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Latest News - June 2007

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IN OUR GARDEN

Saturday 30th June 2007
Peter Clarke in Holme village telephoned to ask if I wanted to photograph a Great Oak Beauty. According to our MapMate database these are reported very rarely in Norfolk so I was excited to take up his offer and although it was slightly smaller than I expected it had all the diagnostic marks. This would be a new moth to the Parish of Holme.

Underside of possible Great Oak Beauty and Top View
NOW IDENTIFIED AS A LARGE WILLOW BEAUTY

Details of Friday night's catch
Macros: 31 species
Micros: 14 identified species

1 Brimstone Moth
Cabbage Moth
1 Cinnabar
5 Common Swift
5 Common Wainscot
6 Dark Arches
1 Elephant Hawk Moth
1 Flame Shoulder
1 Green Pug
12 Heart & Dart
20 Large Yellow Underwing
1 Light Arches
1 Lychnis
4 Minor Species
1 Clay

4 Mottled Rustic
2 Pale Mottled Willow
6 The Rustic
3 Silver Y
1 Smokey Wainscot
1 Shoulder Striped Wainscot
1 Barred Straw
1 Delicate
1 Small Blood Vein
1 Small Dusty Wave
1 Swallow-tail Moth
3 Bright Line Brown Eye
1 Brown Rustic
1 Poplar Kitten

Celypha lacunana
Chrysoteuchia culmella
Celypha striana
Archips podana
Crambus perlella
Brown House Moth
Gold Triangle
Scoparia ambigualis
Timothy Tortrix
Hedya Pruniana
Clepsis consimiliana
Cnephasis incertana
Cnephasis asseclana
Epiblema roborana

Delicate, Small Blood Vein, Drinker, Swallow-tail Moth, are macro moths which are the first in the garden this year.
Cnephasia asseclana, Cnephasia incertana, are micro moths identified which are the first in the garden this year.

Other micros recently caught that have only just been identified are: Donacaula forficella, Crambus pratella both new to the garden list

Friday 29th June 2007
Details of Thursday night's catch
Despite heavy rains, but lighter winds, a relatively reasonsonable catch.
At least with the robinson trap the inside stays dry and no drowned moths whereas with the skinners we are always rescuing wet moths off the bottom!
Macros: 21 species
Micros: 4 indentified species

1 Peppered moth
1 Lime Hawk Moth
1 Eyed Hawk Moth
9 Dark Arches
20 Large Yellow Underwing
5 Common Wainscot
1 Flame
1 Burnished Brass
10 Heart & Dart
4 Turnip
3 Flame Shoulder

1 Minor Species
1 Lychnis
2 Common Swift
1 Barred Straw
1 Broad Barred White
3 Light Arches
3 The Rustic
1 Mottled Rustic
5 Silver Y
1 Uncertain

Celypha Lacunana
Chrysoteuchia culmella
Celypha Striana
Agapeta Hamana

Broad Barred White is the first in the garden this year.

Thursday 28th June 2007
Both traps in use again last night with marginally better catch
Details of Wednesday night's catch
5 Dark Arches, 3 Light Arches, 1 Flame, 5 Heart & Dart, 1 Snout, 2 Minor Species, 1 Spectacle, 1 Poplar Hawk Moth, 1 Common Wainscot, 1 Large Yellow Underwing
2 Celypha Striana, 1 Chrysoteuchia culmella

Wednesday 27th June 2007
We had not used the traps for three days because of wet and windy conditions. Last night we attempted two traps with very poor results!
1 Brown Rustic, 2 Silver Y, 1 Angle Shades, 1 Large Yellow Underwing, 1 Spectacle, 1 Pug, 1 Light Arches, 1 Common Wainscot and two micros, Scoparia ambiualis and Timothy Tortrx.
However better luck on the local birding front with a Little Bittern at Titchwell and an Alpine Swift at Hunstanton Cliffs.

Sunday 24th June 2007
I had a telephone call from Peter Clarke this morming to look at a longhorn micro-moth which turned out to be a Nematopogon metaxella which is a new addition to the Holme list.
Details of Saturday night's catch in the garden
Macros: 36 species
Micros: 13 identified species

1 Buff Ermine
3 Cabbage Moth
2 Cinnabar
14 Common Swift
4 Common Wainscot
1 Dark Arches
1 Elephant Hawk Moth
2 Flame
1 Flame Shoulder
4 Green Pug
13 Heart & Dart
17 Large Yellow Underwing
1 Light Arches
4 Minor Species
2 Middle Bar Minor
9 Mottled Rustic
5 Riband Wave
1 Clouded Border

3 Pale Mottled Willow
4 The Rustic
1 Setaceous Hebrew Character
1 Treble Brown Spot
1 Turnip
2 Uncertain
2 Snout
2 Brimstone
1 Eyed Hawk Moth
1 Common Carpet
1 Light Emerald
1 Brown Rustic
1 Poplar Hawk Moth
1 Angle Shades
1 Mottled Beauty
1 Barred Yellow
1 Figure of Eighty
2 Common Wave

Chrysoteuchia culmella
Celypha striana
Archips podana
Aethes francilliana
Agapeta hamana
Diamond Back
Epiblema uddmanniana
Crambus Perlella
Phlyctaenia perlucidalis
Clepsis consimilana
Celypha lacunana
Agdistis bennetii
Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix

Clouded Border & Barred Yellow are macro moths which are the first in the garden this year.
Epiblema uddmanniana, Phlycteania perlucidalis, Agdistis bennetii and Pandemis cerasana (Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix) are micro moths identified which are the first in the garden this year.

Saturday 23rd June 2007
Heavy rain in the night again!
Details of Friday night's catch.
Macros: 35 species
Micros: 6 identified species

1 Buff Ermine
1 Cabbage Moth
7 Cinnabar
14 Common Swift
2 Common Wainscot
4 Dark Arches
1 Elephant Hawk Moth
1 Privet Hawk Moth
3 Flame
1 Flame Shoulder
2 Garden Carpet
3 Green Pug
22 Heart & Dart
30 Large Yellow Underwing
2 Middle Bar Minor
1 Green Silver Lines
1 Riband Wave
1 Scorched Wing

5 Mottled Rustic
1 Pale Mottled Willow
5 The Rustic
1 Silver Y
1 Spectacle
1 Treble Brown Spot
1 Snout
2 Common Marbled Carpet
2 Poplar Grey
1 Clouded Silver
1 Peppered Moth
4 Willow Beauty
1 Mottled Beauty
1 Peppered Moth
1 Angle SAhades
1 Common Emerald
1 Bright Line Brown Eye

Chrysoteuchia culmella
Plum Tortrix
Celypha striana
1 Gold Triangle
1 Bee Moth
1 Aethes francilliana
1 Agapeta hamana

No new macros for the garden year list
Bee Moth was a new micro to the garden this year

Friday 22nd June 2007
Getting to grips with the micro species is a full time job especially at this time of year. Nevertheless we are having a modicum of success.
Today a visit to Norfolk Ornithologist Association (NOA) at Holme provided an interesting couple of hours with warden and assistant warden, Jed Andrews and Sophie Barker, attempting to put a name to several micro species photographed by Jed. As a result we have added two new micros to the Holme list, Nemophora degeerella and Pammeno regiana. Thanks Jed for permission to use the photos.
Details of Thursday night's catch
Macros: 37 species
Micros: 12 identified species

4 Buff Ermine
1 Cabbage Moth
1 Cinnabar
1 Common Pug
16 Common Swift
13 Common Wainscot
8 Dark Arches
1 Elephant Hawk Moth
4 Flame
5 Flame Shoulder
3 Garden Carpet
8 Green Pug
27 Heart & Dart
129 Large Yellow Underwing
2 Light Arches
1 Light Emerald
3 Minor Sp
2 Middle Bar Minor
1 Shark

8 Mottled Rustic
3 The Rustic
2 Silver Y
4 Tawny Marbled Minor
1 Green Silver lines
1 Marbled Coronet
1 Lesser Yellow Underwing
5 Riband Wave
1 Single Dotted Wave
1 Small Dusty Wave
1 Snout
1 Poplar Grey
1 Brown Rustic
2 Bright Line Brown Eye
1 Dotted Fan Foot
1 Angle Shades
1 Silver Ground Carpet
1 Willow Beauty

Diamond Back
Chrysoteuchia culmella
Plum Tortrix
Scoparia ambigualis
Blastobasis decolorella
Celypha lacunana
Crambus perlella
Eucosma cana
Monopsis obviella
Hedya nubiferana
Thistle Ermine
Celypha striana

Marbled Coronet, Lesser Yellow Underwing, Dotted Fan Foot , Shark are macro moths which are the first in the garden this year.
Celypha striana, Crambus perlella, Eucosma cana, Hedya nubiferana (Marble Orchard tortrix) are micro moths identified which are the first in the garden this year.

Best moths of the day are Dotted Fan Foot, only 1 previously recorded in the garden , Marbled Coronet and Green Silver Lines

Thursday 21st June 2007
Details of Wednesday night's catch
Macros: 29 species
Micros: 13 identified species

3 Buff Ermine
2 Cabbage Moth
2 Cinnabar
10 Common Swift
1 Common Wainscot
7 Dark Arches
1 Elephant Hawk Moth
4 Flame
1 Garden Carpet
5 Green Pug
26 Heart & Dart
51 Large Yellow Underwing
1 Light Arches
4 Minor Sp
1 Middle Bar Minor

2 Mottled Rustic
1 Pale Mottled Willow
5 The Rustic
3 Tawny Marbled Minor
1 Yellow Shell
1 Bright Line Brown Eye
1 Single Dotted Wave
1 Shaded Pug
1 Willow Beauty
1 Mottled Beauty
1 Clouded Sliver
1 Common Carpet
1 Rosy Wave
1 Common Wave
1 Grass Rivulet

Diamond Back
Chrysoteuchia culmella
Garden Pebble
Small Magpie
Brown House Moth
Plum Tortrix
Scoparia ambigualis
Eudonia angustea
White Shouldered House Moth
Carnation Tortrix
Carcina quercana
Blastobasis decolorella
Amblptilia acanthadactyla

Shaded Pug, Rosy Wave, Common Wave & Grass Rivulet are macro moths which are the first in the garden this year. We have only previously recorded
1 Shaded Pug and 1 Grass rivulet in the garden, so good records for us!
Carcina quercana, Blastobasis acanthadactyla, Amblyptilia acanthadactyla & Eudonia angustea are micro moths identified which are the first in the garden this year.
Blastobasis acanthadactyla is a new garden moth identified this year.

Wednesday 20th June 2007
Heavy rain all night, despite running 2 traps numbers low.
Yesterday I had a phone call from Peter Clarke in the Village who had a possible Valerian Pug. It has been photographed and sent off for verification. It would be a new pug for the Holme list.
Details of Tuesday night's catch
Macros: 19 species
Micros: 7 identified species

2 Cinnabar
5 Flame
20 Heart & Dart
28 Large Yellow Underwing
5 Minor Species
1 Mottled Rustic
17 Common Swift
2 Common Wainscot
1 Dark Arches
1 Brown Rustic

4 Flame Shoulder
2 Setaceous Hebrew Ch
1 Tawny Marbled Minor
1 The Rustic
1 Riband Wave
1 Bright Line Brown Eye
1 Small Dusty Wave
1 Small Square Spot
1 Single Dotted Wave

Aethes Francilliana
Agapeta Hamana
Chrysoteuchia culmella
Small Magpie
Archips Podana
Gold Triangle
Diamond Back

Small Dusty Wave and Single Dotted Wave are macro moths which are the first in the garden this year

Tuesday 19th June 2007
Details of Monday night's catch
Macros: 30 species
Micros: 9 identified species

1 Cinnabar
6 Flame
2 Green Pug
35 Heart & Dart
12 Large Yellow Underwing
1 Lychnis
6 Minor Species
3 Mottled Rustic
3 Buff Ermine
9 Common Swift
6 Common Wainscot
2 Dark Arches
1 Flame Shoulder
1 Carden Carpet
1 Mottled Beauty

1 Rosy Monor
2 Silver Y
5 Tawny Marbled Minor
3 The Rustic
1 Treble Brown spot
1 Small Fan Foot
1 Riband Wave
1 Bright Line Brown Eye
2 Straw Dot
2 Clouded Silver
1 Snout
1 Brown Rustic
1 Foxglove Pug
1 Grey Pug
1 Poplar Grey

Aethes Francilliana
Agapetea Hamana
Carnation Tortrix
Chrysoteuchia culmella
Diamond Back
Small Magpie
Archips Podana
Gold Triangle
Celypha Lacunana

Clouded Silver, Poplar Grey, Foxglove Pug, Grey Pug & Small Fan Foot are macro moths which are the first in the garden this year
Archips Podana & Gold Triangle are micro moths which are the first in the garden this year

Monday 18th June 2007
Details of Sunday night's catch
Marcos: 43 species
Micros: 11 identified species (more to follow)

1 Bordered Pug
1 Elephant Hawk Moth
3 Buff Ermine
3 Cinnabar
10 Common Swift
9 Minor Sp
128 Large Yellow Underwing
9 Dark Arches
83 Heart & Dart
5 Middle Bar Minor
7 Flame
1 Common Pug
3 Mottled Pugs
2 Mottle Rustic
7 Common Wainscot
1 Barred Straw
1 Small Elephant Haw Moth
4 Flame Shoulder

2 Pale Mottled Willow
1 Yellow Shell
2 Cabbage Moth
6 Green Pug
6 Turnip
1 Smoky Wainscot
8 Setaceous Hebrew Ch
1 Brimstone
3 The Rustic
4 Tawny Marbled Minor
1 Uncertain
2 Garden Carpet
1 Vines Rustic
1 Blood Vein
2 Treble Brown Spot
1 Lychnis
1 Pine Hawk Moth
1 Light Emerald

1 Rustic Shoulder Knot
1 Figure of Eighty
1 Spectacle
1 Rosy Minor
1 Light Arches
1 Mottled Beauty
1 Silver Y
Apotomis Betulana
Small Magpie
Garden Pebble
Agapeta Hamana
Diamond Back
Chrysoteuchia culmella
Phtheochroa rugosana
Carnation Tortrix
Lozotaenia forsterana
Acrobasis consociella
Epiblema trimaculana

Barred Straw, Uncertain, Light Arches, Lychnis and Bordered Pug are macro moths which are the first in the garden this year
Carnation Tortrix and Apotomis Betulana are micro moths which are the first in the garden this year
Lozotaenia forsterana, Acrobasis consociella and Epiblema trimaculana are new to the garden and to the Holme list

Friday 15th June 2007
Details of Thursday night's catch
After a very rainy night numbers and species down
59 moths, 21 species

1 Cinnabar
10 Common Swift
2 Common Wainscot
1 Small Elephant Hawk Moth
1 Flame Shoulder
1 Green Pug
23 Heart & Dart
5 Large Yellow Underwing

1 Minor Sp
3 Setaceous Hebrew Ch
1 Silver Y
2 Straw Dot
1 Treble Lines
1 Treble Brown Spot
1 Turnip
1 Vines Rustic

1 Buff Ermine
1 Cabbage
1 Scorched Wing
1 Common Marbled Carpet

1 Garden Pebble

Common Marbled Carpet is the first in the garden this year

Thursday 14th June 2007
Details of Wednesday night's catch
Macros: 101 moths, 32 species
Micros: 6 species

1 Brown Line Bright Eye
2 Cinnabar
1 Common Pug
9 Common Swift
1 Common Wainscot
1 Elephant Hawk Moth
1 Small Elephant Hawk Moth
1 Poplar Hawk Moth
1 Pine Hawk Moth
1 Eyed Hawk Moth
4 Flame Shoulder
36 Heart & Dart
5 Large Yellow Underwing
3 Minor Sp
1 Middled Bar Minor
1 Light Emerald

1 Mottled Pug
1 The Rustic
1 Rustic Shoulder Knot
12 Setaceous Hebrew Ch
1 Shears
1 Privet Hawk Moth
1 Flame
3 Straw Dot
1 Treble Lines
1 Treble Brown Spot
2 Buff Ermine
1 Mottled Rustic
1 Dusky Brocade
1 Cabbage
1 Small Square Spot
2 Mottled Beauty

1 Garden Pebble
9 Diamond Back
1 Garden Pebble
1 Brown House Moth
1 Apotomis turbidana
1 Apple Leaf Miner

Pine Hawk Moth and Mottled Beauty, are Macro moths which are the first in the garden this year
Dusky Brocade is a new species for our Garden
White Shouldered House Moth, and Apotomis turbidana are Micro moths which are the first in the garden this year
Apple Leaf Miner is a new micro for the garden

Wednesday 13th June 2007
Details of Tuesday night's catch
Macros: 190 moths, 42 species
Micros: 11 species

5 Brown Line Bright Eye
1 Cinnabar
2 Common Pug
12 Common Swift
9 Common Wainscot
1 Dark Arches
4 Elephant Hawk Moth
4 Flame Shoulder
1 Green Pug
62 Heart & Dart
14 Large Yellow Underwing
5 Minor Sp
4 Middled Bar Minor
1 Pale Mottled Willow
3 Rustic Shoulder Knot
9 Setaceous Hebrew Character
1 Silver Y
1 Privet Hawk Moth
3 Dogs Tooth
1 Flame
1 Willow Beauty

3 Small Square Spot
5 Straw Dot
1 Tawny Marbled Minor
2 Treble Lines
6 Vines Rustic
1 White Ermine
1 Lime Speck Pug
1 Figure of Eighty
1 Silver Ground Carpet
2 Treble Brown Spot
4 Buff Ermine
1 Green Carpet
1 Blood Vein
1 Pale Oak Beauty
1 Sandy Carpet
1 Burnished Brass
1 Pale Tussock
1 Yellow Belle
1 Snout
4 Mottled Rustic
1 Pale Prominent

1 Agapeta hamana
1 Garden Pebble
1 Thistle Ermine
20 Diamond Back
1 Garden Pebble
1 Udea olivalis
1 Phtheochroa rugosana
1 Brown House Moth
1 Hedya pruniana
1 Chrysoteuchia culmella
1 Scoparia Ambigualis

Lime Speck Pug, Sandy Carpet, Snout, Dogs Tooth, Willow Beauty are all Macro moths which are the first in the garden this year
Pale Oak Beauty a new species for our garden list
Udea olivalis, Brown House Moth, are Micro moths which are the first in the garden this year

Tuesday 12th June 2007
Details of Monday night's catch
Macros: 200 moths, 34 species
Micros : 12 species
A Dioryctria abietella one of the larger pyralid migrants, in good condition, was in our trap this morning just a day after Jon Clifton (ALS) suggested those of us on the coast of of Norfolk should look out for them.

2 Brown Line Bright Eye
1 Brimstone
2 Cinnabar
3 Common Pug
10 Common Swift
14 Common Wainscot
1 Dark Arches
1 Elephant Hawk Moth
1 Flame Shoulder
56 Heart & Dart
18 Large Yellow Underwing
14 Minor Sp
6 Middled Bar Minor
3 Rustic Shoulder Knot
13 Setaceous Hebrew Character

6 Small Square Spot
1 Straw Dot
3 Tawny Marbled Minor
2 Treble Lines
4 Scorched Wing
1 Latticed Heath
1 Eyed Hawk Moth
2 Rosy Minor
2 Heart & Club
2 Flame
1 Mottled Rustic
1 Riband Wave
1 Buff Ermine
3 Green Pug

1 Agapeta hamana
1 Garden pebble
1 Aethes francilliana
1 Celypha lacunana
1 Schoenobius gigantella
1 Clepsis consimilana
1 Thistle Ermine
1 Dioryctria abietella
9 Diamond Back
1 Garden Pebble
1 Chrysoteuchia culmella
1 Hedya pruniana

Scorched Wing, Heart & Club, Riband Wave and Buff Ermine are macros which are all the first in the garden this year
Aethes francilliana, Celypha lacunana, Schoenobius gigantella, Crambus lathioniellus, Clepsis consimilana, Thistle Ermine and Agapeta hamana are micros which are all the first in the garden this year
Dioryctria abietella is a first for our garden

Monday 11th June 2007
Details of Sunday night's catch

2 Cinnabar
2 Common Pug
20 Common Swift
9 Common Wainscot
2 Dark Arches
8 Flame Shoulder
65 Heart & Dart
18 Large Yellow Underwing
6 Minor Sp
1 Peppered Moth
10 Setaceous Hebrew Character
2 Silver Y
4 Small Square Spot
1 Straw Dot
1 Treble Lines

3 Turnip
7 Vines Rustic
5 White Ermine
6 Tawny Marbled Minor
4 Flame
1 Eyed Hawk Moth
1 Rosy Minor
1 Mottled Rustic
1 Silver Ground Carpet

1 Chrysoteuchia culmella
1 Garden pebble
1 Small Magpie
1 Red Barred Tortrix

184 moths, 28 species
Red Barred Tortrix, Small Magpie, Rosy Minor & Mottled Rustic are all the first in the garden this year

Sunday 10th June 2007
Details of Saturday night's catch

1 Brimstone
1 Cinnabar
13 Common Swift
5 Common Wainscot
4 Flame Shoulder
54 Heart & Dart
4 Large Yellow Underwing
6 Minor Sp
2 Mottled Pug
1 Pale Mottled Willow
1 Rustic
2 Rustic Shoulder Knot
9 Setaceous Hebrew Character
4 Silver Y
9 Small Square Spot
2 Treble Lines
6 Turnip
5 Vines Rustic
8 White Ermine
1 Spectacle

4 Tawny Marbled Minor
1 Swallow Prominent
1 Treble Brown Spot
1 Sand Dart
1 Silver Ground Carpet

1 Hedya Pruniana
3 Chrysoteuchia culmella
1 Luquetia lobella

100 moths, 28 species
Tawny Marbled Minor, Treble Brown Spot, Silver Ground Carpet, Sand Dart and Chrysoteuchia culmella are all the first in the garden this year.
Luquetia lobella is a new micro to the Holme next the sea list and to our garden list.

Saturday 9th June 2007
Details of Friday night's catch

2 Green Pug
4 Mottled Pug
1 Common Pug
17 Common Swift
3 Cinnabar
21 Minor Sp
61 Heart & Dart
2 Brimstone
11 Common Wainscot
1 Light Brocade
7 Large Yellow Underwing
15 Setaceous Hebrew Character
6 Small Square Spot
1 Dark Arches
1 Garden Carpet
2 Middle Bar Minor
2 Flame Shoulder
2 Treble Lines
1 Elephant Hawk Moth

1 Poplar Hawk Moth
1 Peppered Moth
3 Rustic Shoulder Knot
1 Pale Mottled Willow
1 Bright Line Brown eye
3 Turnip
1 Silver Y
2 The Rustic
2 Vines Ructic
1 Figure of Eighty
3 White Ermine
1 Green Silver Lines
1 Sharp Angled Peacock
1 Brown Rustic
1 Shears
1 Straw Dot
1 Hedya pruniana
1 Diurnea fagella
1 Phtheochroa rugosana
26 Diamond Back

186 moths, 37 Species
Green Pug, Mottled Pug, Light Brocade, Elephant Hawk Moth, The Rustic, Figure of Eighty, Green Silver Lines, Sharp Angled Peacock, Brown Rustic, Straw Dot and Hedya pruniana are all the first in the garden this year

Friday 8th June 2007
Hi, Back after 2 weeks in Minnesota
Details of Thursday night's catch

2 Cinnabar
1 Flame
10 Common Wainscot
27 Heart & Dart
4 Yellow Belle
1 Shoulder Stripe Wainscot
1 Treble Lines
6 Turnip
4 Rustic Shoulder Knot
1 Pine Beauty
1 Dark Arches
5 Setaceous Hebrew Character
1 Vines Rustic
1 Privrt Hawk Moth

1 Small Elephant Hawk Moth
2 Silver Y
3 White Ermine
2 Bright Line Brown Eye
5 Flame Shoulder
1 Smokey Wainscot
3 Rustic Shoulder Knot
1 Eyed Hawk Moth
1 Poplar Hawk Moth
5 Minor Sp
1 Common Swift

32 Diamond Back
1 Epiblema cynosbatella

133 moths, 27 Species
Shoulder Striped Wainscot, Dark Arches, Privet Hawk Moth, Eyed Hawk Moth & Smoky Wainscot are all the first in the garden this year

Amblyptilia acanthadactyla 20.06.07