And now, the end is near....

...and so I face the final curtain.....de da de da .....

The last couple of nights have been very sparse on the moth front, the highlight being a couple of these, December Moths. This is my final 'expected' species of the year for my garden list, so its' time to wind down. I'll still try and select mild nights well into November and maybe even December. If the snow keeps away...

Another Flurry...

Mild and breezy, 10 degrees at midnight dropping to 8 degrees at 8am.

More Rusty Dot Pearls. I wonder if they have bred nearby? Not a bad catch for the date...

Taxa
1041 Acleris sparsana 1
1395 Rusty-dot Pearl (Udea ferrugalis) 3
1760 Red-green Carpet (Chloroclysta siterata) 1
1767 Pine Carpet (Thera firmata) 1
1769 Spruce Carpet (Thera britannica) 5
1795x November Moth agg. (Epirrita dilutata agg.) 1
1923 Feathered Thorn (Colotois pennaria) 2
1935 Mottled Umber (Erannis defoliaria) 1
2107 Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba) 1
2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character (Xestia c-nigrum) 1
2245 Green-brindled Crescent (Allophyes oxyacanthae) 1
2247 Merveille du Jour (Dichonia aprilina) 1
2258 Chestnut (Conistra vaccinii) 1
2262 Brick (Agrochola circellaris) 1
2263 Red-line Quaker (Agrochola lota) 1
2264 Yellow-line Quaker (Agrochola macilenta) 3
2306 Angle Shades (Phlogophora meticulosa) 3
2361 Rosy Rustic (Hydraecia micacea) 1
2441 Silver Y (Autographa gamma) 1

30 moths of 19 sp.

Help, what's this?Any ideas?

New Species..

Epermenia chaerophyllella

Down to 6 degrees last night. Caught a new species for me, the 17th county record and latest by 2 months of Epermenia chaerophyllella. Another 'latest' Green Carpet and 4 Rusty Dot Pearls.

Taxa
0483 Epermenia chaerophyllella 1 NEW
1048 Garden Rose Tortrix (Acleris variegana) 1
1395 Rusty-dot Pearl (Udea ferrugalis) 4
1760 Red-green Carpet (Chloroclysta siterata) 2
1769 Spruce Carpet (Thera britannica) 3
1776 Green Carpet (Colostygia pectinataria) 1
1795x November Moth agg. (Epirrita dilutata agg.) 1
2240 Blair's Shoulder-knot (Lithophane leautieri) 1
2259 Dark Chestnut (Conistra ligula) 2
2263 Red-line Quaker (Agrochola lota) 6
2264 Yellow-line Quaker (Agrochola macilenta) 3
2306 Angle Shades (Phlogophora meticulosa) 1
2361 Rosy Rustic (Hydraecia micacea) 1
2364 Frosted Orange (Gortyna flavago) 1
2441 Silver Y (Autographa gamma) 2

30 moths of 15 sp.

Feathered Thorn

12 degrees down to 10 at dawn. Feathered Thorn was new for this year and another couple of Rusty Dot Pearls takes my total to 22 for the year. That alone is a record annual total for the county.

Not many species left to add now...December Moth a cert and possibly emargana, but anything else will almost certainly be a new addition...

Taxa
0648 White-shouldered House Moth (Endrosis sarcitrella) 2
1041 Acleris sparsana 1
1395 Rusty-dot Pearl (Udea ferrugalis) 2
1760 Red-green Carpet (Chloroclysta siterata) 2
1769 Spruce Carpet (Thera britannica) 2
1795x November Moth agg. (Epirrita dilutata agg.) 4
1923 Feathered Thorn (Colotois pennaria) 1 NFY
2199 Common Wainscot (Mythimna pallens) 1
2240 Blair's Shoulder-knot (Lithophane leautieri) 1
2263 Red-line Quaker (Agrochola lota) 2
2264 Yellow-line Quaker (Agrochola macilenta) 5
2306 Angle Shades (Phlogophora meticulosa) 3
2361 Rosy Rustic (Hydraecia micacea) 4
2364 Frosted Orange (Gortyna flavago) 1
2441 Silver Y (Autographa gamma) 4
2477 Snout (Hypena proboscidalis) 1

36 moths of 16

It figures...

Figure of Eight

Turnip Moth

Rusty Dot Pearl.

Between 11 and 9 degrees last night.

Figure of Eight was my third record and Turnip Moth only my second. Another 6 Rusty Dot Pearls on to the total, and an even later Green Carpet (previous nights moths released well off site).

Taxa
0648 White-shouldered House Moth (Endrosis sarcitrella) 1
1041 Acleris sparsana 1
1048 Garden Rose Tortrix (Acleris variegana) 4
1395 Rusty-dot Pearl (Udea ferrugalis) 6
1764 Common Marbled Carpet (Chloroclysta truncata) 1
1769 Spruce Carpet (Thera britannica) 4
1776 Green Carpet (Colostygia pectinataria) 1
1795x November Moth agg. (Epirrita dilutata agg.) 1
2020 Figure of Eight (Diloba caeruleocephala) 1 NFY
2087 Turnip Moth (Agrotis segetum) 1 NFY
2245 Green-brindled Crescent (Allophyes oxyacanthae) 4
2247 Merveille du Jour (Dichonia aprilina) 1
2258 Chestnut (Conistra vaccinii) 1
2259 Dark Chestnut (Conistra ligula) 2
2262 Brick (Agrochola circellaris) 1
2263 Red-line Quaker (Agrochola lota) 3
2306 Angle Shades (Phlogophora meticulosa) 1
2361 Rosy Rustic (Hydraecia micacea) 4
2441 Silver Y (Autographa gamma) 14
2477 Snout (Hypena proboscidalis) 1

Plus an unidentified micro in the Howick gallery...

54 moths of 21 sp.

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.

Post delayed from 1st October...

A hat trick pf MDJs...

Pinion Streaked Snout

Pseudargyrotoza conwagana

A very mild 13 degree min. Some unusually late species in this lot..in particular, the latest county record of conwagana by 6 weeks! A very fresh individual too. Also late Straw Dot and Green Carpet.

Highlight though was a Pinion streaked Snout, I thought I had missed out this year and 3 Merveille du Jours.

Taxa
0819 Scrobipalpa costella 1
1011 Pseudargyrotoza conwagana 1
1041 Acleris sparsana 1
1760 Red-green Carpet (Chloroclysta siterata) 3
1767 Pine Carpet (Thera firmata) 3
1768 Grey Pine Carpet (Thera obeliscata) 1
1769 Spruce Carpet (Thera britannica) 4
1776 Green Carpet (Colostygia pectinataria) 1
1913 Canary-shouldered Thorn (Ennomos alniaria) 1
2107 Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba) 2
2109 Lesser Yellow Underwing (Noctua comes) 1
2117 Autumnal Rustic (Eugnorisma glareosa) 1
2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character (Xestia c-nigrum) 2
2134 Square-spot Rustic (Xestia xanthographa) 1
2245 Green-brindled Crescent (Allophyes oxyacanthae) 1
2247 Merveille du Jour (Dichonia aprilina) 3
2256 Satellite (Eupsilia transversa) 2
2258 Chestnut (Conistra vaccinii) 1
2263 Red-line Quaker (Agrochola lota) 2
2264 Yellow-line Quaker (Agrochola macilenta) 1
2265 Flounced Chestnut (Agrochola helvola) 1
2266 Brown-spot Pinion (Agrochola litura) 3
2270 Lunar Underwing (Omphaloscelis lunosa) 1
2273 Pink-barred Sallow (Xanthia togata) 2
2361 Rosy Rustic (Hydraecia micacea) 26
2364 Frosted Orange (Gortyna flavago) 9
2441 Silver Y (Autographa gamma) 29
2474 Straw Dot (Rivula sericealis) 1
2477 Snout (Hypena proboscidalis) 1
2484 Pinion-streaked Snout (Schrankia costaestrigalis) 1 NFY

107 moths of 30sp