June 2007 moths (1 Viewer)

[Surreybirder]

My lep blog is becoming too long; and I have the feeling that it's more interesting to do a monthly thread. So I'm starting one!
I had a good catch last night, which I'm still processing. I'll put down my initial list and then add to it later - probably with a few ID queries.
As usual, I lost one or two potentially interesting moths, including one that looked suspiciously like a lace border though it seems unlikely. I'll probably never know :-@ Later edit: I am now thinking that it was probably a treble-brown spot and that my imagination was working overtime at that early hour (I was up at 04.45 to empty the trap.).
buff-tip (3)
pebble hook-tip (nfy)
pale tussock
coxcomb prominent
blotched emerald (2) (nfy)
light emerald (nfy)
treble-lines (c4)
Vine's rustic (nfy)
spectacle (2)
straw dot (c4)
puss moth (nfy)
poplar hawk (3) (nfy)
angle shades
marbled minor agg (c6)
double square spot
heart and dart (sev)
Set. Hebrew character (few)
Large yellow underwing (c8)
white ermine (3)
buff ermine (2)
buff footman (2) (nfy)
clouded border (nfy)
green oak tortrix
pale oak beauty
willow beauty (c5)
lobster moth
broken-barred carpet
small angle-shades (New one for me)
mottled beauty (nfy)
blue-bordered carpet (nfy)
shoulder-striped wainscot (nfy)
smoky wainscot (nfy)
peppered moth
snout
flame shoulder
small fanfoot (nfy)
green careptet
common pug
common swift
heart & dart (sev)
Archips podana (2) (nfy)
Aleimma loefingana (nfy)
tawny-barred angle (2) (nfy)
Crambus lathoniellus
Swallow prominent (nfy)
lesser swallow prominent (nfy)
Pseudargyrotoza conwagana (nfy)
Udea olivalis
Bright-line brown-eye
Dark arches (nfy)
May highflyer (nfy)
Scorched wing(3) (nfy)
common white wave (nfy)
common marbled carpet
Celypha lacunana (nfy)
Pale tussock
sharp-angled carpet
the miller (nfy)
Pandemis cerasana (nfy)

1 new for me
26 new for year
58 species
Ken

PS One hornet (and one half eaten Heb. set char) and NO cockchafers ||

 

[Brian Stone]

Good idea to start this thread. I agree the monthly ones are better.

Last night ran a trap in my garden for the first time in ages, due to bad weather and being away. Many were therefore year firsts:
0647 Brown House-moth (Hofmannophila pseudospretella) 1
0937 Agapeta hamana 2
0994 Clepsis consimilana 1
1174 Epiblema cynosbatella 1
1293 Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella) 1
1345 Brown China-mark (Elophila nymphaeata) 1
1356 Garden Pebble (Evergestis forficalis) 1
1376 Small Magpie (Eurrhypara hortulata) 2
1392 Udea olivalis 2
1654 Figure of Eighty (Tethea ocularis) 1
1819 Mottled Pug (Eupithecia exiguata) 1
1931 Peppered Moth (Biston betularia) typical form 1
1961 Light Emerald (Campaea margaritata) 1
1991 Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor) 1
2007 Swallow Prominent (Pheosia tremula) 1
2087 Turnip Moth (Agrotis segetum) 1
2089 Heart & Dart (Agrotis exclamationis) 27
2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character (Xestia c-nigrum) 1
2160 Bright-line Brown-eye (Lacanobia oleracea) 2
2199 Common Wainscot (Mythimna pallens) 2
2302 Brown Rustic (Rusina ferruginea) 2
2321 Dark Arches (Apamea monoglypha) 1
2333 Large Nutmeg (Apamea anceps) 4
2334 Rustic Shoulder-knot (Apamea sordens) 7
2337x Marbled Minor agg. (Oligia strigilis agg.) 15
2340 Middle-barred Minor (Oligia fasciuncula) f. pallida 1
2474 Straw Dot (Rivula sericealis) 1
2492 Small Fan-foot (Herminia grisealis) 1
Cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha) 1
German Wasp (Vespula germanica) 1

Managed to run a trap a few times on Ross of Mull last week (OK May but might as well mention it while I'm here). Highlights were Map-winged Swift (new to me), May Highflier (rare around home) and Diamond-back Moth (unexpected this far north).

Another nice find was Argent & Sable, a very smart day flier and a first for me.

I'll get some photos posted at some point.

 

[Surreybirder]

Here are a few pix of ones I'm confident of!

 

[Surreybirder]

some of the ones I'm not so sure of ( I think the first one is an extra-dark treble lines):

 

[Surreybirder]

A few pretty ones:

 

[Surreybirder]

I'm still finding a few moths from 3rd in my shed and greenhouse. Green pug added to list.
Also, I found this macro, about 25mm long. I'm not sure what it is. I think it's my last un-IDed apart from a few micros.
Ken

 

[Brian Stone]

Last one looks like Clouded Brindle Apamea epomidion.

 

[Surreybirder]

thanks, Brian. I can see it better from the thumbnail than the more detailed pic.
I like your recent hoverfly pix BTW. I find they're hard to approach!
All the best
Ken

 

[PaulK]

I'd agree with your Treble Lines. Thats an interesting swift not seen a common quite like that. What about Rosy Minor for your minor? Grey Pug maybe? Mottled Beauty for the last?

 

[Surreybirder]

Hi, Paul,
I'd like to think it was rosy minor but it doesn't look much like the ones I've seen on the www. It's also about a month early for Surrey. I think I'd better ask for other opinions. The minors are a group I've not really got to grips with!
Ken

 

[Surreybirder]

a few more pix

I had a couple of moths that were only 'seconds' for the garden (including the clouded brindle and Pseudargyrotoza conwagana, I think, and the miller). The most interesting ones were mostly found outside the trap, which shows that it's worth searching around.
A few more photos attached.
Ken

 

[Brian Stone]

Must admit I didn't look beyond Marbled Minor agg. for that one.

 

[PaulK]

Righto - just a suggestion. I'm never confident with the minors.

 

[Surreybirder]

It's always worth checking places where lights have been on overnight. There was a white-pinion spotted on the window of our local station this a.m. Only the second I've ever seen.
Ken

 

[Brian Stone]

This is a link to my blog where I've put a bunch of photos taken on Mull last week. They are mostly leps so I've included it here, although there are a few other insects, the odd flower and a rather nice couple of Slow Worms.
http://thenaturalstone.blogspot.com/2007/06/wildlife-on-mull.html

 

[Surreybirder]

Great to see those photos, Brian. I like the look of argent and sable... I don't suppose they'll still be around when I go to the highlands in August!
Ken

 

[Brian Stone]

Thanks Ken. That A&S took some chasing around Eas Mor I can tell you.

 

[charly streets]

Hi all,

Nice to see everyone catching/finding plenty.Even my generally moth free garden turned up a new macro species for me (must of gotten lost or confused by the million watt security light from my neighbour's house!).Anyway four new species for me so far this month are:

1 My first Brimstone Moth on Buddleia.

2 Cork Moth.Quite chuffed with this shot as I had to photograph it as it landed on my t-shirt.

3 Epiblema trimaculana agg. on my potato patch.

4 A plain looking scop. ID-ed as Eudonia pallida.

Charly.

 

[Brian Stone]

A new macro for the garden on Thursday night: Orange Footman.

0017 Common Swift (Hepialus lupulinus) 1
0647 Brown House-moth (Hofmannophila pseudospretella) 1
0937 Agapeta hamana 1
0980 Variegated Golden Tortrix (Archips xylosteana) 1
1174 Epiblema cynosbatella 1
1176 Epiblema trimaculana 1
1219 Lathronympha strigana 1
1392 Udea olivalis 1
1428 Bee Moth (Aphomia sociella) 2
1727 Silver-ground Carpet (Xanthorhoe montanata) 1
1834 Common Pug (Eupithecia vulgata) 1
1976 Privet Hawk-moth (Sphinx ligustri) 1
1980 Eyed Hawk-moth (Smerinthus ocellata) 1
2043 Orange Footman (Eilema sororcula) 1
2061 Buff Ermine (Spilosoma lubricipeda) 2
2089 Heart & Dart (Agrotis exclamationis) 22
2102 Flame Shoulder (Ochropleura plecta) 1
2120 Ingrailed Clay (Diarsia mendica) 1
2199 Common Wainscot (Mythimna pallens) 2
2302 Brown Rustic (Rusina ferruginea) 1
2306 Angle Shades (Phlogophora meticulosa) 1
2321 Dark Arches (Apamea monoglypha) 2
2326 Clouded-bordered Brindle (Apamea crenata) 1
2333 Large Nutmeg (Apamea anceps) 1
2334 Rustic Shoulder-knot (Apamea sordens) 2
2337x Marbled Minor agg. (Oligia strigilis agg.) 9
2380 Treble Lines (Charanyca trigrammica) 2
2450 The Spectacle (Abrostola tripartita) 1
2474 Straw Dot (Rivula sericealis) 1
2477 The Snout (Hypena proboscidalis) 1

 

[Surreybirder]

I trapped till about midnight with my actinic trap. Poor catch but two new for year.
Ken