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[0483] Epermenia chaerophyllella Author
Ben Sale from UK
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[0483] Epermenia chaerophyllella Author
Ben Sale from UK
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[0483] Epermenia chaerophyllella Author
Ben Sale from UK
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edit] DescriptionAPI Poor year....but that is more like it! By recent standards, a superb selection of moths greeted me this morning at 5.30am, with 9 new for the year and 6 of them new for the garden, a grand total of 29 moths of 21 species was quite frankly overwhelming! Best moth of the night was undoubtedly Epermenia chaerophyllella which is only my second record of this rather non-descript moth. My last record was on the 3rd of April 2008 in Essex so this is my first Hertfordshire example of this supposed 'common' moth? Other than that all of the other species were to be expected. Clouded Drab was nearly my first June example..... Catch Report - 31/05/13 - Back Garden Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson trap Macro Moths 1x Peppered Moth [NFG] 1x Mottled Pug [NFG] 1x Rustic Shoulder-knot [NFG] 1x Silver-ground Carpet [NFG] 2x Common Swuift [NFY] 1x Vine's Rustic [NFY] 1x Green Carpet [NFY] 3x Shuttle-shaped Dart 2x Red Twin-spot Carpet 1x Orange Footman 4x Brimstone Moth 1x Yellow-barred Brindle 1x Clouded Drab 1x Pebble Prominent 1x Flame Shoulder 1x Angle Shades 1x Nut-tree Tussock 1x Garden Carpet Micro moths 1x Epermenia chaerophyllella [NFG] 2x Syndemis musculana [NFG] 1x Adela reamurella Date 1 June 2013, 09:57 Source
[0483] Epermenia chaerophyllella Author
Ben Sale from UK
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edit] DescriptionAPI Poor year....but that is more like it! By recent standards, a superb selection of moths greeted me this morning at 5.30am, with 9 new for the year and 6 of them new for the garden, a grand total of 29 moths of 21 species was quite frankly overwhelming! Best moth of the night was undoubtedly Epermenia chaerophyllella which is only my second record of this rather non-descript moth. My last record was on the 3rd of April 2008 in Essex so this is my first Hertfordshire example of this supposed 'common' moth? Other than that all of the other species were to be expected. Clouded Drab was nearly my first June example..... Catch Report - 31/05/13 - Back Garden Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson trap Macro Moths 1x Peppered Moth [NFG] 1x Mottled Pug [NFG] 1x Rustic Shoulder-knot [NFG] 1x Silver-ground Carpet [NFG] 2x Common Swuift [NFY] 1x Vine's Rustic [NFY] 1x Green Carpet [NFY] 3x Shuttle-shaped Dart 2x Red Twin-spot Carpet 1x Orange Footman 4x Brimstone Moth 1x Yellow-barred Brindle 1x Clouded Drab 1x Pebble Prominent 1x Flame Shoulder 1x Angle Shades 1x Nut-tree Tussock 1x Garden Carpet Micro moths 1x Epermenia chaerophyllella [NFG] 2x Syndemis musculana [NFG] 1x Adela reamurella Date 7 November 2008, 10:39 Source
Epermenia chaerophyllella (2008) Author
Ben Sale from UK
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Catch up mothing! I've had a busy last 3 weeks resulting in my blogging absense, apologies! This catch was on a windy and wet but quite mild night back on the 02nd of August and my last home trapping effort before I went away on the 8th of August to SW France. I'm glad I ran my trap actually as I was rewarded with 2 good but regular migrants for my garden, both Dark Sword-grass and White-point adding to the year list. A second Vapourer for the year was most welcome as was the unusual looking Epermenia chaerophyllella, another second example for the garden year list. Catch Report - 02/08/17 - Back Garden - Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap Macro Moths 1x Dark Sword-grass [NFY] 1x White-point [NFY] 1x Black Arches 3x Brimstone Moth 5x Common Rustic 1x Copper Underwing 1x Dark Arches 1x Dingy Footman 6x Double-striped Pug 2x Dun-bar 1x Dusky Thorn 1x Flame Shoulder 1x Green Carpet 1x Grey Dagger 2x Large Yellow Underwing 5x Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 2x Maiden's Blush 1x Scarce Footman 1x September Thorn 3x Shuttle-shaped Dart 1x Spectacle 7x Straw Underwing 1x Vapourer Moth 1x Yellow-barred Brindle Micro Moths 1x Acentria ephemerella 2x Agriphila tristella 5x Agriphila straminella 1x Argyrotaenia ljungiana 10x Blastobasis adustella 1x Blastobasis lacticolella 1x Chrysoteuchia culmella 1x Clepsis consimilana 1x Cochylimorpha straminea 1x Cydia splendana 4x Emmelina monodactyla 1x Emmetia marginea 1x Epermenia chaerophyllella 1x Eudonia mercurella 1x Evergestis forficalis 1x Hypatima rhomboidella 1x Oegoconia sp 3x Pammene aurita 1x Pandemis corylana 7x Pleuroptya ruralis 1x Spilonota ocellana 1x Ypsolopha scabrella
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Warm days, cool nights Have been preventing me from trapping regularly this week. In fact i've only tried on Monday and Thursday night this week, but hoping to fire the trap up tonight as we have had a warm day of 20 degrees again, sadly there is no cloud again. Thursday night's catch was low but quality over quantity was the order of the day, with a garden first Lunar Marbled Brown (Shame about the bald head!). And after five years of waiting! Well chuffed and surprisingly there were 9 other moths including a year first Brindled Pug in and around the trap. All of the moths came to the twin 20w Wemlite Actinic. This is a milestone for Macro Moth records in my garden as it's my 300th species so far and the 581st species of Moth recorded overall. Also the warm weather seems to have brought things out in the daytime with a Ruby Tiger spotted flying around works garden on Friday and also yesterday whilst weeding the garden, a year first Epermenia chaerophyllella was potted up. Catch Report - 06/04/17 - Back Garden - Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap - Clear/Cold - min 6c Macro Moths 1x Lunar Marbled Brown [NFY] 1x Brindled Pug [NFY] 1x Common Quaker 1x Double-striped Pug 1x Early Grey 3x Hebrew Character Micro Moths 1x Emmelina monodactyla
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Catch up mothing! I've had a busy last 3 weeks resulting in my blogging absense, apologies! This catch was on a windy and wet but quite mild night back on the 02nd of August and my last home trapping effort before I went away on the 8th of August to SW France. I'm glad I ran my trap actually as I was rewarded with 2 good but regular migrants for my garden, both Dark Sword-grass and White-point adding to the year list. A second Vapourer for the year was most welcome as was the unusual looking Epermenia chaerophyllella, another second example for the garden year list. Catch Report - 02/08/17 - Back Garden - Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap Macro Moths 1x Dark Sword-grass [NFY] 1x White-point [NFY] 1x Black Arches 3x Brimstone Moth 5x Common Rustic 1x Copper Underwing 1x Dark Arches 1x Dingy Footman 6x Double-striped Pug 2x Dun-bar 1x Dusky Thorn 1x Flame Shoulder 1x Green Carpet 1x Grey Dagger 2x Large Yellow Underwing 5x Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 2x Maiden's Blush 1x Scarce Footman 1x September Thorn 3x Shuttle-shaped Dart 1x Spectacle 7x Straw Underwing 1x Vapourer Moth 1x Yellow-barred Brindle Micro Moths 1x Acentria ephemerella 2x Agriphila tristella 5x Agriphila straminella 1x Argyrotaenia ljungiana 10x Blastobasis adustella 1x Blastobasis lacticolella 1x Chrysoteuchia culmella 1x Clepsis consimilana 1x Cochylimorpha straminea 1x Cydia splendana 4x Emmelina monodactyla 1x Emmetia marginea 1x Epermenia chaerophyllella 1x Eudonia mercurella 1x Evergestis forficalis 1x Hypatima rhomboidella 1x Oegoconia sp 3x Pammene aurita 1x Pandemis corylana 7x Pleuroptya ruralis 1x Spilonota ocellana 1x Ypsolopha scabrella
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A BIG deep breath. A record-breaking night in Bedfordshire I joined Matt and Lionel at Home Wood on Monday night in Bedfordshire. The day had been absolutely scorching and hit nearly 30 degrees during the day and the night was meant to go no lower than 19/20 degrees, perfect muggy weather for moths despite clear skies we had absolutely no wind at all and no moon to contend with. We setup 5 traps and a light and sheet under sweaty conditions, it was hot stuff indeed and once again I attracted Horse-flies! As soon as it got dark, moths were absolutely everywhere with micros at first in their hundreds and then the Geometers started coming in and finally the Noctuids and boy was there action around the lights. I've been out before and had trouble with lots of midges and flies but never have I had as much trouble from inhaling moths as well. The species kept tallying up and it was hard to keep up. We got to 100 species about 2 hours in and then from midnight it was about 1 or 2 a minute being jotted down. Highlights were massively over-whelming with two County first species to start with....Rosy Marbled and Elegia similella. Copied from Andy Banthorpe's email. Gen Dets of species retained so far. Carpatolechia fugitivella m & f â been recorded there before Carpatolechia notatella f â 3rd county record Neofaculta ericetella m confirmed Dioryctria abietella f Satyr Pug f 18th county record, only third since 1996 Teleiodes vulgella f (worn dark grey) Caloptilia alchimiella m Nemapogon cloacella m Nemapogon ruricolella m â 4th county record Coleophore kuehnella m (the white one) Other Macro highlights were Cream-bordered Green Pea, 10+ Scarlet Tiger's, 5x Marbled Brown and Mere Wainscot. In total for the time being we recorded 140 species of Macro and 148 species of micro, eclipsing my highest ever previous species of 252 with a grand total of 288 species!! We finally finished packing up (which took over 2 hours) at 4am as it was getting light. Thanks guys for the help you gave me and adding to the list as we went through the night. Catch Report - 19/06/17 - Home Wood - SE Bedfordshire - 7 traps in total - 2x 125w MV Robinson Trap 1x 160w MBT Robinson Trap 1x 40w Actinic + 15w LED Trap 1x 80w Actinic Trap 140 Macros & 148 Micros 288 species Macro Moths Barred Red Barred Straw Barred yellow Beautiful Golden-Y Beautiful Hook-tip Blackneck Blood-vein Blotched Emerald Blue-bordered Carpet Bordered white Bright-line Brown-eye Brimstone Brindled White-spot Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Brown Rustic Brown Scallop Brown Silver-line Brown-line Bright-eye Buff Arches Buff Ermine Buff Footman Buff Tip Burnished Brass Clouded Border Clouded Brindle Clouded Silver Clouded-bordered Brindle Common Emerald Common Footman Common Marbled Carpet Common Pug Common Swift Common Wainscot Common wave Common White Wave Coronet Coxcomb Prominent Cream-bordered Green Pea Dark Arches Dingy Shears Dingy Shell Dotted Fan-foot Double Square-spot Double-striped Pug Drinker Dun-bar Elephant Hawk-moth Engrailed Fan-foot Fern Figure of eEghty Flame Flame Carpet Flame Shoulder Foxglove Pug Garden Carpet Ghost Moth Gold Swift Green Carpet Green Pug Green silver-lines Grey Pine Carpet Grey Pug Haworths Pug Heart & Club Heart & Dart July Highflyer Large Emerald Large Nutmeg Large Twin-spot Carpet Large Yellow Underwing Leopard Moth Light Arches Light Emerald Lime Hawk-moth Lunar-spotted Pinion Maiden's Blush Maple Prominent Map-winged Swift Marbled Brown [NEW!] Marbled Minor Marbled White-spot May Highflyer Mere Wainscot Middle-barred minor Miller Minor Shoulder-knot Mottled Beauty Mottled Pug Mottled Rustic Oak Nycteoline Obscure Wainscot Orange Footman Pale Oak Beauty Pale Prominent Pale Tussock Peach Blossom Peppered Moth Pinion-streaked Snout Poplar Grey Pretty Chalk Carpet Privet Hawk-moth Red-necked footman Riband Wave Rosy Marbled Ruddy Carpet Satin Beauty Satyr Pug Scalloped oak Scarce Footman Scarlet Tiger Scorched Carpet Scorched Wing Setaceous Hebrew Character Shaded pug Short-cloaked Moth Silver-ground Carpet Small Dotted Buff Small Dusty Wave Small Emerald Small Fan-foot Small Fan-footed Wave Small Rufous Small Yellow Wave Smoky Wainscot Snout Spruce Carpet Straw Dot Swallow-tailed Moth Tawny Marbled Minor Tawny-barred Angle Treble Brown Spot Treble Lines Turnip Moth Uncertain Vapourer V-Pug Willow Beauty Yellow Shell Yellow-tail Micro Moths Acentria ephemerella Acleris hastiana Acleris holmiana Acleris kochiella Acompsia cinerella Acrobasis repandana Agapeta hamana Agapeta zoegana Aleimma loeflingiana Anania coronata Anania hortulata Anania lancealis Anarsia innoxiella Ancylis achatana Anthophila fabriciana Aphomia sociella Archips crataegana Archips podana Archips rosana Archips xylosteana Argyresthia albistria Argyresthia bonnetella Argyresthia curvella Argyresthia glaucinella [NEW!] Argyresthia spinosella Batia lunaris Blastobasis lacticolella Blastodacna hellerella Bucculatrix cidarella [NEW!] Caloptilia alchimiella Caloptilia stigmatella Caloptilia syringella Carcina quercana Carpatolechia fugitivella Carpatolechia notatella [NEW!] Cedestis gysseleniella Celypha lacunana Celypha striana Chilo phragmitella Chrysoteuchia culmella Clepsis consimilana Cnephasia sp Cochylis atricapitana Cochylis hybridella Coleophora albidella [NEW!] Coleophora deauratella Coleophora kuehnella [NEW!] Coptotriche marginea Cosmopterix zieglerella [NEW!] Crambus lathoniellus Crambus pascuella Crambus perlella Crassa unitella Dioryctia abietella Ditula angustiorana Donacaula forficella Elachista bisulcella ? [NEW!] Elegia similella Elophila nymphaeata Endothenia gentianaeana/marginea Endothenia nigricostana Endotricha flammealis Epagoge grotiana Epermenia chaerophyllella Ephestia sp Epiblema foenella Epinotia abbreviana Epinotia signatana Epinotia subocellana Epinotia tedella Ethmia dodecea Eucosma cana Eudonia lacustrata Eudonia pallida Eupoecilia angustana Euzophera pinguis Exoteleia dodecella Gelechia sororculella [NEW!] Glyphipterix simpliciella Gypsonoma dealbana Gypsonoma sociana Hedya nubiferana Hedya pruniana Hedya salicella Hofmannophila pseudospretella Homoeosoma sinuella Hypsopygia costalis Incurvaria oehlmanniella Lathronympha strigana Lozotaeniodes formosana Metzneria metzneriella Mompha ochraceella Mompha propinquella Morophaga choragella Myelois circumvoluta Nemapogon cloacella Nemapogon ruricolella [NEW!] Nemophora degeerella Neofaculta ericetella Nephopterix angustella Notocelia trimaculana Notocelia uddmanniana Oegoconia sp Olindia schumacherana Pammene fasciana Pammene regiana Pandemis cerasana Pandemis heparana Parachronistis albiceps Parapoynx stratiotata Paraswammerdamia albicapitella Paraswammerdamia nebulella Parornix sp Phtheochroa rugosana Phycita roborella Phycitodes binaevella Piniphila bifasciana Pleuroptya ruralis Prays fraxinella Pseudargyrotoza conwagana Pterophorus pentadactyla Ptycholoma lecheana Rhopobota naevana Rhyacionia buoliana Rhyacionia pinicolana Scoparia ambigualis Scoparia basistrigalis Scoparia pyralella Scrobipalpa costella Scythropia crataegella Sorhagenia sp ? Spatalistis bifasciana Spilonota ocellana Syncopacma sp Teleiodes luculella Teleiodes vulgella Tinea semifulvella Tinea trinotella Tischeria ekebladella Tortrix viridana Triaxomera parasitella Udea olivalis Udea prunalis Yponomeuta evonymella Ypsolopha parenthesella Ypsolopha sequella Ypsolopha ustella Zeiraphera isertana
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A BIG deep breath. A record-breaking night in Bedfordshire I joined Matt and Lionel at Home Wood on Monday night in Bedfordshire. The day had been absolutely scorching and hit nearly 30 degrees during the day and the night was meant to go no lower than 19/20 degrees, perfect muggy weather for moths despite clear skies we had absolutely no wind at all and no moon to contend with. We setup 5 traps and a light and sheet under sweaty conditions, it was hot stuff indeed and once again I attracted Horse-flies! As soon as it got dark, moths were absolutely everywhere with micros at first in their hundreds and then the Geometers started coming in and finally the Noctuids and boy was there action around the lights. I've been out before and had trouble with lots of midges and flies but never have I had as much trouble from inhaling moths as well. The species kept tallying up and it was hard to keep up. We got to 100 species about 2 hours in and then from midnight it was about 1 or 2 a minute being jotted down. Highlights were massively over-whelming with two County first species to start with....Rosy Marbled and Elegia similella. Copied from Andy Banthorpe's email. Gen Dets of species retained so far. Carpatolechia fugitivella m & f â been recorded there before Carpatolechia notatella f â 3rd county record Neofaculta ericetella m confirmed Dioryctria abietella f Satyr Pug f 18th county record, only third since 1996 Teleiodes vulgella f (worn dark grey) Caloptilia alchimiella m Nemapogon cloacella m Nemapogon ruricolella m â 4th county record Coleophore kuehnella m (the white one) Other Macro highlights were Cream-bordered Green Pea, 10+ Scarlet Tiger's, 5x Marbled Brown and Mere Wainscot. In total for the time being we recorded 140 species of Macro and 148 species of micro, eclipsing my highest ever previous species of 252 with a grand total of 288 species!! We finally finished packing up (which took over 2 hours) at 4am as it was getting light. Thanks guys for the help you gave me and adding to the list as we went through the night. Catch Report - 19/06/17 - Home Wood - SE Bedfordshire - 7 traps in total - 2x 125w MV Robinson Trap 1x 160w MBT Robinson Trap 1x 40w Actinic + 15w LED Trap 1x 80w Actinic Trap 140 Macros & 148 Micros 288 species Macro Moths Barred Red Barred Straw Barred yellow Beautiful Golden-Y Beautiful Hook-tip Blackneck Blood-vein Blotched Emerald Blue-bordered Carpet Bordered white Bright-line Brown-eye Brimstone Brindled White-spot Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Brown Rustic Brown Scallop Brown Silver-line Brown-line Bright-eye Buff Arches Buff Ermine Buff Footman Buff Tip Burnished Brass Clouded Border Clouded Brindle Clouded Silver Clouded-bordered Brindle Common Emerald Common Footman Common Marbled Carpet Common Pug Common Swift Common Wainscot Common wave Common White Wave Coronet Coxcomb Prominent Cream-bordered Green Pea Dark Arches Dingy Shears Dingy Shell Dotted Fan-foot Double Square-spot Double-striped Pug Drinker Dun-bar Elephant Hawk-moth Engrailed Fan-foot Fern Figure of eEghty Flame Flame Carpet Flame Shoulder Foxglove Pug Garden Carpet Ghost Moth Gold Swift Green Carpet Green Pug Green silver-lines Grey Pine Carpet Grey Pug Haworths Pug Heart & Club Heart & Dart July Highflyer Large Emerald Large Nutmeg Large Twin-spot Carpet Large Yellow Underwing Leopard Moth Light Arches Light Emerald Lime Hawk-moth Lunar-spotted Pinion Maiden's Blush Maple Prominent Map-winged Swift Marbled Brown [NEW!] Marbled Minor Marbled White-spot May Highflyer Mere Wainscot Middle-barred minor Miller Minor Shoulder-knot Mottled Beauty Mottled Pug Mottled Rustic Oak Nycteoline Obscure Wainscot Orange Footman Pale Oak Beauty Pale Prominent Pale Tussock Peach Blossom Peppered Moth Pinion-streaked Snout Poplar Grey Pretty Chalk Carpet Privet Hawk-moth Red-necked footman Riband Wave Rosy Marbled Ruddy Carpet Satin Beauty Satyr Pug Scalloped oak Scarce Footman Scarlet Tiger Scorched Carpet Scorched Wing Setaceous Hebrew Character Shaded pug Short-cloaked Moth Silver-ground Carpet Small Dotted Buff Small Dusty Wave Small Emerald Small Fan-foot Small Fan-footed Wave Small Rufous Small Yellow Wave Smoky Wainscot Snout Spruce Carpet Straw Dot Swallow-tailed Moth Tawny Marbled Minor Tawny-barred Angle Treble Brown Spot Treble Lines Turnip Moth Uncertain Vapourer V-Pug Willow Beauty Yellow Shell Yellow-tail Micro Moths Acentria ephemerella Acleris hastiana Acleris holmiana Acleris kochiella Acompsia cinerella Acrobasis repandana Agapeta hamana Agapeta zoegana Aleimma loeflingiana Anania coronata Anania hortulata Anania lancealis Anarsia innoxiella Ancylis achatana Anthophila fabriciana Aphomia sociella Archips crataegana Archips podana Archips rosana Archips xylosteana Argyresthia albistria Argyresthia bonnetella Argyresthia curvella Argyresthia glaucinella [NEW!] Argyresthia spinosella Batia lunaris Blastobasis lacticolella Blastodacna hellerella Bucculatrix cidarella [NEW!] Caloptilia alchimiella Caloptilia stigmatella Caloptilia syringella Carcina quercana Carpatolechia fugitivella Carpatolechia notatella [NEW!] Cedestis gysseleniella Celypha lacunana Celypha striana Chilo phragmitella Chrysoteuchia culmella Clepsis consimilana Cnephasia sp Cochylis atricapitana Cochylis hybridella Coleophora albidella [NEW!] Coleophora deauratella Coleophora kuehnella [NEW!] Coptotriche marginea Cosmopterix zieglerella [NEW!] Crambus lathoniellus Crambus pascuella Crambus perlella Crassa unitella Dioryctia abietella Ditula angustiorana Donacaula forficella Elachista bisulcella ? [NEW!] Elegia similella Elophila nymphaeata Endothenia gentianaeana/marginea Endothenia nigricostana Endotricha flammealis Epagoge grotiana Epermenia chaerophyllella Ephestia sp Epiblema foenella Epinotia abbreviana Epinotia signatana Epinotia subocellana Epinotia tedella Ethmia dodecea Eucosma cana Eudonia lacustrata Eudonia pallida Eupoecilia angustana Euzophera pinguis Exoteleia dodecella Gelechia sororculella [NEW!] Glyphipterix simpliciella Gypsonoma dealbana Gypsonoma sociana Hedya nubiferana Hedya pruniana Hedya salicella Hofmannophila pseudospretella Homoeosoma sinuella Hypsopygia costalis Incurvaria oehlmanniella Lathronympha strigana Lozotaeniodes formosana Metzneria metzneriella Mompha ochraceella Mompha propinquella Morophaga choragella Myelois circumvoluta Nemapogon cloacella Nemapogon ruricolella [NEW!] Nemophora degeerella Neofaculta ericetella Nephopterix angustella Notocelia trimaculana Notocelia uddmanniana Oegoconia sp Olindia schumacherana Pammene fasciana Pammene regiana Pandemis cerasana Pandemis heparana Parachronistis albiceps Parapoynx stratiotata Paraswammerdamia albicapitella Paraswammerdamia nebulella Parornix sp Phtheochroa rugosana Phycita roborella Phycitodes binaevella Piniphila bifasciana Pleuroptya ruralis Prays fraxinella Pseudargyrotoza conwagana Pterophorus pentadactyla Ptycholoma lecheana Rhopobota naevana Rhyacionia buoliana Rhyacionia pinicolana Scoparia ambigualis Scoparia basistrigalis Scoparia pyralella Scrobipalpa costella Scythropia crataegella Sorhagenia sp ? Spatalistis bifasciana Spilonota ocellana Syncopacma sp Teleiodes luculella Teleiodes vulgella Tinea semifulvella Tinea trinotella Tischeria ekebladella Tortrix viridana Triaxomera parasitella Udea olivalis Udea prunalis Yponomeuta evonymella Ypsolopha parenthesella Ypsolopha sequella Ypsolopha ustella Zeiraphera isertana
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VC37
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VC37. Found on Wild Angelica
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VC37. Found on Wild Angelica
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Reared from larva found on Angelica sylvestris,
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An update on moths in the back garden Finally got round to posting a few recent catches and highlights. Best moth last week was a garden first Cydalima perspectalis and only the second example i've seen in this Country (the first being from last year's Herts Moth Group field trip to Rye Meads in August). Also 2 more Vestal, one on Monday night and one just last night (Which are different specimens which is nice), making it 5 in total for my garden over 5 years. Not much else to shout about really with Macro's... lots of November Moth aggs with a few to check for either Pale November or Autumnal Moth and a season first of Mottled Umber. On the Micro front an explosion of Acleris schalleriana with specimens turning up most nights and a high count of 6 on Wednesday night, also lots of Tachystola acroxantha, Emmelina monodactyla, Amblyptilia acanthdactyla and of course Epiphyas postvittana. What was nice to see was a dinky little Epermenia chaerophyllella, only the second record this year but one that has turned up every year apart from last year. Such an unusual looking species. The weather has been challenging to say the least. Either warm and windy or cold and clear and some mornings have been as cool as 4c. Below are the three catches. Catch Report - 23/10/17 - Back Garden - Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap Macro Moths 1x Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1x Brick 1x Feathered Thorn 1x Green-brindled Crescent 1x Lesser Yellow Underwing 1x Mottled Umber 7x November Moth 1x Red-line Quaker 1x Vestal 1x Yellow-line Quaker Micro Moths 1x Cydalima perspectalis [NFG] 2x Acleris schalleriana 4x Acleris sparsana 1x Blastobasis adustella 3x Epiphyas postvittana 1x Hypsopygia glaucinalis 4x Tachystola acroxantha Catch Report - 25/10/17 - Back Garden - Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap Macro Moths 1x Angle Shades 1x Barred Sallow 4x Brick 5x Green-brindled Crescent 1x Lesser Yellow Underwing 8x November Moth 1x Red-green Carpet 1x Red-line Quaker 3x Yellow-line Quaker Micro Moths 6x Acleris schalleriana 2x Acleris sparsana 1x Epermenia chaerophyllella 3x Epiphyas postvittana 2x Tachystola acroxantha Catch Report - 28/10/17 - Back Garden - Stevenage - 1x 40w Actinic Robinson Trap Macro Moths 1x Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 5x Brick 1x Green-brindled Crescent 1x Lesser Yellow Underwing 6x November Moth 1x Red-line Quaker 1x Vestal 4x Yellow-line Quaker Micro Moths 2x Acleris schalleriana 1x Acleris sparsana 2x Amblyptilia acanthadactyla 5x Epiphyas postvittana 2x Emmelina monodactyla
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Epermenia illigerella, Utterslev Mose, Denmark, 22 June 2004
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