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: 04/08/12 - Top Tip

Mild, with a Tmin. of 12.8 C.

Five new for the year, the best being Chocolate-tip which is an uncommon, but widespread resident. It's the 3rd for the garden, but the first in August for this bivoltine specie.

0015 Orange Swift

2019 Chocolate-tip

List for SP9326: 04/08/12

0015    Orange Swift    1    NFY
1293    Chrysoteuchia culmella    6
1304    Agriphila straminella    1    NFY
1306    Agriphila inquinatella    1    NFY
1378    Phlyctaenia coronata    1    NFY
1424    Endotricha flammealis    2
1524    Emmelina monodactyla    1
1713    Riband Wave    1
1991    Elephant Hawk-moth    1
2019    Chocolate-tip    1    NFY
2061    Buff Ermine    2
2089    Heart And Dart    1
2293    Marbled Beauty    2
2303    Straw Underwing    2
2321    Dark Arches    2
2343x  Common Rustic agg.    1
2381x  Uncertain/Rustic agg.    3

Total: 17 species