Friday 3 June 2011

Timothy...

Timothy Tortrix

Snout


8 Degrees at dawn, clear and calm.

Another Metzneria has turned out to be lappella again, the second for VC68 and my second this week. I suppose 41 Silver Ground Carpets may be noteworthy too? Micros still very thin on the ground here...

Taxa
0017 Common Swift (Hepialus lupulinus) 8
0724 Metzneria lappella 1
0989 Timothy Tortrix (Aphelia paleana) 2 NFY
1076 Celypha lacunana 2
1376 Small Magpie (Eurrhypara hortulata) 3
1428 Bee Moth (Aphomia sociella) 3
1722 Flame Carpet (Xanthorhoe designata) 3
1727 Silver-ground Carpet (Xanthorhoe montanata) 41
1769 Spruce Carpet (Thera britannica) 1
1776 Green Carpet (Colostygia pectinataria) 10
1834 Common Pug (Eupithecia vulgata) 1
1853 Oak-tree Pug (Eupithecia dodoneata) 1
1902 Brown Silver-line (Petrophora chlorosata) 2
1906 Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata) 1
1918 Lunar Thorn (Selenia lunularia) 1
1931 Peppered Moth (Biston betularia) 1
1991 Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor) 1
2060 White Ermine (Spilosoma lubricipeda) 9
2061 Buff Ermine (Spilosoma luteum) 4
2069 Cinnabar (Tyria jacobaeae) 1
2089 Heart and Dart (Agrotis exclamationis) 8
2092 Shuttle-shaped Dart (Agrotis puta) 1
2102 Flame Shoulder (Ochropleura plecta) 1
2123 Small Square-spot (Diarsia rubi) 4
2158 Pale-shouldered Brocade (Lacanobia thalassina) 2
2160 Bright-line Brown-eye (Lacanobia oleracea) 1
2173 Lychnis (Hadena bicruris) 3
2302 Brown Rustic (Rusina ferruginea) 2
2326 Clouded-bordered Brindle (Apamea crenata) 1
2326 Clouded-bordered Brindle [melanic form] (Apamea crenata ab. combusta) 1
2334 Rustic Shoulder-knot (Apamea sordens) 2
2337x Marbled Minor agg. (Oligia strigilis agg.) 2
2340 Middle-barred Minor (Oligia fasciuncula) 2
2442 Beautiful Golden Y (Autographa pulchrina) 4
2477 Snout (Hypena proboscidalis) 1 NFY

Total 131 moths of 35 sp.

4 comments:

  1. Arte you OK in that heat up there Stewart ? Nice list, I'd love one of those Beautiful Golden Y

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  2. Oh yes Trent its great. Its over though, Sunday is forecast 11 degrees through the day and down to 2 degrees at night! Frosty, in June. Cant beat it....

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  3. That almost looks like a 'Southern' list to me Stewart- you haven't moved have you? ;^)

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