Thursday, June 13, 2013

Thats better!


The mildest night of the year at 11 degrees resulted in my best catch so far in 2013...

Taxa
Coleophora species (Coleophora sp.) 3
0464 Diamond-back Moth (Plutella xylostella) 10
0518 Coleophora mayrella 1
0648 White-shouldered House Moth (Endrosis sarcitrella) 7
0672 Parsnip Moth (Depressaria heraclei) 1
0724 Metzneria lappella 1 NFY
0892 Mompha subbistrigella 1
1111 Bactra lancealana 3 NFY
1126 Ancylis badiana 2
1301 Crambus lathoniellus 1 NFY
1333 Scoparia pyralella 1 NFY
1376 Small Magpie (Eurrhypara hortulata) 2
1428 Bee Moth (Aphomia sociella) 3
1722 Flame Carpet (Xanthorhoe designata) 1
1727 Silver-ground Carpet (Xanthorhoe montanata) 4
1728 Garden Carpet (Xanthorhoe fluctuata) 2
1750 Water Carpet (Lampropteryx suffumata) 2
1764 Common Marbled Carpet (Chloroclysta truncata) 1
1807 Grass Rivulet (Perizoma albulata) 1 NFY
1817 Foxglove Pug (Eupithecia pulchellata) 3 NFY
1819 Mottled Pug (Eupithecia exiguata) 2 NFY
1834 Common Pug (Eupithecia vulgata) 6
1837 Grey Pug (Eupithecia subfuscata) 1
1846 Narrow-winged Pug (Eupithecia nanata) 2 NFY
1857 Dwarf Pug (Eupithecia tantillaria) 1 NFY
1902 Brown Silver-line (Petrophora chlorosata) 5
1918 Lunar Thorn (Selenia lunularia) 1 NFY
1920 Scalloped Hazel (Odontopera bidentata) 2
1981 Poplar Hawk-moth (Laothoe populi) 2
2003 Pebble Prominent (Notodonta ziczac) 1
2008 Coxcomb Prominent (Ptilodon capucina) 1 NFY
2060 White Ermine (Spilosoma lubricipeda) 12
2061 Buff Ermine (Spilosoma luteum) 2
2123 Small Square-spot (Diarsia rubi) 4
2158 Pale-shouldered Brocade (Lacanobia thalassina) 1
2160 Bright-line Brown-eye (Lacanobia oleracea) 1
2164 Broad-barred White (Hecatera bicolorata) 1
2173 Lychnis (Hadena bicruris) 1
2326 Clouded-bordered Brindle (Apamea crenata) 3
2330 Dusky Brocade (Apamea remissa) 1 NFY
2334 Rustic Shoulder-knot (Apamea sordens) 9
2387 Mottled Rustic (Caradrina morpheus) 1 NFY
2442 Beautiful Golden Y (Autographa pulchrina) 3

122 Moths of 43 sp
Coleophora mayrella

Grass Rivulet

Narrow winged Pug

3 comments:

Broom Birder said...

What a list!- still struggling for numbers in the cold south.

Mark said...

Blimey, thats more moths than I have trapped all year probably !
Having said that, I would strugle to ID most of them off the top of my head also, would need the day off work ! great stuff

Stewart said...

Matt - Its not that good really, it should be like that most nights at this time, but this year has been poor...

BW - I trap most nights so you soon get your eye in. Maybe two or three get potted up to id later after work.