11 Jun 25

Wakeham

After yesterdays mothing in the back garden I decided to have another go. This time I had 51 moths of 22 species, with two new ones for my P&W Moth List.. See list below:

After ID'ing them I then had a wander through the garden to see what was about.

Moths Recorded:
#1 - Thistle Ermine Myelois circumvoluta (x1)
#2 - Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria (x3)
#3 - Satin Wave Idaea subsericeata (x2)

#4 - Large Fruit-tree Tortrix Archips podana (x1)

#5 - Vine's Rustic Hoplodrina ambigua (x2)

#6 - Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana (x2)

#7 - Buff Ermine Spilosoma lutea (x1)

#8 - Common Plume Emmelina monodactyla (x1)

#9 - Garden Grass-veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella (x1)

#10 - Mottled Pug Eupithecia exiguata (x1)

#11 - Riband Wave Idaea aversata (x1)

#12 - Bright-line Brown-eye Lacanobia oleracea (x2)

#13 - Purple Bar Cosmorhoe ocellata (x1)

#14 - Mottled Beauty Alcis repandata (x1)

#15 - Brown Rustic Rusina ferruginea (x4)

#16 - Dusky Brocade Apamea remissa (x1)

#17 - White-point Mythimna albipuncta (x2)

#18 - Heart & Dart Agrotis exclamationis (x18)
#19 - Starry Pearl Cynaeda dentalis (x1)

#20 - Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura (1)

#21 - Large Pale Masoner Blastobasis lacticolella (x1)

#22 - Light Emerald Campaea margaritaria (x3)

#1 - Thistle Ermine Myelois circumvoluta

#2 - Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria

#3 - Satin Wave Idaea subsericeata

#3 - Satin Wave Idaea subsericeata

#4 - Large Fruit-tree Tortrix Archips podana

#5 - Vine's Rustic Hoplodrina ambigua

#6 - Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana

#7 - Buff Ermine Spilosoma lutea

#8 - Common Plume Emmelina monodactyla 

#9 - Garden Grass-veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella

#10 - Mottled Pug Eupithecia exiguata

#11 - Riband Wave Idaea aversata

#12 - Bright-line Brown-eye Lacanobia oleracea

#13 - Purple Bar Cosmorhoe ocellata

#14 - Mottled Beauty Alcis repandata

#15 - Brown Rustic Rusina ferruginea

#15 - Brown Rustic Rusina ferruginea

#16 - Dusky Brocade Apamea remissa

#17 - White-point Mythimna albipuncta

#18 - Heart & Dart Agrotis exclamationis

#19 - Starry Pearl Cynaeda dentalis

#20 - Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura

#21 - Large Pale Masoner Blastobasis lacticolella 

#22 - Light Emerald Campaea margaritaria

A Common Nettle-tap Anthophila fabriciana not in the moth trap but in the wildflower patch.

Bees Recorded:
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum

Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum on Purple Loosestrife Lythrum salicaria

Wasps, Ichneumon Wasps, Parasitic Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
Ichneumon Wasp sp.


Hoverflies Recorded:
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus

Migrant Hoverfly Meliscaeva auricollis

Common Flower Fly Syrphus ribesii

Large Narcissus Fly Merodon equestris

A Migrant Hoverfly (Meliscaeva auricollis) - Also known as Spotted Thintail

Common Flower Fly Syrphus ribesii

Large Narcissus Fly Merodon equestris

Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Crane Fly Tipula paludosa / oleracea

Crane Fly Tipula paludosa / oleracea

Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
Weevil sp.
Trivial Plant Bug Closterotomus trivialis

Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis

Weevil sp. in the moth trap this morning.

 

Trivial Plant Bug Closterotomus trivialis and.............

 

...........another one.

A male Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis

Spiders Recorded:
Green Meshweaver Nigma walckenaeri.

Possibly a female Green Meshweaver Nigma walckenaeri. If it is then it s also known as the Walckenaer's spider

Froghoppers Recorded:
50+ Froghopper sps. - larva in "cuckoo spits"


Plants:
California Poppy Eschscholzia californica
Guelder Rose Viburnum opulus
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna
Honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum
Lavender Lavandula sp.
Pellitory-of-the-wall Parietaria judaicais
Purple Loosestrife Lythrum salicaria
Borage Borage officinalis
Cornflower Centaurea cyanus
Ox-eye Daisy Leucanthemum vulgare
Crown Daisy Glebionis coronaria

General shots:

So the demolition of the sheds begins. For the time being it's a good shelter for the moth trap.