Species List for 20/09/2020

 Just 156 moths of  28 species, but with a couple of interest. A late, but not unprecedented Mottled Rustic, a Bloxworth Snout, only the second here, the first was on Apr 12th this year, a docile Humming-bird Hawk Moth and and Golden Twin-spot, that actually had two separate spots.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	5
1048	Acleris variegana	Garden Rose Tortrix	1
1309	Agriphila geniculea		2
1395	Udea ferrugalis	Rusty-dot Pearl	1
1408	Palpita vitrealis		1
1409a	Diaphania perspectalis	Boxworm	1
1961	Campaea margaritata	Light Emerald	2
1984	Macroglossum stellatarum	Humming-bird Hawk-moth	1
2092	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	7
2107	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	45
2109	Noctua comes	Lesser Yellow Underwing	6
2110	Noctua fimbriata	Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing	1
2111	Noctua janthe	Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing	4
2126	Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character	18
2134	Xestia xanthographa	Square-spot Rustic	13
2160	Lacanobia oleracea	Bright-line Brown-eye	2
2195	Mythimna vitellina	Delicate	2
2199	Mythimna pallens	Common Wainscot	1
2232	Aporophyla nigra	Black Rustic	2
2267	Agrochola lychnidis	Beaded Chestnut	2
2269	Atethmia centrago	Centre-barred Sallow	3
2270	Omphaloscelis lunosa	Lunar Underwing	19
2306	Phlogophora meticulosa	Angle Shades	1
2384	Hoplodrina ambigua	Vine's Rustic	12
2387	Caradrina morpheus	Mottled Rustic	1
2387a	Platyperigea kadenii	Clancy's Rustic	1
2428	Chrysodeixis chalcites	Golden Twin-spot	1
2478	Hypena obsitalis	Bloxworth Snout	1

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Humming-bird Hawk-moth

Humming-bird Hawk-moth

Mottled Rustic

Bloxworth Snout

Golden Twin-spot

Species List for 12/04/2020

A quieter night, with the wind changing and the temperature dropping. Nevertheless I have real surprise with the first Bloxworth Snout for the site, in a ddition there was the first Silver Y of the year.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	4
1747	Anticlea derivata	Streamer	1
1862	Gymnoscelis rufifasciata	Double-striped Pug	2
2187	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	13
2188	Orthosia incerta	Clouded Drab	1
2190	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	4
2441	Autographa gamma	Silver Y	1	NFY
2478	Hypena obsitalis	Bloxworth Snout	1	NFS

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 Bloxworth Snout

Streamer

Mothing at St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, 25/10/2014

Just back from a week on St Mary's, Isles of Scilly. Pam and I, with Pete, Nina, Jack and Josh were able to moth each night as the weather was much better than the same week last year  We stayed at Grenofen, a house with a large garden, over looking Porth Thomas. We ran three traps, a 15W Actinic tube, resting on a pastic box, a small Actinic Heath trap and a home made collapsible 80W MV trap. In addition we had a guest trap from Sam Perfect on two nights.
The 25th  was a bit of a wild and blowy night, and consequently not spectacular, with just 70 moths. In addition Pete found a Bloxworth Snout at Porthmellon, flying in daylight. This is a RDB species and was formally a rare immigrant and now a scarce resident. Both Bloxworth Snout and White-speck were new moths for me.

Bloxworth Snout (Hypena obsitalis)

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	2
1395	Udea ferrugalis	Rusty-dot Pearl	9
1764	Chloroclysta truncata	Common Marbled Carpet	4
1771a	Thera cupressata	Cypress Carpet	1
2087	Agrotis segetum	Turnip Moth	2
2107	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	6
2126	Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character	1
2195	Mythimna vitellina	Delicate	1
2203	Mythimna unipuncta	White-speck	1
2232	Aporophyla nigra	Black Rustic	18
2255	Polymixis lichenea scillonea	Feathered Ranunculus	21
2263	Agrochola lota	Red-line Quaker	1
2270	Omphaloscelis lunosa	Lunar Underwing	3
2306	Phlogophora meticulosa	Angle Shades	1
2375	Rhizedra lutosa	Large Wainscot	1