Catch Report - 01/08/11 - Farmland/Back Garden - Hertfordshire

First trappings of August and a superb catch was awaiting me at 5am, after the warmest night we have had this year, with no less than 75 species of Macro Moth, I could not believe it! best moths included A first for the year Dusky Thorn, one I don't get very much and is still only my 3rd ever one, new for my garden Black Arches, Dark Umber and another Waved Black and Square-spotted Clay.
Also 18 Ruby Tiger's was just silly!

I'm pretty sure I had a Rufous Minor, which would have been new, but it flew off before I could pot it, so I am not counting it!

A new Micro Moth was observed, that being a single specimen of Argyresthia albistria a Blackthorn feeder.


Catch Report - 01/08/11 - 2x 125w MV Robinson Trap - Farmland/back garden


Macro Moths

1x Beautiful Hook-tip
2x Black Arches
1x Blood-vein
3x Bright-line Brown-eye
4x Brimstone Moth
4x Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
3x Brown-line Bright-eye
2x Buff Ermine
3x Buff Footman
1x Burnished Brass
5x Clay
6x Cloaked Minor
2x Clouded Border
2x Common Carpet
20x Common Footman
7x Common Rustic
1x Common Swift
5x Dark Arches
1x Dark Umber
2x Dingy Footman
5x Double Square-spot
6x Dun-bar
5x Dusky Sallow
1x Dusky Thorn [NFY]
6x Dwarf Cream Wave
1x Flame Shoulder
2x Heart & Dart
1x July Highflyer
1x Large Twin-spot Carpet
4x Large Yellow Underwing
14x Latticed Heath
5x Least Carpet
5x Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
1x Lesser Swallow Prominent
3x Lesser Yellow Underwing
3x Lime-speck Pug
2x Maple Pug
1x Marbled Beauty
1x Marbled Minor
2x Middle-barred Minor
2x Mouse Moth
1x Nut-tree Tussock
4x Nutmeg
1x Orange Swift
1x Pebble Prominent
1x Poplar Hawk-moth
3x Red Twin-spot Carpet
14x Riband Wave
1x Rosy Rustic
18x Ruby Tiger
2x Rustic
1x Scalloped Oak
3x Scarce Footman
1x Setaceous Hebrew Character
6x Shuttle-shaped Dart
2x Single-dotted Wave
1x Slender Brindle
1x Small Emerald
2x Small Fan-footed Wave
2x Small Scallop
2x Small Waved Umber
1x Smoky Wainscot
1x Square-spotted Clay
1x Straw Dot
1x Straw Underwing
1x Turnip Moth
12x Uncertain
1x Waved Black
3x White Satin Moth
1x White-spotted Pug
3x Willow Beauty
1x Yellow Shell
4x Yellow-tail

Black Arches











Dusky Thorn











Micro Moths

1x Argyresthia albistria [NEW!]
1x Agriphila tristella [NFY]
1x Cnephasia sp.
3x Red-barred Tortrix Ditula angustiorana
3x Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella
1x Emmelina monodactyla
1x Udea prunalis
2x Brown House-moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella
22x Mother of Pearl Pleuroptya ruralis
2x Endotricha flammealis
3x Agapeta hamana
1x Scoparia ambigualis
2x Cochylis atricapitana
29x Chrysoteuchia culmella
5x Celypha striana
7x Phycita roborella
5x Batia unitella
3x Dipleurina lacustrata
2x Crambus perlella
5x Eucosma cana
1x Azalea Leaf Miner Caloptilia azaleella

Argyresthia albistria








Red-barred Tortrix Ditula angustiorana