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| Apple Fruit Moth Argyresthia conjugella, brown form. |
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| Phycitodes saxicola ( Gen Det NEW!) |
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| Swammerdamia pyrella |
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| Bryotropha terrella |
Well, what a night! A record breaker for me,
species wise. The weather was the 'perfect storm' for mothing, being overcast
warm and calm 16 degrees min.
If you have a look at some of the numbers, I was amazed at how many micros there were, I dont catch that many. Best of all I think were 0886 Mompha ochraceella, with 23 previous county individuals, I had 19 in one trap!
I also had 3 new species for the garden and a good number of new for the year. Its taken me hours to id and collate the records...
Here we go...
Taxa
Coleophora species (Coleophora sp.) 17
0018 Map-winged Swift (Hepialus fusconebulosa f. gallicus) 1
0417 Argyresthia spinosella 1 NFY
0420 Cherry Fruit Moth (Argyresthia pruniella) 1 NFY
0424 Bird-cherry Ermine (Yponomeuta evonymella) 14
0426 Apple Ermine (Yponomeuta malinellus) 1 NFY
0438 Swammerdamia pyrella 2 NEW
0441 Paraswammerdamia nebulella 1 NFY
0464 Diamond-back Moth (Plutella xylostella) 1
0724 Metzneria lappella 1
0787 Bryotropha terrella 2 NEW
0789 Bryotropha domestica 1 NFY
0873 Blastobasis adustella 1 NFY
0874 Blastobasis lacticolella 1
0886 Mompha ochraceella 19
0888 Mompha propinquella 2 NFY
0892 Mompha subbistrigella 1
0905 Blastodacna hellerella 3 NEW
0994 Clepsis consimilana 1 NFY
1011 Pseudargyrotoza conwagana 4
1021 Flax Tortrix (Cnephasia asseclana) 21
1055 Acleris hyemana 9
1076 Celypha lacunana 12
1083 Marbled Orchard Tortrix (Hedya nubiferana) 1
1236 Pammene fasciana 1 NFY
1288 Twenty-plume Moth (Alucita hexadactyla) 1 NFY
1293 Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella) 10
1294 Crambus pascuella 2
1304 Agriphila straminella 23
1305 Agriphila tristella 3
1314 Pearl-band Grass Veneer (Catoptria margaritella) 4
1316 Catoptria falsella 1 NFY
1333 Scoparia pyralella 2
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 2
1338 Dipleurina lacustrata 5
1345 Brown China-mark (Elophila nymphaeata) 1
1356 Garden Pebble (Evergestis forficalis) 2
1376 Small Magpie (Eurrhypara hortulata) 1
1392 Udea olivalis 6
1428 Bee Moth (Aphomia sociella) 3
1454 Dioryctria abietella 2
1458 Thistle Ermine (Myelois circumvoluta) 1 NFY
1640 Drinker (Euthrix potatoria) 5
1702 Small Fan-footed Wave (Idaea biselata) 1
1708 Single-dotted Wave (Idaea dimidiata) 2
1713 Riband Wave [non-banded form] (Idaea aversata ab. remutata) 4
1728 Garden Carpet (Xanthorhoe fluctuata) 1
1732 Shaded Broad-bar (Scotopteryx chenopodiata) 3 NFY
1738 Common Carpet (Epirrhoe alternata) 1
1749 Dark Spinach (Pelurga comitata) 3
1758 Barred Straw (Eulithis pyraliata) 4
1764 Common Marbled Carpet (Chloroclysta truncata) 1
1765 Barred Yellow (Cidaria fulvata) 1
1776 Green Carpet (Colostygia pectinataria) 2
1777 July Highflyer (Hydriomena furcata) 1 NFY
1802 Rivulet (Perizoma affinitata) 1
1803 Small Rivulet (Perizoma alchemillata) 3 NFY
1808 Sandy Carpet (Perizoma flavofasciata) 4
1809 Twin-spot Carpet (Perizoma didymata) 6
1862 Double-striped Pug (Gymnoscelis rufifasciata) 2
1887 Clouded Border (Lomaspilis marginata) 1
1917 Early Thorn (Selenia dentaria) 1
1922 Swallow-tailed Moth (Ourapteryx sambucaria) 1 NFY
1937 Willow Beauty (Peribatodes rhomboidaria) 3
1941 Mottled Beauty (Alcis repandata) 1
1961 Light Emerald (Campaea margaritata) 1
1962 Barred Red (Hylaea fasciaria) 3
1981 Poplar Hawk-moth (Laothoe populi) 5
1991 Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor) 2
2003 Pebble Prominent (Notodonta ziczac) 1
2006 Lesser Swallow Prominent (Pheosia gnoma) 1
2007 Swallow Prominent (Pheosia tremula) 2
2038 Muslin Footman (Nudaria mundana) 1
2050 Common Footman (Eilema lurideola) 2
2057 Garden Tiger (Arctia caja) 2
2061 Buff Ermine (Spilosoma luteum) 1
2089 Heart and Dart (Agrotis exclamationis) 2
2098 Flame (Axylia putris) 1
2102 Flame Shoulder (Ochropleura plecta) 2
2107 Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba) 39
2109 Lesser Yellow Underwing (Noctua comes) 3
2111 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (Noctua janthe) 19
2118 True Lover's Knot (Lycophotia porphyrea) 8
2122 Purple Clay (Diarsia brunnea) 2
2123 Small Square-spot (Diarsia rubi) 1
2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character (Xestia c-nigrum) 2
2128 Double Square-spot (Xestia triangulum) 5
2130 Dotted Clay (Xestia baja) 6
2133 Six-striped Rustic (Xestia sexstrigata) 1 NFY
2136 Gothic (Naenia typica) 1 NFY
2160 Bright-line Brown-eye (Lacanobia oleracea) 5
2173 Lychnis (Hadena bicruris) 1
2176 Antler Moth (Cerapteryx graminis) 1
2193 Clay (Mythimna ferrago) 5
2198 Smoky Wainscot (Mythimna impura) 20
2199 Common Wainscot (Mythimna pallens) 9
2293 Marbled Beauty (Cryphia domestica) 4
2321 Dark Arches (Apamea monoglypha) 12
2322 Light Arches (Apamea lithoxylaea) 8
2337x Marbled Minor agg. (Oligia strigilis agg.) 2
2340 Middle-barred Minor (Oligia fasciuncula) 3
2342 Rosy Minor (Mesoligia literosa) 1 NFY
2343x Common Rustic agg. (Mesapamea secalis agg.) 15
2382 Rustic (Hoplodrina blanda) 1
2434 Burnished Brass (Diachrysia chrysitis) 11
2442 Beautiful Golden Y (Autographa pulchrina) 2
2474 Straw Dot (Rivula sericealis) 4
2477 Snout (Hypena proboscidalis) 14
2484 Pinion-streaked Snout (Schrankia costaestrigalis) 1 NFY
2489 Fan-foot (Zanclognatha tarsipennalis) 4
482 Moths of 111 species. Plus the Phycitodes sp in photo to add, 112sp. (Turned out to be Phycitodes saxicola, a new species for me)
If you have a look at some of the numbers, I was amazed at how many micros there were, I dont catch that many. Best of all I think were 0886 Mompha ochraceella, with 23 previous county individuals, I had 19 in one trap!
I also had 3 new species for the garden and a good number of new for the year. Its taken me hours to id and collate the records...
Here we go...
Taxa
Coleophora species (Coleophora sp.) 17
0018 Map-winged Swift (Hepialus fusconebulosa f. gallicus) 1
0417 Argyresthia spinosella 1 NFY
0420 Cherry Fruit Moth (Argyresthia pruniella) 1 NFY
0424 Bird-cherry Ermine (Yponomeuta evonymella) 14
0426 Apple Ermine (Yponomeuta malinellus) 1 NFY
0438 Swammerdamia pyrella 2 NEW
0441 Paraswammerdamia nebulella 1 NFY
0464 Diamond-back Moth (Plutella xylostella) 1
0724 Metzneria lappella 1
0787 Bryotropha terrella 2 NEW
0789 Bryotropha domestica 1 NFY
0873 Blastobasis adustella 1 NFY
0874 Blastobasis lacticolella 1
0886 Mompha ochraceella 19
0888 Mompha propinquella 2 NFY
0892 Mompha subbistrigella 1
0905 Blastodacna hellerella 3 NEW
0994 Clepsis consimilana 1 NFY
1011 Pseudargyrotoza conwagana 4
1021 Flax Tortrix (Cnephasia asseclana) 21
1055 Acleris hyemana 9
1076 Celypha lacunana 12
1083 Marbled Orchard Tortrix (Hedya nubiferana) 1
1236 Pammene fasciana 1 NFY
1288 Twenty-plume Moth (Alucita hexadactyla) 1 NFY
1293 Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella) 10
1294 Crambus pascuella 2
1304 Agriphila straminella 23
1305 Agriphila tristella 3
1314 Pearl-band Grass Veneer (Catoptria margaritella) 4
1316 Catoptria falsella 1 NFY
1333 Scoparia pyralella 2
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 2
1338 Dipleurina lacustrata 5
1345 Brown China-mark (Elophila nymphaeata) 1
1356 Garden Pebble (Evergestis forficalis) 2
1376 Small Magpie (Eurrhypara hortulata) 1
1392 Udea olivalis 6
1428 Bee Moth (Aphomia sociella) 3
1454 Dioryctria abietella 2
1458 Thistle Ermine (Myelois circumvoluta) 1 NFY
1640 Drinker (Euthrix potatoria) 5
1702 Small Fan-footed Wave (Idaea biselata) 1
1708 Single-dotted Wave (Idaea dimidiata) 2
1713 Riband Wave [non-banded form] (Idaea aversata ab. remutata) 4
1728 Garden Carpet (Xanthorhoe fluctuata) 1
1732 Shaded Broad-bar (Scotopteryx chenopodiata) 3 NFY
1738 Common Carpet (Epirrhoe alternata) 1
1749 Dark Spinach (Pelurga comitata) 3
1758 Barred Straw (Eulithis pyraliata) 4
1764 Common Marbled Carpet (Chloroclysta truncata) 1
1765 Barred Yellow (Cidaria fulvata) 1
1776 Green Carpet (Colostygia pectinataria) 2
1777 July Highflyer (Hydriomena furcata) 1 NFY
1802 Rivulet (Perizoma affinitata) 1
1803 Small Rivulet (Perizoma alchemillata) 3 NFY
1808 Sandy Carpet (Perizoma flavofasciata) 4
1809 Twin-spot Carpet (Perizoma didymata) 6
1862 Double-striped Pug (Gymnoscelis rufifasciata) 2
1887 Clouded Border (Lomaspilis marginata) 1
1917 Early Thorn (Selenia dentaria) 1
1922 Swallow-tailed Moth (Ourapteryx sambucaria) 1 NFY
1937 Willow Beauty (Peribatodes rhomboidaria) 3
1941 Mottled Beauty (Alcis repandata) 1
1961 Light Emerald (Campaea margaritata) 1
1962 Barred Red (Hylaea fasciaria) 3
1981 Poplar Hawk-moth (Laothoe populi) 5
1991 Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor) 2
2003 Pebble Prominent (Notodonta ziczac) 1
2006 Lesser Swallow Prominent (Pheosia gnoma) 1
2007 Swallow Prominent (Pheosia tremula) 2
2038 Muslin Footman (Nudaria mundana) 1
2050 Common Footman (Eilema lurideola) 2
2057 Garden Tiger (Arctia caja) 2
2061 Buff Ermine (Spilosoma luteum) 1
2089 Heart and Dart (Agrotis exclamationis) 2
2098 Flame (Axylia putris) 1
2102 Flame Shoulder (Ochropleura plecta) 2
2107 Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba) 39
2109 Lesser Yellow Underwing (Noctua comes) 3
2111 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (Noctua janthe) 19
2118 True Lover's Knot (Lycophotia porphyrea) 8
2122 Purple Clay (Diarsia brunnea) 2
2123 Small Square-spot (Diarsia rubi) 1
2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character (Xestia c-nigrum) 2
2128 Double Square-spot (Xestia triangulum) 5
2130 Dotted Clay (Xestia baja) 6
2133 Six-striped Rustic (Xestia sexstrigata) 1 NFY
2136 Gothic (Naenia typica) 1 NFY
2160 Bright-line Brown-eye (Lacanobia oleracea) 5
2173 Lychnis (Hadena bicruris) 1
2176 Antler Moth (Cerapteryx graminis) 1
2193 Clay (Mythimna ferrago) 5
2198 Smoky Wainscot (Mythimna impura) 20
2199 Common Wainscot (Mythimna pallens) 9
2293 Marbled Beauty (Cryphia domestica) 4
2321 Dark Arches (Apamea monoglypha) 12
2322 Light Arches (Apamea lithoxylaea) 8
2337x Marbled Minor agg. (Oligia strigilis agg.) 2
2340 Middle-barred Minor (Oligia fasciuncula) 3
2342 Rosy Minor (Mesoligia literosa) 1 NFY
2343x Common Rustic agg. (Mesapamea secalis agg.) 15
2382 Rustic (Hoplodrina blanda) 1
2434 Burnished Brass (Diachrysia chrysitis) 11
2442 Beautiful Golden Y (Autographa pulchrina) 2
2474 Straw Dot (Rivula sericealis) 4
2477 Snout (Hypena proboscidalis) 14
2484 Pinion-streaked Snout (Schrankia costaestrigalis) 1 NFY
2489 Fan-foot (Zanclognatha tarsipennalis) 4
482 Moths of 111 species. Plus the Phycitodes sp in photo to add, 112sp. (Turned out to be Phycitodes saxicola, a new species for me)
Your Phycitodes saxicola/maritima will need a gen det I reckon.
ReplyDeleteI might send it to Tommy in the post... Mark have you cast your eye over that grey thing earlier in the week? No one is taking the bait not even on UK Micromoths...
ReplyDeleteThat list is a monster- a few Southern things in there too!, what a catch.....was all this found in the morning or did you patrol?
ReplyDeleteI will have to be far more diligent if I'm to get that many species in one night- if it's possible at all in suburbia.
Hi Matt all were in or on a single 125w MV Robinson. All I did before bed was to start listing species seen, but no counts until the morning. I think the only one that wasnt there was the 20 plume?
ReplyDeleteIt's possible in suburbia Matt - in fact if I've managed it you should be able to go even higher being that bit further south. I don't think I've had any better night for species in the last couple of years though so this is not completely out of date:
ReplyDeletehttp://skevsblog.blogspot.co.uk/2010/04/top-mothing-nights.html
No idea on your tortrix Stewart - looked a bit Eucosma-ish to me but not quite right for the usual candidates. I suppose a Bactra sp. would be another possibility - hard to work it out from the photo. Gen det!
Great stuff Mark- I'm up to around 90+ species in a night, I think I may need something more powerful than twin 15w traps to get over the ton.
ReplyDeleteHi Mark, that tort was blown into the bushes after photography, it didnt motivate me. I have sent the Phycitodes to Tom to be checked though.
ReplyDeleteHi Matt, When I was wondering what trap to buy or to make my own I thought that I would just bite my lip and spend some cash. I'm pleased I did now, Robinsons are so easy to work with...If you upped to a twin 40w that would push things up a bit I bet.
Yes- an MV Robinson would be the ideal solution, but I would rather stay on cordial terms with the neighbours. The only time I ever used an MV in my garden, I caught my one and only Olive.............
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