SP9326: 28/07/15 - Smart Dart !

Tmin: 8.9°C; W: W 2-7 mph; P: 1 mm;

A brief shower and single-figure temperatures produced another grim catch, however, there were some quality moths to be had...

MH has caught Archer's Dart c.3 km to the NNW of here - and also Scarlet Tiger - both of which have now turned up here. So was it inevitable ? - possibly, as our site is 600m from a small working sand quarry. There are currently 15 records in the vc30 database.

Nutmeg has proved hard to nail-down (and possibly missed) in the past. There aren't many oak trees locally (but plenty further afield) so it was nice to get Oak Hook-tip - geometrids don't always stick around , it often appears.

Stats! -

First garden records of:

Oak Hook-tip Watsonalla binaria

Archer's Dart Agrotis vestigialis

Nutmeg Discestra trifolii.

1646 Oak Hook-tip

2085 Archer's Dart

2145 Nutmeg

Date: 28/07/15 Site: Leighton Buzzard: Garden Trap: Skinner

Total:

20

species

/

30

moths

B/F	Taxon	Vernacular	Qty
455	Ypsolopha scabrella	Wainscot Smudge	1
1293	Chrysoteuchia culmella	Garden Grass-veneer	2
1304	Agriphila straminella	Pearl Veneer	3
1305	Agriphila tristella	Common Grass-veneer	2
1306	Agriphila inquinatella	Barred Grass-veneer	1
1344	Eudonia mercurella	Small Grey	3
1424	Endotricha flammealis	Rosy Tabby	1
1646	Watsonalla binaria	Oak Hook-tip	1
1713	Idaea aversata	Riband Wave	1
1728	Xanthorhoe fluctuata	Garden Carpet	1
1742	Camptogramma bilineata	Yellow Shell	1
1917	Selenia dentaria	Early Thorn	1
1931	Biston betularia	Peppered Moth	1
2061	Spilosoma luteum	Buff Ermine	1
2085	Agrotis vestigialis	Archer's Dart	1
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	2
2145	Discestra trifolii	Nutmeg	1
2284x	Acronicta psi-tridens	Dark-Grey Dagger agg	1
2321	Apamea monoglypha	Dark Arches	4
2343x	Mesapamea secalis agg.	Common Rustic agg	1

	First - for - year
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