Mixed Up

End of the week, and the weather has shown some signs of perking up for the weekend. Just as well, as I think I've just about come to the end of any useable photos. Here's a random mix.

The moth trap has not been out since Monday night, when it got wet and yielded not much, but I've got a couple to share ...

Yellow-barred Brindle - one I forgot to post with the last lot from Sunday 26th

Spectacle - the only NFY in Monday night's trap

I've got a couple of beetles found on windows / window frames, one more welcome than the other.

Anaspis maculata 

This was on the outside of an upstairs window, and I managed to pot it one-handed whilst on a call to work. Forgot about it until when I tipped in onto a windowsil for a lazy snap today. NFG

Varied Carpet Beetle - sadly resident!

And some garden randomness .....

Orchesella cincta

Tipula somethingorother (if it was November I'd assume confusa)

Scraping the barrel

From the garden trap - Choccy

Had a few nice garden-trap moths over the last couple of nights, nothing new or particularly exciting but just nice to see in the garden again. The main one being ......

Chocolate-tip, only the fifth garden record, first since 2009

Waved Umber, just about annual since 2010

Why are these nearly always tattered and torn!?

More standard fare included ...

Shuttle-shaped Dart

Spectacle - couldn't decide which shot so have two

28/04/2010 Mothing Part 3 of 3 : The Garden

Following on from the unexpectedly low numbers at Ketton Quarry, the garden traps this morning were the same picture - more species but not in any great numbers.

The total catch was 33 of 19sp. (125W MV 22 of 15, 80W actinic 11 of 9).

0288 Caloptilia stigmatella 1
0483 Epermenia chaerophyllella 1 [first for year]
0608 Elachista rufocinerea 1 [first for year]
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 1
1651 Chinese Character (Cilix glaucata) 1 [first for year]
1835 White-spotted Pug (Eupithecia tripunctaria) 2 [first for year]
1853 Oak-tree Pug (Eupithecia dodoneata) 3
1858 V-Pug (Chloroclystis v-ata) 1 [first for year]
1862 Double-striped Pug (Gymnoscelis rufifasciata) 3
1917 Early Thorn (Selenia dentaria) 2
1927 Brindled Beauty (Lycia hirtaria) 1
2179 Pine Beauty (Panolis flammea) 1
2187 Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi) 4
2188 Clouded Drab (Orthosia incerta) 2
2190 Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica) 4
2243 Early Grey (Xylocampa areola) 2
2256 Satellite (Eupsilia transversa) 1
2450 Spectacle (Abrostola tripartita) 1 [first for year]
2469 Herald (Scoliopteryx libatrix) 1

Chinese Character

Oak-tree Pug

Elachista rufocinerea

Spectacle

No idea why it's called the Spectacle

Caloptilia stigmatella

Pine Beauty - the less colourful colour form

From the garden trap - 01/05/2008

Total catch 7 of 4sp.
(125W MV 3 of 3sp., 80W actinic 4 of 2sp.)

Shoulder Stripe (Anticlea badiata) 1
Double-striped Pug (Gymnoscelis rufifasciata) 1
Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica) 4
Spectacle (Abrostola tripartita) 1


The Spectacle