Tuesday, June 30, 2015

SP9326: 29/06/15 - Two new moths: 1640 & 1699

Tmin: 10.0°C; W: Calm mph; P: 0 mm;

A warm day, but night minimum remains low.

First garden records of Drinker Euthrix potatoria and Least Carpet Idaea rusticata.

Both are common moths, so where have they been ? !

2x Cnephasia sp.

1640 Drinker

1699 Least Carpet

Date:29/06/15
Site:Leighton Buzzard: Garden
Trap:Skinner
Total: 13 species/43 moths
B/FTaxonVernacularQty
1293Chrysoteuchia culmellaGarden Grass-veneer13
1334Scoparia ambigualisCommon Grey2
1634Malacosoma neustriaLackey1
1640Euthrix potatoriaDrinker1
1699Idaea rusticataLeast Carpet1
1860Pasiphila rectangulataGreen Pug1
2050Eilema lurideolaCommon Footman3
2088Agrotis clavisHeart and Club9
2089Agrotis exclamationisHeart and Dart6
2293Cryphia domesticaMarbled Beauty1
2321Apamea monoglyphaDark Arches2
2333Apamea ancepsLarge Nutmeg1
2381xHoplodrina alsines-blandaUncertain-Rustic agg2
First - for - year
First - for - garden

Monday, June 29, 2015

SP9326: 28/06/15 - Quality

Tmin: 11.6°C; W: W 0-8 mph; P: 0 mm;

Second garden record of Fenland Pearl Phlyctaenia perlucidalis.
Earliest garden records of Fenland Pearl Phlyctaenia perlucidalis and Beautiful Hook-tip Laspeyria flexula.

There seems to be many more Heart and Club this season than is usual.

1380 Phlyctaenia perlucidalis
2322 Light Arches
2327 Clouded Brindle
2473 Beautiful Hook-tip

Date:28/06/15
Site:Leighton Buzzard: Garden
Trap:Skinner
Total: 13 species/46 moths
B/FTaxonVernacularQty
1293Chrysoteuchia culmellaGarden Grass-veneer9
1380Phlyctaenia perlucidalisFenland Pearl1
1634Malacosoma neustriaLackey1
1713Idaea aversataRiband Wave1
1728Xanthorhoe fluctuataGarden Carpet1
2050Eilema lurideolaCommon Footman4
2088Agrotis clavisHeart and Club10
2089Agrotis exclamationisHeart and Dart10
2321Apamea monoglyphaDark Arches2
2322Apamea lithoxylaeaLight Arches1
2327Apamea epomidionClouded Brindle1
2381xHoplodrina alsines-blandaUncertain-Rustic agg4
2473Laspeyria flexulaBeautiful Hook-tip1
First - for - year
First - for - garden

Sunday, June 28, 2015

SP9326: 27/06/15 - Chalk Carpet

Tmin: 12.9°C; W: W 0-6 mph; P: 1 mm;

A parasol was erected to protect the trap from the rain forecast. A bat assisted in reducing the night's moth tally.

Second garden record of Chalk Carpet Scotopteryx bipunctaria.
Earliest garden records of Chalk Carpet Scotopteryx bipunctaria and Barred Straw Eulithis pyraliata.


1731 Chalk Carpet

Date:27/06/15
Site:Leighton Buzzard: Garden
Trap:Skinner
Total: 21 species/57 moths
B/FTaxonVernacularQty
1063Celypha strianaBarred Marble1
1293Chrysoteuchia culmellaGarden Grass-veneer15
1334Scoparia ambigualisCommon Grey1
1428Aphomia sociellaBee Moth2
1497Amblyptilia acanthadactylaBeautiful Plume1
1713Idaea aversataRiband Wave1
1728Xanthorhoe fluctuataGarden Carpet2
1731Scotopteryx bipunctariaChalk Carpet1
1758Eulithis pyraliataBarred Straw1
1834Eupithecia vulgataCommon Pug2
1860Pasiphila rectangulataGreen Pug1
1906Opisthograptis luteolataBrimstone Moth1
1937Peribatodes rhomboidariaWillow Beauty1
1961Campaea margaritataLight Emerald1
1994Phalera bucephalaBuff-tip1
2050Eilema lurideolaCommon Footman3
2088Agrotis clavisHeart and Club4
2089Agrotis exclamationisHeart and Dart15
2098Axylia putrisFlame1
2160Lacanobia oleraceaBright-line Brown-eye1
2381xHoplodrina alsines-blandaUncertain-Rustic agg1
First - for - year
First - for - garden

Saturday, June 27, 2015

SP9326: 26/06/15 - Six year-firsts

Tmin: 10.9°C; W: SW 2-8 mph; P: 0 mm;

2nd garden record of Freyer's Pug Eupithecia intricata.
3rd garden record of Maple Prominent Ptilodon cucullina.

Earliest garden records of Freyer's Pug Eupithecia intricata and Clay Mythimna ferrago.

1827 Freyer's Pug
2009 Maple Prominent
2193 Clay
2302 Brown Rustic
Date:26/06/15
Site:Leighton Buzzard: Garden
Trap:Skinner
Total: 17 species/40 moths
B/FTaxonVernacularQty
1293Chrysoteuchia culmellaGarden Grass-veneer5
1302Crambus perlellaYellow Satin Veneer1
1334Scoparia ambigualisCommon Grey1
1705Idaea fuscovenosaDwarf Cream Wave1
1827Eupithecia intricataFreyer's Pug1
1834Eupithecia vulgataCommon Pug1
1991Deilephila elpenorElephant Hawk-moth1
2009Ptilodon cucullinaMaple Prominent1
2050Eilema lurideolaCommon Footman1
2061Spilosoma luteumBuff Ermine1
2088Agrotis clavisHeart and Club10
2089Agrotis exclamationisHeart and Dart7
2193Mythimna ferragoClay1
2302Rusina ferrugineaBrown Rustic1
2333Apamea ancepsLarge Nutmeg1
2337xOligia strigilis agg.Marbled Minor agg.2
2381xHoplodrina alsines-blandaUncertain-Rustic agg4
First - for - year
First - for - garden

Friday, June 26, 2015

SP9326: 25/06/15 - Good Turnout

Tmin: 12.8°C; W: SSW 0-2 mph; P: 0 mm;

A warm, mostly still night gave rise to the most diverse catch so far this year.

2nd garden records of Scarlet Tiger Callimorpha dominula and Buttoned Snout Hypena rostralis.

Earliest garden records of Hook-marked Straw Moth Agapeta hamana, Large Ivy Tortrix Lozotaenia forsterana and Scarlet Tiger Callimorpha dominula.

2068 Scarlet Tiger
2480 Buttoned Snout
Date:25/06/15
Site:Leighton Buzzard: Garden
Trap:Skinner
Total: 25 species/55 moths
B/FTaxonVernacularQty
779Bryotropha affinisDark Groundling1
787Bryotropha terrellaCinereous Groundling1
937Agapeta hamanaHook-marked Straw Moth1
989Aphelia paleanaTimothy Tortrix1
998Epiphyas postvittanaLight Brown Apple Moth2
1002Lozotaenia forsteranaLarge Ivy Tortrix1
1063Celypha strianaBarred Marble2
1293Chrysoteuchia culmellaGarden Grass-veneer10
1376Eurrhypara hortulataSmall Magpie2
1428Aphomia sociellaBee Moth4
1497Amblyptilia acanthadactylaBeautiful Plume1
1728Xanthorhoe fluctuataGarden Carpet1
1834Eupithecia vulgataCommon Pug2
1922Ourapteryx sambucariaSwallow-tailed Moth1
1937Peribatodes rhomboidariaWillow Beauty1
2000Notodonta dromedariusIron Prominent1
2068Callimorpha dominulaScarlet Tiger1
2088Agrotis clavisHeart and Club3
2089Agrotis exclamationisHeart and Dart11
2092Agrotis putaShuttle-shaped Dart1
2333Apamea ancepsLarge Nutmeg2
2337xOligia strigilis agg.Marbled Minor agg.2
2340Oligia fasciunculaMiddle-barred Minor1
2381xHoplodrina alsines-blandaUncertain-Rustic agg1
2480Hypena rostralisButtoned Snout1
First - for - year
First - for - garden