My homemade Skinners Moth trap had seen better days after 10 years of use, so I decided to treat myself to a new one. I set it up last night and had it running into the early hours of this morning. And it was a great success with 38 moths of 14 species. See list below:
After ID'ing them I then had a wander through the garden to see what was about.
Moths Recorded:
#1 - L-album Wainscot Mythimna l-album (x2)
#2 - Barred Marble Celypha striana (x1)
#3 - Knot Grass Acronicta rumicis (x1)
#4 - Heart & Dart Agrotis exclamationis (x21)
#5 - White-point Mythimna albipuncta (x2)
#6 - Double-striped Pug Gymnoscelis rufifasciata (x1)
#7 - Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana (x1)
#8 - Brown House-moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella (x3)
#9 - Small Elephant Hawk-moth Deilephila porcellus (x1)
#10 - Bordered Sallow Pyrrhia umbra (x1)
#11 - Pale Mottled Willow Caradrina clavipalpis (x1)
#12 - Vine's Rustic Hoplodrina ambigua (x1)
#13 - Bee Moth Aphomia sociella (x1)
#14 - Heart & Club Agrotis clavis (x1)
And just a few of the 38 moths in the trap this morning, with 11 Heart & Darts in this shot.
Bees Recorded:
Yellow-legged Mining Bee (Andrena flavipe)
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Many unidentified flies
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
And another Trivial Plant Bug (Closterotomus trivialis) this time on a Crown Daisy (Glebionis coronaria)
#1 - L-album Wainscot Mythimna l-album
#1 - L-album Wainscot Mythimna l-album
#2 - Barred Marble Celypha striana
#3 - Knot Grass Acronicta rumicis
#4 - Heart & Dart Agrotis exclamationis
#5 - White-point Mythimna albipuncta
#5 - White-point Mythimna albipuncta
#6 - Double-striped Pug Gymnoscelis rufifasciata
#7 - Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana
#8 - Brown House-moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella
#9 - Small Elephant Hawk-moth Deilephila porcellus
#10 - Bordered Sallow Pyrrhia umbra
#11 - Pale Mottled Willow Caradrina clavipalpis
#12 - Vine's Rustic Hoplodrina ambigua
#13 - Bee Moth Aphomia sociella
#14 - Heart & Club Agrotis clavis
Bees Recorded:
Yellow-legged Mining Bee (Andrena flavipe)
bee sp.
A Yellow-legged Mining Bee (Andrena flavipe)
bee sp.
Hoverflies Recorded:
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Syrphus sp.
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
A Syrphus sp.
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Many unidentified flies
fly sp.
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
Trivial Plant Bug (Closterotomus trivialis)
Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)
A Trivial Plant Bug (Closterotomus trivialis) on an Oxeye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)
A male Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis) on California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica).