Species List for 10/06/2020

121 moths of 39 speices with three NFY.  No photos yest as it didn't get light today.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
17	Hepialus lupulinus	Common Swift	5
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	7
1063	Celypha striana		2
1293	Chrysoteuchia culmella	Garden Grass-veneer	3
1333	Scoparia pyralella		1	NFY
1334	Scoparia ambigualis		1
1376	Eurrhypara hortulata	Small Magpie	1
1428	Aphomia sociella	Bee Moth	1
1713	Idaea aversata	Riband Wave	1	NFY
1728	Xanthorhoe fluctuata	Garden Carpet	1
1764	Chloroclysta truncata	Common Marbled Carpet	2
1771a	Thera cupressata	Cypress Carpet	1
1825	Eupithecia centaureata	Lime-speck Pug	1
1834	Eupithecia vulgata	Common Pug	1
1883	Acasis viretata	Yellow-barred Brindle	1
1937	Peribatodes rhomboidaria	Willow Beauty	2
1944	Hypomecis punctinalis	Pale Oak Beauty	1
1961	Campaea margaritata	Light Emerald	2
1976	Sphinx ligustri	Privet Hawk-moth	4
1991	Deilephila elpenor	Elephant Hawk-moth	3
1992	Deilephila porcellus	Small Elephant Hawk-moth	1
2061	Spilosoma luteum	Buff Ermine	2
2087	Agrotis segetum	Turnip Moth	2
2088	Agrotis clavis	Heart and Club	6
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	38
2092	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	1
2107	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	5
2109	Noctua comes	Lesser Yellow Underwing	1
2126	Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character	1
2199	Mythimna pallens	Common Wainscot	4
2284x	Acronicta tridens/psi	Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger	1	NFY
2334	Apamea sordens	Rustic Shoulder-knot	2
2337x	Oligia strigilis agg.	Marbled Minor agg.	1
2380	Charanyca trigrammica	Treble Lines	6
2381	Hoplodrina alsines	Uncertain	1
2384	Hoplodrina ambigua	Vine's Rustic	4
2387	Caradrina morpheus	Mottled Rustic	3
2477	Hypena proboscidalis	Snout	1

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 Grey/Dark Dagger

 Scoparia pyralella, 

Riband Wave

Species List for 11/06/2018

The cold June continues. 146 moths of 35 species, with two NFY. The Heart and Dart numbers are dropping, the rush of Setaceous Hebrew Characters and Large Yellow Underwings hasn't yet started.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
17	Hepialus lupulinus	Common Swift	1
464	Plutella xylostella	Diamond-back Moth	2
697	Agonopterix arenella		1
874	Blastobasis lacticolella		1
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	1
1063	Celypha striana		1
1082	Hedya pruniana	Plum Tortrix	1
1279	Dichrorampha acuminatana		1
1376	Eurrhypara hortulata	Small Magpie	1	NFY
1428	Aphomia sociella	Bee Moth	1
1713	Idaea aversata	Riband Wave	1	NFY
1728	Xanthorhoe fluctuata	Garden Carpet	1
1825	Eupithecia centaureata	Lime-speck Pug	1
1931	Biston betularia	Peppered Moth	1
1937	Peribatodes rhomboidaria	Willow Beauty	1
1976	Sphinx ligustri	Privet Hawk-moth	3
1981	Laothoe populi	Poplar Hawk-moth	1
1991	Deilephila elpenor	Elephant Hawk-moth	3
2028	Calliteara pudibunda	Pale Tussock	1
2061	Spilosoma luteum	Buff Ermine	3
2087	Agrotis segetum	Turnip Moth	1
2088	Agrotis clavis	Heart and Club	7
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	67
2098	Axylia putris	Flame	2
2102	Ochropleura plecta	Flame Shoulder	1
2107	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	14
2126	Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character	4
2199	Mythimna pallens	Common Wainscot	1
2321	Apamea monoglypha	Dark Arches	3
2334	Apamea sordens	Rustic Shoulder-knot	1
2337x	Oligia strigilis agg.	Marbled Minor agg.	3
2380	Charanyca trigrammica	Treble Lines	3
2384	Hoplodrina ambigua	Vine's Rustic	8
2387	Caradrina morpheus	Mottled Rustic	3
2441	Autographa gamma	Silver Y	1

 

Dichrorampha acuminatana

Riband Wave

Willow Beauty - top-side

Willow Beauty - under-side

Species List for 13/9/2016

Two Small Blood Veins, the first with a slightly aberrant pattern.

Small Blood-vein

Small Blood-vein

Another Riband Wave, this one is the plain form remutata.

 Riband Wave

Feathered Ranunculus are appearing now, a variable species, but a characteristic black dashes around the margins.

 Feathered Ranunculus

Feathered Ranunculus

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
464	Plutella xylostella	Diamond-back Moth	2
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	56
1048	Acleris variegana	Garden Rose Tortrix	2
1309	Agriphila geniculea		5
1342	Eudonia angustea		10
1356	Evergestis forficalis	Garden Pebble	1
1395	Udea ferrugalis	Rusty-dot Pearl	2
1398	Nomophila noctuella	Rush Veneer	4
1690	Scopula imitaria	Small Blood-vein	3
1707	Idaea seriata	Small Dusty Wave	1
1713	Idaea aversata	Riband Wave	1
1728	Xanthorhoe fluctuata	Garden Carpet	6
1738	Epirrhoe alternata	Common Carpet	6
1764	Chloroclysta truncata	Common Marbled Carpet	10
1825	Eupithecia centaureata	Lime-speck Pug	2
1862	Gymnoscelis rufifasciata	Double-striped Pug	5
1906	Opisthograptis luteolata	Brimstone Moth	12
1914	Ennomos fuscantaria	Dusky Thorn	9
1937	Peribatodes rhomboidaria	Willow Beauty	5
1961	Campaea margaritata	Light Emerald	9
2026	Orgyia antiqua	Vapourer	1
2091	Agrotis ipsilon	Dark Sword-grass	1
2107	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	32
2109	Noctua comes	Lesser Yellow Underwing	8
2110	Noctua fimbriata	Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing	1
2123	Diarsia rubi	Small Square-spot	2
2126	Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character	223
2134	Xestia xanthographa	Square-spot Rustic	4
2202	Mythimna l-album	L-album Wainscot	1
2255	Polymixis lichenea	Feathered Ranunculus	2
2266	Agrochola litura	Brown-spot Pinion	1
2269	Atethmia centrago	Centre-barred Sallow	4
2270	Omphaloscelis lunosa	Lunar Underwing	1
2297	Amphipyra pyramidea	Copper Underwing	2
2299	Amphipyra tragopoginis	Mouse Moth	1
2306	Phlogophora meticulosa	Angle Shades	2
2353	Luperina testacea	Flounced Rustic	4
2364	Gortyna flavago	Frosted Orange	1
2441	Autographa gamma	Silver Y	3
2474	Rivula sericealis	Straw Dot	1
2477	Hypena proboscidalis	Snout	16

Species List for 12/9/2016

Brown-spot Pinion was new for the year, and a return for Riband Wave was a surprise.

 Wax Moth

 Riband Wave

 Brown-spot Pinion

 Frosted Orange

Dusky Thorn

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
647	Hofmannophila pseudospretella	Brown House Moth	1
977	Archips podana	Large Fruit-tree Tortrix	1
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	38
1048	Acleris variegana	Garden Rose Tortrix	1
1309	Agriphila geniculea		2
1342	Eudonia angustea		8
1361	Pyrausta aurata		1
1395	Udea ferrugalis	Rusty-dot Pearl	4
1398	Nomophila noctuella	Rush Veneer	6
1425	Galleria mellonella	Wax Moth	1
1707	Idaea seriata	Small Dusty Wave	3
1713	Idaea aversata	Riband Wave	1
1728	Xanthorhoe fluctuata	Garden Carpet	2
1738	Epirrhoe alternata	Common Carpet	1
1739	Epirrhoe rivata	Wood Carpet	1
1764	Chloroclysta truncata	Common Marbled Carpet	11
1776	Colostygia pectinataria	Green Carpet	2
1862	Gymnoscelis rufifasciata	Double-striped Pug	5
1867	Aplocera plagiata	Treble-bar	1
1883	Acasis viretata	Yellow-barred Brindle	2
1906	Opisthograptis luteolata	Brimstone Moth	17
1911	Ennomos autumnaria	Large Thorn	1
1914	Ennomos fuscantaria	Dusky Thorn	5
1937	Peribatodes rhomboidaria	Willow Beauty	9
1961	Campaea margaritata	Light Emerald	11
2026	Orgyia antiqua	Vapourer	1
2087	Agrotis segetum	Turnip Moth	1
2092	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	1
2107	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	66
2109	Noctua comes	Lesser Yellow Underwing	3
2110	Noctua fimbriata	Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing	1
2123	Diarsia rubi	Small Square-spot	3
2126	Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character	333
2134	Xestia xanthographa	Square-spot Rustic	12
2266	Agrochola litura	Brown-spot Pinion	1
2269	Atethmia centrago	Centre-barred Sallow	3
2270	Omphaloscelis lunosa	Lunar Underwing	1
2297	Amphipyra pyramidea	Copper Underwing	5
2299	Amphipyra tragopoginis	Mouse Moth	2
2306	Phlogophora meticulosa	Angle Shades	3
2343	Mesapamea secalis	Common Rustic	1
2353	Luperina testacea	Flounced Rustic	6
2364	Gortyna flavago	Frosted Orange	1
2384	Hoplodrina ambigua	Vine's Rustic	1
2434	Diachrysia chrysitis	Burnished Brass	1
2441	Autographa gamma	Silver Y	6
2477	Hypena proboscidalis	Snout	20

SPecies List for 18/6/2015

A bit down on yesterdays totals with 105 moths of 38 species. Three new for the year including only my sixth Small Angle Shades. A Bordered Straw was a migrant and a White-point was a possibly.

  Spectacle

  Spectacle

 Flame

 Riband Wave

  Small Angle Shades

  Small Angle Shades

 

 Bee Moth

 Pale Tussock

Tort?

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
17	Hepialus lupulinus	Common Swift	5
647	Hofmannophila pseudospretella	Brown House Moth	2
697	Agonopterix arenella		1
937	Agapeta hamana		1
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	3
1011	Pseudargyrotoza conwagana		1
1063	Celypha striana		3
1076	Celypha lacunana		1	NFY
1293	Chrysoteuchia culmella	Garden Grass-veneer	1
1342	Eudonia angustea		1
1428	Aphomia sociella	Bee Moth	1
1713	Idaea aversata	Riband Wave	1	NFY
1827	Eupithecia intricata	Freyer's Pug	1
1931	Biston betularia	Peppered Moth	4
1991	Deilephila elpenor	Elephant Hawk-moth	3
1992	Deilephila porcellus	Small Elephant Hawk-moth	3
1994	Phalera bucephala	Buff-tip	2
2028	Calliteara pudibunda	Pale Tussock	1
2061	Spilosoma luteum	Buff Ermine	8
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	21
2098	Axylia putris	Flame	2
2107	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	3
2123	Diarsia rubi	Small Square-spot	5
2126	Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character	5
2147	Hada plebeja	Shears	2
2160	Lacanobia oleracea	Bright-line Brown-eye	2
2194	Mythimna albipuncta	White-point	1
2278	Acronicta megacephala	Poplar Grey	1
2305	Euplexia lucipara	Small Angle Shades	1	NFY
2321	Apamea monoglypha	Dark Arches	2
2334	Apamea sordens	Rustic Shoulder-knot	2
2337x	Oligia strigilis agg.	Marbled Minor agg.	5
2380	Charanyca trigrammica	Treble Lines	1
2384	Hoplodrina ambigua	Vine's Rustic	3
2387	Caradrina morpheus	Mottled Rustic	2
2403	Heliothis peltigera	Bordered Straw	1
2450	Abrostola tripartita	Spectacle	2
2474	Rivula sericealis	Straw Dot	1