Grass Miner Moths

Sjørring, Hobro, Jylland, Danmark

Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

03/07/2021. Cradley, Malvern, Worcs. SO729470

Warneton, Hainault, Belgium

Braughing Farmland - East Herts

Pig Lane, Bishop's Stortford

Hemel Hempstead Field Trip - 11/06/13David Kirk, Roger Prue and myself made a trip to two of the Boxmoor sites in Hemel Hempstead. The evening looked absolutely perfect for moths with cloud cover expected throughout the night and a minimum of 13 degrees, though when I arrived at the first site at Gadesprings the cloud had promptly vanished. We set two traps up at Gadesprings and left them to their own devices, then we made our way to Bovingdon Brickworks where we would setup 2 more traps running from a generator. As we started to setup, more cloud had developed and the wind had dropped so we were confident of getting a few moths.The moths were as always few and far between at the light first, but then as the night went on, at about 10.30pm we were seeing much more variety in singles, with just a few moths having an influx, notably Green Carpet, Silver-ground Carpet and the micro Monopis weaverella.We packed up at about 1.30am at Bovingdon, and it took awhile to count everything....species were still flying in and god only knows how many we would have recorded had we stayed until first light.Of the two sites, Bovingdon did the best, but what we didn't expect was to find a further 24 species at Gadesprings that did not feature in the Bovingdon catch.Strangely and in keeping with this odd year, one of the commonest moths was Nut-tree Tussock, in which we recorded 4 to the 80w Actinic and 1 to the 125w MV. This is a very late record, considering a few of them were fresh.We did not get Poplar Hawk-moth, which was pretty much expected from Gadesprings.Notables of the night were moths new to myself, Mompha raschkiella, Strophedra weirana and Elachista atricomella, May Highflyer was also a seldom seen moth.All in all we had an incredibly enjoyable night and would like more of these please Mr weather!Of all the moths identified, there is only one we are struggling with, which will have to be omitted as it is too worn and dead apparently!The jet black Prays fraxinella/ruficeps will have to be checked by Colin Plant, I did confidently predict one of these, judging by the amount of Ash in the vicinity. 84 species total60 species at Bovindon52 species at Gadespringsan extra 25 species at Gadesprings[] = Only at Gadesprings11/06/13Bovingdon Brickworks - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap & 1x 80w Actinic Trap run from 9.45pm until 1.30amMacro Moths1x Red Twin-spot Carpet1x Spruce Carpet1x Brown Rustic1x Rustic Shoulder-knot1x White Ermine2x Common Wave1x Nutmeg1x Peach Blossom3x Heart & Dart1x V-pug2x Peppered Moth1x Brown Silver-line2x Purple Bar1x Mottled Rustic5x Scalloped Hazel1x Elephant Hawk-moth1x Clouded-bordered Brindle5x Orange Footman5x Small Phoenix2x White Pinion-spotted4x Treble Lines2x Pale Tussock3x Clouded Silver2x Grey Pine Carpet5x Nut-tree Tussock4x Flame Shoulder6x Grey Pug4x Mottled Pug1x Oak Hook-tip1x Straw Dot2x Common Marbled Carpet1x Least Black Arches1x Pale Prominent3x Common White Wave1x Angle Shades5x Brimstone Moth10x Silver-ground Carpet15x Green Carpet3x Common Swift2x Common Carpet Micro Moths1x Parornix sp1x Strophedra weirana [NEW!]1x Prays fraxinella/ruficeps1x Caloptilia sp3x Mompha raschkiella [NEW!]1x Epiblema cynosbatella2x Cochylis atricapitana2x Syndemis musculana2x Celypha lacunana2x Pseudargyrotoza conwagana1x Nematopogon swammerdamella2x Agonopterix arenella1x Argyresthia trifasciata3x Metzneria metzneriella1x Scoparia ambigualis2x Crambus lathoniellus8x Monopis weaverella1x Agapeta hamana1x Nemapogon cloacella1x Cochylimorpha straminea11/06/13Gadesprings, Hemel Hempstead - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap & 1x 160w MBT Trap run from 9.30pm until 2.00amMacro Moths2x Silver-ground Carpet1x Common Carpet1x Common Wainscot []1x Angle Shades2x Heart & Dart1x May Highflyer []1x Silver Y []3x Buff-tip []1x Campion []1x Nutmeg2x Brimstone Moth5x Green Carpet2x White Ermine2x Common Rustic []1x Peppered Moth2x Cinnabar []3x Iron Prominent []1x Bright-line Brown-eye []2x Flame Shoulder2x Rustic Shoulder-knot1x Small Square-spot []1x Common Wave3x Treble Lines1x Clouded-bordered Brindle1x Pale Prominent1x Shuttle-shaped Dart []1x Swallow Prominent []1x Broken-barred Carpet []2x Common Pug1x Yellow-barred Brindle []2x Scalloped Hazel1x Pale Tussock1x Clouded Silver2x Grey Pug1x Vine's Rustic []2x Spectacle []2x Common Swift2x Marbled Minor1x Garden Carpet []1x Common White Wave3x Brimstone Moth1x Oak-tree Pug []1x Small Clouded Brindle []Micro Moths1x Mompha epilobiella []1x Pseudargyrotoza conwagana1x Bactra lancealana []1x Nematopogon swammerdamella1x Celypha lacunana2x Elachista maculicerusella []1x Elachista argentella []1x Elachista atricomella []1x Bactra lancealana []

Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark

Dorsal.Holotype 4687:1

Warneton, Hainault, Belgium

Longitude (deg): 1.2. Latitude (deg): 52.6. Longitude (deg/min): 1° 10' E. Latitude (deg/min): 52° 40' N. Vice county name: East Norfolk. Vice county no.: 27. Country: England. Stage: Female imago. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Comment: Female. Category: macro-photograph. Image scaling: enlarged. Photographic equipment used: "35mm transparencies (on a variety of films, but Agfa CT18 in the 1960's to early 1980's followed by Fujichrome in the late 1980's.) Transparencies scanned with Minolta Dimage Scan Dual II AF-2820U transparency scanner.".

Longitude (deg): 1.2. Latitude (deg): 52.6. Longitude (deg/min): 1° 10' E. Latitude (deg/min): 52° 40' N. Vice county name: East Norfolk. Vice county no.: 27. Country: England. Stage: Pupa. Associated species: Glyceria maxima. Identified by: Raymond Watson. Comment: Pupa on Reed Sweetgrass. Category: macro-photograph. Image scaling: highly enlarged. Photographic equipment used: "35mm transparencies (on a variety of films, but Agfa CT18 in the 1960's to early 1980's followed by Fujichrome in the late 1980's.) Transparencies scanned with Minolta Dimage Scan Dual II AF-2820U transparency scanner.".

Sjørring, Hobro, Jylland, Danmark

03/07/2021. Cradley, Malvern, Worcs. SO729470

Catch Report - 22/05/12 - Bayfordbury University GroundsAn excellent 41 species of moth I managed to record in 2 hours of trapping from 10pm til 12am at the University grounds inbetween adjacent woodland.The cream of the crop was a stunning Great Prominent, a first for me and one I was hoping to see at this site, having previously been recorded by Shaun Dowman at this site last year.It literally flew in as I was packing up! a stroke of luck I would say!Great to see more species on the wing, Broken-barred Carpet is always nice to get and a new micro was also added to my life list.The next few nights look just as balmy, the trap was out last night in the garden and yielded a good haul, more updates on that soon.Tonight I plan to camp out at a wood in Harlow with a few other guys to put some records on paper for a newly trapped woodland, so every record we get will be new.The weather continues to rise to 26c+ and dropping no less than 12c at night ,with the hottest day of the expected today.Catch Report - 22/05/12 - 2x 125w MV Robinson Trap - Bayfordbury University GroundsMacro Moths1x Great Prominent [NEW!]1x Purple Bar [NFY]1x Least Black Arches [NFY]1x Broken-barred Carpet [NFY]1x Oak Hook-tip [NFY]1x Clouded Silver [NFY] 2x Chinese Character [NFY] 1x Purple Bar [NFY] 1x Silver-ground Carpet [NFY]1x Common Carpet4x Brimstone Moth42x Green Carpet6x Common Carpet11x Oak-tree Pug6x Brindled Pug1x Nut-tree Tussock4x Flame Shoulder3x Rustic Shoulder-knot1x Pale Tussock1x Scorched Carpet3x Red Twin-spot Carpet1x Red-green Carpet2x Waved Umber1x Shuttle-shaped Dart1x Common Pug1x Garden Carpet1x Scalloped Hazel15x Common Swift1x Grey Pine CarpetMicro Moths1x Tischeria ekebladella [NEW!] 2x Aethes smeathmanniana [NFY]3x Elachista argentella [NFY]7x Cochylis atricapitana [NFY]1x Caloptilia beulicola [NFY]1x Amblyptilia acanthadactyla [NFY]10x Crambus lathoniellus [NFY]4x Syndemis musculana [NFY]12x Celypha lacunana [NFY]1x Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella1x Agonopterix arenella1x Monopsis weaverella

That's the way mothing goes...I will stay brief (well as brief as the catch was last night) with just 3 moths last night to my trap in not exactly unfavorably cloudy conditions, albeit a little wet at times.I did manage to get the Elachista photographed and identified, it being an Elachista apicipunctella, a new one for the garden.Macro Moths1x Common Quaker1x Hebrew CharacterMicro Moths 1x Epiphyas postvittana

Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark

17th July 2012: Gade Springs Watercress Beds, Hemel Hempstead, HertsI decided to take an hour long drive to these site right across to the est side of Hertfordshire. I was given permission to run traps from the mains electricity point to see what the catch would yield.A fellow Herts moth group member, Roger Prue decided to join me in our quest for some new records for this superb site that runs alongside the Grand Union Canal.3 Traps were set up and switched on at 9.30pm and run until 1am, a combination of 125w MV, 160w MBT and 22w/26w Compact fluorescent combo were used and spaced 50m apart from each other.The conditions were perfect and soon many moths were seen flying, some promptly netted before dusk. The list featured well over 100 species of moths in total and personal highlights for me were 2 new Macro Moth species, Wormwood Pug and Plain Golden-Y.Other good records included Barred Red, Platyptilia ochrodactyla and Recurvaria leucatella.Numbers weren't counted so just species are represented.Macro MothsWormwood Pug [NEW!]Plain Golden-Y [NEW!]Dotted Fan-foot Silver-YBarred RedMinor sp.Light ArchesHeart & ClubNut-tree TussockFan-footSmall EmeraldBurnished BrassDingy ShearsGarden CarpetV-PugJuly HighflyerCommon FootmanCommon RusticLesser Common Rustic (Gen det to be done)Double-striped PugMottled BeautyScarce FootmanLight EmeraldGreen PugBuff ErmineRiband WaveRed Twin-spot CarpetBrimstoneLarge Yellow UnderwingElephant Hawk-mothBright-line Brown-eyeWillow BeautyLesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingCommon CarpetClouded SilverDot MothFlameHeart & DartFlame ShoulderDun-barMottled RusticShaded Broad-barDouble Square-spotBuff ArchesScorched CarpetRound-winged MuslinUncertainLeopard MothDouble LobedDark ArchesLesser Yellow UnderwingFernDrinkerCommon WaveCommon White WaveDingy FootmanDwarf Cream WaveCommon WainscotSmoky WainscotSmall Fan-footed WaveSnoutSingle-dotted WaveYellow ShellMicro MothsPlatyptilia ochrodactyla [NEW!]Pammene fasciana [NEW!]Argresthia sp.Phalonidia manniana Recurvaria leucatellaAethes rubiganaPhlyctaenia coronataElachista maculicerusellaBatia unitellaEucosma canaPhycitodes sp.Coleophora sp.Cnephasia sp. Dichrorampha sp.Brachmia blandella Dipleurina lacustrata Hedya salicellaMompha ochraellaCodling Moth Cydia pomonella Red-barred Tortrix Ditula angustioranaBee Moth Aphomia sociellaAgapeta hamana Agriphila straminellaBryotropha terrellaCrambus pascuellaChrysoteuchia culmellaGreen Oak Tortrix Tortrix viridana Small Magpie Eurrhypara hortulataMother of Pearl Pleuroptya ruralisCelypha lacunanaAleimma loeflingianaYponomeuta sp.Phycita roborellaScoparia ambigualis Orthopygia glaucinalisWhite Plume Moth Pterophorus pentadactylaCyclamen Tortrix Clepsis spectranaGold Triangle Hypsopygia costalis Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix Pandemis heparanaBarred Fruit-tree Tortrix Pandemis cerasanaBramble Shoot Moth Epiblema uddmannianaBud Moth Spilonota ocellanaEudonia pallidaLobesia abscisanaScoparia subfusca

Longitude (deg): 1.2. Latitude (deg): 52.6. Longitude (deg/min): 1° 10' E. Latitude (deg/min): 52° 40' N. Vice county name: East Norfolk. Vice county no.: 27. Country: England. Stage: Pupa. Associated species: Glyceria maxima. Identified by: Raymond Watson. Comment: Pupa on Reed Sweetgrass. Category: macro-photograph. Image scaling: highly enlarged. Photographic equipment used: "35mm transparencies (on a variety of films, but Agfa CT18 in the 1960's to early 1980's followed by Fujichrome in the late 1980's.) Transparencies scanned with Minolta Dimage Scan Dual II AF-2820U transparency scanner.".

Sjørring, Hobro, Jylland, Danmark

Cradley, Malvern, Worcs. SO7347

Gladsaxe Municipality, Hovedstaden, Denmark

Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark

Longitude (deg): 1.2. Latitude (deg): 52.6. Longitude (deg/min): 1° 10' E. Latitude (deg/min): 52° 40' N. Vice county name: East Norfolk. Vice county no.: 27. Country: England. Stage: Female imago. Identified by: Raymond Watson. Comment: Female. Category: macro-photograph. Image scaling: enlarged. Photographic equipment used: "35mm transparencies (on a variety of films, but Agfa CT18 in the 1960's to early 1980's followed by Fujichrome in the late 1980's.) Transparencies scanned with Minolta Dimage Scan Dual II AF-2820U transparency scanner.".