Tuesday 11 October 2011

A string of Pearls...

09/10/11 Mild night 13 degrees at midnight down to 11 degrees at 6.30am. An interesting catch.

Highlights...

Rusty Dot Pearl...the previous best year in the county was 2004 with 10 caught. Last night I was pleased to catch 11.

Green Carpet...the previous latest was 7th October, last night I had 3 quite worn ones.

Also had another Pinion streaked Snout and MDJ.

Taxa
1041 Acleris sparsana 1
1048 Garden Rose Tortrix (Acleris variegana) 1
1395 Rusty-dot Pearl (Udea ferrugalis) 11
1764 Common Marbled Carpet (Chloroclysta truncata) 1
1768 Grey Pine Carpet (Thera obeliscata) 1
1769 Spruce Carpet (Thera britannica) 5
1776 Green Carpet (Colostygia pectinataria) 3
1795x November Moth agg. (Epirrita dilutata agg.) 3
1913 Canary-shouldered Thorn (Ennomos alniaria) 1
2107 Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba) 2
2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character (Xestia c-nigrum) 1
2199 Common Wainscot (Mythimna pallens) 1
2240 Blair's Shoulder-knot (Lithophane leautieri) 4
2245 Green-brindled Crescent (Allophyes oxyacanthae) 1
2247 Merveille du Jour (Dichonia aprilina) 1
2262 Brick (Agrochola circellaris) 1
2263 Red-line Quaker (Agrochola lota) 5
2264 Yellow-line Quaker (Agrochola macilenta) 1
2306 Angle Shades (Phlogophora meticulosa) 2
2361 Rosy Rustic (Hydraecia micacea) 9
2441 Silver Y (Autographa gamma) 14
2477 Snout (Hypena proboscidalis) 1
2484 Pinion-streaked Snout (Schrankia costaestrigalis) 1

71 moths of 23 sp.

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