Birds, Leps, Observations & Generalities - the images and ramblings of Mark Skevington. Sometimes.

Sunday 27 April 2008

From the garden trap - 26/04/2008

Total catch 32 of 15sp.
(125W MV 10 of 7sp., 80W actinic 22 of 13sp.)

One of those nights when the actinic almost 100% beats the MV on both numbers and species. Once the total catch is getting up to say 25+ species I'll just give summaries and highlights.

Caloptilia elongella 1
Phyllonorycter blancardella 1
Semioscopis steinkellneriana 1
Agonopterix heracliana 1
Scrobipalpa acuminatella 1
Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana) 4
Emmelina monodactyla 2
Brindled Pug (Eupithecia abbreviata) 1
Oak-tree Pug (Eupithecia dodoneata) 2
Double-striped Pug (Gymnoscelis rufifasciata) 5
Early Thorn (Selenia dentaria) 1
Shuttle-shaped Dart (Agrotis puta) 1
Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi) 1
Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica) 7
Early Grey (Xylocampa areola) 3



Caloptilia elongella - I like this quirky group of micros


Semioscopis steinkellneriana - if ever a moth needed a vernacular name ...


Brindled Pug


Shuttle-shaped Dart

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