SP9326: 25/06/15 - Good Turnout

Tmin: 12.8°C; W: SSW 0-2 mph; P: 0 mm;

A warm, mostly still night gave rise to the most diverse catch so far this year.

2nd garden records of Scarlet Tiger Callimorpha dominula and Buttoned Snout Hypena rostralis.

Earliest garden records of Hook-marked Straw Moth Agapeta hamana, Large Ivy Tortrix Lozotaenia forsterana and Scarlet Tiger Callimorpha dominula.

2068 Scarlet Tiger

2480 Buttoned Snout

Date: 25/06/15 Site: Leighton Buzzard: Garden Trap: Skinner

Total:

25

species

/

55

moths

B/F	Taxon	Vernacular	Qty
779	Bryotropha affinis	Dark Groundling	1
787	Bryotropha terrella	Cinereous Groundling	1
937	Agapeta hamana	Hook-marked Straw Moth	1
989	Aphelia paleana	Timothy Tortrix	1
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	2
1002	Lozotaenia forsterana	Large Ivy Tortrix	1
1063	Celypha striana	Barred Marble	2
1293	Chrysoteuchia culmella	Garden Grass-veneer	10
1376	Eurrhypara hortulata	Small Magpie	2
1428	Aphomia sociella	Bee Moth	4
1497	Amblyptilia acanthadactyla	Beautiful Plume	1
1728	Xanthorhoe fluctuata	Garden Carpet	1
1834	Eupithecia vulgata	Common Pug	2
1922	Ourapteryx sambucaria	Swallow-tailed Moth	1
1937	Peribatodes rhomboidaria	Willow Beauty	1
2000	Notodonta dromedarius	Iron Prominent	1
2068	Callimorpha dominula	Scarlet Tiger	1
2088	Agrotis clavis	Heart and Club	3
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	11
2092	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	1
2333	Apamea anceps	Large Nutmeg	2
2337x	Oligia strigilis agg.	Marbled Minor agg.	2
2340	Oligia fasciuncula	Middle-barred Minor	1
2381x	Hoplodrina alsines-blanda	Uncertain-Rustic agg	1
2480	Hypena rostralis	Buttoned Snout	1

	First - for - year
	First - for - garden

SP9326: 20/06/13 - Midsummer Macros

Grass Rivulet and Buttoned Snout - both uncommon residents with a local distribution - were new* for the garden. The migrant Diamond-back Moth put in an appearance, and a larval record of Common Quaker was found on the outside of the trap.

List for SP9326: 20/06/13

    17    Common Swift    1
  464    Plutella xylostella    1
1174    Epiblema cynosbatella    2
1301    Crambus lathoniellus    1
1334    Scoparia ambigualis    1
1728    Garden Carpet    1
1807*   Grass Rivulet    1
1834    Common Pug    1
1937    Willow Beauty    2
2000    Iron Prominent    1
2028    Pale Tussock    1
2089    Heart And Dart    3
2098    The Flame    1
2187    Common Quaker    1    [ larva]
2334    Rustic Shoulder-knot    1
2337x   Marbled Minor agg.    3
2380    Treble Lines    1
2480*   Buttoned Snout    1

Total: 18 species 
+ 1 larva

1301 Crambus lathoniellus

1807* Grass Rivulet

2187 Common Quaker

2480* Buttoned Snout