Saturday, 7 May 2011

The Big Stick.

9 Degrees minimum with some cloud later. A big Buff Tip and a Pebble Prominent were the highlights for me.

Taxa
0697 Agonopterix arenella 1
1288 Twenty-plume Moth (Alucita hexadactyla) 2 NFY
1428 Bee Moth (Aphomia sociella) 1 NFY
1738 Common Carpet (Epirrhoe alternata) 2 NFY
1750 Water Carpet (Lampropteryx suffumata) 4
1834 Common Pug (Eupithecia vulgata) 2
1852 Brindled Pug (Eupithecia abbreviata) 1
1902 Brown Silver-line (Petrophora chlorosata) 1 NFY
1918 Lunar Thorn (Selenia lunularia) 1
1994 Buff-tip (Phalera bucephala) 1 NFY
2003 Pebble Prominent (Notodonta ziczac) 1 NFY
2006 Lesser Swallow Prominent (Pheosia gnoma) 1
2060 White Ermine (Spilosoma lubricipeda) 5
2069 Cinnabar (Tyria jacobaeae) 1 NFY
2078 Least Black Arches (Nola confusalis) 4
2092 Shuttle-shaped Dart (Agrotis puta) 1
2123 Small Square-spot (Diarsia rubi) 1
2158 Pale-shouldered Brocade (Lacanobia thalassina) 1
2179 Pine Beauty (Panolis flammea) 1
2186 Powdered Quaker (Orthosia gracilis) 7
2187 Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi) 1
2188 Clouded Drab (Orthosia incerta) 8
2190 Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica) 14
2334 Rustic Shoulder-knot (Apamea sordens) 1

63 Moths of 24 sp.

Twenty Plume Moth

Bee Moth
Common Carpet
Brown Silver Line
Buff Tip

Pebble Prominent
Cinnabar

2 comments:

  1. Things picked up here a bit aswell, with 133 of 48sp. compared to 8 of 8 on the 4th.

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  2. A big count Mark for May...

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