Not having a car on Saturday and with the cold nights somewhat restricting what comes to the light trap things have been a little quiet.I guess the multiples of May Bugs attending the trap also doesnt help because I saw a few moths in the evening that were not there in the morning and who could blame them as its certainly not a way I would like to spend a night.
Having said all this the maximums recorded over the two nights are Brimstone Moth 1,Iron Prominent 2,Common Pug 2,May Highflyer 1, Lesser Swallow Prominent 1,Buff-tip 2, Nut-tree Tussock 1, Poplar Hawk-moth 1, Treble Lines 1,Light Brocade 2, Flame Shoulder 1, Shuttle-shaped Dart 2 & Peppered Moth 2.
For me that means another 4 new moths for the website which is fine by me.
The first moth is the Common Pug easily identified by the dotted white subterminal lines on the forewings and the two sets of white spots on the tornus of the forewing and the hindwing which can be clearly seen even in this worn specimen.
Having said all this the maximums recorded over the two nights are Brimstone Moth 1,Iron Prominent 2,Common Pug 2,May Highflyer 1, Lesser Swallow Prominent 1,Buff-tip 2, Nut-tree Tussock 1, Poplar Hawk-moth 1, Treble Lines 1,Light Brocade 2, Flame Shoulder 1, Shuttle-shaped Dart 2 & Peppered Moth 2.
For me that means another 4 new moths for the website which is fine by me.
The first moth is the Common Pug easily identified by the dotted white subterminal lines on the forewings and the two sets of white spots on the tornus of the forewing and the hindwing which can be clearly seen even in this worn specimen.
70.183 - Common Pug - EUPITHECIA vulgata (Haworth, 1809)
The second moth is the May Highflyer which turned up on June 1st but I am pleased that its better late than never. Took me a little while to I/D this one.
70.075 - May Highflyer - HYDRIOMENA impluviata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
The following two "new ones" were in the trap this morning and there are no prizes for guessing the name of the first one which of course is Treble Lines.
73.101 - Treble Lines - CHARANYCA (Charanyca) trigrammica (Hufnagel, 1766) - I can see four or 31/2 to be precise
The final moth of the day also took a while only because its clearly a variable species and the book looked different.It's the Nut-tree Tussock which has a subfamily attributed entirely to the species something I might understand when the write up is done-like this one.Slightly worn but nice.
73.032 - Nut-tree Tussock - COLOCASIA coryli (Linnaeus,1758)
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