Another blooming successful catch!August is upon us, and the mild weather looks set to continue, with a few outbreaksof rain here and there expected over the next week. Today was hot and humid and witha high of 34 degrees, it would have been rude not to set the trap up!Despite clear skies the temperature was still 19 degrees at 6am this morning. Mothswere absolutely everywhere, in the trap, on the wall and within the long grass. Ittook just over an hour of sorting. Unfortunately quite a few had passed away, possiblyto do with 4 dead wasps in the trap and a combination of high temperature and the sheeramount of Dot Moths and Dark Arches, the latter numbering close to 80 individuals.Best Macro moths were Barred Hook-tip, Campion, Slender Brindle and the long awaitedSwallow Prominent (having had Lesser Swallow on numerous occasions)Best Micro moths were 3 Limnaecia phragmitella, Clavigesta purdeyi and the tiny Epinotia nanana. Adding 3 new Micros to my all time list was very pleasing indeed.I will be trapping again on Sunday night.Catch Report - 01/08/13 - Back Garden Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson trapMacro Moths1x Barred Hook-tip [NFG]1x Swallow Prominent [NFG]1x Campion [NFG]1x Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet [NFG]1x Slender Brindle [NFG]2x Maple Pug [NFG]3x Dusky Sallow [NFG]1x Scorched Carpet [NFG]2x Oak Hook-tip [NFG]2x Orange Swift [NFY]2x Black Arches [NFY]3x Flounced Rustic [NFY]3x Square-spotted Clay [NFY]4x Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing [NFY]3x Copper Underwing [NFY]13x Bright-line Brown-eye2x Brimstone Moth1x Cabbage Moth1x Clay2x Cloaked Minor1x Clouded Border2x Common Carpet1x Clouded Silver10x Common Footman13x Common Rustic72x Dark Arches1x Dingy Shears52x Dot Moth11x Double Square-spot6x Dun-bar2x Early Thorn1x Fan-foot1x Flame2x Flame Shoulder1x Grey Dagger2x Heart & Dart2x July Highflyer2x Large Yellow Underwing1x Least Carpet5x Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing6x Lesser Yellow Underwing1x Light Arches2x Marbled Beauty2x Mottled Rustic1x Nut-tree Tussock8x Peppered Moth2x Red Twin-spot Carpet15x Riband Wave2x Ruby Tiger2x Shuttle-shaped Dart12x Silver-Y2x Single-dotted Wave9x Small Fan-footed Wave1x Spectacle4x Straw Underwing2x Swallow-tailed Moth5x Uncertain2x V-pug4x White Satin Moth19x Willow Beauty2x Yellow-tailMicro Moths1x Ancylis badiana [NFG]1x Bucculatrix thoracella [NEW!]3x Limnaecia phragmitella [NFG]1x Yponomeuta padella [NFG]3x Eudemis profundana [NFG]1x Clavigesta purdeyi [NEW!]1x Spilonota laricana [NEW!]1x Epinotia nanana [NFG]1x Phlyctaenia coronata [NFG]2x Argyrotaenia ljungiana [NFY]2x Pandemis corylana [NFY]1x Agonopterix alstromeriana [NFY]4x Cydia splendana [NFY]3x Spilonota ocellana1x Hypsopygia costalis2x Caloptilia alchimiella3x Bryotropha terrella2x Blastobasis adustella1x Trachycera suavella3x Trachycera advenella1x Mompha propinquella2x Aphomia sociella2x Archips podana1x Pandemis heparana2x Batia unitella3x Phycita roborella2x Tischeria ekebladella46x Agriphila straminella2x Hofmannophila pseudospretella2x Acleris forsskaleana5x Pleuroptya ruralis4x Endotricha flammealis8x Carcina quercana8x Agriphila tristella2x Dipleurina lacustrata
Welcome Wetland WandererAnother warm and muggy night on Sunday night (A bit behind with reports!) and yet another opportunity to trap...when will these warm and sultry evenings end? Possibly tomorrow with clearing skies forecast but with such high daytime temperatures still on the cards the forecasters are still suggesting minimums of 14 degrees all week.Easily the best moth of the night was a pristine Silky Wainscot, a bit of a shock really. Is it a primary migrant or a wanderer, I think I will go with the latter.Another good moth for the garden was a beautiful Bordered Pug.I also managed to get the magnifying glass out and pot up a tiny micro moth that turned out to be a first for me Bucculatrix ulmella.Conobathra repandana was also nice to see, as I missed out on one last year having previously seen one on the 17th August 2012Rhyacionia buoliana and Eucosma obumbratana also boosting the garden list.Catch Report - 20/07/14 - Back Garden Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson TrapMacro Moths1x Silky Wainscot [NFG]1x Bordered Pug [NFG]1x Least Yellow Underwing [NFG]1x Dusky Sallow [NFY]1x Oak Hook-tip [NFY]2x Ruby Tiger [NFY]2x Black Arches3x Bright-line Brown-eye1x Brimstone Moth2x Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing1x Buff Arches3x Cabbage Moth1x Clay2x Clouded Silver1x Common Emerald 2x Common Footman8x Common Rustic4x Dark Arches35x Dot Moth1x Double Square-spot4x Dun-bar1x Early Thorn1x Flame Shoulder2x Garden Carpet 1x Green Pug1x Heart & Club3x Heart & Dart2x July Highflyer1x Large Yellow Underwing4x Least Carpet2x Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing2x Lesser Yellow Underwing1x Maple Prominent3x Maple Pug1x Marbled Beauty1x Mottled Beauty2x Nut-tree Tussock1x Pale Mottled Willow1x Pebble Prominent1x Peppered Moth2x Privet Hawk-moth1x Red Twin-spot Carpet20x Riband Wave1x Rustic4x Scalloped Oak1x Shuttle-shaped Dart1x Silver-Y1x Slender Brindle1x Small Emerald1x Small Fan-footed Wave2x Smoky Wainscot1x Spectacle1x Straw Dot3x Uncertain3x Willow Beauty3x Yellow-tailMicro Moths 1x Bucculatrix ulmella [NEW!]1x Eucosma obumbratana [NFG]1x Rhyacionia buoliana [NFG]1x Conobathra repandana [NFY]1x Phyllonorycter harrisella [NFY]1x Pammene fasciana [NFY]1x Bryotropha affinis1x Bryotropha terrella1x Eurrhypara hortulata2x Argyrotaenia ljungiana1x Celypha striana1x Coleophora sp2x Aphomia sociella1x Emmelina monodactyla1x Argyesthia goedartella1x Acleris schalleriana2x Yponomeuta evonymella1x Agriphila straminella1x Cameraria ohridella1x Batia unitella1x Acleris forsskaleana10x Plutella xylostella3x Oegoconia sp4x Pleuroptya ruralis1x Tischeria ekebladella1x Evergestis forficalis1x Orthopygia glaucinalis1x Aphelia paleana1x Hofmannophila pseudospretella20x Endotricha flammealis1x Clepsis consimilana3x Spilonota ocellana1x Phycita roborella2x Udea prunalis1x Pandemis corylana1x Amblyptilia acanthadactyla1x Trachycera suavella1x Aphelia paleana5x Eudonia mercurella1x Ditula angustiorana10x Chrysoteuchia culmella5x Dipleurina lacustrata1x Carcina quercana
More species, less mothsA great catch last night and a few to bang the head against the wall with!Firstly a Caloptilia which resembles both betulicola and elongella, photo later, but may need to be dissected.betulicola due to the huge amounts of Birch in the vicinity. Secondly a Phyllonorycter that I have no clue on, and looks different to the species I have already recorded in the garden, which looks to me now like blancardella.Another Early Grey makes it my whole second one for the year! 6 Double-striped Pugs was noteworthy for my garden.Another Lead-coloured Drab, makes it 3 for the year so far (none last year).New for the year were Nut-tree Tussock (1), Brindled Pug (2), Amblyptilia acanthadactyla (2),Tinea pellionella (1) and the above 2 micros to identify.I look forward to hopefully going out on a field trip on Wednesday night as the weather looks to stay mild at present.Catch Report - 30/03/14 - Back Garden Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson TrapMacro Moths1x Nut-tree Tussock [NFY] 2x Brindled Pug [NFY]6x Double-striped Pug 1x Lead-coloured Drab10x Hebrew Character14x Common Quaker 11x Small Quaker2x Clouded Drab1x ChestnutMicro Moths1x Phyllonorycter sp pos blancardella [NFG]1x Tinea pellionella [NFY]1x Caloptilia betulicola [NFG]1x Agonopterix heracliana 2x Mompha subbistrigella1x Emmelina monodactyla5x Diurnea fagella
Summary[edit] Description: Heatwave continues More trapping again this week and I put the trap out again on the most favourable night that the forecasters had predicted. Thursday morning saw me going through the trap once again at 6am and jotting down the species present. I would love to trap every night, but couldn't justify the time making lists day after day, often repeating the same species. The trap wasn't brimming this morning but there was one surprise towards the bottom. The wetland Pyralid Donacaula forficella. A little tatty but a very welcome addition to the ever growing garden list. A nice collection of Micros were also new for the year. Catch Report - 24/07/14 - Back Garden Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap Macro Moths 1x Flounced Rustic [NFY] 1x Small Rivulet [NFY] 1x Black Arches 1x Bright-line Brown-eye 1x Brimstone Moth 1x Buff Arches 2x Buff Footman 1x Buff-tip 1x Cloaked Minor 1x Common Carpet 3x Common Footman 15x Common Rustic 1x Dark Arches 8x Dot Moth 1x Double Square-spot 1x Double-striped Pug 2x Dun-bar 1x Dwarf Cream Wave 1x Elephant Hawk-moth 2x Fern 2x Flame Shoulder 2x Garden Carpet 1x Grey Dagger 1x Large Twin-spot Carpet 1x Large Yellow Underwing 2x Least Carpet 3x Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1x Light Arches 1x Maple Prominent 1x Maple Pug 1x Nutmeg 1x Pale Prominent 2x Peppered Moth 1x Phoenix 12x Riband Wave 2x Scalloped Oak 1x Scarce Footman 1x Setaceous Hebrew Character 1x Shuttle-shaped Dart 3x Single-dotted Wave 1x Small Emerald 1x Small Fan-footed Wave 1x Straw Underwing 2x Uncertain 1x Willow Beauty 2x Yellow Shell 2x Yellow-tail Micro Moths 1x Donacaula forficella [NFG] 1x Eucosma hohenwartiana [NFG] 2x Acentria ephemerella [NFY] 2x Hypatima rhomboidella [NFY] 1x Bucculatrix thoracella [NFY] 1x Tinea semifulvella [NFY] 1x Agriphila tristella [NFY] 1x Pyrausta aurata [NFY] 2x Phyllonorycter harrisella 1x Helcystogramma rufescens 1x Aphomia sociella 2x Pandemis corylana 3x Bryotropha terrella 1x Epiphyas postvittana 1x Cydia splendana 1x Phlyctaenia coronata 1x Celypha striana 3x Yponomeuta evonymella 4x Batia unitella 12x Plutella xylostella 2x Pleuroptya ruralis 2x Agapeta hamana 14x Endotricha flammealis 1x Spilonota ocellana 2x Phycita roborella 1x Udea prunalis 3x Eudonia mercurella 2x Agriphila straminella 2x Crambus perlella 1x Hypsopygia costalis 5x Chrysoteuchia culmella. Date: 25 July 2014, 08:31. Source: [0273] Bucculatrix thoracella. Author: Ben Sale from UK.
Summary[edit] Description: Deutsch: Frontispiz des Buches „Dialectica, seu Generalia logices praecepta omnia“ von Augustini Hunaei, herausgegeben von Christophori Plantini, 1566 Antwerpen. (15,7x10,8 cm) Provenienz: Vormals - Bibliotheca Fidecomissaria Familiae Risenfelsianae Stabilitae in Castro Domini Toparchici Seisenegg. Date: 1 January 1566. Source: Augustini Hunaei: "Augustini Hunnaei dialectica seu generalia logices praecepta omnia : quaecunque ex toto Aristotelis organo,.." Herausgegeben von Ex officina Christophori Plantini, 1566 Antwerpen. Author: Augustini Hunaei, Christophori Plantini.
Summary[edit] Author: xpda. Description: Caloptilia belfragella, Hodges #0594, Size: 6.2 mm, ID Confidence: 88. Depicted place: Pryor, Mayes County, OK. Date: 24 April 2014. Credit line: Robert Webster / xpda.com / CC-BY-SA-4.0. References: Pictures from Earth, Caloptilia belfragella. Source: Own work. Licensing[edit] : This file is licensed under the Creative CommonsAttribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. :. You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work to remix – to adapt the work Under the following conditions: attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 CC BY-SA 4.0 Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 truetrue.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Phyllocnistis citrella. Date: 29 October 2009. Source: : This image is Image Number 5199001 at Forestry Images, a source for forest health, natural resources and silviculture images operated by The Bugwood Network at the University of Georgia and the USDA Forest Service.. Author: Jeffrey W. Lotz.