I took a quick post-work walk round Holt CP last week and found this rather fine BBBHM feeding happily on red campion. A rubbish picture but you get the idea....a superb moth and only my second ever.
Wednesday 31 May 2017
24th May 2017
Another three species added to the garden list:
[285] Monopis obviella
[286] Notocelia trimaculana
[287] Oak Hook-tip
I haven't recorded the tortrix N.trimaculana at all in the village before although I think its very likely that it has been overlooked as it doesn't appear to be too uncommon.
Oak Hook-tip was annual at Corbett Street 2011- 2014 but this is the first one since then. Incidentally, all those previous records were in July - September.
Amongst 7 species new for the year were Light Emerald and Pale Tussock:
[285] Monopis obviella
[286] Notocelia trimaculana
[287] Oak Hook-tip
I haven't recorded the tortrix N.trimaculana at all in the village before although I think its very likely that it has been overlooked as it doesn't appear to be too uncommon.
Oak Hook-tip was annual at Corbett Street 2011- 2014 but this is the first one since then. Incidentally, all those previous records were in July - September.
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| Oak Hook-tip Drepana binaria |
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| Notocelia trimaculana |
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| Monopis obviella |
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| Light Emerald Campaea margaritata |
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| Pale Tussock Calliteara pudibunda |
22nd May 2017
A reasonably mild night compared to anything else this year so it was no surprise that there were a few new for the garden, in fact three species:
[282] Tachystola acroxantha
[283] Spotted Shoot Moth
[284] Blood-vein
T. acroxantha is the scarcest of these , although I can't get too excited about adventives - this species apparently originates from Australia and has been recorded a handful of times in VC29 recently. Spotted Shoot-Moth is a smart tortrix and is only the second time I've recorded it in the village. The blood-vein is a fantastic moth and I surprised to find that I haven't recorded it since 2014.
Other good moths included the gardens second (and my 4th ever) Orange Footman, the second garden/year Seraphim and a Cinnabar.
[282] Tachystola acroxantha
[283] Spotted Shoot Moth
[284] Blood-vein
T. acroxantha is the scarcest of these , although I can't get too excited about adventives - this species apparently originates from Australia and has been recorded a handful of times in VC29 recently. Spotted Shoot-Moth is a smart tortrix and is only the second time I've recorded it in the village. The blood-vein is a fantastic moth and I surprised to find that I haven't recorded it since 2014.
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| Tachystola acroxantha |
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| Spotted Shoot Moth Rhyacionia pinivorana |
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| Blood-vein Timandra comae |
Other good moths included the gardens second (and my 4th ever) Orange Footman, the second garden/year Seraphim and a Cinnabar.
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| Orange Footman Eilema sororcula |
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| Cinnabar Tyria jacobaeae |
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| Marbled Minor Oligia strigilis |
Friday 19 May 2017
16th May 2017
Despite the heavy rain it was the mildest night of the year so far. I'm guessing a fair few months escaped before the morning check but there were a few interesting ones left over including four new for the garden:
[278] Agonopterix heracliana
[279] Syndemis musculana
[280] Brown Silver-line
[281] Lychnis
The Brown Silver-line was the first I've caught in Cottenham - a common species elsewhere but not round here it seems. Its larval food-plant is bracken which goes some way to explaining their scarcity in the fens.
Lychnis is however fairly regular in the area though and one of the more surprising absences last year in the garden
The was the first trapping result of the year with really any micros so I was a bit out of practice. The tortrix S. musculana I've only recorded once before in the village:
While this, to me at least, looks good for Agnopterix heracliana:
A couple of more micros new for the year:
[278] Agonopterix heracliana
[279] Syndemis musculana
[280] Brown Silver-line
[281] Lychnis
The Brown Silver-line was the first I've caught in Cottenham - a common species elsewhere but not round here it seems. Its larval food-plant is bracken which goes some way to explaining their scarcity in the fens.
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| Brown Silver-line Petrophora chlorosata |
Lychnis is however fairly regular in the area though and one of the more surprising absences last year in the garden
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| Lychnis Hadena bicruris |
The was the first trapping result of the year with really any micros so I was a bit out of practice. The tortrix S. musculana I've only recorded once before in the village:
While this, to me at least, looks good for Agnopterix heracliana:
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| Agonpterix heracliana |
A couple of more micros new for the year:
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| Notocelia cynosbatella |
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| Garden Pebble Evergestis forficalis |
Saturday 13 May 2017
6th May 2017
Still poor conditions for moth activity, but one new one for the garden to report:
[277] White-spotted Pug
[277] White-spotted Pug
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| White-spotted Pug Eupithecia tripunctaria |
21st April 2017
April mostly involved cool nights so moths were at a premium, although a few species turned up on the 21st. This included two lifers for me:
[275] Brindled Beauty
[276] Seraphim
The Beauty is a moth I've wanted to catch for some time and it was quite smart indeed:
Just as notable perhaps was a Maiden's Blush - two months earlier than I've ever recorded one before:
[275] Brindled Beauty
[276] Seraphim
The Beauty is a moth I've wanted to catch for some time and it was quite smart indeed:
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| Brindled Beauty Lycia hertaria |
The Seraphim took a short while to work out. I don't think its too common round here, which being a broadleaved woodland moth, isn't too surprising.
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| Seraphim Lobophora halterarta |
Just as notable perhaps was a Maiden's Blush - two months earlier than I've ever recorded one before:
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| Maiden's Blush Cyclophora punctaria |
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| Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta |
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