6 Sep 25

Wakeham

The moth trap went out again last night and was a bit of a disaster as the wind had caught one of sloping sides (which divert the moths into the centre of the trap) and was slightly open. This meant a lot of moths had escaped and were still escaping when I approached the trap.

At least there were still a good number including a Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata (x1), a Common Marbled Carpet Dysstroma truncata (x1) and a Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria (x1) amongst the escapees..

This time there were 45 moths of 21 species, including 2 new moth species for my Port & Wey moth list.

Also trapped was the same looking ichneumon wasp as yesterday.

Moths Recorded:

#1 - Chevron Grass-moth Agriphila geniculea (x1)

#2 - Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba (x5)

#3 - Vine's Rustic Hoplodrina ambigua (x5)

#4 - White-point Mythimna albipuncta (x2)

#5 - Mullein Wave Scopula marginepunctata (x1)

#6 - Tree-mallow Tortrix Crocidosema plebejana (x1)

#7 - Flounced Rustic Luperina testacea (x3)

#8 - Lesser Yellow Underwing Noctua comes (x4)

#9 - Wax Moth Galleria mellonella (x1)

#10 - Ruddy Streak Tachystola acroxantha  (x2)

#11 - Square-spot Rustic Xestia xanthographa (x5)

#12 - Small Blood-vein Scopula imitaria (x1)

#13 - Four-spotted Footman Lithosia quadra (x1)

#14 - Straw Underwing Thalpophila matura (x1)

#15 - Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum (x1)

#16 - Common Plume Emmelina monodactyla (x1)

#17 - Rusty Dot Pearl Udea ferrugalis (x2)
#18 - Orange Swift Triodia sylvina (x5)

#19 - Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata (x1) - No photo

#20 - Common Marbled Carpet Dysstroma truncata (x1) - No photo

#21 - Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria (x1) - No photo

#1 - Chevron Grass-moth Agriphila geniculea 

#2 - Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba

#2 - Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba

#3 - Vine's Rustic Hoplodrina ambigua

#4 - White-point Mythimna albipuncta

#5 - Mullein Wave Scopula marginepunctata

#6 - Tree-mallow Tortrix Crocidosema plebejana

#7 - Flounced Rustic Luperina testacea

#7 - Flounced Rustic Luperina testacea

#8 - Lesser Yellow Underwing Noctua comes

#8 - Lesser Yellow Underwing Noctua comes

#9 - Wax Moth Galleria mellonella

#10 - Ruddy Streak Tachystola acroxantha - AKA Australian Orange tip which sounds quite catchy

#11 - Square-spot Rustic Xestia xanthographa 

#12 - Small Blood-vein Scopula imitaria

#13 - Four-spotted Footman Lithosia quadra

#13 - Four-spotted Footman Lithosia quadra. More on this interesting Footman here.

#14 - Straw Underwing Thalpophila matura 

#15 - Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum

#16 - Common Plume Emmelina monodactyla

#17 - Rusty Dot Pearl Udea ferrugalis

#18 - Orange Swift Triodia sylvina

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