On the crest of a Wave(d)

Very pleased to find this beautiful moth clinging to the inside of the trap last week: Waved Black.

Given the colouration I almost missed it against the black of the Robinson but pleased I didn't as this is another new one for the garden, representing species number 665, wonder what species will be lumbered with the number of the beast...

Dave

Look at the palps on that!

Had a short walk in Covert Wood on Sunday morning with the dog and net.

Lots of Crambids about and loads of leafmines to be found too.

The highlight was another new species for me in the shape of the 'fuzzy faced' Gelechid, Sophronia semicostella.



The following were new for the year in the garden over the weekend:

Large Twin-spot Carpet



Pyrausta despicata


Dave

One of 'The Big Five'

A slight improvement again in the garden trap last night with over 50 species that included a handful of new for years.

The highlight was the striking Leopard Moth:



New for year supporting cast included:

Oak Nycteoline


Small Rivulet


Scarce Footman


Blastobasis adustella

In the 70's

Not  a reference to the decade that fashion forgot but to a run of three consecutive nights with over 70 species to the garden trap.

What fascinates me too about this is that it is far from the same 70+ species each night, of course there's a core of about 50 or so 'usual suspects' - Heart and Dart, Dark Arches, Common Footman, Chrysoteuchia culmella etc etc - but there is great variation on top of this.

The beauty of MapMate is that I can readily tell what has been going on and quick analysis shows that for these three species-rich, Halcyon days there have been a total of 138 species in the garden which has of course helped to push the garden year list on very nicely to 264 species (all stages).

Highlights of late include:

Festoon
 

 Four-dotted Footman (new to the garden)

Sciota adelphella (also new to the garden)

 Ruddy Carpet


Ethmia terminella (a lifer)


Dave

Garden year list moves on nicely

Although nothing like the bumper haul at the beginning of last week I have still had a steady stream of additions to the 2012 garden year list over the last few days, including:

Nephopterix angustella


Pale Oak Beauty


Argyresthia brockeella


Orthopygia glaucinalis (I know it has a new name...)


Clay


July Highflyer - reared through from larva


These two not new for the year but any excuse to post images of Hawks:

Elephant Hawk-moth


Privet Hawk-moth (with Elly trying to muscle in on the shot, top left)


Dave

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