana Fabr.

Alucitidae

• 1 Twenty-plume Moth Alucita hexadactyla Linn.

Crambidae

• 1 Garden Grass Veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella Linn.
• 5 Inlaid Grass Veneer Crambus pascuella Linn.
• 4 Straw Grass-veneer Agriphila straminella D. & S.
• 1 Small Purple and Gold Pyrausta aurata Scop.
• 2 Rush Veneer Nomophila noctuella D. & S.
• 2 Dusky Pearl Udea prunalis D. & S.

Pyralidae

• 1 Grey Knot-horn Trachycera advenella Zinck.

Drepanidae

• 1 Oak Hook-tip Watsonalla binaria Hufn.

Geometridae

• 1 Small Fan-footed Wave Idaea biselata Hufn.
• 2 Single-dotted Wave Idaea dimidiata Linn.
• 1 Small Phoenix Ecliptopera silaceata D. & S.
• 1 Sharp-angled Carpet Euphyia unangulata Haw.
• 1 Wormwood Pug Eupithecia absinthiata Cl.
• 1 V-Pug Chloroclystis v-ata Haw.
• 1 Clouded Border Lomaspilis marginata Linn.
• 1 Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata Linn.
• 3 Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria D. & S.

Sphingidae

• 1 Poplar Hawk-moth Laothoe populi Linn.

Notodontidae

• 1 Pale Prominent Pterostoma palpina Cl.

Arctiidae

• 2 Dingy Footman Eilema griseola Hb.
• 1 Hoary Footman Eilema caniola Hb.
• 1 Buff Ermine Spilosoma luteum Hufn.
• 1 Ruby Tiger Phragmatobia fuliginosa Linn.

Noctuidae

• 1 Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta Linn.
• 3 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba Linn.
• 1 Lesser Yellow Underwing Noctua comes Hb.
• 1 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua janthe Borkh.
• 2 Double Square-spot Xestia triangulum Hufn.
• 3 Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura Hb.
• 1 L-album Wainscot Mythimna l-album Linn.
• 2 Common/Lesser Common Rustic Mesapamea Agg.
• 2 Vine’s Rustic Hoplodrina ambigua D. & S.
• 1 Mottled Rustic Caradrina morpheus Hufn.
• 1 Nut-Tree Tussock Colocasia coryli Linn.
• 1 Straw Dot Rivula sericealis Scop.

 

Sunday 19 July 2009

 

Cool, clear at first showery later 12°C windy.

Truly uninspiring night. The most interesting thing that can be said about it was that there twice as many Nut-Tree Tussocks as we’ve seen all year (2). It would probably have been a more varied catch if I had managed to get up a bit earlier.

Alucitidae

• 2 Twenty-plume Moth Alucita hexadactyla Linn.

Crambidae

• 1 Garden Grass Veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella Linn.
• 5 Inlaid Grass Veneer Crambus pascuella Linn.
• 2 Straw Grass-veneer Agriphila straminella D. & S.
• 2 Rush Veneer Nomophila noctuella D. & S.
• 1 Dusky Pearl Udea prunalis D. & S.

Pterophoridae

• 1 White Plume Moth Pterophorus pentadactyla Linn.

Geometridae

• 1 Green Pug Pasiphila rectangulata Linn.
• 3 Scalloped Oak Crocallis elinguaria Linn.
• 1 Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria D. & S.

Arctiidae

• 2 Dingy Footman Eilema griseola Hb.
• 1 Buff Ermine Spilosoma luteum Hufn.
• 1 Ruby Tiger Phragmatobia fuliginosa Linn.

Noctuidae

• 1 Heart and Dart Agrotis exclamationis Linn.
• 2 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba Linn.
• 1 Bright-line Brown-eye Lacanobia oleracea Linn.
• 2 Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura Hb.
• 2 Dun-bar Cosmia trapezina Linn.
• 1 Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha Hufn.
• 1 Small Clouded Brindle Apamea unanimis Hb.
• 1 Uncertain Hoplodrina alsines Brahm
• 2 Vine’s Rustic Hoplodrina ambigua D. & S.
• 2 Mottled Rustic Caradrina morpheus Hufn.
• 2 Nut-Tree Tussock Colocasia coryli Linn.

 

Saturday 18 July 2009

 

Failed to organise myself in time.

 

Friday 17 July 2009

 

Thunder storms, torrential rain and strong gusty wind before midnight, calming down later, 15°C.

I was right, the night was a shocker but I just couldn’t resist the prospect of a warm and thundery night. Although the trap got a severe drenching early on it had dried out fairly well by the morning and there didn’t appear to be any casualties. It was definitely worth it though, two more new species showed up one of which was particularly interesting, initially I assumed that it was another of the yponomeutid "Ermines" but with fewer and larger spots but on closer inspection proved to be a Dotted Ermel which is entirely unrelated as well as being nationally scarce. The other new species also had me stumped, mainly because of its tent-like resting position and the lack of similarity to the only other member of the genus that we’ve recorded, the Dun-bar, was a Lunar-spotted Pinion.

Yponomeutidae

• 2 Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella Linn.

Coleophoridae

• 1 Common Oak Case-bearer Coleophora lutipennella Zell.

Ethmiidae

• 1 Dotted Ermel Ethmia dodecea Haw.

Gelechiidae

• 1 Orange Crest Helcystogramma rufescens Haw.

Blastobasidae

• 1 Marsh Dowd Blastobasis rebeli Karsholt & Sinev

Tortricidae

• 1 Red-barred Tortrix Ditula angustiorana Haw.
• 2 Cnephasia Sp.
• 1 Triangle-marked Roller Ancylis achatana D. & S.
• 1 White-cloaked Shoot Gypsonoma sociana Haw.
• 1 Marbled Piercer Cydia splendana Hb.
• 1 Codling Moth Cydia pomonella Linn.

Alucitidae

• 3 Twenty-plume Moth Alucita hexadactyla Linn.

Crambidae

• 5 Garden Grass Veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella Linn.
• 9 Inlaid Grass Veneer Crambus pascuella Linn.
• 3 Straw Grass-veneer Agriphila straminella D. & S.
• 1 Meadow Grey Scoparia pyralella D. & S.
• 1 Common Grey Scoparia ambigualis Treit.
• 2 Small Purple and Gold Pyrausta aurata Scop.
• 2 Elder Pearl Phlyctaenia coronata D. & S.
• 1 Dusky Pearl Udea prunalis D. & S.
• 2 Mother of Pearl Pleuroptya ruralis Scop.

Pyralidae

• 2 Rosy Tabby Endotricha flammealis D. & S.
• 1 Grey Knot-horn Trachycera advenella Zinck.

Pterophoridae

• 2 Common Plume Pterophorus pentadactyla Linn.

Drepanidae

• 1 Oak Hook-tip Watsonalla binaria Hufn.

Geometridae

• 1 Small Fan-footed Wave Idaea biselata Hufn.
• 2 Single-dotted Wave Idaea dimidiata Linn.
• 2 Riband Wave Idaea aversata f. remutata Linn.
• 1 Garden Carpet Xanthorhoe fluctuata Linn.
• 1 July Highflyer Hydriomena furcata Thunb.
• 1 V-Pug Chloroclystis v-ata Haw.
• 1 Double-striped Pug Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Haw.
• 1 Scalloped Oak Crocallis elinguaria Linn.
• 1 Clouded Silver Lomographa temerata D. & S.

Arctiidae

• 1 Rosy Footman Miltochrista miniata Forst.
• 1 Hoary Footman Eilema caniola Hb.

Noctuidae

• 2 Heart and Dart Agrotis exclamationis Linn.
• 3 Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta Hb.
• 2 Flame Axylia putris Linn.
• 1 Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta Linn.
• 1 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba Linn.
• 1 Double Square-spot Xestia triangulum Hufn.
• 1 Gothic Naenia typica Linn.
• 3 Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura Hb.
• 1 Sycamore Acronicta aceris Linn.
• 1 Coronet Craniophora ligustri D. & S.
• 1 Marbled Beauty Cryphia domestica Hufn.
• 1 Dun-bar Cosmia trapezina Linn.
• 1 Lunar-spotted Pinion Cosmia pyralina D. & S.
• 1 Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha Hufn.
• 1 Marbled Minor Sp. Oligia Sp.
• 2 Uncertain Hoplodrina alsines Brahm
• 2 Rustic Hoplodrina blanda D. & S.
• 1 Vine’s Rustic Hoplodrina ambigua D. & S.
• 2 Mottled Rustic Caradrina morpheus Hufn.
• 1 Dark Spectacle Abrostola triplasia Linn.

 

Thursday 16 July 2009

 

Circumstances rather prevented me from doing any trapping last night which is irritating as tonight looks like it’s going to be a shocker.

 

Wednesday 15 July 2009

 

Heavy showers, 14°C, breezy at first becoming very windy towards dawn.

I really wasn’t expecting too much from last night, admittedly it was fairly warm but the weather was awful. Nevertheless, my pessimism was entirely misplaced, the trap was nearly as crowded as it was on Monday night but with a remarkably different selection of species (not an Arches in sight!) which included two Small Scallop, an apparently local and declining species which look a bit like a Riband Wave but designed by someone with a bit more flair (does that make me sound like some sort of "I.D." proponent (freak)? don’t worry, if I ever decide I need religion, I’ll invent one of my own - all kneel before the great god Acherontia (who is without mercy)…). We also had two Small Rivulet and two Clay too. It was odd though how different the catch was, basically we had more or less the same selection of families represented but different representatives form each; no Common Footman but a Ruby Tiger, Dingy Dowd instead of Marsh Dowd, yesterday two Mottled Beauty, today a Pale Oak Beauty (our second) and a Willow Beauty, a different selection of tortricids… We also had a completely unidentifiable Oecophorid - Depressaria or Agonopterix, just too badly worn to be any more specific I’m afraid.

Yponomeutidae

• 1 Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella Linn.

Coleophoridae

• 1 Common Oak Case-bearer Coleophora lutipennella Zell.

Oecophoridae

• 1 Unidentifiable Depressaria / Agonopterix

Blastobasidae

• 1 Dingy Dowd Blastobasis adustella Walsingham

Tortricidae

• 3 Cnephasia Sp.
• 1 Holly Tortrix Rhopobota naevana Hb.
• 1 Cock’s-head Bell Zeiraphera isertana Fabr.
• 1 Bramble Shoot Moth Epiblema uddmanniana D. & S.
• 1 Hoary Bell Eucosma cana Haw.
• 1 Marbled Piercer Cydia splendana Hb.

Alucitidae

• 3 Twenty-plume Moth Alucita hexadactyla Linn.

Crambidae

• 11 Garden Grass Veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella Linn.
• 6 Inlaid Grass Veneer Crambus pascuella Linn.
• 2 Water Veneer Acentria ephemerella D. & S.
• 1 Common Grey Scoparia ambigualis Treit.

Pyralidae

• 4 Rosy Tabby Endotricha flammealis D. & S.
• 1 Bee Moth Aphomia sociella Linn.

Geometridae

• 1 Small Emerald Hemistola chrysoprasaria Esp.
• 1 Small Fan-footed Wave Idaea biselata Hufn.
• 1 Single-dotted Wave Idaea dimidiata Linn.
• 2 Small Scallop Idaea emarginata Linn.
• 4 Riband Wave Idaea aversata f. remutata Linn.
• 3 Small Phoenix Ecliptopera silaceata D. & S.
• 2 Small Rivulet Perizoma alchemillata Linn.
• 1 Green Pug Pasiphila rectangulata Linn.
• 1 Clouded Border Lomaspilis marginata Linn.
• 2 Scalloped Oak Crocallis elinguaria Linn.
• 2 Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria D. & S.
• 1 Pale Oak Beauty Hypomecis punctinalis Scop.

Lymantriidae

• 1 Yellow-tail Euproctis similis Feussl.

Arctiidae

• 1 Hoary Footman Eilema caniola Hb.
• 1 Ruby Tiger Phragmatobia fuliginosa Linn.

Noctuidae

• 2 Heart and Dart Agrotis exclamationis Linn.
• 1 Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta Hb.
• 2 Flame Axylia putris Linn.
• 1 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba Linn.
• 1 Bright-line Brown-eye Lacanobia oleracea Linn.
• 2 Clay Mythimna ferrago Fabr.
• 2 Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura Hb.
• 1 Marbled Beauty Cryphia domestica Hufn.
• 2 Dun-bar Cosmia trapezina Linn.
• 2 Uncertain Hoplodrina alsines Brahm
• 8 Rustic Hoplodrina blanda D. & S.
• 3 Mottled Rustic Caradrina morpheus Hufn.
• 1 Snout Hypena proboscidalis Linn.

 

Tuesday 14 July 2009

 

Partly cloudy with occasional light showers, 14°C, fairly breezy.

Firstly, I should point out that Lucas switched the lamp on last night and so therefore all the credit for last night’s exciting catch should go to him - well done Small Chap!

It has to be said that it was a cracking night with five new species to add to the list (admittedly, the identification of three of is open to quite a bit of question) and several species of which we see very few. On the whole though it was "Arches Night" with Black, Kent Black, Reddish Light and Dark all being present - Reddish Light Arches being our first record. We also had a Latticed Heath, a very attractive butterfly like moth that was a real pain to photograph. The three dubious new species were two Common Oak Case-bearer (actually, this is a moth I’m sure we’ve had before but I have never got around to trying to identify it, preferring instead to pretend it wasn’t there), a Cinerous Groundling (Cinerous?) and a Bud Moth. Or not as the case may be.

Possibly the most interesting moth in the catch was another Marsh Dowd which I’m lead to believe is only the sixth record of this species in Sussex, two of the previous five were also by us!

Tineidae

• 1 Bird’s Nest Moth Tinea trinotella D. & S.

Yponomeutidae

• 1 Bird-cherry Ermine Yponomeuta evonymella Linn.
• 1 Apple Ermine Yponomeuta malinellus Zell.
• 1 Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella Linn.

Coleophoridae

• 2 Common Oak Case-bearer Coleophora lutipennella Zell.

Blastobasidae

• 1 Marsh Dowd Blastobasis rebeli Karsholt & Sinev

Oecophoridae

• 2 Brown House-moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella Stt.

Gelechiidae

• 1 Cinerous Groundling Bryotropha terrella D. & S.

Momphidae

• 1 Common Cosmet Mompha epilobiella D. & S.

Tortricidae

• 1 Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix Pandemis heparana D. & S.
• 1 Cnephasia Sp.
• 1 Common Marble Celypha lacunana D. & S.
• 1 Holly Tortrix Rhopobota naevana Hb.
• 1 White-cloaked Shoot Gypsonoma sociana Haw.
• 1 Bud Moth Spilonota ocellana D. & S.

Crambidae

• 9 Garden Grass Veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella Linn.
• 7 Inlaid Grass Veneer Crambus pascuella Linn.
• 1 Small Magpie Eurrhypara hortulata Linn.
• 1 Elder Pearl Phlyctaenia coronata D. & S.
• 1 Rush Veneer Nomophila noctuella D. & S.
• 2 Mother of Pearl Pleuroptya ruralis Scop.

Pyralidae

• 4 Rosy Tabby Endotricha flammealis D. & S.
• 3 Bee Moth Aphomia sociella Linn.
• 1 Grey Knot-horn Trachycera advenella Zinck.

Geometridae

• 1 Single-dotted Wave Idaea dimidiata Linn.
• 3 Riband Wave Idaea aversata f. remutata Linn.
• 1 Cypress Carpet Thera cupressata Geyer
• 1 July Highflyer Hydriomena furcata Thunb.
• 1 Haworth’s Pug Eupithecia haworthiata Doubl.
• 1 V-Pug Chloroclystis v-ata Haw.
• 1 Latticed Heath Chiasmia clathrata Linn.
• 1 Bordered Beauty Epione repandaria Hufn.
• 1 Clouded Border Lomaspilis marginata Linn.
• 1 Scalloped Oak Crocallis elinguaria Linn.
• 2 Mottled Beauty Alcis repandata Linn.

Lymantriidae

• 1 Black Arches Lymantria monacha Linn.

Arctiidae

• 1 Hoary Footman Eilema caniola Hb.
• 3 Common Footman Eilema lurideola Zinck.

Nolidae

• 1 Kent Black Arches Meganola albula D. & S.

Noctuidae

• 2 Heart and Club Agrotis clavis Hufn.
• 2 Heart and Dart Agrotis exclamationis Linn.
• 1 Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta Hb.
• 1 Flame Axylia putris Linn.
• 1 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba Linn.
• 1 True Lover’s Knot Lycophotia porphyrea D. & S.
• 4 Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura Hb.
• 1 Dun-bar Cosmia trapezina Linn.
• 1 Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha Hufn.
• 1 Reddish Light Arches Apamea sublustris Esp.
• 1 Slender Brindle Apamea scolopacina Esp.
• 3 Uncertain Hoplodrina alsines Brahm
• 6 Rustic Hoplodrina blanda D. & S.
• 1 Vine’s Rustic Hoplodrina ambigua D. & S.
• 1 Marbled White Spot Protodeltote pygarga Hufn.
• 1 Silver Y Autographa gamma Linn.

 

Monday 13 July 2009

 

Predominantly clear, 12°C, light wind.

One of the smallest catches for quite some time but not without interest. An Ear Moth being the highlight (if a little battered). I’m putting it down as an Ear Moth despite the fact that the four species of "Ears" can only be reliably differentiated by dissection, all the others seem to have a more westerly or northerly distribution and also mainly coastal so although not definitive, I would guess that it is most probably correct. The other interesting catch was our first record of Burnished Brass f. aurea all our previous records have been juncta.

Tortricidae

• 1 Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana Walker
• 1 Cnephasia Sp.
• 1 White-cloaked Shoot Gypsonoma sociana Haw.

Alucitidae

• 3 Twenty-plume Moth Alucita hexadactyla Linn.

Crambidae

• 6 Garden Grass Veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella Linn.
• 8 Inlaid Grass Veneer Crambus pascuella Linn.
• 1 Small Magpie Eurrhypara hortulata Linn.
• 1 Rush Veneer Nomophila noctuella D. & S.

Pterophoridae

• 2 Common Plume Pterophorus pentadactyla Linn.

Geometridae

• 1 Single-dotted Wave Idaea dimidiata Linn.
• 2 Riband Wave Idaea aversata f. remutata Linn.
• 2 Small Phoenix Ecliptopera silaceata D. & S.
• 1 Double-striped Pug Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Haw.
• 1 V-Pug Chloroclystis v-ata Haw.
• 1 Early Thorn Selenia dentaria Fabr.

Arctiidae

• 2 Common Footman Eilema lurideola Zinck.

Noctuidae

• 3 Heart and Dart Agrotis exclamationis Linn.
• 2 Flame Axylia putris Linn.
• 1 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba Linn.
• 2 True Lover’s Knot Lycophotia porphyrea D. & S.
• 1 Double Square-spot Xestia triangulum Hufn.
• 1 Bright-line Brown-eye Lacanobia oleracea Linn.
• 3 Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura Hb.
• 1 Svensson’s Copper Underwing Amphipyra berbera Fletch.
• 1 Dun-bar Cosmia trapezina Linn.
• 1 Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha Hufn.
• 1 Ear Moth Amphipoea oculea Linn.
• 1 Uncertain Hoplodrina alsines Brahm
• 8 Rustic Hoplodrina blanda D. & S.
• 2 Vine’s Rustic Hoplodrina ambigua D. & S.
• 2 Mottled Rustic Caradrina morpheus Hufn.
• 1 Burnished Brass Diachrysia chrysitis Linn. f. aurea Huene
• 1 Fan-foot Herminia tarsipennalis Treit.

 

Sunday 12 July 2009

 

Didn’t other as it was really just too wet and windy.

 

Saturday 11 July 2009

 

Cloudy with light rain falling most of the night, 13°C, windy.

After last week’s proper summer weather the past few days have been unpleasantly and scarily reminiscent of last year - have we had our summer? Nevertheless, last nights catch was another good one with plenty of variety and another new species, a Poplar Cosmet (well, at least I think it is!). Interestingly, we also recorded two Marsh Dowd - we’ve only seen this species once before in August ’07.

Yponomeutidae

• 1 Bird-cherry Ermine Yponomeuta evonymella Linn.
• 1 Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella Linn.
• 1 Grey-streaked Smudge Plutella porrectella Linn.

Oecophoridae

• 1 Brown House-moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella Stt.
• 2 White-shouldered House-moth Endrosis sarcitrella Linn.

Blastobasidae

• 2 Marsh Dowd Blastobasis rebeli Karsholt & Sinev

Momphidae

• 1 Poplar Cosmet Batrachedra praeangusta Haw.

Tortricidae

• 1 Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix Pandemis heparana D. & S.
• 1 Red-barred Tortrix Ditula angustiorana Haw.
• 1 Cnephasia Sp.
• 1 Common Marble Celypha lacunana D. & S.
• 1 Cock’s-head Bell Zeiraphera isertana Fabr.
• 1 Codling Moth Cydia pomonella Linn.

Alucitidae

• 2 Twenty-plume Moth Alucita hexadactyla Linn.

Crambidae

• 11 Garden Grass Veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella Linn.
• 10 Inlaid Grass Veneer Crambus pascuella Linn.
• 1 Small Grey Eudonia mercurella Linn.
• 1 Small Magpie Eurrhypara hortulata Linn.
• 3 Elder Pearl Phlyctaenia coronata D. & S.
• 1 Dusky Pearl Udea prunalis D. & S.
• 1 Rush Veneer Nomophila noctuella D. & S.

Pyralidae

• 3 Rosy Tabby Endotricha flammealis D. & S.
• 1 Grey Knot-horn Trachycera advenella Zinck.

Pterophoridae

• 3 Common Plume Pterophorus pentadactyla Linn.

Thyatiridae

• 1 Buff Arches Habrosyne pyritoides Hufn.

Geometridae

• 2 Single-dotted Wave Idaea dimidiata Linn.
• 2 Riband Wave Idaea aversata f. remutata Linn.
• 1 Small Phoenix Ecliptopera silaceata D. & S.
• 1 Sharp-angled Carpet Euphyia unangulata Haw.
• 3 V-Pug Chloroclystis v-ata Haw.
• 1 Green Pug Pasiphila rectangulata Linn.
• 1 Clouded Border Lomaspilis marginata Linn.
• 1 Early Thorn Selenia dentaria Fabr.
• 1 Scalloped Oak Crocallis elinguaria Linn.
• 2 Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria D. & S.

Arctiidae

• 1 Dingy Footman Eilema griseola Hb.
• 1 Scarce Footman Eilema complana Linn.
• 2 Common Footman Eilema lurideola Zinck.

Noctuidae

• 2 Heart and Club Agrotis clavis Hufn.
• 9 Heart and Dart Agrotis exclamationis Linn.
• 2 Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta Hb.
• 2 Flame Axylia putris Linn.
• 1 Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta Linn.
• 2 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba Linn.
• 1 Gothic Naenia typica Linn.
• 5 Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura Hb.
• 2 Shoulder-striped Wainscot Mythimna comma Linn.
• 2 Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha Hufn.
• 2 Uncertain Hoplodrina alsines Brahm
• 6 Rustic Hoplodrina blanda D. & S.
• 1 Mottled Rustic Caradrina morpheus Hufn.

 

Friday 10 July 2009

 

Another night off, not sure it would have been much of a night anyway it got pretty chilly with the weather forecast suggesting the temperature would fall to about 7°C, I didn’t check our thermometer to corroborate this prediction but it did feel quite un July-like.

 

Thursday 09 July 2009

 

Mostly clear, 11°C, fairly windy.

I was really quite surprised by the number of moths we had in the trap this morning, the night had been mainly clear and verging on chilly. Approaching forty five species and not a Heart and Dart in sight! Yet another new species too to keep things ticking over nicely, it’s what I believe is a Bright Bell though I do have to confess a degree of uncertainty it does seem like a pretty good match. We also appear to be in the midst of a Twenty-plume Moth population explosion, there were only six in the trap this morning but last night there were dozens of them flying around, I would imagine that if had looked a little more thoroughly I would have found them all in the undergrowth around the trap.

Yponomeutidae

• 1 Bird-cherry Ermine Yponomeuta evonymella Linn.
• 2 Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella Linn.

Oecophoridae

• 1 White-shouldered House-moth Endrosis sarcitrella Linn.

Tortricidae

• 1 Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix Pandemis heparana D. & S.
• 1 Red-barred Tortrix Ditula angustiorana Haw.
• 2 Cnephasia Sp.
• 1 Marbled Orchard Tortrix Hedya nubiferana Haw.
• 1 Triangle-marked Roller Ancylis achatana D. & S.
• 1 Bright Bell Eucosma hohenwartiana D. & S.

Alucitidae

• 6 Twenty-plume Moth Alucita hexadactyla Linn.

Crambidae

• 16 Garden Grass Veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella Linn.
• 10 Inlaid Grass Veneer Crambus pascuella Linn.
• 1 Hook-streak Grass Veneer Crambus lathoniellus Zinck.
• 1 Satin Grass Veneer Crambus perlella Scop.
• 1 Meadow Grey Scoparia pyralella D. & S.
• 2 Elder Pearl Phlyctaenia coronata D. & S.
• 1 Rush Veneer Nomophila noctuella D. & S.

Pyralidae

• 1 Meal Moth Pyralis farinalis Linn.
• 1 Grey Knot-horn Trachycera advenella Zinck.

Pterophoridae

• 1 White Plume Moth Pterophorus pentadactyla Linn.
• 4 Common Plume Pterophorus pentadactyla Linn.

Geometridae

• 2 Single-dotted Wave Idaea dimidiata Linn.
• 1 Riband Wave Idaea aversata Linn.
• 4 Riband Wave Idaea aversata f. remutata Linn.
• 1 Small Phoenix Ecliptopera silaceata D. & S.
• 1 Foxglove Pug Eupithecia pulchellata Steph.
• 2 Green Pug Pasiphila rectangulata Linn.
• 1 Double-striped Pug Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Haw.
• 1 Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria D. & S.
• 1 Common White Wave Cabera pusaria Linn.

Sphingidae

• 1 Poplar Hawk-moth Laothoe populi Linn.

Arctiidae

• 2 Common Footman Eilema lurideola Zinck.

Noctuidae

• 1 Flame Axylia putris Linn.
• 1 Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum Linn.
• 2 Double Square-spot Xestia triangulum Hufn.
• 2 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba Linn.
• 1 Bright-line Brown-eye Lacanobia oleracea Linn.
• 3 Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura Hb.
• 1 Shoulder-striped Wainscot Mythimna comma Linn.
• 1 Coronet Craniophora ligustri D. & S.
• 2 Uncertain Hoplodrina alsines Brahm
• 4 Rustic Hoplodrina blanda D. & S.
• 1 Pale Mottled Willow Paradrina clavipalpis Scop.
• 1 Marbled White Spot Protodeltote pygarga Hufn.

 

Wednesday 08 July 2009

 

Finally done it! What a relief to be up and running again.

No trap last night - the weather was too awful but I did find the moth pictured above on the inside of the front door this morning, what an exciting way to get the site back up and running again - a Small Dingy Tubic what a thrilling name that is!

 

Tuesday 07 July 2009

 

Heavy rain at first, partially clearing, 14°C, windy.

This time last week we were just getting happily settled in to what the Met. Office was describing as a "Heat Wave" (a couple of days where the daytime temperature nudges 30°C - we’re so lame), anyway, that’s all over and done with now and normal service has been resumed. It’s obvious the moths preferred the heat, with quite a fall in numbers in the trap this morning. The two most notable were the Svensson’s Copper Underwing (very distinct pale tips to its palps) and the first of the second generation of Early Thorn, actually the most interesting thing about this morning’s catch was the complete absence of any tortricids - odd.

Yponomeutidae

• 1 Leek Moth Acrolepiopsis assectella Zell.

Crambidae

• 18 Garden Grass Veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella Linn.
• 5 Inlaid Grass Veneer Crambus pascuella Linn.
• 1 Small Magpie Eurrhypara hortulata Linn.
• 1 Elder Pearl Phlyctaenia coronata D. & S.

Pterophoridae

• 1 Common Plume Emmelina monodactyla Linn.

Geometridae

• 1 Single-dotted Wave Idaea dimidiata Linn.
• 1 Small Fan-footed Wave Idaea biselata Hufn.
• 2 Riband Wave Idaea aversata Linn.
• 1 Riband Wave Idaea aversata f. remutata Linn.
• 1 Common Pug Eupithecia vulgata Haw.
• 1 V-Pug Chloroclystis v-ata Haw.
• 1 Double-striped Pug Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Haw.
• 1 Early Thorn Selenia dentaria Fabr.
• 1 Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria D. & S.

Arctiidae

• 1 Scarce Footman Eilema complana Linn.
• 2 Common Footman Eilema lurideola Zinck.
• 1 Buff Ermine Spilosoma luteum Hufn.

Noctuidae

• 4 Heart and Dart Agrotis exclamationis Linn.
• 3 Flame Axylia putris Linn.
• 1 Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta Linn.
• 1 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba Linn.
• 1 Gothic Naenia typica Linn.
• 1 Bright-line Brown-eye Lacanobia oleracea Linn.
• 5 Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura Hb.
• 1 Svensson’s Copper Underwing Amphipyra berbera Fletch.
• 2 Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha Hufn.
• 1 Rustic Hoplodrina blanda D. & S.
• 1 Vine’s Rustic Hoplodrina ambigua D. & S.
• 3 Mottled Rustic Caradrina morpheus Hufn.

 

Monday 06 July 2009

 

Nearly there with the rebuilding process!

 

Sunday 05 July 2009

 

Mainly clear, 15°C, fairly windy.

Definitely a bit cooler and fresher than it’s been recently and that appeared to have a slight affect on the number of species in the trap - well in comparison to Friday night’s monster haul. The species list continues to grow though and with some good stuff too. The first and most obvious (obvious that is, when looking into the trap) is the Tawny-barred Angle, there was also a smaller than usual and very plain looking pug on the inside wall of the trap which once potted I was able to identify, thanks to the yellow thorax and abdomen as a Haworth’s Pug (a calcareous grassland specialist apparently). The final new species, was an Ash Bud Moth, a moth I’m rather surprised we haven’t seen before. The photo of the Apple Ermine makes an interesting comparison with the one of Bird-cherry Ermine of a couple of days ago. With Apple Ermine the differentiation between this species and the very similar Spindle Ermine is the colour of the fringe on the forewings - in this species it’s grey and white on the Spindle Ermine.

Yponomeutidae

• 1 Apple Ermine Yponomeuta malinellus Zell.
• 1 Ash Bud Moth Prays fraxinella Bjerkander
• 9 Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella Linn.

Tortricidae

• 3 Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix Pandemis cerasana Hb.
• 2 Barred Marble Celypha striana D. & S.
• 1 Common Marble Celypha lacunana D. & S.
• 1 Diamond-back Marble Eudemis profundana D. & S.
• 1 White-cloaked Shoot Gypsonoma sociana Haw.
• 1 Common Rose Bell Epiblema rosaecolana Doubl.
• 3 Bramble Shoot Moth Epiblema uddmanniana D. & S.
• 1 Codling Moth Cydia pomonella Linn.

Alucitidae

• 10 Twenty-plume Moth Alucita hexadactyla Linn.

Crambidae

• 14 Garden Grass Veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella Linn.
• 7 Inlaid Grass Veneer Crambus pascuella Linn.
• 1 Common Grey Scoparia ambigualis Treit.
• 1 Small Grey Eudonia mercurella Linn.
• 1 Rush Veneer Nomophila noctuella D. & S.

Pyralidae

• 1 Bee Moth Aphomia sociella Linn.

Pterophoridae

• 1 Common Plume Emmelina monodactyla Linn.

Geometridae

• 1 Small Emerald Hemistola chrysoprasaria Esp.
• 3 Riband Wave Idaea aversata Linn.
• 4 Riband Wave Idaea aversata f. remutata Linn.
• 1 Phoenix Eulithis prunata Linn.
• 1 Cypress Carpet Thera cupressata Geyer
• 1 July Highflyer Hydriomena furcata Thunb.
• 1 Haworth’s Pug Eupithecia haworthiata Doubl.
• 1 V-Pug Chloroclystis v-ata Haw.
• 2 Green Pug Pasiphila rectangulata Linn.
• 2 Double-striped Pug Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Haw.
• 1 Tawny-barred Angle Macaria liturata Cl.
• 1 Scalloped Oak Crocallis elinguaria Linn.

Arctiidae

• 1 Scarce Footman Eilema complana Linn.
• 4 Common Footman Eilema lurideola Zinck.

Noctuidae

• 2 Heart and Club Agrotis clavis Hufn.
• 7 Heart and Dart Agrotis exclamationis Linn.
• 5 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba Linn.
• 1 True Lover’s Knot Lycophotia porphyrea D. & S.
• 2 Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum Linn.
• 2 Double Square-spot Xestia triangulum Hufn.
• 6 Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura Hb.
• 2 Dun-bar Cosmia trapezina Linn.
• 3 Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha Hufn.
• 4 Uncertain Hoplodrina alsines Brahm
• 4 Rustic Hoplodrina blanda D. & S.
• 1 Vine’s Rustic Hoplodrina ambigua D. & S.
• 1 Mottled Rustic Caradrina morpheus Hufn.

 

Saturday 04 July 2009

 

Another trap free night.

 

Friday 03 July 2009

 

Weather: Mainly clear, 16°C, light breeze.

I think last night will go down in history, I haven’t checked back too thoroughly but I seriously doubt there have been too many nights where we have recorded more species (or more individuals for that matter). Not only that but we had two new species to add to the list and they were two I wouldn’t necessarily have expected (not that I expect any species in particular). The first of these was a Blackneck, which is at home in damp woods and water meadows, which, admittedly, we do have nearby but there was also what I, at first, thought was a slightly odd and too small True Lover’s Knot but I quickly realised what it actual was, a Beautiful Yellow Underwing a heath and moorland specialist and what I also assumed was a day-flying species - we certainly get variety. I also have to admit a little confusion when I saw what proved to be our first Coronet of the year - I’m not used to bright green ones!

Lyonetiidae

• 2 Apple Leaf Miner Lyonetia clerkella Linn.

Choreutidae

• 1 Common Nettle-tap Anthophila fabriciana Linn.

Yponomeutidae

• 3 Bird-cherry Ermine Yponomeuta evonymella Linn.
• 1 White Pine Ermel Ocnerostoma piniariella Zell.
• 5 Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella Linn.
• 2 Leek Moth Acrolepiopsis assectella Zell.

Oecophoridae

• 3 Brown House-moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella Stt.
• 1 White-shouldered House-moth Endrosis sarcitrella Linn.

Tortricidae

• 1 Common Yellow Conch Agapeta hamana Linn.
• 1 Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix Pandemis cerasana Hb.
• 1 Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana Walker
• 3 Red-barred Tortrix Ditula angustiorana Haw.
• 4 Cnephasia Sp.
• 1 Barred Marble Celypha striana D. & S.
• 1 Marbled Orchard Tortrix Hedya nubiferana Haw.
• 1 Triangle-marked Roller Ancylis achatana D. & S.
• 1 Cock’s-head Bell Zeiraphera isertana Fabr.
• 1 White-cloaked Shoot Gypsonoma sociana Haw.
• 3 Bramble Shoot Moth Epiblema uddmanniana D. & S.
• 2 Acorn Piercer Pammene fasciana Linn.
• 1 Codling Moth Cydia pomonella Linn.

Alucitidae

• 5 Twenty-plume Moth Alucita hexadactyla Linn.

Crambidae

• 13 Garden Grass Veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella Linn.
• 8 Inlaid Grass Veneer Crambus pascuella Linn.
• 2 Hook-streak Grass Veneer Crambus lathoniellus Zinck.
• 1 Satin Grass Veneer Crambus perlella Scop.
• 1 Water Veneer Acentria ephemerella D. & S.
• 1 Meadow Grey Scoparia pyralella D. & S.
• 1 Common Grey Scoparia ambigualis Treit.
• 2 Small Grey Eudonia mercurella Linn.
• 1 Small Magpie Eurrhypara hortulata Linn.
• 2 Elder Pearl Phlyctaenia coronata D. & S.

Pyralidae

• 1 Double-striped Tabby Orthopygia glaucinalis Linn.
• 1 Bee Moth Aphomia sociella Linn.

Pterophoridae

• 1 White Plume Moth Pterophorus pentadactyla Linn.
• 1 Common Plume Emmelina monodactyla Linn.

Thyatiridae

• 2 Common Lutestring Ochropacha duplaris Linn.

Geometridae

• 2 Small Emerald Hemistola chrysoprasaria Esp.
• 1 Small Fan-footed Wave Idaea biselata Hufn.
• 1 Riband Wave Idaea aversata Linn.
• 1 Riband Wave Idaea aversata f. remutata Linn.
• 1 Common Carpet Epirrhoe alternata Müll.
• 1 Small Phoenix Ecliptopera silaceata D. & S.
• 2 Common Marbled Carpet Chloroclysta truncata Hufn.
• 1 Pine Carpet Thera firmata Hb.
• 1 July Highflyer Hydriomena furcata Thunb.
• 2 V-Pug Chloroclystis v-ata Haw.
• 1 Green Pug Pasiphila rectangulata Linn.
• 2 Double-striped Pug Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Haw.
• 1 Scorched Wing Plagodis dolabraria Linn.
• 1 Swallow-tailed Moth Ourapteryx sambucaria Linn.
• 2 Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria D. & S.
• 1 Mottled Beauty Alcis repandata Linn.
• 1 Common Wave Cabera exanthemata Scop.
• 1 Light Emerald Campaea margaritata Linn.

Lymantriidae

• 1 Yellow-tail Euproctis similis Feussl.

Arctiidae

• 2 Common Footman Eilema lurideola Zinck.

Noctuidae

• 4 Heart and Club Agrotis clavis Hufn.
• 3 Heart and Dart Agrotis exclamationis Linn.
• 1 Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta Hb.
• 2 Flame Axylia putris Linn.
• 3 Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta Linn.
• 1 Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum Linn.
• 1 Triple-spotted Clay Xestia ditrapezium D. & S.
• 1 Beautiful Yellow Underwing Anarta myrtilli Linn.
• 1 Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura Hb.
• 1 Common Wainscot Mythimna pallens Linn.
• 1 Sycamore Acronicta aceris Linn.
• 1 Coronet Craniophora ligustri D. & S.
• 1 Light Arches Apamea lithoxylaea D. & S.
• 4 Marbled Minor Sp. Oligia Sp.
• 4 Uncertain Hoplodrina alsines Brahm
• 6 Rustic Hoplodrina blanda D. & S.
• 2 Marbled White Spot Protodeltote pygarga Hufn.
• 1 Oak Nycteoline Nycteola revayana f. undulana Scop.
• 1 Blackneck Lygephila pastinum Treit.

 

Thursday 02 July 2009

 

In the process of doing a bit of website "house-keeping" I accidentally deleted the database table that holds all the records for this site and is consequently absolutely necessary for it to function properly, luckily, I had a back up but that was only covered records up to 22 May. I didn’t even swear or raise my voice when I realised what I had done, I did grizzle a little bit though. As a result of this I am reducing the amount of trapping that I do until I have managed to get back on top of things.

 

Wednesday 01 July 2009

 

Weather: Partly cloudy, 17°C, light breeze.

Not a particularly noteworthy catch but at least we managed to kick off July with a new species for the list, a Bird-cherry Ermine which is apparently the easiest of the (yponomeutid) "Ermines" to identify on account of the five rows of spots it displays on its forewings. Oh, and the first Rosy Tabby of the year to but it it declined to be photographed.

Yponomeutidae

• 1 Bird-cherry Ermine Yponomeuta evonymella Linn.
• 6 Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella Linn.

Gelechiidae

• 1 Common Groundling Teleiodes vulgella D. & S.

Oecophoridae

• 1 White-shouldered House-moth Endrosis sarcitrella Linn.

Tortricidae

• 1 Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana Walker
• 1 Orange Pine Twist Lozotaeniodes formosanus Geyer
• 1 Red-barred Tortrix Ditula angustiorana Haw.
• 2 Cnephasia Sp.
• 5 Yellow Oak Button Aleimma loeflingiana Linn.
• 1 Rush Marble Bactra lancealana Hb.
• 1 White-cloaked Shoot Gypsonoma sociana Haw.
• 1 Common Rose Bell Epiblema rosaecolana Doubl.

Alucitidae

• 1 Twenty-plume Moth Alucita hexadactyla Linn.

Crambidae

• 6 Garden Grass Veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella Linn.
• 8 Inlaid Grass Veneer Crambus pascuella Linn.
• 3 Water Veneer Acentria ephemerella D. & S.
• 1 Common Grey Scoparia ambigualis Treit.
• 1 Small Magpie Eurrhypara hortulata Linn.

Pyralidae

• 1 Rosy Tabby Endotricha flammealis D. & S.
• 1 Grey Knot-horn Trachycera advenella Zinck.

Pterophoridae

• 3 Common Plume Pterophorus pentadactyla Linn.

Geometridae

• 1 Single-dotted Wave Idaea dimidiata Linn.
• 1 Treble Brown Spot Idaea trigeminata Haw.
• 1 Riband Wave Idaea aversata Linn.
• 3 Riband Wave Idaea aversata f. remutata Linn.
• 1 Freyer’s Pug Eupithecia intricata Zett.
• 1 Common Pug Eupithecia vulgata Haw.
• 1 V-Pug Chloroclystis v-ata Haw.
• 1 Green Pug Pasiphila rectangulata Linn.
• 1 Double-striped Pug Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Haw.
• 3 Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria D. & S.
• 1 Light Emerald Campaea margaritata Linn.

Noctuidae

• 11 Heart and Dart Agrotis exclamationis Linn.
• 2 Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta Hb.
• 3 Flame Axylia putris Linn.
• 1 Double Square-spot Xestia triangulum Hufn.
• 2 Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura Hb.
• 1 Common Wainscot Mythimna pallens Linn.
• 1 Marbled Beauty Cryphia domestica Hufn.
• 1 Dusky Brocade Apamea remissa Hb.
• 1 Marbled Minor Sp. Oligia Sp.
• 3 Uncertain Hoplodrina alsines Brahm
• 5 Rustic Hoplodrina blanda D. & S.
• 2 Marbled White Spot Protodeltote pygarga Hufn.