Species List for 30/10/2024

 Two Traps, 80W MV Robinson in the Pond Garden and a 125W Robinson in the Back Garden. The temperature dropped to 12 deg C with a 5 mph n to E wind. There were 80 moths of 29 species, and two NFY. THe re3cord of the Buff Footman is extrordinary.  Not only the latest I've caught, by a long way (44days), but the latest record I can find anywhere.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
70.107	Epirrita dilutata agg.	November Moth agg.	15
18.001	Plutella xylostella	Diamond-back Moth	1
28.024	Tachystola acroxantha		2
35.123	Scrobipalpa costella		1	nfy
41.003	Blastobasis lacticolella		2
45.010	Amblyptilia acanthadactyla	Beautiful Plume	1
49.039	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	7
49.261	Crocidosema plebejana		1
63.031	Udea ferrugalis	Rusty-dot Pearl	7
63.048	Palpita vitrealis		6
70.070	Larentia clavaria	Mallow	1
70.083	Thera cupressata	Cypress Carpet	1
70.097	Dysstroma truncata	Common Marbled Carpet	2
72.043	Eilema depressa	Buff Footman	1
73.076	Helicoverpa armigera	Scarce Bordered Straw	4
73.113	Phlogophora meticulosa	Angle Shades	2
73.186	Agrochola lychnidis	Beaded Chestnut	2
73.190	Agrochola macilenta	Yellow-line Quaker	1
73.192	Agrochola circellaris	Brick	2	nfy
73.206	Lithophane leautieri	Blair's Shoulder-knot	1
73.223	Dryobota labecula	Oak Rustic	2
73.233	Aporophyla nigra	Black Rustic	2
73.291	Mythimna pallens	Common Wainscot	1
73.295	Mythimna vitellina	Delicate	2
73.307	Peridroma saucia	Pearly Underwing	1
73.327	Agrotis ipsilon	Dark Sword-grass	2
73.330	Ochropleura leucogaster	Radford's Flame Shoulder	1
73.342	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	7
73.359	Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character	2

Species List for 2/7/2014

A few new moth for the year, but for me the third Evergestis limbata, and one thatI managed to photgraph before if flew off was the highlight. On a coolish night, mon temp 11.7 deg C there were 305 moths of 58 species including 16 micro species. I managed to find time (no football!) to take some pictures from the last couple of days. A few below.

  Caloptilia stigmatella

  Phycitodes binaevella

 Synaphe punctalis

 Pale Prominent

  Short-cloaked Moth

 Evergestis limbata

Cloaked Minor

 Small Yellow Wave

 White Satin

Buff Footman

 

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
464	Plutella xylostella	Diamond-back Moth	5
937	Agapeta hamana		1
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	2
1001	Lozotaeniodes formosanus		3
1010	Ditula angustiorana	Red-barred Tortrix	1
1063	Celypha striana		1
1261	Cydia pomonella	Codling Moth	1
1293	Chrysoteuchia culmella	Garden Grass-veneer	18
1294	Crambus pascuella		1
1302	Crambus perlella		5
1334	Scoparia ambigualis		6
1344	Eudonia mercurella		1
1356a	Evergestis limbata		1
1376	Eurrhypara hortulata	Small Magpie	2
1378	Phlyctaenia coronata		1
1428	Aphomia sociella	Bee Moth	2
1483	Phycitodes binaevella		1
1653	Habrosyne pyritoides	Buff Arches	4
1713	Idaea aversata	Riband Wave	9
1738	Epirrhoe alternata	Common Carpet	1
1816	Eupithecia linariata	Toadflax Pug	1
1825	Eupithecia centaureata	Lime-speck Pug	1
1858	Chloroclystis v-ata	V-Pug	1
1876	Hydrelia flammeolaria	Small Yellow Wave	1
1906	Opisthograptis luteolata	Brimstone Moth	2
1910	Apeira syringaria	Lilac Beauty	1
1931	Biston betularia	Peppered Moth	5
1941	Alcis repandata	Mottled Beauty	4
1958	Lomographa temerata	Clouded Silver	2
1991	Deilephila elpenor	Elephant Hawk-moth	4
1992	Deilephila porcellus	Small Elephant Hawk-moth	1
1994	Phalera bucephala	Buff-tip	1
2030	Euproctis similis	Yellow-tail	1	NFY
2031	Leucoma salicis	White Satin	1	NFY
2049	Eilema depressa	Buff Footman	1
2050	Eilema lurideola	Common Footman	12
2061	Spilosoma luteum	Buff Ermine	2
2077	Nola cucullatella	Short-cloaked Moth	1
2088	Agrotis clavis	Heart and Club	30
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	54
2098	Axylia putris	Flame	14
2102	Ochropleura plecta	Flame Shoulder	1
2107	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	10
2126	Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character	5
2128	Xestia triangulum	Double Square-spot	4
2155	Melanchra persicariae	Dot Moth	1
2160	Lacanobia oleracea	Bright-line Brown-eye	2
2291	Craniophora ligustri	Coronet	1
2321	Apamea monoglypha	Dark Arches	26
2322	Apamea lithoxylaea	Light Arches	5
2337x	Oligia strigilis agg.	Marbled Minor agg.	2
2341	Mesoligia furuncula	Cloaked Minor	2	NFY
2343	Mesapamea secalis	Common Rustic	6
2381	Hoplodrina alsines	Uncertain	19
2382	Hoplodrina blanda	Rustic	6
2384	Hoplodrina ambigua	Vine's Rustic	1
2387	Caradrina morpheus	Mottled Rustic	7
2434	Diachrysia chrysitis	Burnished Brass	1