Last night from the garden trap

Yesterday I switched my trap on at about 8.30pm and it was already getting dark, the long Summer nights are already a thing of the past.

We had a lovely dinner and games night with friends and all the while I could see moths flying in towards the trap.

By 10pm there was quite a few moths already to the light, but I was confident that after midnight things would be even better and indeed by 6am this morning the trap was  'heaving' by my garden standards with over 50 Large Yellow Underwing and 25 Vine's Rustic.

In third place was Setaceous Hebrew Character with 22 examples.

Both Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing and Dark Arches turned up again, I can't remember the last time I saw both of these together this year. 

A single Copper Underwing was checked and revealed a year first
Svensson's Copper Underwing which was pleasing.

A second record for the year of the second brood of Toadflax Brocade is always pleasing as they are such smart looking moths. I must add that I have yet to record the first brood here!

Cochylimorpha straminea was found on the edge of the perspex collar, a rare grassland moth for my garden, but a mere 6 miles away in decent grassland habitat i've caught hundreds in just one night! Maybe they don't like to stray too far from their happy environment.

There were also some very pleasing micro moths, firstly Dichrorampha simpliciana was new for the garden and the 28th new micro moth species for the garden this year bringing the total to 308.

Also second brooded Tachystola acroxantha, a rogue Acentria ephemerella, a stunning little Phyllonorycter geniculella and 2 year first species Epinotia ramella and Ypsolopha parenthesella made up the best of the rest.

All in all very pleasing considering it was cool and clear this morning.

Catch Report - 23/08/17 - Back Garden - Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap

 

Macro Moths

1x Svensson's Copper Underwing [NFY]

2x Angle Shades

5x Double-striped Pug

6x Brimstone Moth 

1x Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

1x Cabbage Moth

4x Common Wainscot 

1x Dark Arches

2x Garden Carpet

1x Iron Prominent

1x Knot Grass

53x Large Yellow Underwing

18x Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

4x Lesser Yellow Underwing

3x Light Emerald 

2x Maiden's Blush 

1x Nutmeg

4x Orange Swift

3x Pale Mottled Willow

5x Riband Wave 

22x Setaceous Hebrew Character

1x Shuttle-shaped Dart 

1x Small Dusty Wave

1x Small Square-spot

1x Snout

1x Spectacle  

1x Straw Dot

3x Straw Underwing

1x Toadflax Brocade

2x Turnip Moth

25x Vine's Rustic

1x White-point

11x Willow Beauty

2x Yellow Shell

Micro Moths

1x Dichrorampha simpliciana [NFG]

1x Epinotia ramella [NFY]

1x Ypsolopha parenthesella [NFY]

1x Acentria ephemerella

5x Agriphila straminella 

8x Agriphila tristella

2x Ambylptilia acanthdactyla

5x Blastobasis adustella

1x Blastobasis lacticolella

1x Cochylimorpha straminea

1x Cydia pomonella

5x Emmelina monodactyla

1x Endrosis sarcitrella

3x Epiphyas postvittana 

1x Evergestis forficalis

1x Hofmannophila pseudospretella

1x Mompha propinquella

1x Pammene aurita

2x Pandemis heparana

1x Phyllonorycter geniculella

5x Pleuroptya ruralis

1x Pyrausta aurata

1x Tachystola acroxantha

Small Dusty Wave

 

Phyllonorycter geniculella

Epinotia ramella

Dichrorampha simpliciana

Cochylimorpha straminea

Ypsolopha parenthesella

Toadflax Brocade

Orange Swifts