SP9326: 28/08/11 - Quiet

Another cool night with little of note. Minimum temperature 10.8 Celsius.

List for SP9326:  28/08/11

    15    Orange Swift    4
1304    Agriphila straminella    1
1305    Agriphila tristella    4
1309    Agriphila geniculea    1
1497    Amblyptilia acanthadactyla    1
1707    Small Dusty Wave    1
1742    Yellow Shell    2
1776    Green Carpet    1
1906    Brimstone Moth    2
1937    Willow Beauty    2
2107    Large Yellow Underwing    5
2134    Square-spot Rustic    2
2293    Marbled Beauty    3
2353    Flounced Rustic    4
2384    Vine's Rustic    2

Total: 15 species

SP9329: 28/08/11 - Sandhouse Lane NR

The following field observations were recorded around the site today. Only my second Silver Y of the year.

169 Six-spot Burnet

1345 Brown China-mark

1867 Treble-bar

List for SP9329: 28/08/11

  169    Six-spot Burnet    1
1304    Agriphila straminella    3
1305    Agriphila tristella    3
1345    Brown China-mark    1
1867    Treble-bar    1
2069    The Cinnabar    1    larva
2441    Silver Y    1

Total: 7 species

Stockgrove CP: 26/08/11 - Feathered Gothic

After another rain soaked day I joined a VC30 moth-meet at Stockgrove. It was already misty, cold, and expectations were low - we weren't disappointed on that front  ! There were very few moths around as the temperatures plummeted. The star of the show was a Feathered Gothic.

2178 Feathered Gothic

2033 Black Arches

Seurat and Van Gogh may have used the technique of pointillism, but nature got there first, as seen in this shot of Ypsolopha parenthesella.

460 Ypsolopha parenthesella

SP9326: 25/08/11 - Rain stopped play

The trap was run until 23:45 when rain set in.


List for SP9326: 25/08/11

    15    Orange Swift    1
1304    Agriphila straminella    1
1305    Agriphila tristella    7
1306    Agriphila inquinatella    1
1497    Amblyptilia acanthadactyla    1
1713    Riband Wave    1
1728    Garden Carpet    1
1738    Common Carpet    1
1742    Yellow Shell    1
1862    Double-striped Pug    1
1906    Brimstone Moth    1
1937    Willow Beauty    2
2092    Shuttle-shaped Dart    1
2107    Large Yellow Underwing    5
2109    Lesser Yellow Underwing    1
2111    Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing    2
2126    Setaceous Hebrew Character    2
2134    Square-spot Rustic    2
2297    Copper Underwing    2
2384    Vine's Rustic    1

Total: 20 species

SP9326: 24/08/11 - New carpet bagged

Although a common moth, the Green Carpet was new* for the garden. The first Copper Underwing and Six-striped Rustic for the year.

1331 Water Veneer

1776* Green Carpet

2087 Turnip Moth

2133 Six-striped Rustic

Dusk

List for 24/08/11


    15    Orange Swift    7
  658    Carcina quercana    1
1076    Celypha lacunana    1
1304    Agriphila straminella    2
1305    Agriphila tristella    25
1309    Agriphila geniculea    3
1331    Water Veneer    1
1356    Garden Pebble    1
1728    Garden Carpet    1
1742    Yellow Shell    4
1776*  Green Carpet    1
1862    Double-striped Pug    2
1906    Brimstone Moth    1
2087    Turnip Moth    1
2092    Shuttle-shaped Dart    1
2107    Large Yellow Underwing    8
2126    Setaceous Hebrew Character    2
2133    Six-striped Rustic    1
2134    Square-spot Rustic    1
2297    Copper Underwing    1
2353    Flounced Rustic    2
2384    Vine's Rustic    3

Total: 22 species

SP9326: 23/08/11 - Reasonable numbers

The first Old Lady of the year appeared, but did not stay.

1742 Yellow Shell

List for SP9326: 23/08/11

    15    Orange Swift    9
  972    Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix    1
1305    Agriphila tristella    23
1309    Agriphila geniculea    2
1344    Eudonia mercurella    1
1388    Udea lutealis    1
1524    Emmelina monodactyla    2
1728    Garden Carpet    1
1738    Common Carpet    1
1742    Yellow Shell    3
1862    Double-striped Pug    2
1937    Willow Beauty    4
2092    Shuttle-shaped Dart    1
2107    Large Yellow Underwing    9
2126    Setaceous Hebrew Character    2
2134    Square-spot Rustic    3
2293    Marbled Beauty    1
2300    Old Lady    1
2303    Straw Underwing    3
2321    Dark Arches    1
2353    Flounced Rustic    5
2384    Vine's Rustic    5

Total: 22 species

SP9326: 21/08/11 - Pyralid trio

After a fine day, the temperature dropped to 9 Celsius, with light airs.

A quiet night, the trap was unattended throughout, and not checked until well after day-break. Three members of the Pyraustinae were represented, Udea lutealis, Pyrausta purpuralis and a rather brown Pyrausta aurata.

1361 Pyrausta aurata

1362 Pyrausta purpuralis

1388 Udea lutealis

2134 Square-spot Rustic

2134 Square-spot Rustic

2160 Bright-line Brown-eye

List for SP9326: 21/08/11

    15    Orange Swift    8
1304    Agriphila straminella    1
1305    Agriphila tristella    9
1361    Pyrausta aurata    1
1362    Pyrausta purpuralis    1
1388    Udea lutealis    1
1738    Common Carpet    1
1742    Yellow Shell    2
1862    Double-striped Pug    1
1937    Willow Beauty    3
2092    Shuttle-shaped Dart    1
2111    Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing    1
2134    Square-spot Rustic    2
2160    Bright-line Brown-eye    1
2293    Marbled Beauty    3
2353    Flounced Rustic    1
2384    Vine's Rustic    3

Total: 17 species