SP9326: 29/07/15 - Not New: Epiphyas postvittana...

Tmin: 9.7°C; W: WNW 0-7 mph; P: Trace;

A moderate haul despite low minimum temperature.
The latest garden addition was NOT the micro Acleris ferrugana/notana but is the 91st garden record of Epiphyas postvittana comprising of 152 individuals - thanks to Bennyboymothman for the heads-up on this 'schoolboy' error !

Stats !

Latest garden record of Cabbage Moth Mamestra brassicae (from four records).

998 Epiphyas postvittana

 2154 Cabbage Moth

Date: 29/07/15 Site: Leighton Buzzard: Garden Trap: Skinner

Total:

33

species

/

62

moths

B/F	Taxon	Vernacular	Qty
779	Bryotropha affinis	Dark Groundling	1
873	Blastobasis adustella	(=lignea) Dingy Dowd	1
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	1
1063	Celypha striana	Barred Marble	1
1293	Chrysoteuchia culmella	Garden Grass-veneer	10
1304	Agriphila straminella	Pearl Veneer	3
1305	Agriphila tristella	Common Grass-veneer	1
1306	Agriphila inquinatella	Barred Grass-veneer	3
1313	Catoptria pinella	Pearl Grass-veneer	1
1334	Scoparia ambigualis	Common Grey	2
1344	Eudonia mercurella	Small Grey	2
1424	Endotricha flammealis	Rosy Tabby	2
1634	Malacosoma neustria	Lackey	2
1699	Idaea rusticata	Least Carpet	1
1713	Idaea aversata	Riband Wave	2
1728	Xanthorhoe fluctuata	Garden Carpet	1
1732	Scotopteryx chenopodiata	Shaded Broad-bar	1
1742	Camptogramma bilineata	Yellow Shell	1
1937	Peribatodes rhomboidaria	Willow Beauty	1
2031	Leucoma salicis	White Satin	1
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	1
2092	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	3
2107	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	1
2109	Noctua comes	Lesser Yellow Underwing	1
2154	Mamestra brassicae	Cabbage Moth	1
2198	Mythimna impura	Smoky Wainscot	3
2284x	Acronicta psi-tridens	Dark-Grey Dagger agg	1
2293	Cryphia domestica	Marbled Beauty	1
2318	Cosmia trapezina	Dun-bar	1
2321	Apamea monoglypha	Dark Arches	5
2343x	Mesapamea secalis agg.	Common Rustic agg	4
2381x	Hoplodrina alsines-blanda	Uncertain-Rustic agg	1
2441	Autographa gamma	Silver Y	1

	First - for - year
	First - for - garden

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: 19/09/11 - Dark Sword-grass

A mild night with 15.2 Celsius the minimum, and a steady breeze.

Dark Sword-grass, an immigrant, was new* for the garden. Epiphyas postvittana was the first micro since the 9th.

998 Epiphyas postvittana

2091* Dark Sword-grass

List for SP9326: 16/09/11

  998   Epiphyas postvittana (Light-brown Apple Moth)    1
2091*  Dark Sword-grass    1
2107    Large Yellow Underwing    3
2109    Lesser Yellow Underwing    2
2126    Setaceous Hebrew Character    1
2134    Square-spot Rustic    1
2270    Lunar Underwing    5

Total: 7 species