Surrey Moths & Butterflies: pale oak beauty

Thursday, 10 June 2010

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

Sunday, 6 June 2010

Thunder!!

Last night was a bit mad – my biggest catch of the year by a distance. No doubt thanks to the thundery conditions. I woke at 4.20 a.m. and it took me till about 10 a.m. to sort out my catch (with a pause for breakfast!). 48+ species.
I’ve still got a load of micros to sort out but this is my provisional list:

Large yellow underwing
Brown silver-lines x2 nfy
Willow beauty nfy
Straw dot x5 nfy
Orange footman x2
White ermine z9
Pale tussock x5
Green carpet x2
Heart & dart x2
Treble lines x4 nfy
Flame-shoulder x2
Celypha lacunana x6