(1272) Pammene aurana - Flickr - Bennyboymothman

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Summary[edit] Description: Hi fellow bloggers. I have had many observations recently away from my garden, I thought I would do a brief summary of the last couple of days. Sunday saw us visiting my parents in Braughing, on farmland (practically a brownfield site now as it has been closed since 2006, naturally the vegetation has taken over which seems to be a thriving habitat for wildlife) On the moth front I saw 100+ Anthophila fabriciana 1x Pammene aurana 12x Celypha lacunana 1x Scrobipalpa acuminatella Dozens and dozens of Mullein Caterpillars feeding on Jacob's Rod. At work on Monday I saw 1x Pammene regiana (not potted quick enough) 3x Cacoecimorpha pronubana Monday afternoon I noted 2 Nemophora degeerella in the alleyway where our bins are kept. And on Monday night I visited Hexton Chalk Pit again Steve Lings and I were mad enough to be out in it! Thunder and lightning as the sky turned an orangey hue, lights were on for an hour tops, most of the moths we netted at dusk including several Grass Rivulet, Fern, Celypha lacunana, Cochylimorpha straminea, and an unidentified Plume but surprisingly quite a few moths this morning in my car from the trap we didn't empty. Full list as follows to 2 MV Traps and 1 Car boot - Hexton Chalk Pit - 09/06/14 10x Grass Rivulet 1x Fern 10x Common Swift 1x Grey Pug 2x Marbled White Spot 3x Treble Brown Spot 4x Small Elephant Hawk-moth 1x Silver-ground Carpet 4x Udea olivalis 6x Pseudargyrotoza conwagana 3x Eupoecilia angustana 2x Celypha lacunana 15x Cochylimorpha straminea 1x Plume (to be id) 1x Epiblema cynosbatella 5x Crambus lathoniellus 5x Scoparia pyralella 1x Tinea semifulvella 1x Archips podana 1x Pammene aurana Naturally everything is soaked and drying in the garden ready for the next outing. Date: 10 June 2014, 18:09. Source: [1272] Pammene aurana. Author: Ben Sale from UK.