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 – been recorded there before

Carpatolechia notatella f – 3^rd county record

Neofaculta ericetella m confirmed

Dioryctria abietella f

Satyr Pug f 18^th county record, only third since 1996

Teleiodes vulgella f (worn dark grey)

Caloptilia alchimiella m

Nemapogon cloacella m

Nemapogon ruricolella m – 4^th 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

 

Actinic & Synergetic Skinner Trap

Acleris holmiana

Acleris kochiella

Bucculatrix cidarella

Carpatolechia notatella

Cream-bordered Green Pea

Ethmia dodecea

Mere Wainscot

Rhyacionia pinicolana

Scarlet Tiger 1 of 10+

Ypsolopha parenthesella

Zeiraphera isertana

Warm weather provides rare moth and garden firsts

Phew wee what busy times we've had lately, I am a week behind again with my catch reports from my garden and I am literally just going to list the best moths including new for year species as I physically cannot keep up!

The heat wave continues and with temperatures soaring to 30 degrees and not dropping beflow 20 at night (making it very uncomfortable at night), the moths have been absolutely everywhere.

Last Sunday night once again there were over 70 species of Macro and Micro moths and here are the highlights...

A greased up Crambus perlella initially got the heart racing, unfortunately it must have found some oil I spilt whilst servicing the generators.

A County second record of Scythris limbella was new for me as well and really unexpected and very pleasing indeed backed up by two more new for garden Micro moths, but the Macro moth front didnt disappoint either with 3 garden first records as well!

A year first species count was broken in style with 25 Yponomeuta evonymella's! 

Absolutely crazy stuff and this now brings the total moth species count for the garden since August 2012 to 604 species.

Catch Report - 18/06/17 - Back Garden - Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap

 

Macro Moths

1x Lilac Beauty [NFG]

1x Obscure Wainscot [NFG] 

1x Tawny-barred Angle [NFG] 

1x Common Emerald [NFY]

1x Coxcomb Prominent [NFY]

1x Freyer's Pug [NFY]

2x Least Carpet [NFY]

1x Maple Prominent [NFY]

1x Small Dusty Wave [NFY]

 

Micro Moths

1x Scythris limbella [NEW!]

1x Anarsia innoxiella [NFG]

1x Mompha ochraceella [NFG] 

1x Anania coronata [NFY]

1x Argyresthia brockeella [NFY]

1x Batia lunaris [NFY] 

1x Carcina quercana [NFY]

1x Crambus perlella [NFY]

1x Epinotia signatana [NFY]

1x Euzophera pinguis [NFY] 

1x Lozotaeniodes formosana [NFY]

1x Lyonetia clerkella [NFY]

1x Pandemis heparana [NFY]

1x Parachronistis albiceps [NFY]

1x Udea prunalis [NFY]

25x Yponomeuta evonymella [NFY]

Anarsia innoxiella

Argyresthia brockeella

Lilac Beauty

Lozotaeniodes formosana

Mompha ochraceella

Obscure Wainscot

Tawny-barred Angle

Scythris limbella

Parachronistis albiceps