[1126] Ancylis badiana

Another blooming successful catch!

August is upon us, and the mild weather looks set to continue, with a few outbreaks

of rain here and there expected over the next week. Today was hot and humid and with

a high of 34 degrees, it would have been rude not to set the trap up!

Despite clear skies the temperature was still 19 degrees at 6am this morning. Moths

were absolutely everywhere, in the trap, on the wall and within the long grass. It

took just over an hour of sorting. Unfortunately quite a few had passed away, possibly

to do with 4 dead wasps in the trap and a combination of high temperature and the sheer

amount of Dot Moths and Dark Arches, the latter numbering close to 80 individuals.

 

Best Macro moths were Barred Hook-tip, Campion, Slender Brindle and the long awaited

Swallow Prominent (having had Lesser Swallow on numerous occasions)

 

Best Micro moths were 3 Limnaecia phragmitella, Clavigesta purdeyi and the tiny Epinotia nanana. Adding 3 new Micros to my all time list was very pleasing indeed.

 

 

I will be trapping again on Sunday night.

 

 

Catch Report - 01/08/13 - Back Garden Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson trap

 

 

Macro Moths

 

1x Barred Hook-tip [NFG]

1x Swallow Prominent [NFG]

1x Campion [NFG]

1x Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet [NFG]

1x Slender Brindle [NFG]

2x Maple Pug [NFG]

3x Dusky Sallow [NFG]

1x Scorched Carpet [NFG]

2x Oak Hook-tip [NFG]

2x Orange Swift [NFY]

2x Black Arches [NFY]

3x Flounced Rustic [NFY]

3x Square-spotted Clay [NFY]

4x Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing [NFY]

3x Copper Underwing [NFY]

13x Bright-line Brown-eye

2x Brimstone Moth

1x Cabbage Moth

1x Clay

2x Cloaked Minor

1x Clouded Border

2x Common Carpet

1x Clouded Silver

10x Common Footman

13x Common Rustic

72x Dark Arches

1x Dingy Shears

52x Dot Moth

11x Double Square-spot

6x Dun-bar

2x Early Thorn

1x Fan-foot

1x Flame

2x Flame Shoulder

1x Grey Dagger

2x Heart & Dart

2x July Highflyer

2x Large Yellow Underwing

1x Least Carpet

5x Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

6x Lesser Yellow Underwing

1x Light Arches

2x Marbled Beauty

2x Mottled Rustic

1x Nut-tree Tussock

8x Peppered Moth

2x Red Twin-spot Carpet

15x Riband Wave

2x Ruby Tiger

2x Shuttle-shaped Dart

12x Silver-Y

2x Single-dotted Wave

9x Small Fan-footed Wave

1x Spectacle

4x Straw Underwing

2x Swallow-tailed Moth

5x Uncertain

2x V-pug

4x White Satin Moth

19x Willow Beauty

2x Yellow-tail

 

Micro Moths

 

1x Ancylis badiana [NFG]

1x Bucculatrix thoracella [NEW!]

3x Limnaecia phragmitella [NFG]

1x Yponomeuta padella [NFG]

3x Eudemis profundana [NFG]

1x Clavigesta purdeyi [NEW!]

1x Spilonota laricana [NEW!]

1x Epinotia nanana [NFG]

1x Phlyctaenia coronata [NFG]

2x Argyrotaenia ljungiana [NFY]

2x Pandemis corylana [NFY]

1x Agonopterix alstromeriana [NFY]

4x Cydia splendana [NFY]

3x Spilonota ocellana

1x Hypsopygia costalis

2x Caloptilia alchimiella

3x Bryotropha terrella

2x Blastobasis adustella

1x Trachycera suavella

3x Trachycera advenella

1x Mompha propinquella

2x Aphomia sociella

2x Archips podana

1x Pandemis heparana

2x Batia unitella

3x Phycita roborella

2x Tischeria ekebladella

46x Agriphila straminella

2x Hofmannophila pseudospretella

2x Acleris forsskaleana

5x Pleuroptya ruralis

4x Endotricha flammealis

8x Carcina quercana

8x Agriphila tristella

2x Dipleurina lacustrata

Done