Evening
An evening walk to Rufus Castle and back, and en route a family of Blackcaps in the quarry behind Bumpers Lane. Also there a Chiffchaff singing.
Morning
Well the moth trap went out last night at 10:00pm and was back in at 1:00am. There were moths everywhere, with dozens of Underwings on my neighbours white garage wall attracted by my actinic lights.
This morning I did a count up and had 69 moths of at least 28 species (though this species figure may well be more as there are a few species of pug still to identify.
Highlights were 2 Elephant Hawk-moths (Deilephila elpenor), 4 White-plume Moths (Pterophorus pentadactyla), 6 Riband Waves (Idaea aversata), 6 Brown-tails (Euproctis chrysorrhoea), 1 Clouded Silver (Lomographa temerata) and 1 Lesser Yellow Underwing (Noctua comes)
Other moths were: 6 Brimstone moth, 10 Heart & Darts, 1 The Flame, 2 Willow Beauty, 2 Smoky Wainscot, 4 Garden Grass-veneer and 1 Silver Y,
Moth 1 - Either Orchard or Apple Ermine (1)
Moth 2 - Dotted Ermel, Ethmia dodecea (1)
Moth 3 - is a Cnephasia sp, gen det job (1)
Moth 3 - is a Cnephasia sp, gen det job (1)
Moth 4 - is one of the Argyresthiidae species (1)
Moth 5 - Cochylis molliculana, a south coast speciality.
Moth 6 - Looks like a Gynnidomorpha luridana but not 100% sure (1)
Moth 7 - Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix, Pandemis cerasana (1)
Moth 8 - Possibly a well-worn Heart & Dart (1)
Moth 9 - Large Yellow Underwing, Noctua pronuba (1)
Moth 10 - Possibly Anania fuscalis (1)
Moth 11 - Cinerous Pearl, Anania fuscalis (1)
Moth 12 - Possibly Bulrush Cosmet, Limnaecia phragmitella (1)
Moth 12 - Possibly Bulrush Cosmet, Limnaecia phragmitella (1)
Moth 13 - Twin-barred Knot-horn, Homoeosoma sinuella (1)
Moth 14 - Green Pug, Pasiphila rectangulata (1)
Moth 14 - Green Pug, Pasiphila rectangulata (1)
Many thanks again to my good friend Nigel Sluman for the identification of quite a few moths which I was stuck on.
Elephant Hawk-moth
White-plume moth
Brimstone moth
Heart & Dart
The Flame
Riband Waves
Willow Beauty
Brown-tail
Brown-tail
Clouded Silver
Lesser Yellow Underwing
Lesser Yellow Underwing with wings extended
Smoky Wainscot
Garden Grass-veneer
Silver Y
Moth 1 - Orchard or Apple Ermine
Moth 2 - Dotted Ermel Ethmia dodecea
Moth 3 - is a Cnephasia sp, gen det job
Moth 4 - is one of the Argyresthiidae species
Moth 5 - Cochylis molliculana, a south coast speciality.
Moth 6 (2mm length) - Looks like a Gynnidomorpha luridana but not 100% sure
Moth 7 - Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix
Moth 8 - Possibly a well-worn Heart & Dart
Moth 9 - Large Yellow Underwing
Moth 10 - Possibly Anania fuscalis
Moth 10 (Same moth as above, side profile) - Possibly Anania fuscalis
Moth 11 - Cinerous Pearl
Moth 12 - Possibly Bulrush Cosmet, Limnaecia phragmitella
Moth 13 - Twin-barred Knot-horn
Moth 14 - Green Pug