The minimum temperature recorded was 5.5 Celsius.
Quite a few moths around, then tailing off around 01:00, then, with a collection of moths potted up for identification in the morning, it was up the stairs to Bedfordshire.
A Gem of a Moth!
One of the 'unknowns' proved to be The Gem (Orthonama obstipata). Not wishing to make any schoolboy errors, confirmation was sought from the macro recorders.
It is a sexually dimorphic immigrant, distributed over much of Europe, and is an annual migrant to the UK. The last 'Gem' year was in 2006, apparently, when it was generally good for migrants as a whole (Bedfordshire Naturalist 2006, Part 1: Macro Moths 2006 by Andy & Melissa Banthorpe or *Here*). The recorders state that there are nine previous records in the database in Bedfordshire.
Udea olivalis and Celphya lacunana were also new for the garden.
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| 1720* The Gem female |
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| 1705 Dwarf Cream Wave |
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| 1742 Yellow Shell |
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| 1931 Peppered Moth |
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| 2489 The Fan-foot |
List for SP9326: 13/06/11
874 Blastobasis lacticolella 1
989 Aphelia paleana 1 (Timothy Tortrix)
1076* Celphya lacunana 1
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella 1
1392* Udea olivalis 2
1428 Bee Moth 2
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 1
1669 Common Emerald 1
1705 Dwarf Cream Wave 1
1720* The Gem 1 (female)
1728 Garden Carpet 1
1742 Yellow Shell 1
1834 Common Pug 1
1906 Brimstone Moth 1
1931 Peppered Moth 1
1976 Privet Hawk-moth 1
2089 Heart and Dart 24
2101 Large Yellow Underwing 1
2160 Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2321 Dark Arches 3
2387 Mottled Rustic 2
2489 The Fan-foot 3
Total: 22 species
+ 1 micro TBI
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