Hearts, Clubs, Waves, Carpets and other stuff...

I haven't posted on here in quite a while, and there have been too many moths to post full trap reports, so here are a few photos of some of the species that have been turning up in the garden trap through May, and into (a pretty rubbish!) June...

Beautiful Hook-tip (28th May)...

Marbled Brown (28th May)...

Blotched Emerald (29th May)...

Treble Brown Spot (20th May)...

Least Carpet (8th June)...

Dwarf Cream Wave (8th June)...

The Shears (8th June)...

Heart and Club (8th June)...

Flame Shoulder (25th May)

Expect a few more photos in the near future, as I don't think the weather is going to allow for much trapping this weekend, giving me time to make up for a bit of back-blog!

Darts, Clubs and Silver-lines

Another warm night, so I trapped in the garden. I got the best variety of the year so far, but the high numbers of individuals were mostly down to Heart and Dart! Only the second garden record of Green Silver-lines was probably the best, although its a shame it was so worn.

3rd June:

48 Heart and Dart

15 Dark Arches

6 Minor sp.

4 Treble Lines

4 Flame

2 Willow Beauty NFY

2 Heart and Club NFY

2 Grey Pug

1 Dusky Brocade NFY

1 Brimstone NFY

1 Garden Carpet NFY

1 Middle-barred Minor NFY

1 Green Silver-lines NFY

1 Buff-tip

1 Brown Silver-lines

1 Large Yellow Underwing NFY

1 Vine's Rustic

1 Light Emerald NFY

Heart and Club

Garden Carpet

Dusky Brocade

Middle-barred Minor

Green Silver-lines

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