April show-ers

This warm weather is encouraging more moths to emerge. There were large swarms of long-horn moths on our local oak trees. They were too high to photograph but could well have been Nematapogon swammerdamella. Below is a selection that came to my trap last night:

purple thorn

nut-tree tussock

iron prominent

flame shoulder

common quaker (a worn specimen which at first glance looked rather like a powdered quaker)

brimstone

And a waved umber from a couple of nights ago...

Number of moths Pale into insignificance....

Numbers remain reasonable, although it was fairly windy last night. In very similar circumstances to yesterday, I got 37 moths of 22 species, and these included a new species for the garden of Pale Oak Beauty, and a new for the year Setaceous Hebrew Character. Also a probable Middle-barred Minor, which is also new for garden.

9th June:

13 Heart and Dart
2 Flame Shoulder
2 May Highflyer
2 Treble Lines
1 Common Marbled Carpet
1 White Ermine
1 Grey Pug
1 Scorched Wing
1 Grey Pine Carpet
1 Iron Prominent
1 Spruce Carpet
1 Pale Tussock
1 Green Carpet
1 Shuttle-shaped Dart
1 Garden Carpet
1 Setaceous Hebrew Character NFY
1 Small Phoenix
1 Light Brocade
1 Ingrailed Clay
1 Freyer's Pug
1 Pale Oak Beauty NFG
1 Minor sp. (probably Middle-barred Minor NFG)


probable Middle-barred Minor (it wouldn't stay still!)

White Ermine

Flame Shoudler

Heart and Dart

Iron Prominent

Setaceous Hebrew Character

Pale Oak Beauty

31st May- NE Surrey

Had my best trapping session of the year last night, with near perfect conditions.

1 Grey Pine Carpet

1 Green Carpet

1 Common Marbled Carpet

2 Triple Lines

1 Silver Y

1 Light Emerald

2 White Ermine

1 Willow Beauty

1 Pale Mottled Willow

1 Heart and Dart

2 Flame Shoulder

In the way of Micros:

6 Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana

2 Pyrausta aurata- Swept from thyme

Grey Pine Carpet...

Green Carpet...

Treble Lines...

Heart and Dart...

A very worn Flame Shoulder...

Light Emerald...

Cheers, Bill