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Latest News - June 2008

Species List
To Date For 2008
IN OUR GARDEN

TUESDAY 1st JULY 2008
Details of last night's catch (Monday)

1 Single Dotted Wave
5 Riband Wave
6 Bright Line Brown Eye
5 Dark Arches
2 Mottled Beauty
2 Turnip
1 Willow Beauty
1 Lime Hawk-moth
1 Middle Barred Minor
1 Setaceous Hebrew Character
1 Flame Shoulder
1 Common Wainscot

1 Pale Mottled Willow
1 Short-cloaked Moth
1 Heart & Dart
4 Square Spot Rustic
3 Minor Species
1 Garden Carpet
2 Uncertain
3 Buff Ermine
1 The Rustic
1 Dogs Tooth
1 Purple Bar

Chrysoteuchia culmella
Crambus perlella
Small Magpie
Archips podana
Celypha striana
Scoparia ambigualis
Ypsolopha scabrella
Hedya pruniana

46 macro moths / 23 macro species
Short-cloaked Moth & Purple Bar are new additions to this year's garden list

MONDAY 30th JUNE 2008
Details of last night's catch (Sunday)

2 Cinnabar
1 Poplar Hawk-moth
3 Large Yellow Underwing
9 Dark Arches
1 Green Pug
1 Minor Species
2 Common Wainscot
5 Common Swift
3 Uncertain
5 Heart & Dart
5 Riband Wave

1 Striped Wainscot
1 Flame Shoulder
3 Snout
1 Flame
3 Buff Ermine
1 Middle Barred Minor
1 Burnished Brass
2 Bright Line Brown Eye
2 Pale Mottled Willow
1 Light Emerald
1 Rustic

Chrysoteuchia culmella
Crambus perlella
Small Magpie
Archips podana
Celypha striana
Diurnea fagella

54 macro moths / 22 macro species

SUNDAY 28th JUNE 2008
Details of last night's catch (Saturday)

1 Crescent Striped
1 Yellow Shell
3 Mottled Beauty
1 Brimstone
1 Spectacle
10 Large Yellow Underwing
5 Common Swift
6 Heart & Dart
1 Willow Beauty
1 Minor Species
1 Flame Shoulder
4 Buff Ermine
1 Common Rustic
3 Uncertain

2 Treble Brown Spot
1 Single Dotted Wave
4 Dark Arches
1 Mottled Rustic
2 Lychnis
1 Riband Wave
2 Square Spot Rustic
1 Middle Barred Minor
1 Flame
1 Dogs Tooth
1 Turnip
1 Bright Line Brown Eye
1 Small Blood Vein

Hedya pruniana
Chrysoteuchia culmella
Celypha lacunana
Crambus perlella
Agapeta hamana
Clepsis consimilana
Scoparia ambigualis
Emmelina Monodactyla
Ypsolopha scabrella
Phtheochroa rugosana
Small Magpie
Archips podana

58 macro moths / 27 macro species
Crescent Striped, Yellow Shell, Mottled Beauty, Common Rustic, Single Dotted Wave, Clespsis consimilana, Ypsolopha scabrella are all new additions to this year's garden list

THURSDAY 26th JUNE 2008
Details of last night's catch

2 Riband Wave
1 Green Pug
1 Cinnabar
1 Swallowtail
4 Dark Arches
2 Flame
2 Engrailed
3 Large Yellow Underwing
2 Flame Shoulder
2 Marbled Minor
2 Buff Ermine

3 Common Wainscot
3 Bright Line Brown Eye
1 Common Swift
2 Heart & Dart
1 Mottled Rustic
1 Setaceous Hebrew Character
1 Pale Mottled Willow
1 The Rustic
1 Straw Dot
2 Minor Species
1 Ligh Arches

Hedya pruniana
Chrysoteuchia culmella
Celypha striana
Gypsonoma sociana
Celypha lacunana
Crambus perlella
Olethreutes olivana
Agapeta Hamana

39 macro moths / 22 macro species
Swallowtail & Olethreutes olivana are all new additions to this year's garden list

WEDNESDAY 25th JUNE 2008
Details of last night's catch (Tuesday)

1 Bordered Pug
1 Garden Carpet
2 Clouded Silver
1 Brimstone
3 Minor Species
1 Dark Arches
8 Heart & Dart
3 Large Yellow Underwing
2 Common Wainscot
1 Sandy Carpet
1 Bright Line Brown Eye
1 Setaceous Hebrew Character

2 Mottled Rustic
1 Flame
1 Square Spot Rustic
1 Middle Bar Minor
1 Spectacle
1 Dogs Tooth
1 Turnip
1 Lychnis
2 Common Swift
1 Willow Beauty

Hedya pruniana
Chrysoteuchia culmella
Celypha striana
Lozotaenoides formosanus
Diamond Back
Crambus perlella
Cana eucosma
Gypsonoma sociana

37 macro moths / 22 macro species
Bordered Pug, Sandy Carpet, Crambus perlella & Gypsonoma sociana are new additions to this year's garden list

TUESDAY 24th JUNE 2008
Details of last night's catch (Monday)

1 Poplar Hawk-moth
2 Common Swift
3 Uncertain
8 Heart & Dart
2 Common Wainscot
3 Setaceous Hebrew Character
2 Minor Species
1 Grey Dagger
1 Silver Y
1 Dark Arches
1 Burnished Brass
1 Mottled Rustic

2 Square Spot Rustic
3 Shoulder Striped Wainscot
2 Large Yellow Underwing
1 Scorch Wing
1 Turnip
3 Buff Ermine
1 Buff Arches
1 Straw Dot
1 Cinnabar
1 Double Square Spot

Small Magpie
Chrysoteuchia culmella
Celypha striana

42 macro moths / 22 macro species
Buff Arches and Double Square Spot are new additions to this year's garden list

MONDAY 23rd JUNE 2008
High winds all day yesterday and through the night
Details of last night's catch (Sunday)

1 Common Swift
2 Common Wainscot
1 Buff Ermine
2 Heart & Dart
1 Turnip
1 Minor Species

2 Dark Arches
1 Bright Line Brown Eye
1 Uncertain
1 Setaceous Hebrew Character
1 Small Square Spot

14 macro moths / 11 macro species
Uncertain is a new addition to this year's garden list

SUNDAY 22nd JUNE 2008
Jed of NOA had a good moth for the parish in his garden last night, it was a Bordered Sallow, although not new for the parish it is the first one recorded for some years.

Details of last night's catch (Saturday)

2 Silver Y
4 Common Wainscot
10 Heart & Dart
6 Setaceous Hebrew Character
5 Marbled Minor
20 Common Swift
1 Cinnabar
1 Poplar Hawk-moth
2 Flame
1 White Ermine
2 Bright Line Brown Eye
3 Flame Shoulder
1 Willow Beauty
7 Large Yellow Underwing

1 Common Carpet
2 Square Spot Rustic
1 Rustic Shoulder Knot
1 Minor Species
2 Rustic
2 Small Square Spot
1 Snout
1 Mottled Rustic
1 Buff Ermine
1 Dark Arches
1 Rosy Minor
1 Tawny Marbled Minor
2 Middle Barred Minor
3 Turnip

Celypha striana
Hedya pruniana
Chrysoteuchia culmella
Diamond Back
Emmelina monodactyla

87 macro moths / 28 macro species

SATURDAY 21st JUNE 2008
Details of last night's catch (Friday)

1 Light Emerald
4 Straw Dot
2 Cinnabar
4 Green Pug
4 Common Wainscot
1 Eyed Hawk-moth
6 Common Swift
1 Elephant Hawk-moth
3 Buff Ermine
3 Minor Species
6 Large Yellow Underwing
17 Heart & Dart
5 Square Spot Rustic
1 White Ermine
1 Riband Wave
1 Snout
1 Mottled Rustic

1 Bright Line Brown Eye
1 Garden Carpet
1 Poplar Hawk-moth
2 Rustic Shoulder Knot
4 Marbled Minor
3 Dark Arches
2 Flame Shoulder
7 Setaceous Hebrew Character
1 Mottled Rustic
4 Middle Barred Minor
1 Small Square Spot
1 Treble Brown Spot
1 Brimstone
1 Silver Y
1 Knot Grass
1 Striped Wainscot
1 Shoulder Striped Wainscot

Small Magpie
Garden Pebble
Celypha striana
Hedya pruniana
Thistle Ermine
Lozotaenoides formosanus
Barred Fruit Tree Tortrix

94 macro moths / 34 macro species
Striped Wainscot, Lozotaenoides formosanus & Barred Fruit Tree Tortrix are new additions to this year's garden list

FRIDAY 20th JUNE 2008
Excited phone call from Peter Clark, a fellow mother in the parish of Holme, with not one but two new moths for the parish list. Clouded Buff and Sloe Pug
We also identified from our garden trap Thyme Moth Scrobipalpa artemisiella, a new micro to add to our garden list and the parish list

Details of last night's catch (Thursday)

3 Mottled Rustic
12 Heart & Dart
2 Clouded Silver
14 Large Yellow Underwing
4 Bright Line Brown Eye
5 Flame Shoulder
10 Setaceous Hebrew Character
1 Common Marbled Carpet
1 Eyed Hawk-moth
1 Snout
7 Common Wainscot
6 Buff Ermine
4 Square Spot Rustic
2 Dark Arches
1 Straw Dot

5 Minor Species
1 Turnip Moth
1 Flame
1 White Ermine
1 Angle Shades
5 Middle Barred Minor
1 Elephant Hawk-moth
1 Garden Carpet
1 Green Pug
1 Willow Beauty
1 Clay
1 Vines Rustic
1 Poplar Hawk-moth
1 The Rustic
1 Coxcomb Prominent

Small Magpie
Diamond Back
Crambus pratella
Chrysoteuchia culmella
Celypha lacunana
Celypha striana
Hedya pruniana
Thyme Moth

96 macro moth / 30 macro species
Eyed Hawk-moth, Snout, Clay, The Rustic, Coxcomb Prominent, Diamond Back, Crambus Pratella, Chrysoteuchia Culmella Celypha lacunana & Celypha striana, are all new additions to this years garden list

THURSDAY 19th JUNE 2008
Details of last night's catch (Wednesday)

1 Clouded Silver
9 Common Swift
2 Straw Dot
6 Large Yellow Underwing
3 Common Wainscot
1 Bright line Brown Eye
3 Setaceous Hebrew Character
2 Flame Shoulder
1 Shoulder Striped Wainscot

1 Flame
10 Heart & Dart
1 Spectacle
2 Square Spot Rustic
1 Pale Mottled Willow
1 Dark Arches
1 Marbled Minor
1 Elephant Hawk-moth

Agriphila tristella

44 macro moths / 17 macro species

WEDNESDAY 18th JUNE 2008
Details of last night's catch (Tuesday)

15 Large Yellow Underwing
5 Common Swift
15 Heart & Dart
1 Knot Grass
3 Rustic Shoulder Knot
1 Buff Ermine
4 Marbled Minor
2 Common Marbled Carpet
3 Setaceous Hebrew Character
5 Bright line Brown Eye

2 Middled Bar Minor
1 Green Carpet
1 Clouded Silver
1 Elephant Hawk-moth
4 Minor Species
1 Light Arches
1 Flame Shoulder
1 Dogs Tooth
1 Green Pug
1 White Ermine

1 Straw Dot
1 Turnip
8 Common Wainscot
1 Mottled Rustic
2 Square Spot Rustic
1 Burnished Brass
1 Silver Y
1 Vines Rustic
1 Small Square Spot

84 macro moths / 29 macro species
Burnished Brass and Light Arches are new additions to this year's garden list

SUNDAY 15th JUNE 2008
Details of last night's catch (Saturday)

1 Blood Vein
1 Riband Wave
4 Square Spot Rustic
3 Minor Species
3 White Ermine
1 Marbled Minor
1 Middle Barred Minor
5 Heart & Dart
4 Setaceous Hebrew Character
2 Common Marbled Carpet
1 Green Carpet
1 White Colon
1 Pale Mottled Willow

1 Mottled Rustic
2 Large Yellow Underwing
3 Rustic Shoulder Knot
5 Common Swift
4 Common Wainscot
3 Small Square Spot
2 Cinnabar
1 Elephant Hawk-moth
2 Flame Shoulder
3 Willow Beauty
1 Silver Y
1 Spectacle
1 Bright Line Brown Eye
1 Dark Arches

Small Magpie
Bee Moth
Agdistis bennetii
Hedya pruniana
Agriphila tristella
Eucosma cana

58 macro moths / 27 macro species
White Colon, Pale Mottled Willow, Agdistis bennetii, Hedya pruniana,
Agriphila tristella & Eucosma cana are all new additions to this year's garden list

SATURDAY 14th JUNE 2008
Details of last night's catch (Friday)

1 Lime Hawk-moth
3 White Ermine
3 Common Swift
5 Square Spot Rustic
1 Brimstone
3 Common Wainscot
4 Flame Shoulder
1 Large Yellow Underwing
3 Small Square Spot

4 Minro Species
2 Setaceous Hebrew Character
1 Brown Rustic
3 Heart & Dart
2 Rustic Shoulder Knot
1 Flame
1 Buff Ermine
1 Marbled Minor

Small Magpie

39 macro moths / 17 macro species

Flame and Brown Rustic are new additions to this year's garden list

FRIDAY 13th JUNE 2008
Details of last night's catch

1 Mottled Pug
1 Shuttle shaped Dart
3 Mottled Rustic
1 Large Yellow Underwing
3 Minor Species
8 White Ermine
6 Small Square Spot
3 Setaceous Hebrew Character
2 Rustic Shoulder Knot

1 Broad Barred White
1 Silver Y
3 Heart & Dart
2 Common Wainscot
1 Flame Shoulder
1 Common Swift

Thistle Ermine
Small Magpie

37 macro moths / 15 macro species
Thistle Ermine is a new addition to this years garden list

THURSDAY 12th JUNE 2008
Details of last night's catch (Wednesday)

2 Square Spot Rustic
3 Rustic Shoulder Knot
2 Treble Lines
8 Heart & Dart
2 Green Carpet
7 Setaceous Hebrew Character
4 Common Wainscot
9 Small Square Spot
1 Common Marbled Carpet

1 Buff Ermine
2 Flame Shoulder
3 Minor Species
1 Vines Rustic
1 Bright Line Brown Eye
1 Clouded Silver
7 Common Swift
2 Brimstone
4 White Ermine

Honeysuckle moth
Small Magpie

60 macro moths / 18 macro species

WEDNESDAY 11th JUNE 2008
Details of last night's catch (Tuesday)
Colder and windier night, wind turned with some northerly in it

2 Clouded Silver
3 Heart & Dart
8 Small Square Spot
5 Rustic Shoulder Knot
5 White Ermine
1 Cabbage Moth
5 Common Wainscot
11 Square Spot Rustic
7 Setaceous Hebrew Character
1 Shoulder Striped Wainscot
1 Large Yellow Underwing
3 Common Marbled Carpet

4 Minor Species
1 Treble Lines
1 Brimstone
1 Rosy Minor
1 Buff Ermine
1 Common Carpet
4 Flame Shoulder
2 Light Emerald
1 Treble Brown Spot
5 Common Swift
2 Mottled Pug

Phtheochroa rugosana
Small Magpie

75 macro moths / 23 macro species
Treble Lines, Rosy Minor, Shoulder Striped Wainscot and Mottled Pug are new additions to this year's garden list

TUESDAY 10th JUNE 2008
Details of last night's catch (Monday)
At last good numbers of moths!!!
Some micro species which are not listed here which we did not have time to identify - the brain is a bit rusty!

2 Green Silver Lines
1 Green Pug
2 Treble Brown Spot
1 Peppered Moth
1 Cabbage Moth
1 Pale Tussock
4 Clouded Sliver
11 Common Swift
9 Minor Species
1 Poplar Hawk-moth
4 Common Carpet
9 Flame Shoulder
12 Common Wainscot
11 White Ermine
5 Scorched Wing
2 Light Emerald

13 Rustic Shoulder Knot
29 Small Square Spot
3 Brimstone
1 Mottled Rustic
2 Brown Line Bright Eye
4 Straw Dot
1 Middle Barred Minor
2 Silver Y
4 Heart & Dart
14 Setaceous Hebrew Character
1 Common Marbled Carpet
3 Marbled Minor
4 Large Yellow Underwing
1 Vines Rustic
1 Turnip
4 Green Carpet

1 Grey Dagger
5 Square Spot Rustic
1 Dark Arches
1 Lime Hawk-moth
1 Lychnis
1 Garden Carpet
1 Chinese Character
2 Buff Ermine
1 Knot Grass
1 Broad Barred White
1 Red Twin Spot Carpet

Phtheochroa rugosana
Archips podana
Garden Pebble
Small Magpie

177 macro moths/ 43 macro species
Green Silver Lines, Green Pug, Treble Brown Spot, Peppered Moth, Pale Tussock, Clouded Silver, Bright Line Brown Eye, Straw Dot, Common Marbled Carpet, Marbled Minor, Vines Rustic, Turnip, Grey Dagger, Dark Arches, Lime Hawk-moth, Lychnis, Knot Grass, Broad Barred White, Red Twin Spot Carpet, Archips podana, Garden Pebble, Small Magpie and Phtheochroa rugosana are all new additions to this year's garden list

MONDAY 9th JUNE 2008
Details of last night's catch (Sunday)

3 Brimstone
2 Scorched Wing
1 Shears
13 Rustic Shoulder Knot
6 Silver Y
3 Common Swift
11 Setaceous Hebrew Character
4 Heart & Dart
1 Cabbage Moth
3 Minor Sp
2 Middle Barred Minor
3 Mottled Rustic
1 Common Pug
23 Small Square Spot
7 Common Wainscot
1 Clouded Bordered Brindle
2 White Ermine
1 Flame Shoulder
1 Square Spot Rustic
1 Large Yellow Underwing
1 Elephant Hawk-moth
2 Light Emerald
2 Green Carpet
1 Buff Ermine
1 Spectacle
2 Dusky Brocade
1 Bee Moth