Species List 24/7/2009

Yesterday we had over 22mm rain, not a lot if you live in the tropics but unusual here. As it got dark the clouds cleared and we had a clear, and for the time of year, a cold night. I thought that it wouldn't be a good mothing night, but I was surprised at just how bad it was. Does heavy rain have a major effect on moths? Small Mottled Willow was the best of the night.

Code	Species	Individuals
424	Bird-cherry Ermine	1
658	Carcina quercana	1
873	Blastobasis lignea	1
1063	Celypha striana	1
1293	Chrysoteuchia culmella	2
1302	Crambus perlella	1
1305	Agriphila tristella	1
1424	Endotricha flammealis	1
1428	Bee Moth	1
1702	Small Fan-footed Wave	1
1713	Riband Wave	2
1825	Lime-speck Pug	1
1917	Early Thorn	2
1921	Scalloped Oak	1
2029	Brown-tail	2
2044	Dingy Footman	1
2050	Common Footman	7
2061	Buff Ermine	5
2064	Ruby Tiger	2
2089	Heart and Dart	1
2092	Shuttle-shaped Dart	1
2102	Flame Shoulder	1
2107	Large Yellow Underwing	1
2110	Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing	1
2111	Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing	1
2155	Dot Moth	1
2160	Bright-line Brown-eye	2
2198	Smoky Wainscot	1
2321	Dark Arches	3
2343	Common Rustic	5
2352	Dusky Sallow	1
2382	Rustic	2
2385	Small Mottled Willow	1
2441	Silver Y	3

Species List 23/7/2009

A poor night, with not that many moths, many of which were very worn.

Code	Species	Individuals
1302	Crambus perlella	1
1305	Agriphila tristella	1
1306	Agriphila inquinatella	1
1376	Small Magpie	1
1405	Mother of Pearl	1
1428	Bee Moth	2
1524	Emmelina monodactyla	2
1702	Small Fan-footed Wave	1
1713	Riband Wave	2
1724	Red Twin-spot Carpet	1
1728	Garden Carpet	2
1835	White-spotted Pug	1
1921	Scalloped Oak	1
1976	Privet Hawk-moth	1
1981	Poplar Hawk-moth	2
1991	Elephant Hawk-moth	1
2029	Brown-tail	1
2030	Yellow-tail	1
2050	Common Footman	3
2061	Buff Ermine	5
2064	Ruby Tiger	1
2089	Heart and Dart	4
2092	Shuttle-shaped Dart	6
2102	Flame Shoulder	2
2107	Large Yellow Underwing	4
2109	Lesser Yellow Underwing	3
2111	Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing	4
2112	Least Yellow Underwing	2
2128	Double Square-spot	1
2154	Cabbage Moth	2
2155	Dot Moth	1
2160	Bright-line Brown-eye	6
2193	Clay	2
2198	Smoky Wainscot	3
2278	Poplar Grey	1
2279	Sycamore	2
2284x	Dark / Grey Dagger	1
2299	Mouse Moth	1
2321	Dark Arches	21
2343	Common Rustic	13
2343a	Lesser Common Rustic	1
2352	Dusky Sallow	1
2381	Uncertain	4
2382	Rustic	4
2434	Burnished Brass	1
2441	Silver Y	12

Red Twin-spot Carpet? 23/7/2009

I'm still unsure of how to separate Red Twin-spot Carpet and Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet.

Much of what's written seems not to be conclusive when you are looking at the beast. Reg Fry confirms Red Twin-spot Carpet

Species List 22/7/2009

Another reasonable night with one notable moth for me, A Reed Dagger, first for the garden and a tick for me. Nice though it was the Scorched Carpet won in the beauty stakes, this was the third I've caught here and the first for five years.

Code	Species	Individuals
873	Blastobasis lignea	1
874	Blastobasis decolorella	1
1063	Celypha striana	1
1293	Chrysoteuchia culmella	2
1302	Crambus perlella	2
1344	Eudonia mercurella	1
1376	Small Magpie	5
1398	Rush Veneer	2
1405	Mother of Pearl	1
1424	Endotricha flammealis	2
1428	Bee Moth	2
1653	Buff Arches	1
1669	Common Emerald	2
1713	Riband Wave	9
1728	Garden Carpet	1
1754	Phoenix	1
1825	Lime-speck Pug	2
1835	White-spotted Pug	1
1888	Scorched Carpet	1
1917	Early Thorn	2
1921	Scalloped Oak	1
1922	Swallow-tailed Moth	2
1931	Peppered Moth	1
1947	Engrailed	1
1981	Poplar Hawk-moth	1
1991	Elephant Hawk-moth	1
1994	Buff-tip	1
2029	Brown-tail	2
2030	Yellow-tail	1
2049	Buff Footman	1
2050	Common Footman	11
2061	Buff Ermine	6
2064	Ruby Tiger	1
2089	Heart and Dart	3
2092	Shuttle-shaped Dart	6
2098	Flame	2
2102	Flame Shoulder	4
2107	Large Yellow Underwing	18
2109	Lesser Yellow Underwing	13
2110	Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing	3
2110a	Langmaid's Yellow Underwing	1
2111	Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing	10
2112	Least Yellow Underwing	4
2128	Double Square-spot	5
2154	Cabbage Moth	2
2155	Dot Moth	4
2160	Bright-line Brown-eye	6
2164	Broad-barred White	1
2166	Campion	1
2193	Clay	1
2198	Smoky Wainscot	1
2284x	Dark / Grey Dagger	2
2289	Knot Grass	3
2290	Reed Dagger	1
2318	Dun-bar	2
2321	Dark Arches	28
2322	Light Arches	6
2343	Common Rustic	27
2343a	Lesser Common Rustic	2
2358	Saltern Ear	2
2381	Uncertain	20
2382	Rustic	6
2387	Mottled Rustic	2
2434	Burnished Brass	1
2441	Silver Y	19

Micros from 21st

Moth 1 - A Tort: from Nick Asher- Acleris variegana


Moth 2 - A Tort - is this Eucosma cana?
moth 3 - A Pyralid- ambigualis?


Moth 4 - A Tort: from Nick Asher- Acleris variegana


Moth 5 - A Micro - not sure of family: from Nick Asher- Borkhausenia fuscescens


Moth 6 - A Tort?

Moth 7 - A Tort: from Nick Asher- Clepsis consimilana

Moth 8 - A Tort: from Nick Asher- Cnephasia sp



Moth 9 - A Tort: from Nick Asher- Cnephasia sp

Moth 10 - A Pyralid I Think this is advenella -confirmed, Nick Asher


Moth 11 - A Pyralid - similar but some how I think is something different.: From Keith Talby - Trachycera suavella
same moth 11

Moth 2 Blastobasis decoloreolla?: from Nick Asher- B.lacticolella (=decolorella)

Species List 21/7/2009

Late posting today, which was dominated by the Blue-cheeked Bee-eater that Jack found. I still had one trap to do when the call came to come and look at a Bee-eater over the "big field". It was several hours and quite a few photos before I got back again. Another Blackneck today, but nothing very special. Never mind you can't have everything.

Code	Species	Individuals
453	Ypsolopha dentella	1
455	Ypsolopha scabrella	1
644	Borkhausenia fuscescens	1
874	Blastobasis decolorella	1
994	Clepsis consimilana	1
998	Epiphyas postvittana	1
1048	Acleris variegana	2
1063	Celypha striana	1
1288	Twenty-plume Moth	1
1293	Garden Grass-veneer	2
1344	Eudonia mercurella	1
1376	Small Magpie	1
1378	Phlyctaenia coronata	1
1398	Rush Veneer	2
1405	Mother of Pearl	2
1424	Endotricha flammealis	1
1438	Trachycera suavella	1
1439	Trachycera advenella	1
1653	Buff Arches	2
1702	Small Fan-footed Wave	1
1708	Single-dotted Wave	4
1713	Riband Wave	6
1724	Red Twin-spot Carpet	1
1825	Lime-speck Pug	1
1839	Bordered Pug	1
1906	Brimstone Moth	1
1917	Early Thorn	2
1921	Scalloped Oak	3
1922	Swallow-tailed Moth	2
1931	Peppered Moth	2
1937	Willow Beauty	1
1941	Mottled Beauty	1
1947	Engrailed	1
1981	Poplar Hawk-moth	1
2029	Brown-tail	2
2030	Yellow-tail	1
2049	Buff Footman	1
2050	Common Footman	9
2061	Buff Ermine	2
2088	Heart and Club	1
2089	Heart and Dart	2
2092	Shuttle-shaped Dart	3
2098	Flame	2
2107	Large Yellow Underwing	24
2109	Lesser Yellow Underwing	26
2110	Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing	4
2110a	Langmaid's Yellow Underwing	3
2111	Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing	7
2112	Least Yellow Underwing	15
2128	Double Square-spot	9
2145	Nutmeg	1
2154	Cabbage Moth	1
2155	Dot Moth	1
2160	Bright-line Brown-eye	8
2166	Campion	1
2193	Clay	2
2198	Smoky Wainscot	5
2278	Poplar Grey	1
2284x	Dark / Grey Dagger	2
2291	Coronet	1
2299	Mouse Moth	1
2318	Dun-bar	2
2321	Dark Arches	36
2322	Light Arches	4
2343	Common Rustic	18
2343a	Lesser Common Rustic	1
2352	Dusky Sallow	5
2358	Saltern Ear	1
2381	Uncertain	14
2382	Rustic	3
2387	Mottled Rustic	3
2425	Nut-tree Tussock	2
2441	Silver Y	16
2466	Blackneck	1
2489	Fan-foot	1

Micro Species List for 20/7/2009

This is a partial list, I've still got quite a few to sort out and get identified where possible.

Code	Taxon	Individuals
424	Yponomeuta evonymella	2
455	Ypsolopha scabrella	1
464	Plutella xylostella	10
937	Agapeta hamana	1
977	Archips podana	2
998	Epiphyas postvittana	1
1001	Lozotaeniodes formosanus	1
1036	Acleris forsskaleana	2
1063	Celypha striana	1
1288	Alucita hexadactyla	4
1293	Chrysoteuchia culmella	11
1302	Crambus perlella	7
1338	Dipleurina lacustrata	1
1344	Eudonia mercurella	1
1376	Eurrhypara hortulata	4
1378	Phlyctaenia coronata	2
1398	Nomophila noctuella	1
1405	Pleuroptya ruralis	3
1415	Orthopygia glaucinalis	2
1424	Endotricha flammealis	1
1428	Aphomia sociella	4

Ambigualis?

I think that this is a worm S ambigualis, anyone agreen or disagree?
Thanks again to Nick Montegriffo for identfying this as Dipleurina lacustrata

Macro Species List 20/7/2009

Single-dotted Waves

Double Lobed

Two Double Lobed were the third and fourth I've caught here. I think all the Macros are sorted out OK. Two Langmaid's Yellow Underwings, both with classic black surround to the yellow and "smudgy" black with no fingers on the underside of the forewing. Still lots of micros to try and identify so that's in a different post.

Code	Species	Individuals
1651	Chinese Character	1
1653	Buff Arches	3
1669	Common Emerald	2
1690	Small Blood-vein	2
1699	Least Carpet	1
1702	Small Fan-footed Wave	1
1708	Single-dotted Wave	4
1713	Riband Wave	13
1728	Garden Carpet	1
1739	Wood Carpet	1
1742	Yellow Shell	1
1777	July Highflyer	1
1816	Toadflax Pug	1
1825	Lime-speck Pug	1
1839	Bordered Pug	1
1860	Green Pug	1
1862	Double-striped Pug	1
1884	Magpie Moth	1
1917	Early Thorn	1
1921	Scalloped Oak	2
1922	Swallow-tailed Moth	2
1931	Peppered Moth	3
1937	Willow Beauty	4
1947	Engrailed	1
1958	Clouded Silver	1
1961	Light Emerald	4
1981	Poplar Hawk-moth	1
1991	Elephant Hawk-moth	2
1994	Buff-tip	1
2009	Maple Prominent	1
2029	Brown-tail	4
2030	Yellow-tail	1
2037	Rosy Footman	1
2050	Common Footman	15
2061	Buff Ermine	3
2064	Ruby Tiger	1
2088	Heart and Club	1
2089	Heart and Dart	11
2091	Dark Sword-grass	1
2092	Shuttle-shaped Dart	5
2098	Flame	2
2102	Flame Shoulder	1
2107	Large Yellow Underwing	20
2109	Lesser Yellow Underwing	23
2110	Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing	4
2110a	Langmaid's Yellow Underwing	2
2111	Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing	3
2112	Least Yellow Underwing	1
2126	Setaceous Hebrew Character	1
2128	Double Square-spot	8
2155	Dot Moth	5
2160	Bright-line Brown-eye	9
2164	Broad-barred White	1
2166	Campion	1
2198	Smoky Wainscot	8
2223	Toadflax Brocade	1
2279	Sycamore	3
2284x	Dark / Grey Dagger	3
2289	Knot Grass	3
2291	Coronet	1
2299	Mouse Moth	1
2318	Dun-bar	3
2319	Lunar-spotted Pinion	2
2321	Dark Arches	38
2322	Light Arches	2
2336	Double Lobed	2
2343	Common Rustic	16
2352	Dusky Sallow	2
2381	Uncertain	28
2382	Rustic	13
2387	Mottled Rustic	4
2425	Nut-tree Tussock	1
2441	Silver Y	15
2450	Spectacle	1
2469	Herald	1
2477	Snout	1