A Kitten and a Mouse

Nice to see the sun back, and although I thought the most prolific mothing was behind me this year, this latest period of quality weather has done the business yet again in the garden.  Both species and individuals took another increase, the latter certainly being helped by the peak in Yellow Underwings being upon us.  On the down side, I did have the first problem with wasps this year, with a small contingent awaiting me around the light.  However, another garden tick was amongst the throng of moths in the trap, and just like a few days ago, it was a Footman.  My first garden Buff Footman was amongst a few other nice year ticks, including a Mouse Moth, and only my second garden record of Sallow Kitten.  Among the micros was the scarce Iceplant feeder, Yponomeuta sedella, and a Phyllonorycter rajella.

10th August:
Macros:
32 Large Yellow Underwing
22 LBBYU
13 Riband Wave
11 Common Rustic sp.
9 Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
8 Dunbar
6 Willow Beauty
6 Dark Arches
5 Red Twin-spot Carpet
4 Small Fan-footed Wave
4 Small Phoenix
3 Rosy Footman
3 Peppered Moth
3 Rosy Minor
3 Shuttle-shaped Dart
3 Uncertain
2 Scalloped Hook-tip
2 Dingy Footman
2 Svennson's Copper Underwing
2 Common Carpet
2 True Lover's Knot
2 Flame Shoulder
2 Square-spot Rustic NFY
2 Fan-foot
2 Lesser Swallow Prominent
1 Grey Pine Carpet
1 Mouse Moth NFY
1 Brimstone
1 September Thorn
1 Sallow Kitten NFY
1 Buff Footman NFG
1 Clouded Border
1 Nut-tree Tussock
1 Small Rivulet
1 Garden Carpet
1 Iron Prominent
1 Common White Wave
1 Purple Thorn
1 Ruby Tiger NFY
1 Rustic
1 Maiden's Blush
1 Straw Dot
1 Herald
1 Copper Underwing NFY
1 Buff Ermine
1 Dagger sp.
1 Ear Moth
1 Narrow-winged Pug
1 Black Arches NFY
1 Minor Shoulder-knot NFY

Micros:
21 Cydia splendana
10 Eudonia mercurella
8 Phycita roborella
7 Bryotropha affinis
5 Endotrichia flammealis
4 Brown House-moth
4 Agriphila tristella
3 Agriphila straminella
3 Mother of Pearl
2 Dioryctria abietella
2 Crambus pascuella
2 Blastobasis adustella
2 Agriphila geniculea*
1 Catoptria pinella
1 Bud Moth
1 Udea lutealis*
1 Eudonia pyralella
1 Honeysuckle Moth
1 Diamond-back Moth
1 Zieraphera isertana
1 Acleris forsskaleana
1 Holly Tortrix
1 Dipleurina lacustrata
1 Agapeta zoegana
1 Tinea trinotella
1 Light Brown Apple Moth
1 Brown Plume
1 Red-barred Tortrix
1 Yponomeuta sedella*
1 Phyllonorycter rajella*

Sallow Kitten

Buff Footman

Square-spot Rustic

Mouse Moth

Copper Underwing

Yponomeuta sedella

Phyllonorycter rajella

A full moon, which is more than can be said for the trap

It was a warm day yesterday, so I thought it might be worth putting the trap out. Despite several new for the years, it wasn't really, with the lowest numbers for some time, due to a total lack of cloud, and a full moon.

July 14th:
3 Willow Beauty
3 Scalloped Oak
3 Dunbar
2 Uncertain
2 July Highflyer
2 Double Square-spot
1 Copper Underwing NFY
1 Common White Wave
1 Dot Moth
1 Rustic
1 Yellow Shell NFY
1 Early Thorn NFY
1 Clay NFY
1 Scalloped Hook-tip NFY
1 Buff Arches
1 Nut-tree Tussock
1 Yellow-tail NFY
1 Smoky Wainscot NFY

Yellow-tail

Scalloped Hook-tip

Clay

Copper Underwing

Early Thorn