SP9326: 26/06/15 - Six year-firsts

Tmin: 10.9°C; W: SW 2-8 mph; P: 0 mm;

2nd garden record of Freyer's Pug Eupithecia intricata.
3rd garden record of Maple Prominent Ptilodon cucullina.

Earliest garden records of Freyer's Pug Eupithecia intricata and Clay Mythimna ferrago.

1827 Freyer's Pug

2009 Maple Prominent

2193 Clay

2302 Brown Rustic

Date: 26/06/15 Site: Leighton Buzzard: Garden Trap: Skinner

Total:

17

species

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40

moths

B/F	Taxon	Vernacular	Qty
1293	Chrysoteuchia culmella	Garden Grass-veneer	5
1302	Crambus perlella	Yellow Satin Veneer	1
1334	Scoparia ambigualis	Common Grey	1
1705	Idaea fuscovenosa	Dwarf Cream Wave	1
1827	Eupithecia intricata	Freyer's Pug	1
1834	Eupithecia vulgata	Common Pug	1
1991	Deilephila elpenor	Elephant Hawk-moth	1
2009	Ptilodon cucullina	Maple Prominent	1
2050	Eilema lurideola	Common Footman	1
2061	Spilosoma luteum	Buff Ermine	1
2088	Agrotis clavis	Heart and Club	10
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	7
2193	Mythimna ferrago	Clay	1
2302	Rusina ferruginea	Brown Rustic	1
2333	Apamea anceps	Large Nutmeg	1
2337x	Oligia strigilis agg.	Marbled Minor agg.	2
2381x	Hoplodrina alsines-blanda	Uncertain-Rustic agg	4

	First - for - year
	First - for - garden

SP9326: 30/06/11

A reasonable effort - Beautiful Hook-tip and Scarce Footman were new * for the garden, and four of The Lackey were notable.

What I thought was a Common Rustic posed a few questions - with some fading and appearing a bit broad-in-the-beam. After taking advice from the recorders it is probably Brown Rustic. I've labelled the second image as The Uncertain - that's because i'm uncertain, funnily enough !

2047* Scarce Footman

2381 The Uncertain (?)

2193 The Clay

2302 Brown Rustic

2473 Beautiful Hook-tip

List for SP9326: 30/06/11

1293    Chrysoteuchia culmella    6

1344    Eudonia mercurella    10

1428    Bee Moth    1

1634    Lackey    4

1653    Buff Arches    1

1705    Dwarf Cream Wave    1

1921    Scalloped Oak    1

2047*   Scarce Footman    1

2050    Common Footman    1

2061    Buff Ermine    2

2088    Heart and Club    8

2089    Heart and Dart    30

2107    Large Yellow Underwing    1

2120*   Ingrailed Clay    1

2155    Dot Moth    2

2170    Varied Coronet    1

2193    The Clay    1

2302    Brown Rustic    1
2321    Dark Arches    3

2334    Rustic Shoulder-knot    1

2381x  Uncertain/Rustic agg.    10

2473*   Beautiful Hook-tip    1

2489    The Fan-foot    1

Total: 23 species