Monday 25 April 2011

Taking the Puss...

4 Degrees at dawn, cloudy and clear spells. I see that Mr Fairclough, at Swarland, about 8 miles away caught a Puss Moth last night. I would like to think there's one out there with my name on it...Anyway, back to the job in hand -

Taxa
0663 Diurnea fagella 1
0672 Parsnip Moth (Depressaria heraclei) 1
0688 Agonopterix heracliana 1
0697 Agonopterix arenella 1
1746 Shoulder Stripe (Anticlea badiata) 2
1750 Water Carpet (Lampropteryx suffumata) 1
1834 Common Pug (Eupithecia vulgata) 1
1852 Brindled Pug (Eupithecia abbreviata) 1
1917 Early Thorn (Selenia dentaria) 1
2089 Heart and Dart (Agrotis exclamationis) 1 NFY The previous earliest county record was 05/05/95.
2179 Pine Beauty (Panolis flammea) 1
2186 Powdered Quaker (Orthosia gracilis) 4
2187 Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi) 4
2188 Clouded Drab (Orthosia incerta) 22
2190 Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica) 31

72 Moths of 15 sp

Heart and Dart

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