SP9326 Round-up: 16/04/13 - 17/05/13

Since the last post one month ago, the trap produced moths on 12 occasions, comprising 55 individuals of 18 species. These results speak for themselves...


  688    Agonopterix heracliana    1
  974    Argyrotaenia ljungiana    1
1288    Twenty-plume Moth    1
1428    Bee Moth    1
1524    Emmelina monodactyla    5
1724    Red Twin-spot Carpet    1
1728    Garden Carpet    1
1852    Brindled Pug    1
1862    Double-striped Pug    6
1906    Brimstone Moth    1
2019    Chocolate-tip    1
2063    Muslin Moth    3
2092    Shuttle-shaped Dart    1
2187    Common Quaker    8
2188    Clouded Drab    3
2190    Hebrew Character    17
2243    Early Grey    2
2306    Angle Shades    1

1288 Twenty-plume Moth

1724 Red Twin-spot Carpet

2019 Chocolate-tip

SP9326: 15/04/13 - New garden micro

A mild night with increasing SSw winds and a trace of rain.

Standard but welcome fare... the exception was 663 Diurnea fagella which was new to the garden.

663*    Diurnea fagella

2243 Early Grey

List for SP9326: 15/04/13

  663*   Diurnea fagella    1
2187    Common Quaker    1
2188    Clouded Drab    2
2190    Hebrew Character    3
2243    Early Grey    1

Total: 5 species

SP9326: 14/04/13 - Action

Now we're steaming ! :-) T.min 8.6 Celsius

The first 'micro' this year - the tiddlers are never easy to attract here early/late season.

688 Agonopterix heracliana

1862 Double-striped Pug

List for SP9326: 14/04/13

  688    Agonopterix heracliana    1
1862    Double-striped Pug    1
2190    Hebrew Character    1

Total: 3 species

SP9326: 09/04/13 - Knot again...

Another Grey Shoulder-knot, and a Small Quaker.

SP9326: 05/03/13 - Knot a bad start...

Spurred on by the first warm, spring-like day this year the trap was set for the first time since last November. The reward was a Grey Shoulder-knot - a new* 'macro' for the garden - which others have, it seems, no trouble in trapping.

2237* Grey Shoulder-knot

SP9326: 13/11/12 - Inundated

T.min: 9.7 Celsius. It remained fairly mild throughout, with a light southerly wind.

Five moths ! - though nothing startling. I really was hoping for a December Moth...

998 Epiphyas postvittana

List for SP9326: 13/11/12

  998    Epiphyas postvittana    2
1923    Feathered Thorn    1
2259    Dark Chestnut    1
2264    Yellow-line Quaker    1

Total: 4 species

SP9326: 08/11/12 - Tin-snips & Feathers

T.min 5.9 Celsius.

Slightly milder than of late, a little less wind, and two moths to boot !

1923 Feathered Thorn

2259 Dark Chestnut