Sunday 29 May 2011

More Gold....

8 Degrees through the night, cloudy and calm. Best variety of species so far this year...

Taxa
0017  Common Swift (Hepialus lupulinus)  5
0874  Blastobasis lacticolella  1 NFY
1334  Scoparia ambigualis  1 NFY the earliest county record by 2 days. Another one bites the dust.
1376  Small Magpie (Eurrhypara hortulata)  2
1727  Silver-ground Carpet (Xanthorhoe montanata)  14
1738  Common Carpet (Epirrhoe alternata)  1
1759  Small Phoenix (Ecliptopera silaceata)  1
1764  Common Marbled Carpet (Chloroclysta truncata)  2
1776  Green Carpet (Colostygia pectinataria)  3
1802  Rivulet (Perizoma affinitata)  1
1819  Mottled Pug (Eupithecia exiguata)  1 NFY
1834  Common Pug (Eupithecia vulgata)  2
1837  Grey Pug (Eupithecia subfuscata)  2
1902  Brown Silver-line (Petrophora chlorosata)  1
1918  Lunar Thorn (Selenia lunularia)  1
1920  Scalloped Hazel (Odontopera bidentata)  1
1931  Peppered Moth (Biston betularia)  1
1981  Poplar Hawk-moth (Laothoe populi)  1
2006  Lesser Swallow Prominent (Pheosia gnoma)  1
2060  White Ermine (Spilosoma lubricipeda)  7
2061  Buff Ermine (Spilosoma luteum)  1
2089  Heart and Dart (Agrotis exclamationis)  4
2092  Shuttle-shaped Dart (Agrotis puta)  1
2102  Flame Shoulder (Ochropleura plecta)  1
2123  Small Square-spot (Diarsia rubi)  1
2154  Cabbage Moth (Mamestra brassicae)  1 NFY
2158  Pale-shouldered Brocade (Lacanobia thalassina)  1
2173  Lychnis (Hadena bicruris)  1
2190  Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica)  1
2302  Brown Rustic (Rusina ferruginea)  1
2305  Small Angle Shades (Euplexia lucipara)  1
2326  Clouded-bordered Brindle (Apamea crenata)  4
2334  Rustic Shoulder-knot (Apamea sordens)  8
2425  Nut-tree Tussock (Colocasia coryli)  1
2439  Gold Spot (Plusia festucae)  1 NFY
2441  Silver Y (Autographa gamma)  1
2450  Spectacle (Abrostola tripartita)  1

Plus two pugs still to sort...

81 Moths of 39sp

Blastobasis lacticolella

Scoparia ambigualis ( earliest county record)

Mottled Pug

Cabbage Moth

Gold Spot

1 comment:

  1. Good catch there, Stewart. I`m gonna give netting a go tonight.

    PS : Great pics of the Elephant Hawks & Chimney Sweeper in the previous post.

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