[2274] The Sallow (Cirrhia icteritia)

Shades of Autumn showing

Talking about sandy coloured Lunar Underwing's in my last post, I trapped one on Monday night amongst a modest haul of moths and some new for year species.

 

Of all of the species from the night I was most pleased with a Treble-bar that I haven't recorded since 2013, in fact it's only the fourth garden record with 2 in 2012 and 1 in 2013, a supposedly common moth but one I rarely record in my garden.

The abdomen was checked for Lesser Treble-bar (Which would be new to the garden if it was so!).

 

A nice splash of Autumnal colours was provided by 4 'Sallow' moths, 3 Barred and 1 normal Sallow, such beauties.

 

Micro moths are still pretty scarce but a rather tatty Acleris sparsana was new for the year and it was nice to see my 5th Ypsolopha sequella which is having a good year here.

 

The weather looks set to warm up a shade with night time temperatures not set to drop into single figures for a while.

 

Also whilst looking around the garden for any moths I missed I stumbled upon a fully grown Vapourer Moth caterpillar, probably lookingfor somewhere to pupate.

 

Catch Report - 18/09/17 - Back Garden - Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap

 

Macro Moths

 

1x Sallow [NFY]

1x Treble-bar [NFY]

2x Angle Shades

3x Barred Sallow

5x Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

1x Common Marbled Carpet

1x Garden Carpet

10x Large Yellow Underwing

2x Lesser Yellow Underwing

2x Light Emerald

5x Lunar Underwing

1x Pale Mottled Willow

2x Willow Beauty

 

Micro Moths

 

1x Acleris sparsana [NFY]

1x Amblypilia acanthadactyla

2x Epiphyas postvittana

1x Ypsolopha sequella

Done