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Bovingdon and Gadesprings - Field Trip - 19/05/14Roger, Steve and I made a trip to Bovingdon for some late Spring and early Summer species and boy were we in for a treat!We first trapped this site last year on the 11th of June (Trip report HERE)This time though we were simply overwhelmed with species coming in faster than one could jot down.Interestingly we caught most species that we caught last year but as a comparison, we are about 6 weeks ahead of last year (because of the cold Winter of 2012/13)Of course last year was abnormal so we could not go on last years records too much, some of the species that we did get were typically 2 weeks earlier than the books state.The evening was perfect, with a mild muggy feel about it and still 20 degrees at 8pm, the cloud was still with us and the moon stayed at bay (at least until we packed up)The threat of rain seemed to have subsided and the breeze had dropped so we were very lucky indeed.We did not get our target species Light Feathered Rustic, but it needn't have mattered as it was a long shot anyway and there was plenty of interest coming to all four traps as we worked them throughout the night.Highlights included an Alder Moth, Buttoned Snout, Seraphim, Clay Triple-lines, Grass Rivulet and Coronet.The smaller moths were also in abundance, particularly around the twin Actinic trap and several were taken away to examine in natural light.Highlights of the micros included Bucculatrix nigricomella, Mompha lacteella, Mompha raschkiella, Strophedra weirana and Platyptilia gonodactyla, 3 of those new to me.We also managed to get an unusual looking Treble Lines of the form obscura.It really was so nice to see good numbers of the common species as well with 30+ Clouded Silver, 40+ of Red Twin-spot Carpet and Mottled/Common Pug both numbering easily in excess of 25 specimens each.Exhausted as we had finished around 1am at this site, then onto Gadesprings to empty the two traps there, where we found another 3 Alder Moths, Figure of Eighty and Light Brocade amongst a reasonable amount of species.Home at 3am, up at 6am and I felt like I had a hangover this morning, all good fun!Numbers below are as close as I could record! Catch Report - 19/05/14 - Bovingdon Brickworks - Hemel Hempstead - 2x 125w MV Robinson Trap, 1x 160w MBT Robinson Trap & 1x 80w Actinic Suitcase Trap.69 Macros and 34 Macros (103 species)Macro Moths3x Common Swift4x Green Silver-lines1x Brown Rustic3x Common Marbled Carpet5x Green Carpet15+ Silver-ground Carpet8x Oak Hook-tip15+ Brimstone Moth5x Small Phoenix 1x Small Fan-foot15+ Flame Shoulder25+ Common Pug25+ Mottled Pug2x Ingrailed Clay1x White-spotted Pug1x Foxglove Pug2x Pale Prominent6x Treble Lines1x Straw Dot40+ Red Twin-spot Carpet3x Water Carpet1x Broken-barred Carpet1x Brown Silver-line30+ Clouded Silver1x Scorched Carpet1x Tawny Marbled Minor2x Flame Carpet5x Orange Footman6x Pale Tussock2x Grey Pug4x Seraphim1x Pebble Prominent4x Nut-tree Tussock3x Small Square-spot2x Angle Shades4x Waved Umber2x Shuttle-shaped Dart4x Least Black Arches1x Marbled Minor1x Spruce Carpet1x Yellow-barred Brindle2x Common Wave1x Common White Wave1x V-pug3x Scorched Wing1x Marbled White Spot5x Scalloped Hazel10x White Ermine4x Peppered Moth2x Chinese Character1x Flame2x Cinnabar 1x Peach Blossom2x Clouded-bordered Brindle1x Buttoned Snout1x Shoulder-striped Wainscot1x Iron Prominent1x Brindled Pug1x Common Carpet1x Blood-vein1x Bright-line Brown-eye2x Oak-tree Pug2x Coronet1x Alder Moth [NEW!]1x Knot Grass1x Herald1x Grass Rivulet [NEW!]1x Clay Triple-lines1x White-pinion SpottedMicro Moths2x Endrosis sarcitrella2x Epiblema cynosbatella2x Bucculatrix nigricomella [NEW!]1x Aspilapteryx tringipennella4x Crambus lathoniellus1x Aphomia sociella5x Caloptilia syringella1x Caloptilia stigmatella1x Caloptilia semifascia1x Agonopterix arenella1x Plutella porrectella8x Pseudargyrotoza conwagana2x Cochylimorpha straminea2x Epiblema cirsiana1x Blastobasis lacticolella1x Incurvaria masculella2x Ancylis badiana10x Syndemis musculana3x Scoparia ambigualis1x Alucita hexadactyla2x Phyllonorycter harrisella2x Monopis weaverella 1x Mompha lacteella [NEW!]2x Mompha raschkiella1x Nemapogon cloacella1x Strophedra weirana1x Cataclysta lemnata1x Prays ruficeps/fraxinella1x Cochylis atricapitana1x Parornix sp1x Coleophora sp1x Anthophila fabriciana1x Platyptilia gonodactyla [NEW!]1x Ephestia parasitella unicolorella-------------------------------------------------------------------------Catch Report - 19/05/14 - Gadesprings - Hemel Hempstead - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap and 40w Actinic Trap.40 Macros and 9 Macros (49 species)Macro Moths1x Cinnabar1x Figure of Eighty4x Clouded Silver1x Waved Umber7x Flame Shoulder2x White Ermine5x Peppered Moth3x Alder Moth2x Brimstone2x Small Square-spot1x Pale Tussock1x Orange Footman10x Treble Lines 1x Oak-tree Pug1x Green Carpet1x Chinese Character1x Yellow-barred Brindle 2x Pale Prominent6x Heart & Dart1x Shuttle-shaped Dart2x Common Marbled Carpet 1x Common Pug1x Vine's Rustic1x Rustic Shoulder-knot1x Tawny Marbled Minor1x Marbled Minor1x Spectacle1x Green Silver-lines1x Iron Prominent2x Small Clouded Brindle1x Silver-ground Carpet1x Scalloped Hazel1x Lychnis2x Oak Nycteoline1x Pale Tussock1x Coronet1x Clouded-bordered Brindle1x Light Brocade1x Shuttle-shaped Dart1x Buff-tipMicro Moths1x Dichrorampha sp1x Anthophila fabriciana1x Syndemis musculana1x Tinea trinotella 1x Pseudargyrotoza conwagana2x Elachista maculicerusella1x Plutella xylostella1x Caloptilia robustella1x Endrosis sarcitrella

Bovingdon and Gadesprings - Field Trip - 19/05/14Roger, Steve and I made a trip to Bovingdon for some late Spring and early Summer species and boy were we in for a treat!We first trapped this site last year on the 11th of June (Trip report HERE)This time though we were simply overwhelmed with species coming in faster than one could jot down.Interestingly we caught most species that we caught last year but as a comparison, we are about 6 weeks ahead of last year (because of the cold Winter of 2012/13)Of course last year was abnormal so we could not go on last years records too much, some of the species that we did get were typically 2 weeks earlier than the books state.The evening was perfect, with a mild muggy feel about it and still 20 degrees at 8pm, the cloud was still with us and the moon stayed at bay (at least until we packed up)The threat of rain seemed to have subsided and the breeze had dropped so we were very lucky indeed.We did not get our target species Light Feathered Rustic, but it needn't have mattered as it was a long shot anyway and there was plenty of interest coming to all four traps as we worked them throughout the night.Highlights included an Alder Moth, Buttoned Snout, Seraphim, Clay Triple-lines, Grass Rivulet and Coronet.The smaller moths were also in abundance, particularly around the twin Actinic trap and several were taken away to examine in natural light.Highlights of the micros included Bucculatrix nigricomella, Mompha lacteella, Mompha raschkiella, Strophedra weirana and Platyptilia gonodactyla, 3 of those new to me.We also managed to get an unusual looking Treble Lines of the form obscura.It really was so nice to see good numbers of the common species as well with 30+ Clouded Silver, 40+ of Red Twin-spot Carpet and Mottled/Common Pug both numbering easily in excess of 25 specimens each.Exhausted as we had finished around 1am at this site, then onto Gadesprings to empty the two traps there, where we found another 3 Alder Moths, Figure of Eighty and Light Brocade amongst a reasonable amount of species.Home at 3am, up at 6am and I felt like I had a hangover this morning, all good fun!Numbers below are as close as I could record! Catch Report - 19/05/14 - Bovingdon Brickworks - Hemel Hempstead - 2x 125w MV Robinson Trap, 1x 160w MBT Robinson Trap & 1x 80w Actinic Suitcase Trap.69 Macros and 34 Macros (103 species)Macro Moths3x Common Swift4x Green Silver-lines1x Brown Rustic3x Common Marbled Carpet5x Green Carpet15+ Silver-ground Carpet8x Oak Hook-tip15+ Brimstone Moth5x Small Phoenix 1x Small Fan-foot15+ Flame Shoulder25+ Common Pug25+ Mottled Pug2x Ingrailed Clay1x White-spotted Pug1x Foxglove Pug2x Pale Prominent6x Treble Lines1x Straw Dot40+ Red Twin-spot Carpet3x Water Carpet1x Broken-barred Carpet1x Brown Silver-line30+ Clouded Silver1x Scorched Carpet1x Tawny Marbled Minor2x Flame Carpet5x Orange Footman6x Pale Tussock2x Grey Pug4x Seraphim1x Pebble Prominent4x Nut-tree Tussock3x Small Square-spot2x Angle Shades4x Waved Umber2x Shuttle-shaped Dart4x Least Black Arches1x Marbled Minor1x Spruce Carpet1x Yellow-barred Brindle2x Common Wave1x Common White Wave1x V-pug3x Scorched Wing1x Marbled White Spot5x Scalloped Hazel10x White Ermine4x Peppered Moth2x Chinese Character1x Flame2x Cinnabar 1x Peach Blossom2x Clouded-bordered Brindle1x Buttoned Snout1x Shoulder-striped Wainscot1x Iron Prominent1x Brindled Pug1x Common Carpet1x Blood-vein1x Bright-line Brown-eye2x Oak-tree Pug2x Coronet1x Alder Moth [NEW!]1x Knot Grass1x Herald1x Grass Rivulet [NEW!]1x Clay Triple-lines1x White-pinion SpottedMicro Moths2x Endrosis sarcitrella2x Epiblema cynosbatella2x Bucculatrix nigricomella [NEW!]1x Aspilapteryx tringipennella4x Crambus lathoniellus1x Aphomia sociella5x Caloptilia syringella1x Caloptilia stigmatella1x Caloptilia semifascia1x Agonopterix arenella1x Plutella porrectella8x Pseudargyrotoza conwagana2x Cochylimorpha straminea2x Epiblema cirsiana1x Blastobasis lacticolella1x Incurvaria masculella2x Ancylis badiana10x Syndemis musculana3x Scoparia ambigualis1x Alucita hexadactyla2x Phyllonorycter harrisella2x Monopis weaverella 1x Mompha lacteella [NEW!]2x Mompha raschkiella1x Nemapogon cloacella1x Strophedra weirana1x Cataclysta lemnata1x Prays ruficeps/fraxinella1x Cochylis atricapitana1x Parornix sp1x Coleophora sp1x Anthophila fabriciana1x Platyptilia gonodactyla [NEW!]1x Ephestia parasitella unicolorella-------------------------------------------------------------------------Catch Report - 19/05/14 - Gadesprings - Hemel Hempstead - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap and 40w Actinic Trap.40 Macros and 9 Macros (49 species)Macro Moths1x Cinnabar1x Figure of Eighty4x Clouded Silver1x Waved Umber7x Flame Shoulder2x White Ermine5x Peppered Moth3x Alder Moth2x Brimstone2x Small Square-spot1x Pale Tussock1x Orange Footman10x Treble Lines 1x Oak-tree Pug1x Green Carpet1x Chinese Character1x Yellow-barred Brindle 2x Pale Prominent6x Heart & Dart1x Shuttle-shaped Dart2x Common Marbled Carpet 1x Common Pug1x Vine's Rustic1x Rustic Shoulder-knot1x Tawny Marbled Minor1x Marbled Minor1x Spectacle1x Green Silver-lines1x Iron Prominent2x Small Clouded Brindle1x Silver-ground Carpet1x Scalloped Hazel1x Lychnis2x Oak Nycteoline1x Pale Tussock1x Coronet1x Clouded-bordered Brindle1x Light Brocade1x Shuttle-shaped Dart1x Buff-tipMicro Moths1x Dichrorampha sp1x Anthophila fabriciana1x Syndemis musculana1x Tinea trinotella 1x Pseudargyrotoza conwagana2x Elachista maculicerusella1x Plutella xylostella1x Caloptilia robustella1x Endrosis sarcitrella

Another blooming successful catch!August is upon us, and the mild weather looks set to continue, with a few outbreaksof rain here and there expected over the next week. Today was hot and humid and witha high of 34 degrees, it would have been rude not to set the trap up!Despite clear skies the temperature was still 19 degrees at 6am this morning. Mothswere absolutely everywhere, in the trap, on the wall and within the long grass. Ittook just over an hour of sorting. Unfortunately quite a few had passed away, possiblyto do with 4 dead wasps in the trap and a combination of high temperature and the sheeramount of Dot Moths and Dark Arches, the latter numbering close to 80 individuals.Best Macro moths were Barred Hook-tip, Campion, Slender Brindle and the long awaitedSwallow Prominent (having had Lesser Swallow on numerous occasions)Best Micro moths were 3 Limnaecia phragmitella, Clavigesta purdeyi and the tiny Epinotia nanana. Adding 3 new Micros to my all time list was very pleasing indeed.I will be trapping again on Sunday night.Catch Report - 01/08/13 - Back Garden Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson trapMacro Moths1x Barred Hook-tip [NFG]1x Swallow Prominent [NFG]1x Campion [NFG]1x Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet [NFG]1x Slender Brindle [NFG]2x Maple Pug [NFG]3x Dusky Sallow [NFG]1x Scorched Carpet [NFG]2x Oak Hook-tip [NFG]2x Orange Swift [NFY]2x Black Arches [NFY]3x Flounced Rustic [NFY]3x Square-spotted Clay [NFY]4x Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing [NFY]3x Copper Underwing [NFY]13x Bright-line Brown-eye2x Brimstone Moth1x Cabbage Moth1x Clay2x Cloaked Minor1x Clouded Border2x Common Carpet1x Clouded Silver10x Common Footman13x Common Rustic72x Dark Arches1x Dingy Shears52x Dot Moth11x Double Square-spot6x Dun-bar2x Early Thorn1x Fan-foot1x Flame2x Flame Shoulder1x Grey Dagger2x Heart & Dart2x July Highflyer2x Large Yellow Underwing1x Least Carpet5x Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing6x Lesser Yellow Underwing1x Light Arches2x Marbled Beauty2x Mottled Rustic1x Nut-tree Tussock8x Peppered Moth2x Red Twin-spot Carpet15x Riband Wave2x Ruby Tiger2x Shuttle-shaped Dart12x Silver-Y2x Single-dotted Wave9x Small Fan-footed Wave1x Spectacle4x Straw Underwing2x Swallow-tailed Moth5x Uncertain2x V-pug4x White Satin Moth19x Willow Beauty2x Yellow-tailMicro Moths1x Ancylis badiana [NFG]1x Bucculatrix thoracella [NEW!]3x Limnaecia phragmitella [NFG]1x Yponomeuta padella [NFG]3x Eudemis profundana [NFG]1x Clavigesta purdeyi [NEW!]1x Spilonota laricana [NEW!]1x Epinotia nanana [NFG]1x Phlyctaenia coronata [NFG]2x Argyrotaenia ljungiana [NFY]2x Pandemis corylana [NFY]1x Agonopterix alstromeriana [NFY]4x Cydia splendana [NFY]3x Spilonota ocellana1x Hypsopygia costalis2x Caloptilia alchimiella3x Bryotropha terrella2x Blastobasis adustella1x Trachycera suavella3x Trachycera advenella1x Mompha propinquella2x Aphomia sociella2x Archips podana1x Pandemis heparana2x Batia unitella3x Phycita roborella2x Tischeria ekebladella46x Agriphila straminella2x Hofmannophila pseudospretella2x Acleris forsskaleana5x Pleuroptya ruralis4x Endotricha flammealis8x Carcina quercana8x Agriphila tristella2x Dipleurina lacustrata

Hellerup, Hovedstaden, Denmark

Welcome Wetland WandererAnother warm and muggy night on Sunday night (A bit behind with reports!) and yet another opportunity to trap...when will these warm and sultry evenings end? Possibly tomorrow with clearing skies forecast but with such high daytime temperatures still on the cards the forecasters are still suggesting minimums of 14 degrees all week.Easily the best moth of the night was a pristine Silky Wainscot, a bit of a shock really. Is it a primary migrant or a wanderer, I think I will go with the latter.Another good moth for the garden was a beautiful Bordered Pug.I also managed to get the magnifying glass out and pot up a tiny micro moth that turned out to be a first for me Bucculatrix ulmella.Conobathra repandana was also nice to see, as I missed out on one last year having previously seen one on the 17th August 2012Rhyacionia buoliana and Eucosma obumbratana also boosting the garden list.Catch Report - 20/07/14 - Back Garden Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson TrapMacro Moths1x Silky Wainscot [NFG]1x Bordered Pug [NFG]1x Least Yellow Underwing [NFG]1x Dusky Sallow [NFY]1x Oak Hook-tip [NFY]2x Ruby Tiger [NFY]2x Black Arches3x Bright-line Brown-eye1x Brimstone Moth2x Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing1x Buff Arches3x Cabbage Moth1x Clay2x Clouded Silver1x Common Emerald 2x Common Footman8x Common Rustic4x Dark Arches35x Dot Moth1x Double Square-spot4x Dun-bar1x Early Thorn1x Flame Shoulder2x Garden Carpet 1x Green Pug1x Heart & Club3x Heart & Dart2x July Highflyer1x Large Yellow Underwing4x Least Carpet2x Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing2x Lesser Yellow Underwing1x Maple Prominent3x Maple Pug1x Marbled Beauty1x Mottled Beauty2x Nut-tree Tussock1x Pale Mottled Willow1x Pebble Prominent1x Peppered Moth2x Privet Hawk-moth1x Red Twin-spot Carpet20x Riband Wave1x Rustic4x Scalloped Oak1x Shuttle-shaped Dart1x Silver-Y1x Slender Brindle1x Small Emerald1x Small Fan-footed Wave2x Smoky Wainscot1x Spectacle1x Straw Dot3x Uncertain3x Willow Beauty3x Yellow-tailMicro Moths 1x Bucculatrix ulmella [NEW!]1x Eucosma obumbratana [NFG]1x Rhyacionia buoliana [NFG]1x Conobathra repandana [NFY]1x Phyllonorycter harrisella [NFY]1x Pammene fasciana [NFY]1x Bryotropha affinis1x Bryotropha terrella1x Eurrhypara hortulata2x Argyrotaenia ljungiana1x Celypha striana1x Coleophora sp2x Aphomia sociella1x Emmelina monodactyla1x Argyesthia goedartella1x Acleris schalleriana2x Yponomeuta evonymella1x Agriphila straminella1x Cameraria ohridella1x Batia unitella1x Acleris forsskaleana10x Plutella xylostella3x Oegoconia sp4x Pleuroptya ruralis1x Tischeria ekebladella1x Evergestis forficalis1x Orthopygia glaucinalis1x Aphelia paleana1x Hofmannophila pseudospretella20x Endotricha flammealis1x Clepsis consimilana3x Spilonota ocellana1x Phycita roborella2x Udea prunalis1x Pandemis corylana1x Amblyptilia acanthadactyla1x Trachycera suavella1x Aphelia paleana5x Eudonia mercurella1x Ditula angustiorana10x Chrysoteuchia culmella5x Dipleurina lacustrata1x Carcina quercana

Welcome Wetland WandererAnother warm and muggy night on Sunday night (A bit behind with reports!) and yet another opportunity to trap...when will these warm and sultry evenings end? Possibly tomorrow with clearing skies forecast but with such high daytime temperatures still on the cards the forecasters are still suggesting minimums of 14 degrees all week.Easily the best moth of the night was a pristine Silky Wainscot, a bit of a shock really. Is it a primary migrant or a wanderer, I think I will go with the latter.Another good moth for the garden was a beautiful Bordered Pug.I also managed to get the magnifying glass out and pot up a tiny micro moth that turned out to be a first for me Bucculatrix ulmella.Conobathra repandana was also nice to see, as I missed out on one last year having previously seen one on the 17th August 2012Rhyacionia buoliana and Eucosma obumbratana also boosting the garden list.Catch Report - 20/07/14 - Back Garden Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson TrapMacro Moths1x Silky Wainscot [NFG]1x Bordered Pug [NFG]1x Least Yellow Underwing [NFG]1x Dusky Sallow [NFY]1x Oak Hook-tip [NFY]2x Ruby Tiger [NFY]2x Black Arches3x Bright-line Brown-eye1x Brimstone Moth2x Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing1x Buff Arches3x Cabbage Moth1x Clay2x Clouded Silver1x Common Emerald 2x Common Footman8x Common Rustic4x Dark Arches35x Dot Moth1x Double Square-spot4x Dun-bar1x Early Thorn1x Flame Shoulder2x Garden Carpet 1x Green Pug1x Heart & Club3x Heart & Dart2x July Highflyer1x Large Yellow Underwing4x Least Carpet2x Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing2x Lesser Yellow Underwing1x Maple Prominent3x Maple Pug1x Marbled Beauty1x Mottled Beauty2x Nut-tree Tussock1x Pale Mottled Willow1x Pebble Prominent1x Peppered Moth2x Privet Hawk-moth1x Red Twin-spot Carpet20x Riband Wave1x Rustic4x Scalloped Oak1x Shuttle-shaped Dart1x Silver-Y1x Slender Brindle1x Small Emerald1x Small Fan-footed Wave2x Smoky Wainscot1x Spectacle1x Straw Dot3x Uncertain3x Willow Beauty3x Yellow-tailMicro Moths 1x Bucculatrix ulmella [NEW!]1x Eucosma obumbratana [NFG]1x Rhyacionia buoliana [NFG]1x Conobathra repandana [NFY]1x Phyllonorycter harrisella [NFY]1x Pammene fasciana [NFY]1x Bryotropha affinis1x Bryotropha terrella1x Eurrhypara hortulata2x Argyrotaenia ljungiana1x Celypha striana1x Coleophora sp2x Aphomia sociella1x Emmelina monodactyla1x Argyesthia goedartella1x Acleris schalleriana2x Yponomeuta evonymella1x Agriphila straminella1x Cameraria ohridella1x Batia unitella1x Acleris forsskaleana10x Plutella xylostella3x Oegoconia sp4x Pleuroptya ruralis1x Tischeria ekebladella1x Evergestis forficalis1x Orthopygia glaucinalis1x Aphelia paleana1x Hofmannophila pseudospretella20x Endotricha flammealis1x Clepsis consimilana3x Spilonota ocellana1x Phycita roborella2x Udea prunalis1x Pandemis corylana1x Amblyptilia acanthadactyla1x Trachycera suavella1x Aphelia paleana5x Eudonia mercurella1x Ditula angustiorana10x Chrysoteuchia culmella5x Dipleurina lacustrata1x Carcina quercana