July 2016

Dissections from July:

                                1045 Acleris notana

Trapped on 7th July, a first garden record.

                                0290 Caloptilia semifascia

Trapped on 19th July, a garden first

                                2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character

From general appearance I thought this moth was a good candidate for Triple-spotted Clay. Both the CR and me were very surprised to find it was an abberant SHC.

13th May 2009

Another good night last night with 28 moths of 19 species plus one I'm not sure about. Two new for the year are both species which will become very familiar over the next few weeks.

Common Wainscot:

Setaceous Hebrew Character:

Trap list highlights (15w Actinic)

Common Swift - 1
Waved Umber - 1
Scarce Tissue - 1
Swallow Prominent - 1
Small Square-spot - 2
Bright-line Brown-eye - 1
Pale Mottled Willow - 1