Friday & Saturday night's trapping!

[Cordaline]

On friday night I got one new moth for my life list:-
Six-stripe Rustic. The little blighter scuttled behind the skirting board before I could get a pic though.

The rest of the list is as follows:-

Willow Beauty x1
Agriphila tristella x8
Light Brown Apple Moth x6
Agriphila inquinatella x2
Flounced Rustic x1
Brimstone x1
Lesser Broad-Bordered Yellow Underwing x1
Lesser Yellow Underwing x7
Vine's Rustic x5
Agriphila geniculea x2
Large Yellow Underwing x3
Square Spot Rustic x11
Argyresthia goedartella x1
Shuttle-shaped Dart x1
Flame Shoulder x2
Setaceous Hebrew Character x1
Agriphila straminella x1
Blastobasis adustella x1
Dipleurina lacustrata x1
Yellow Shell x1

21 species & 58 moths

Also a few:-
Green Lacewings
Crane Flies
Caddis Flies
Wasps
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Saturday's Trapping produced rather different results:-

2 Hornets!


Two new ones for the life list. Neither would play ball for pics.
Pale Mottled Willow
Dichrorampha acumanatana

The rest of the list as follows:-

A nicely marked Copper Underwing

Flame Shoulder x1
Vine's Rustic x1
Square-spot Rustic x30
Orange Swift x3
Snout x2
Blastobasis adustella x1
Copper Underwing x2
Light Brown Apple Moth x5
Agriphila tristella x7
Brimstone x1
Willow Beauty x3
Flounced Rustic x7
Lesser Yellow Underwing x17
Agriphila geniculea x6
Setaceous Hebrew Character x1
Large Yellow Underwing x10
Lesser Broad-bordered Underwing x2
Yellow Shell x1
Light Emerald x1
Shuttle-shaped Dart x2
Agriphila straminella x1
Water Veneer x1
Small Dusty Wave 2
Celypha lacunana x1
Dipleurina lacustrata x1

27 species & 110 moths

Also some more:-
Green Lacewings
Caddis Flies
Wasps

All in all, a couple of good night's!!

[Miss Caretaker]

You do get some nice lists! I've been lucky so far inasmuch as I've not had any wasps or stingers in the trap. I tend to get lots of mozzies, lacewings, small Ichneumons (about 1cm), little orange flies and of course the ones sent to confuse - Caddis flies...
Jo

[Pete Collins]

Another couple of good lists, Cordaline.

I've been worried about getting stinging insects in my moth trap, but not had any at all in the three sessions I've done so far.

[aeshna5]

A productive session Cordaline! I love watching Hornets in the field, but a bit intimidating in a moth trap!

[Cordaline]

Hooray, the Six-striipe Rustic came out from behind the skirting boards & I got some better pics!

[Miss Caretaker]

At least it didn't get stuck there! Looking at your lists really makes me want to get a better trap...

[Adam Cheeseman]

Here are my Hornet pics from the same trapping session.





This last one shows the comparison between a hornet, which was slightly closer, and a wasp.



Thankyou Cordaline!

Cheers,

Adam