A sense of normality?

Well conditions on the night of 27th June were pretty much perfect for mothing and the trapping results did not disappoint and were actually up where they would normally be at this time of year given such optimal conditions.

A few images below.


Species list: Back garden, East Kent, 27th June 2012

Code	Taxon	Vernacular
0017	Hepialus lupulinus	Common Swift
0220	Nemapogon clematella
0294	Aspilapteryx tringipennella
0410	Argyresthia brockeella
0464	Plutella xylostella	Diamond-back Moth
0525	Coleophora solitariella
0647	Hofmannophila pseudospretella	Brown House Moth
0648	Endrosis sarcitrella	White-shouldered House Moth
0702	Agonopterix assimilella
0724	Metzneria lappella
0726	Metzneria metzneriella
0874	Blastobasis lacticolella
0970	Pandemis cerasana	Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix
0977	Archips podana	Large Fruit-tree Tortrix
0998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth
1010	Ditula angustiorana	Red-barred Tortrix
1030	Eana incanana
1063	Celypha striana
1076	Celypha lacunana
1083	Hedya nubiferana	Marbled Orchard Tortrix
1084	Hedya ochroleucana
1175	Epiblema uddmanniana	Bramble Shoot Moth
1261	Cydia pomonella	Codling Moth
1293	Chrysoteuchia culmella	Garden Grass-veneer
1301	Crambus lathoniellus
1302	Crambus perlella
1333	Scoparia pyralella
1334	Scoparia ambigualis
1344	Eudonia mercurella
1356	Evergestis forficalis	Garden Pebble
1375	Ostrinia nubilalis	European Corn Borer
1392	Udea olivalis
1428	Aphomia sociella	Bee Moth
1437	Acrobasis consociella
1458	Myelois circumvoluta	Thistle Ermine
1465	Nephopterix angustella
1474	Ephestia parasitella
1481	Homoeosoma sinuella
1513	Pterophorus pentadactyla	White Plume Moth
1524	Emmelina monodactyla
1653	Habrosyne pyritoides	Buff Arches
1669	Hemithea aestivaria	Common Emerald
1702	Idaea biselata	Small Fan-footed Wave
1713	Idaea aversata	Riband Wave
1728	Xanthorhoe fluctuata	Garden Carpet
1738	Epirrhoe alternata	Common Carpet
1742	Camptogramma bilineata	Yellow Shell
1813	Eupithecia haworthiata	Haworth's Pug
1825	Eupithecia centaureata	Lime-speck Pug
1827	Eupithecia intricata	Freyer's Pug
1830	Eupithecia absinthiata	Wormwood Pug
1834	Eupithecia vulgata	Common Pug
1837	Eupithecia subfuscata	Grey Pug
1860	Pasiphila rectangulata	Green Pug
1887	Lomaspilis marginata	Clouded Border
1906	Opisthograptis luteolata	Brimstone Moth
1937	Peribatodes rhomboidaria	Willow Beauty
1941	Alcis repandata	Mottled Beauty
1955	Cabera pusaria	Common White Wave
1958	Lomographa temerata	Clouded Silver
1976	Sphinx ligustri	Privet Hawk-moth
2050	Eilema lurideola	Common Footman
2060	Spilosoma lubricipeda	White Ermine
2087	Agrotis segetum	Turnip Moth
2088	Agrotis clavis	Heart and Club
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart
2098	Axylia putris	Flame
2107	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing
2111	Noctua janthe	Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
2126	Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character
2128	Xestia triangulum	Double Square-spot
2147	Hada plebeja	Shears
2154	Mamestra brassicae	Cabbage Moth
2155	Melanchra persicariae	Dot Moth
2160	Lacanobia oleracea	Bright-line Brown-eye
2170	Hadena compta	Varied Coronet
2202	Mythimna l-album	L-album Wainscot
2302	Rusina ferruginea	Brown Rustic
2321	Apamea monoglypha	Dark Arches
2322	Apamea lithoxylaea	Light Arches
2334	Apamea sordens	Rustic Shoulder-knot
2380	Charanyca trigrammica	Treble Lines
2381	Hoplodrina alsines	Uncertain
2387	Caradrina morpheus	Mottled Rustic
2434	Diachrysia chrysitis	Burnished Brass
2441	Autographa gamma	Silver Y
2477	Hypena proboscidalis	Snout

Too many new for year species to post images of them all, so just a few images below:

L-album Wainscot


Buff Arches


Haworth's Pug


Varied Coronet


Aleimma loeflingiana


Myelois circumvoluta


Ditula angustiorana


Archips podana


Dave

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