118 Moths; Is This 2012?

At last!  Just as others experienced last night, the weather here was almost perfect, and finally produced good numbers.  Although it does appear that this year I am only getting quality or quantity, never both!  Shouldn't complain though as I got 66 macros of 41 species, and another 24 micro species.  Amongst these macros were 13 year ticks, but most were expected, just a Lilac Beauty that wasn't,  which was my second record in the garden.

25th June:
8 Dark Arches
4 Light Emerald NFY
3 Peppered Moth
3 Heart and Dart
3 Orange Footman
2 Brimstone
2 Poplar Hawk-moth NFY
2 Lesser Swallow Prominent
2 Marbled White-spot
2 Fan-foot NFY
2 Lobster
2 Heart and Club NFY
2 Treble Lines
2 Minor sp.
1 Treble Brown-spot NFY
1 Common Marbled Carpet
1 Lilac Beauty NFY
1 Dusky Brocade NFY
1 Elephant Hawk-moth
1 Common Wave
1 Common White Wave
1 Flame Carpet
1 Straw Dot
1 Ingrailed Clay NFY
1 Foxglove Pug
1 Freyer's Pug NFY
1 Common Pug
1 Grey Pug
1 Swallow Prominent
1 Rosy Footman NFY
1 Brown Silver-line NFY
1 Flame Shoulder
1 Silver Y
1 Angle Shades
1 Large Yellow Underwing
1 Spectacle
1 Willow Beauty
1 Bird's Wing
1 Blotched Emerald NFY
1 Beautiful Hook-tip NFY
1 Double-striped Pug

Micros (* = new):
1 Common White Plume
2 Brown House Moth
1 Ananis (was Phlyctaenia) coronata
2 Variegated Golden Tortrix
3 Scoparia pyralella
1 Diamond-back Moth
3 Celypha lacunana
13 Dipleurina lacustrata
1 Celypha striana*
1 Notocelia rosaecolana*
4 Green Oak Tortrix
4 Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix
4 Light Brown Apple Moth
1 Small Magpie
1 Eudonia mercurella
1 Hawthorn Moth*
1 Bee Moth
1 Plum Tortrix*
1 Cherry Bark Tortrix
2 Chrysoteucia culmella
1 Udea olivalis
1 Ash Bud Moth*
1 Argyresthia bonnetella*
1 Ocnerostoma piniariella*

Lilac Beauty

Beautiful Hook-tip

Poplar Hawk-moth

Treble Brown-spot

Freyer's Pug

Ingrailed Clay

Dusky Brocade

Straw Dot

Heart and Club

Rosy Footman

Blotched Emerald

Ash Bud Moth

Cherry Bark Tortrix

Notocelia rosaecolana

Scoparia pyralella

Celypha striana

Yesterday, I came across this newly emerged Psyche casta on a window:

The Cold Shoulder Over, as my Ground Takes the Silver

Thankfully, last night had decent cloud cover, which has been lacking recently, so I haven't trapped in the garden for a week. I managed a great rounded total of 50 moths of 25 species. Having not trapped for so long, I of course expected some new for year, but I also got three new for the garden in the shape of two Silver-ground Carpet, a Pale-shouldered Brocade, and a Dusky Brocade, the latter two being brand new to me. Also of note was a stunning Purple Clay, and a much more pristine Marbled White Spot.

17th June:

20 Heart and Dart

3 Dark Arches NFY

2 Peppered Moth

2 Common Pug

2 Silver-ground Carpet NFG

2 Treble Lines

2 Minor sp.

1 Large Yellow Underwing NFY

1 Rustic

1 Middle-barred Minor

1 Grey Pug

1 Foxglove Pug

1 Setaceous Hebrew Character

1 Clouded-bordered Brindle

1 Common Marbled Carpet

1 Marbled White Spot

1 Bird's Wing

1 Poplar Hawk-moth

1 Ingrailed Clay

1 Flame Carpet

1 Willow Beauty NFY

1 Pale-shouldered Brocade NFG

1 Dusky Brocade NFG

1 Purple Clay NFY

Marbled White Spot

Ingrailed Clay

Dark Arches

Purple Clay

Dusky Brocade

Silver-ground Carpet No.1

Silver-ground Carpet No.2

Pale-shouldered Brocade

No puns, just great moths

Sorry about the lack of updates, I have been having camera problems.

I had a bit of a disaster three nights ago when someone managed to jog the plug loose for the trap, so it probably only ran for a couple of hours. As a result I got seven moths. The next night was much better, with a very fresh Light Brocade amongst the catch, but nothing else of particular note. Although it was nice to get my second records of Dwarf and Foxglove Pugs.

Agreggate for 2nd and 3rd June:

7 Heart and Dart

3 Common Marbled Carpet

2 Treble Lines

2 Pale Tussock

2 Common Pug

2 Peppered Moth

1 Orange Footman

1 Spectacle

1 Spruce Carpet

1 Shuttle-shaped Dart

1 Green Carpet

1 Light Brocade

1 Dwarf Pug

1 Clouded-bordered Brindle

1 Red Twin-spot Carpet

1 Scalloped Hazel

1 Foxglove Pug

Spectacle

Light Brocade

Last night was a lot better, with 35 moths of 23 species. Unfortunately, the star moth was faded. When I first found my first ever Satin Lutestring, it was outside the trap in the morning, and it was in pristine condition. I just potted it, but did not ID it as I had to go to work. When I got home, I found it floundering on its back, with lots of scales littering the pot! I hope I still got the ID right. Also among the highlights were new-for-year Small Seraphim, Grey Pine Carpet, Light Emerald, a Minor (probably Marbled), and my second ever Ingrailed Clay.

4th June:

5 Heart and Dart

4 Treble Lines

3 Common Marbled Carpet

3 Common Pug

2 Mottled Pug

1 Buff-tip

1 Pale Prominent

1 Orange Footman

1 Flame Shoulder

1 Grey Pine Carpet NFY
1 May Highflyer

1 Light Emerald NFY

1 Small Phoenix

1 Flame Carpet

1 Small Seraphim NFY

1 White Ermine

1 Coxcomb Prominent

1 Oak-tree Pug

1 Green Carpet

1 Pale Tussock

1 Minor sp. NFY

1 Ingrailed Clay NFY

1 Satin Lutestring NFG

Satin Lutestring

Ingrailed Clay