(2232) Black Rustic (Aporophyla nigra) (36666763154)

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Description: Recent highlights from my garden Trapping most nights still here in Stevenage with mixed results. I won't go into massive details due to time constraints but some of the catches have been around 80 moths of 25 species, dropping to 18 of 12 the other night on what I thought were favourable conditions! Some lovely moths have kept me trying each night, and here are the best recently from my garden. New Species and species of note for the Garden/Year Report - Back Garden - Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap Cypress Pug [NFG] (24/09/17) - Trapped on Sunday night, this is only my second ever record of this species which I first saw during the Autumn of 2014 at Westbrook Hay in Hemel Hempstead. It is great to add it to the garden list and is Macro no. 318 and is the 19th new Macro moth this year which is incredible. Acleris schalleriana (24/09/17) - A season first after recording it commonly in the Spring as it feeds from our mature Viburnum in the front garden. They come in a variety of forms and this particular one is stunning. Depressaria sp pos badiella (24/09/17) - A rather worn and plain silvery Depressaria species was trapped on Sunday night and resembles badiella in some respect. If it was Depressaria badiella then it would be a garden first and a first for me. The specimen will be reatined for dissection. Green-brindled Crescent [NFY] (25/09/17) - For the sixth year running, the common Green-brindled Crescent turned up right on que. Such a beautiful moth. Grey-pine Carpet (26/09/17) - Both Spruce and Grey-pine carpets turned up on Tuesday night and made it easier to differentiate between the two species. Spruce Carpet (26/09/17) - The commoner of the two species, both of the similiar Carpets turned up in Spring 2017 so I cannot add them to the year list! Ypsolopha vittella [NFY] (27/09/17) - A second garden record of the rather non-descript Ypsolopha, Ypolopha vittella. This is a rare moth in our County and may get over-looked as a worn parenthesella of which I nearly did this morning during half-light and glad I potted it to double check later. Black Rustic (27/09/17) - Not common in my garden, I maybe get 2 or 3 a year normally so it was nice to trap an even fresher example last night. Date: 26 September 2017, 16:08. Source: [2232] Black Rustic (Aporophyla nigra). Author: Ben Sale from UK.