SP9326: 29/09/11 - Orange Sallow

A mini heatwave over the British Isles, but night time temperatures still on the cool side.

Orange Sallow was new* for the garden and Angle Shades was a year first.

2271* Orange Sallow

2306 Angle Shades

List for SP9326: 29/09/11

1937    Willow Beauty    3
2092    Shuttle-shaped Dart    1
2109    Lesser Yellow Underwing    2
2232    Black Rustic    2
2270    Lunar Underwing    2
2271*   Orange Sallow    1
2272    Barred Sallow    1
2274    The Sallow    1
2306    Angle Shades    1
2364    Frosted Orange    1

Total: 10 species

SP9326: 28/09/11 - Barred Sallow

Temperature down to 12.2 Celsius. Year first for Barred Sallow.

2272 Barred Sallow

2361 Rosy Rustic

List for SP9326: 28/09/11

2092    Shuttle-shaped Dart    1
2107    Large Yellow Underwing    1
2267    Beaded Chestnut    2
2270    Lunar Underwing    7
2272    Barred Sallow    1
2361    Rosy Rustic    1

Total: 6 species

SP9326: 27/09/11 - Not worth getting out of bead

Year first for Beaded Chestnut.

2267 Beaded Chestnut

List for SP9326: 27/09/11

  998    Light Brown Apple Moth    1
2092    Shuttle-shaped Dart    1
2107    Large Yellow Underwing    3
2109    Lesser Yellow Underwing    1
2267    Beaded Chestnut    1
2270    Lunar Underwing    10

Total: 6 species

SP9326: 26/09/11 - Uneventful

2232 Black Rustic

2252 Large Ranunculus

List for SP9326: 26/09/11

  998   Light Brown Apple Moth    1
1497    Amblyptilia acanthadactyla    1
1524    Emmelina monodactyla    1
2109    Lesser Yellow Underwing    1
2134    Square-spot Rustic    1
2232    Black Rustic    1
2252    Large Ranunculus    1
2270    Lunar Underwing    3

Total: 8 species

SP9326: 24/09/11 - Pale Mottled Willow

Pale Mottled Willow was a year first.

2389 Pale Mottled Willow

List for SP9326: 24/09/11

  998    Light Brown Apple Moth    1
1048    Garden Rose Tortrix    1
1728    Garden Carpet    1
2064    Ruby Tiger    1
2107    Large Yellow Underwing    8
2109    Lesser Yellow Underwing    3
2126    Setaceous Hebrew Character    1
2199    Common Wainscot    1
2270    Lunar Underwing    6
2389    Pale Mottled Willow    1


Total: 10 species

SP9326: 23/09/11 - Frost arrives

Minimum temperature was 8.2 Celsius.

Two new moths for the garden - Dusky Thorn and Frosted Orange. A Bright-line Brown-eye seemed late.

1914* Dusky Thorn

2364* Frosted Orange

List for SP9326: 23/09/11

  998    Light Brown Apple Moth    2
1524    Emmelina monodactyla    1
1914*   Dusky Thorn    1
2107    Large Yellow Underwing    2
2126    Setaceous Hebrew Character    1
2160    Bright-line Brown-eye    1
2270    Lunar Underwing    4
2364*   Frosted Orange    1

Total: 8 species

SP9326: 19/09/11 - Dark Sword-grass

A mild night with 15.2 Celsius the minimum, and a steady breeze.

Dark Sword-grass, an immigrant, was new* for the garden. Epiphyas postvittana was the first micro since the 9th.

998 Epiphyas postvittana

2091* Dark Sword-grass

List for SP9326: 16/09/11

  998   Epiphyas postvittana (Light-brown Apple Moth)    1
2091*  Dark Sword-grass    1
2107    Large Yellow Underwing    3
2109    Lesser Yellow Underwing    2
2126    Setaceous Hebrew Character    1
2134    Square-spot Rustic    1
2270    Lunar Underwing    5

Total: 7 species

SP9326: 18/09/11 - Desultory

Minimum temperature a cool 10.5 Celsius and a desultory catch.

List for SP9326 18/09/11

2143    Square-spot Rustic    2
2270    Lunar Underwing    5
2353    Flounced Rustic    1

Total: 3 species

SP9326: 16/09/11 - Two new for year

Mild, with a minimum temperature of 13 Celsius . A moderate breeze usually means no micros -which was the case, but new macros for the year were Black Rustic and Lunar Underwing.

2232 Black Rustic

2270 Lunar Underwing

List for SP9326: 16/09/11

2107    Large Yellow Underwing    3
2109    Lesser Yellow Underwing    1
2134    Square-spot Rustic    1
2232    Black Rustic    1
2270    Lunar Underwing    3
2353    Flounced Rustic    3

Total: 6 species

SP9326: 15/09/11 - Large Ranunculus

Cool with a minimum of 10.1 Celsius, and a light shower at some point towards dawn.

First of year for both Large Ranunculus and Burnished Brass.

1764 Common Marbled Carpet

2252 Large Ranunculus

2434 Burnished Brass

List for SP9326: 15/09/11

1764    Common Marbled Carpet    1
1906    Brimstone Moth    1
2107    Large Yellow Underwing    7
2109    Lesser Yellow Underwing    4
2126    Setaceous Hebrew Character    1
2134    Square-spot Rustic    3
2199    Common Wainscot    1
2252    Large Ranunculus    1
2269    Centre-barred Sallow    1
2297    Copper Underwing    1
2353    Flounced Rustic    2
2384    Vine's Rustic    1
2434    Burnished Brass    1

Total: 13 species

SP9326: 09/09/11 - The Sallow

The temperature began to rise around midnight from a minimum of 16.2 Celsius !

The warmth saw a total of 89 moths, which was the highest for some weeks. Eudonia angustea was new* for the garden as was The Sallow.

658 Carcina quercana

1342* Eudonia angustea

2274* The Sallow

Dawn today (due East)

List for SP9326: 09/09/11 

  658    Carcina quercana    1
  998    Light Brown Apple Moth    1
1076    Celypha lacunana    1
1309    Agriphila geniculea    1
1331    Water Veneer    12
1342*   Eudonia angustea    1
1524    Emmelina monodactyla    1
1728    Garden Carpet    3
1738    Common Carpet    1
1776    Green Carpet    3
1862    Double-striped Pug    2
1906    Brimstone Moth    2
2087    Turnip Moth    1
2107    Large Yellow Underwing    21
2126    Setaceous Hebrew Character    3
2134    Square-spot Rustic    7
2199    Common Wainscot    1
2274*   The Sallow    1
2293    Marbled Beauty    3
2297    Copper Underwing    1
2353    Flounced Rustic    14
2384    Vine's Rustic    8

Total: 22 species

SP9326: 09/09/11 - Choreutis pariana

A new* moth on the Buddleia today appears to be 389 Choreutis pariana (Apple Leaf Skeletonizer). DVM seems to think it probably is, although a dull specimen, as none of the other Choreutidae  look likely. Any comments welcome...

389* Choreutis pariana

SP9326: 08/09/11 - The usual fare

A quite mild night with a 14.7 Celsius minimum and a sprinkling of rain towards dawn.

Much the same as the last few weeks.

2199 Common Wainscot

List for SP9326: 08/09/11


  647    Brown House-moth    1
  998    Light Brown Apple Moth    1
1305    Agriphila tristella    1
1309    Agriphila geniculea    1
1742    Yellow Shell    1
1862    Double-striped Pug    1
1906    Brimstone Moth    2
1937    Willow Beauty    3
2107    Large Yellow Underwing    13
2126    Setaceous Hebrew Character    2
2134    Square-spot Rustic    6
2199    Common Wainscot    1
2293    Marbled Beauty    2
2297    Copper Underwing    1
2353    Flounced Rustic    3
2384    Vine's Rustic    3

Total: 16 species

SP9326: 03/09/11 - More Feathered Gothics

Very mild - minimum 14.3 Celsius.

Two more Feathered Gothic in the trap after the first yesterday, and a first of the year Rosy Rustic.

Holly Tortrix was new* for the garden, albeit worn/faded. It should have been taken before, as there is c.700m of substantial Ilex hedgerow a stone's throw away.

1159* Holly Tortrix

2110 Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

2178 Feathered Gothic

2178 Feathered Gothic

2361 Rosy Rustic

List for SP9326: 03/09/11

  366a  Horse Chestnut Leaf-miner    1
  658    Carcina quercana    1
1048    Garden Rose Tortrix    1
1159*   Holly Tortrix    1
1305    Agriphila tristella    4
1309    Agriphila geniculea    2
1331    Water Veneer    3
1728    Garden Carpet    1
1862    Double-striped Pug    1
1906    Brimstone Moth    4
1937    Willow Beauty    2
2102    Flame Shoulder    1
2107    Large Yellow Underwing    22
2109    Lesser Yellow Underwing    1
2110    Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing    1
2126    Setaceous Hebrew Character    1
2134    Square-spot Rustic    5
2178    Feathered Gothic    2
2269    Centre-barred Sallow    2
2293    Marbled Beauty    2
2353    Flounced Rustic    13
2361    Rosy Rustic    1
2384    Vine's Rustic    3

Total: 23 Species
+ 1 TBI

SP9326: 02/09/13 - Feathered Gothic

A mild night with minimum temperature of 13.5 Celsius.

A new* garden macro was in the trap this morning - Feathered Gothic. This comes after seeing one at Stockgrove CP during a VC30 moth-meet a few days back.

2178* Feathered Gothic

List for SP9326: 02/09/11

  450    Scythropia crataegella    1
  647    Brown House-moth    1
  648    White-shouldered House-moth    1
  658    Carcina quercana    1
  972    Pandemis heparana    1
  998    Light Brown Apple Moth    2
1261    Codling Moth    1
1305    Agriphila tristella    4
1651    Chinese Character    1
1742    Yellow Shell    1
1764    Common Marbled Carpet    1
1862    Double-striped Pug    1
1906    Brimstone Moth    3
1937    Willow Beauty    3
2087    Turnip Moth    1
2092    Shuttle-shaped Dart    1
2102    Flame Shoulder    1
2107    Large Yellow Underwing    9
2126    Setaceous Hebrew Character    1
2134    Square-spot Rustic    6
2178*   Feathered Gothic    1
2269    Centre-barred Sallow    1
2297    Copper Underwing    1
2353    Flounced Rustic    14
2384    Vine's Rustic    4

Total: 25 species

SP9326: 01/09/11 - Nowt New

Minimum temperature 7 Celsius. Trap unattended.

Pretty much the same as the last couple of weeks.

1048 Acleris variegana

1309 Agriphila geniculea

2109 Lesser Yellow Underwing

List for SP9326: 01/09/11

    15    Orange Swift    2
  998    Light Brown Apple Moth    1
1048    Acleris variegana    1    (Garden Rose Tortrix)
1076    Celypha lacunana    1
1305    Agriphila tristella    5
1309    Agriphila geniculea    1
1497    Amblyptilia acanthadactyla    1
1862    Double-striped Pug    2
1906    Brimstone Moth    1
2107    Large Yellow Underwing    10
2109    Lesser Yellow Underwing    1
2126    Setaceous Hebrew Character    2
2134    Square-spot Rustic    6
2293    Marbled Beauty    1
2353    Flounced Rustic    7
2384    Vine's Rustic    1
2477    The Snout    1

Total: 17 species

SP9326: 31/08/11 Hickory-dickory

Min. temp: 7 Celsius. The trap was unattended throughout.

The first Mouse Moth of the year, and just two micro-moths.

2299 Mouse Moth

List for SP9326: 31/08/11

    15    Orange Swift    1
  873    Blastobasis adustella    1
1305    Agriphila tristella    1
1728    Garden Carpet    1
1906    Brimstone Moth    1
2107    Large Yellow Underwing    9
2109    Lesser Yellow Underwing    1
2126    Setaceous Hebrew Character    1
2134    Square-spot Rustic    1
2269    Centre-barred Sallow    1
2299    Mouse Moth    1
2293    Marbled Beauty    1
2353    Flounced Rustic    6
2384    Vine's Rustic    1

Total: 14 species