Moth Trap 28/8/05

The garden moth trap did well last night and the following species and counts were recorded:
Riband Wave 1
Lesser Yellow Underwing 6
Treble Bar 1
Willow Beauty 3
Brimstone 3
Broad Bordered Yellow Underwing 2
Flame Shoulder 7
Sertaceous Hebrew Character 10
Common Wainscot 15
Uncertain 4
Vines Rustic
Lesser Swallow Prominent 1
Silver Y 2
Large Yellow Underwing 13
Svensson's Copper Underwing 1
Flounced Rustic 3
Lesser Common Rustic 1
Olive 1
Light Emerald 2
Common Rustic 1
Satin Beauty 1
Pale Oak Beauty 1
Small Square Spot 1
Square Spot Rustic 1
Lessser Broad Bordered Yellow Underwing 2

Loads of Butterflies!!!

A trip to the mill, Snettisham (see sightings) provided the following species :
Essex Skipper 1
Small Skipper 4
Common Blue 6
Holly Blue 3
Large White 9
Small White 4
Small Copper 1
Brown Argus 1
Comma 1
Peacock 2
Red Admiral 1
Meadow Brown 4
Small Heath 3

Moth Trap 15/8/05

Leaders: Connor
The garden moth trap this morning provided the following species with the amount caught in italic:

Mottled Beauty 1
Dot Moth 1
Lesser Yellow Underwing 7
Pebble Hook Tip 1
Iron Prominent 1
Heart and Dart 1
Flame Shoulder 1
Large Yellow Underwing 5
Garden Dart 1
Shuttle Shaped Dart 1
Orange Swift 1
Broad Bordered Yellow Underwing 1
Lesser Common Rustic 1
Sertaceous Hebrew Character 3
Lesser Broad Bordered Yellow Underwing 1

Chalkhill Blue. A local species in Britain, I found this one while on holiday in Cornwall (see trip reports.)

Garden Tiger. What a moth !

Matthew's House 13/07/05

Onthe 13th of July Connor let me borrow is U.V. moth trap to use in my garden for the night. This is what we caught. (The numbers indicate how many we caught.The moths in italics are highlights.)

Engrailed-2, Peach Blossom-1, Dot Moth-10, Common Footman-16, Yellowtail-1,
PoplarHawkmoth-1, Elephant Hawkmoth-1, Spectacle-7, Small Bloodvein-1,
Common Wainscot-4, Dingy Footman-3, Buff Ermine-5, Dark Arches-13, Heart & Club-2,
Heart & Dart-4, Small Rivulet-2, Small Angled Shades-1, Common White Wave-2,
Shark-4 ,Early Thorn-2, Suspected Moth-1, Riband Wave-4, Rosy Footman-1,
Brown-Line Bright-Eye-4, Burnished Brass-1, Fan-Foot-2, Scalloped Oak-1,
Bright-Line Brown-Eye-3, Scarce Footman-1, Broad-Barred White-1, Birds-Wing-1,
Light Arches-1, Broad-Boarded Yellow Underwing-1, Light Emerald-1, Flame Shoulder-1, Setaceous Hebrew Character-2. Total species =39 Total Moths=108