A Wet'n'Windy Mothing

[Cordaline]

Last night may have been wet'n'windy but still managed to produce a fair night's result's.

Cream of the crop was the Small Ranunculus!



The rest of the list as follows:-

Ruby Tiger x1
Brimstone x1
Endotricha flammealis x5
Common Footman x1
Buff Ermine x4
Flame x2
Riband Wave x5
Chrysoteuchia culmella x17
September Thorn x3
Rosy Footman x1
Peppered Moth x3
Least Carpet x2
Double-striped Pug x3
Bright-line Brown-eye x3
Garden Carpet x2
Dot Moth x4
Lesser Common Rustic x1
Common Rustic x1
Crambus pascuella x5
Grey/Dark Dagger x1
Dipleurina lacustrata x3
Rustic x2
Silver Y x2
Trachycera advenella x2
Small Rivulet x1
Small Magpie x2
Heart & Dart x6
Dark Arches x10
Dun-bar x2
Catoptria pinella x1
Nut-tree Tussock x2
Clouded Border x1
Clay x1
Udea sp. x1
Buff-tip x1
Amblyptilia acanthadactyla x1
Common Plume Moth x1
Uncertain x4
Light Arches x1
Shuttle-shaped Dart x1
Smoky Wainscot x1
Heart & Club x1
Celypha lacunana x1
Lesser Yellow Underwing x1
Scalloped Oak x1
Yellow Shell x1
Agriphila tristella x1
Ermine sp. x1
Small Angle Shades x1
Coleophora sp. x5
Water Veneer x7

52 species, 133 moths!

2 sp. unidentified.

(54 & 135 potentially)

[aeshna5]

Excellent haul Cordaline. That's a smart Small Ranunculus. I've always wondered why it's called a ranunculus, as it doesn't (the larvae) feed on buttercups, but lettuce species. Guess it sounds better than Small Lettuce!

[Cordaline]

Here's a better pic of the Small Ranunculus & a few others from this session, taken with my new beasty!