Moths Update

 What a poor mothing year this has been so far and this weekend and week to come for that matter, doesn't change things. Its been very cold, often with a stiff northerly breeze and clear skies, Possibly the worst conditions for garden moth trapping.

Still we plug along with regular trapping, only missing out on the many grim days and using any window of opportunity available.

Clockwise from top left - Common Carpet, Yellow barred Brindle, Garden Carpet and Brown Silver Line.

Clockwise from top left - Small Square Spot, Rustic Shoulder Knot, White Ermine and Water Carpet

Clockwise from Top Left - Ancylis badiana, Brown Rustic, Pale Prominent and Cinnabar.

The species selection by using the Garden Robinson Trap and a small bucket trap a couple of times in our village wood has produced 54 species - 

  Agonopterix heracliana/ciliella (Agonopterix heracliana agg.)  24

17.011  a moth (Ypsolopha ustella)  1

18.001  Diamond-back Moth (Plutella xylostella)  1

28.010  Brown House-moth (Hofmannophila pseudospretella)  2

29.001  a moth (Diurnea fagella)  2

32.007  a moth (Agonopterix ocellana)  1

32.017  a moth (Agonopterix arenella)  10

44.001  Many-plumed Moth (Alucita hexadactyla)  2

45.044  Common Plume (Emmelina monodactyla)  2

49.076  a moth (Acleris cristana)  1

49.214  a moth (Ancylis badiana)  3

70.049  Garden Carpet (Xanthorhoe fluctuata)  2

70.061  Common Carpet (Epirrhoe alternata)  1

70.066  Shoulder Stripe (Earophila badiata)  1

70.067  Streamer (Anticlea derivata)  1

70.094  Small Phoenix (Ecliptopera silaceata)  2

70.095  Red-Green Carpet (Chloroclysta siterata)  2

70.101  Mottled Grey (Colostygia multistrigaria)  5

70.103  Water Carpet (Lampropteryx suffumata)  21

70.106  Winter Moth (Operophtera brumata)  1

70.141  Double-striped Pug (Gymnoscelis rufifasciata)  3

70.156  Brindled Pug (Eupithecia abbreviata)  8

70.200  Yellow-barred Brindle (Acasis viretata)  2

70.202  Early Tooth-striped (Trichopteryx carpinata)  3

70.222  Brown Silver-line (Petrophora chlorosata)  1

70.237  Early Thorn (Selenia dentaria)  3

70.239  Purple Thorn (Selenia tetralunaria)  1

70.245  March Moth (Alsophila aescularia)  11

70.247  Pale Brindled Beauty (Phigalia pilosaria)  7

70.255  Dotted Border (Agriopis marginaria)  6

71.020  Pale Prominent (Pterostoma palpina)  2

72.001  Herald (Scoliopteryx libatrix)  1

72.020  White Ermine (Spilosoma lubricipeda)  2

72.031  Cinnabar (Tyria jacobaeae)  2

73.032  Nut-tree Tussock (Colocasia coryli)  11

73.069  Early Grey (Xylocampa areola)  16

73.102  Brown Rustic (Rusina ferruginea)  1

73.158  Rustic Shoulder-knot (Apamea sordens)  1

73.194  Chestnut (Conistra vaccinii)  35

73.195  Dark Chestnut (Conistra ligula)  2

73.201  Pale Pinion (Lithophane socia)  3

73.209  Red Sword-grass (Xylena vetusta)  2

73.210  Satellite (Eupsilia transversa)  16

73.241  Pine Beauty (Panolis flammea)  2

73.242  Clouded Drab (Orthosia incerta)  28

73.244  Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi)  46

73.245  Small Quaker (Orthosia cruda)  14

73.247  Powdered Quaker (Orthosia gracilis)  20

73.249  Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica)  372

73.250  Twin-spotted Quaker (Anorthoa munda)  3

73.325  Shuttle-shaped Dart (Agrotis puta)  1

73.334  Small Square-spot (Diarsia rubi)  12

73.336  Red Chestnut (Cerastis rubricosa)  41

74.004  Least Black Arches (Nola confusalis)  1

Not as much as there should be at this stage in the year but enough to keep the interest going...Lets hope the weather in June improves and we get a scorcher of a summer!