SP9326: 30/06/15

Tmin: 16.0°C; W: E 0-4 mph; P: Trace;

After a hot day (26.5°C) the night was warm. However, this was tempered by rain (parasol in-situ) and a 98% full moon. Many moths had lots of energy with the heat and just wouldn't stay - the ambient street lamps and low wattage actinics don't help !

3rd garden records of:
Figure of Eighty Tethea ocularis and Freyer's Pug Eupithecia intricata.
Latest garden record of Freyer's Pug Eupithecia intricata.

1392 Udea olivalis

Date: 30/06/15 Site: Leighton Buzzard: Garden Trap: Skinner

Total:

30

species

/

92

moths

B/F	Taxon	Vernacular	Qty
647	Hofmannophila pseudospretella	Brown House Moth	1
779	Bryotropha affinis	Dark Groundling	1
937	Agapeta hamana	Hook-marked Straw Moth	2
994	Clepsis consimilana	Privet Tortrix	1
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	2
1063	Celypha striana	Barred Marble	1
1293	Chrysoteuchia culmella	Garden Grass-veneer	30
1361	Pyrausta aurata	Small Purple and Gold (Mint Moth)	1
1392	Udea olivalis	Olive Pearl	2
1413	Hypsopygia costalis	Gold Triangle (=Gold Fringe)	1
1428	Aphomia sociella	Bee Moth	2
1654	Tethea ocularis	Figure of Eighty	1
1711	Idaea trigeminata	Treble Brown Spot	1
1758	Eulithis pyraliata	Barred Straw	1
1827	Eupithecia intricata	Freyer's Pug	1
1862	Gymnoscelis rufifasciata	Double-striped Pug	2
1906	Opisthograptis luteolata	Brimstone Moth	1
1922	Ourapteryx sambucaria	Swallow-tailed Moth	1
2050	Eilema lurideola	Common Footman	1
2088	Agrotis clavis	Heart and Club	13
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	12
2107	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	1
2147	Hada plebeja	Shears	1
2280	Acronicta leporina	Miller	1
2321	Apamea monoglypha	Dark Arches	1
2333	Apamea anceps	Large Nutmeg	1
2337x	Oligia strigilis agg.	Marbled Minor agg.	3
2381x	Hoplodrina alsines-blanda	Uncertain-Rustic agg	4
2387	Caradrina morpheus	Mottled Rustic	1
2489	Zanclognatha tarsipennalis	Fan-foot	1

	First - for - year
	First - for - garden