Decent mothing at last

[Adam Cheeseman]

Thank goodness for a bit of decent muggy mothing weather at last. This is last night's haul from my back garden using an MV Skinner trap.

Waved Umber 1
Pyrausta aurata 3
Lime Hawk-moth 2
Willow Beauty 8
Brimstone 4
Shuttle-shaped Dart 3
Common Marbled Carpet 2
Crambus lathoniellus 2
Light Brown Apple Moth 17
Small Magpie 1
Treble-bar 2
Middle-barred Minor 6
Riband Wave 1
(Marbled?) Minor sp. 10
Mottled Pug 1
Flame 1
Heart & Dart 4
Treble Lines 5
White Ermine 1
Light Emerald 1
Ermine sp. 1
Silver Y 3
Agapeta hamana 1
Green Pug 2
Mottled Beauty 1
Eudonia sp. 3
Pale Brocade 1
Small Elephant Hawk-moth 1
Setaceous Hebrew Character 1
Diamond-backed Moth 1
Common Rustic 1
Common Swift 1
Pseudargyrotoza conwagana 1
DeGeere's Longhorn 1
Bee Moth 1
Archips sp. 1
Cydia splendana 2
Chrysoteuchia culmella 1

Plus several more in the fridge for identification.

Also.
Harlequin Ladybird 1
Stag Beetle 2 males
Netelia testacea - lots

At work yesterday I counted no fewer than 20 Yellow Belle Semiaspilates ochrearia inour meadows. Not bad for west London. Plenty of Burnet Companion Euclidia glyphica and various Crambids too.

Cheers,

Adam

[pete76]

Nice selection, especially the hawks. I didn't have the quantity of you, but I'm pretty pleased with the variety. With 2x15W actinics.

Peppered Moth
Willow Beauty
Brimstone
Green Carpet
Grey Pine Carpet 2
Light Brown Apple Moth
Flame
Flame Shoulder
Pale Tussock 3
Ptycholoma lecheana*
Least Black Arches
Tawny Barred Angle
Nemophora degeerella
Satyr Pug*
Yellow Barred Brindle 3
Knotgrass
Common Marbled Carpet 2
Lobster Moth 2
Maiden’s Blush
Heart & Dart 4
Silver Y
Ghost Moth*
Vine’s Rustic
Orange Footman
Large Nutmeg*
Treble Lines 2
Shuttle-shaped Dart 2
Miller
Tawny Marbled Minor (+ maybe a Rufous)
Common Pug
Setaceous Hebrew Character

[nutmeg]

I agree, it's great to have some decent mothing weather! (Although last night was way too wet and stormy to even contemplate putting the trap out.) The previous night this was what came to my garden trap (125W MV Robinson):

Flame-shoulder 4
Clouded-bordered Brindle 9
Brimstone Moth 4
Rivulet 4
Heart & Dart 18
Chinese Character 2
Treble Lines 9
Silver-ground Carpet 7
White Ermine 5
Grey/Dark Dagger 1
Garden Carpet 3
Flame 5
Spectacle 2
Bright-line Brown-eye 2 NFY
Clouded Silver 1 NFY
Elephant Hawk-moth 2 NFY
Blood-vein 2
Pale Prominent 1
Straw Dot 5 NFY
Green Carpet 3
Least Black Arches 1
Alder Moth 1 NFG
Broad-barred White 1 NFG
Rustic Shoulder-knot 2
Small Square-spot 1
Small Angle Shades 1 NFG
Shuttle-shaped Dart 1
Common Carpet 2 NFY
Marbled Minor agg. 4 NFY
Middle-barred Minor 3 NFY
Willow Beauty 1 NFY
Pale Oak Beauty 1 NFG
May Highflyer 1
Common Swift 2 NFG
Sallow Kitten 1 NFG
Common Pug 5
Plus various other pugs and another macro I'm not sure about yet.

Micros:
Twenty-plume Moth 1
Bee Moth 1 NFY female
Mint Moth, Pyrausta aurata 1
Plus various other micros


My highlights were the Elephant Hawk-moths (get quite a few here, but these were the first of the year), the Small Angle Shades (what a beautiful little moth!) and the Sallow Kitten (just so cute).