Of moths and bier...

Both macros and micros turning up at the trap in much greater variety of late, with the night of 25th June very productive (in common with many others I see from various blogs).

Many more new for years added over recent days although I did not trap over the Moth Night weekend due to a very long weekend in Munich:


 Recent additions to the year list include:

Pebble Prominent
 

Scorched Wing


Snout


Cinnabar


Cochylis molliculana


Eupoecilia angustana


Anania coronata 


Agapeta hamana


White Plume Moth

Catching up

Things been going along a little better to the garden trap over recent days, a few more new for years as the garden year total creeps towards 150.  Still much better results on daytime and dusking searches, particularly with micros, with regular updates on the sister blog: http://kentmicromoths.blogspot.co.uk/

Some of the recent new for year species:

Heart and Club


Dark Arches


May Highflyer


Privet Hawk-moth


Treble Brown Spot


Double Square-spot


Some nice additions to the macro year list out and about too:

Burnet Companion
 

Bordered White


Straw Dot


Dave

Pink elephant on parade

The highlight from last nights trapping - Small Elephant Hawk-moth - always a treat and much beloved by my daughters.





As far as the full catch goes, well for this year it was a good one as I managed to find an even more sheltered spot to keep the trap running through the deluge that came early in the night.

Dave

Mixed bag and rearing success

Just to get things up to date, here are a few from recent days that are new for the year.

Trapping conditions remain generally dire with early stage records, and in particular Coleophora cases, keeping the home fires burning, more of which over at: http://kentmicromoths.blogspot.co.uk/

The first three were from a trip to Gloucestershire last week.

Shoulder-striped Wainscot (Mythimna comma)

Udea olivalis


Scoparia ambigualis


The latter ones from the garden or adjacent to it on daytime/dusking searches.

Green Pug (Pasiphila rectangulata)


Coleophora binderella - reared from case on Alder


Yellow Shell (Camptogramma bilineata)


Small Fan-foot (Herminia grisealis)


Dave

Early stages: Celypha woodiana

Definitely one from further afield - mines of Celypha woodiana on Mistletoe, found this week in an old orchard in Grafton, VC33, East Gloucestershire.  This rare micro moth has a very restricted distribution, limited to the areas where the host plant can still be found in relative abundance.

Of Flames, Foxgloves and other early summer usual suspects

Well, the calendar says it's summer, shame about the weather again now though.

Nothing spectacular on the macros front of late just a few usual suspects added to the year list.  Micros still better with the net than to the trap: http://kentmicromoths.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/more-net-gains.html

Flame


Foxglove Pug


Pretty Chalk Carpet


Mottled Rustic


Silver-ground Carpet

An old Knaresborough hag...or Which witch is which?

... otherwise known as Mother Shipton or if you like, Callistege mi. (geeky kudos if you know which kids TV programme is referenced in the post title).



Netted this on a very small piece of remnant chalk grassland close to home yesterday lunchtime.  I just love the pattern on the wings and all credit to the imagination of those who gave this moth its vernacular name.  Much more imaginative than the scientific species name which purely refers to the 'M' shape on the underside of the wings; how boring (yet precise and effective of course) is that in comparison.

From the image below, you can really see the likeness!



Dave