Pugtastic

Last night was the first warm cloudy one for a couple of weeks, so it worth running the trap. Numbers were a little dissapointing, but included an array of Pugs, all but one of which I managed to identify! One of the Green Pugs was very fresh, but by the time I had had it potted for a little while, it started to loose its green! The same can be said for the July Highflyer too. I also found a very pretty micro flying around in the day, that I would appreciate an ID for.

June 14th:

15 Heart and Dart

4 Rustic

3 Green Pug NFY

2 Dark Arches

2 Willow Beauty

2 Common Pug

1 Foxglove Pug NFY

1 Grey Pug

1 Fan-foot NFY

1 Small Fan-foot NFY

1 July Highflyer NFY

1 Marbled White-spot

1 Small Dusty Wave NFY

1 Brimstone

1 Uncertain NFY

Sorry for some of these poor shots, but I wasn't having much luck persuading them to sit where I wanted!

Unidentified micro

Green Pug

Small Dusty Wave

July Highflyer

Small Fan-foot

Fan-foot

Rustic

Two hundred not out!

As expected, in warm, but still clear conditions, I managed to get my two hundredth garden moth, alongside my two hundred and first, and two hundred and second! Numbers remain very constant with 46 moths of 25 species this morning, that included a Clouded Silver, which is completely new to me, a Poplar Grey, and a Barred Red. Also a few new for the year including Straw Dot, which is only my second record. Also only my second was a Marbled Brown, but that got eaten in the trap by a Burrying Beetle!

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22nd June:

17 Heart and Dart

2 May Highflyer

2 Spectacle

2 Ingrailed Clay

2 Dark Arches

2 Middle-barred Minor

1 Straw Dot NFY

1 Buff-tip

1 Clouded Silver NFG

1 Mottled Beauty

1 Light Emerald

1 Barred Red NFG

1 Green Pug NFY

1 Maiden's Blush

1 Common Marbled Carpet

1 Riband Wave NFY

1 Common Wave

1 Willow Beauty

1 Common White Wave NFY

1 Treble Lines

1 Scorched Wing

1 Marbled Brown

1 Heart and Club

1 Fan-foot NFY

1 Poplar Grey NFG

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Also, a pretty micro I identified as Phlyctaenia coronata

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Phlyctaenia coronata

The Fan-foot

Heart and Club

Green Pug

Barred Red

Clouded Silver

Poplar Grey