Friday 6 May 2011

A good night...

9 degrees at midnight, 7 degrees at dawn. Drizzle, overcast. Best variety of the year so far, with no less than 10 new species for the year .The Ochreous Pug and Knot Grass were only my second records for the garden.

Taxa
0672 Parsnip Moth (Depressaria heraclei) 1
1722 Flame Carpet (Xanthorhoe designata) 1 NFY
1728 Garden Carpet (Xanthorhoe fluctuata) 1 NFY
1750 Water Carpet (Lampropteryx suffumata) 2
1802 Rivulet (Perizoma affinitata) 1 NFY
1834 Common Pug (Eupithecia vulgata) 2
1844 Ochreous Pug (Eupithecia indigata) 1 NFY only my second.
1918 Lunar Thorn (Selenia lunularia) 2 NFY
1920 Scalloped Hazel (Odontopera bidentata) 1 NFY
2006 Lesser Swallow Prominent (Pheosia gnoma) 1
2060 White Ermine (Spilosoma lubricipeda) 4
2078 Least Black Arches (Nola confusalis) 4
2092 Shuttle-shaped Dart (Agrotis puta) 2
2123 Small Square-spot (Diarsia rubi) 2 NFY
2186 Powdered Quaker (Orthosia gracilis) 13
2187 Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi) 2
2188 Clouded Drab (Orthosia incerta) 17
2190 Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica) 7
2289 Knot Grass (Acronicta rumicis) 1 NFY only my second
2334 Rustic Shoulder-knot (Apamea sordens) 1 NFY
2425 Nut-tree Tussock (Colocasia coryli) 1 NFY

68 moths of 21 sp. Where are the micros?

The Gallery...10 new ones.

Flame Carpet.
Garden Carpet

Rivulet

Ochreous Pug
Lunar Thorn
Scalloped Hazel
Small Square Spot
Knot Grass
Rustic Shoulder Knot
Nut Tree Tussock

1 comment:

  1. Nut-tree Tussocks to the north and south - why none in the middle!

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