A trip down to Dungeness in Kent on Saturday night proved to be the coolest conditions we have experienced for a while, with clear skies, bright moon and misty air coming from the sea. As you can imagine it wasn't great and the moths were few and far between, but I did manage a few new ones for me. Yellow Belle, Pale Grass Eggar, Antler Moth, Celypha cespitana, Aroga velocella and Cynaeda dentalis were all new for me. There are still some Bactra's to confirm and a few unidentified micros to sort out.All in all despite the catastrophic weather I was pleased to pick up some new ones.
Catch Report - 05/06/12 - Back Garden/FarmlandInto June we go and another good haul of moths including a few new ones for the year. Coleophora deauratella being a new micro for my records.Other highlights including a lovely fresh Sandy carpet, an uncommon visitor, Ypsolopha nemorella and the mprobably migrant Pyralid Sitochroa verticalis.The weather is very changeable at the moment and a strong south-facing wind is dominating us now. Coupled with mild temperatures, we could see some more migrants reaching our traps in the next few nights. Catch Report - Braughing 05/06/12 - 1x 125w MV Robinson TrapMacro Moths1x Sandy Carpet [NFY]1x Poplar Grey [NFY]4x Ingrailed Clay4x Buff-tip9x White Ermine1x Buff Ermine26x Treble Lines 1x Clouded Silver20x Rustic Shoulder-knot5x Setaceous Hebrew Character 4x Poplar Hawk-moth7x Nutmeg 2x Flame10x Green Carpet 2x Common Carpet2x Oak Hook-tip1x Peppered Moth 29x Common Swift1x Scalloped Hazel 1x Marbled Minor2x Common Pug1x Oak-tree Pug2x Spruce Carpet1x Scorched Wing 1x Scorched Carpet2x Brimstone Moth2x Grey Pug1x Heart & Dart2x Brown Rustic1x Light Emerald1x Turnip Moth1x Lime-speck Pug2x Mottled Pug 2x Cinnabar1x Silver-Y 3x Spectacle5x Angle Shades 3x Flame Shoulder1x Grey-pine Carpet2x Pale Oak Beauty 5x Latticed Heath1x Brimstone Moth1x Small Waved Umber 3x Silver-ground Carpet1x Pale Tussock1x Shuttle-shaped DartMicro Moths1x Coleophora deauratella [NEW!] 1x Hedya pruniana [NFY]1x Sitochroa verticalis [NFY]1x Ypsolopha nemorella [NFY]1x Cocksfoot Moth Glyphipterix simpliciella [NFY]1x Small Magpie Eurrhypara hortulata [NFY]1x Blastobasis lacticolella [NFY]2x Celypha lacunana1x Tinea trinotella2x Espheria sulphurella 1x Parornix sp.3x Monopsis weaverella4x Aethes smeathmanniana1x Cochylis atricapitana2x Diamond-back Moth plutella xylostella1x Bee Moth Aphomia sociella 1x Agonopterix arenella 4x Crambus lathoniellus 1x Agapeta hamana