Sunday, 3 July 2011

1st July...

1666 Large Emerald

2057 Garden Tiger
1984 Hummingbird Hawkmoth

1513 White Plume Moth

Cool 7 degrees, clear.

My first Large Emerald for the garden, a nice fresh one sat on the side of the trap last night. Closely followed by two other 'firsts'!

Taxa
Cnephasia species (Cnephasia sp.) 12
0412 Argyresthia pygmaeella 1 NFY
0449 Ash Bud Moth (Prays fraxinella) 1 NFY
0724 Metzneria lappella 1
0874 Blastobasis lacticolella 3
0970 Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix (Pandemis cerasana) 1
1020 Grey Tortrix (Cnephasia stephensiana) 1 NFY
1021 Flax Tortrix (Cnephasia asseclana) 1
1076 Celypha lacunana 1
1201 Eucosma cana 2
1293 Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella) 17
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 4
1338 Dipleurina lacustrata 1
1376 Small Magpie (Eurrhypara hortulata) 1
1392 Udea olivalis 2
1640 Drinker (Euthrix potatoria) 1
1666 Large Emerald (Geometra papilionaria) 1 NEW
1702 Small Fan-footed Wave (Idaea biselata) 1
1708 Single-dotted Wave (Idaea dimidiata) 3
1734 July Belle (Scotopteryx luridata) 1
1738 Common Carpet (Epirrhoe alternata) 1
1758 Barred Straw (Eulithis pyraliata) 19
1776 Green Carpet (Colostygia pectinataria) 4
1802 Rivulet (Perizoma affinitata) 1
1906 Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata) 1
1941 Mottled Beauty (Alcis repandata) 5
1961 Light Emerald (Campaea margaritata) 1
1981 Poplar Hawk-moth (Laothoe populi) 3
2000 Iron Prominent (Notodonta dromedarius) 1
2038 Muslin Footman (Nudaria mundana) 1
2057 Garden Tiger (Arctia caja) 2 NFY
2089 Heart and Dart (Agrotis exclamationis) 8
2107 Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba) 8
2123 Small Square-spot (Diarsia rubi) 1
2128 Double Square-spot (Xestia triangulum) 5
2154 Cabbage Moth (Mamestra brassicae) 1
2193 Clay (Mythimna ferrago) 2
2293 Marbled Beauty (Cryphia domestica) 1
2302 Brown Rustic (Rusina ferruginea) 1
2321 Dark Arches (Apamea monoglypha) 3
2322 Light Arches (Apamea lithoxylaea) 1
2340 Middle-barred Minor (Oligia fasciuncula) 1
2345 Small Dotted Buff (Photedes minima) 1 NFY
2387 Mottled Rustic (Caradrina morpheus) 5
2474 Straw Dot (Rivula sericealis) 1

133 Moths of 45 sp.

Plus -


On the 2nd July...

Taxa
1513  White Plume Moth (Pterophorus pentadactyla)  1 on the phone box  NEW
1984  Humming-bird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum)  1 Caught when flew through my small porch window in the afternoon! NEW

2 comments:

  1. Large Emerald! I remember the first one that I saw at a lit window back in 1986. I still get shivers when I see one Stewart.

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  2. Yes they are real stunners Steve...

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