Thursday 25 September 2014

20th to 22nd September 2014

A Record of the Moths caught in my Back Garden in Howdon
over the last few days with a few pictures

20-Sep
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 4
1913 Ennomos alniaria Canary-shouldered Thorn 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 2
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 1
2266 Agrochola litura Brown-spot Pinion 1

2266 Brown-spot Pinion Agrochola litura
 2107 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba
 1913 Canary-shouldered Thorn Ennomos alniaria


21-Sep
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 1
1913 Ennomos alniaria Canary-shouldered Thorn 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 1
22-Sep
648 Endrosis sarcitrella White-shouldered house moth 3
874 Blastobasis lacticolella 1
970 Pandemis cerasana Barred Fruit Tree Tortrix 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 7
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 4
1760 Chloroclysta siterata Red-Green Carpet 1
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 6
1913 Ennomos alniaria Canary-shouldered Thorn 1
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 3

0648 White-shouldered House Moth - Endrosis sarcitrella
 874 Blastobasis lacticolella
 970 Pandemis cerasana   Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix
1760 Chloroclysta siterata Red-green Carpet 
 1764 Common Marbled Carpet Chloroclysta truncata
 1937 Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria 
 Some on my Photographic Table









Friday 19 September 2014

12th - 16th September 2014

A Record of the Moths caught in my Back Garden in Howdon
over the last few days with a few pictures

12-Sep
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 4
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 3
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 3
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 5
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 1
2298 Amphipyra berbera Svenssons Copper Underwing 1
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 3
2477 Hypena proboscidalis  Snout 1

Common Marbled Carpet
 Snout


15-Sep
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 1
648 Endrosis sarcitrella White-shouldered house moth 1
972 Pandemis heparana Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 3
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 1
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 4
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 1
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 1
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 1

Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix
Garden Rose Tortrix 
Square-spot Rustic 
 Pale Mottled Willow

16-Sep
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 1
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 1
648 Endrosis sarcitrella White-shouldered house moth 3
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 7
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 4
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 5
1768 Thera obeliscata Grey Pine Carpet 1
1816 Eupithecia linariata Toadflax Pug 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 2
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 1
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 1

Garden Carpet
 Grey Pine Carpet
Toadflax Pug 
 Anyone know what this is - found it on my garden table
14 Spot Yellow Ladybird, the book says they are common,
must admit I haven't seen many









Saturday 13 September 2014

6th - 11th September 1914

A Record of the moths caught in my garden in Howdon
over the last few days with a few pictures

06-Sep
648 Endrosis sarcitrella White-shouldered house moth 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 2
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 2
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 8
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 8
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 3

White-shouldered house moth
 Common Marbled Carpet
Lesser Yellow Underwing 


07-Sep
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 1
892 Momphs subbistrigella 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 3
1760 Chloroclysta siterata Red-Green Carpet 1
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 2
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 5
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 1
2298 Amphipyra berbera Svenssons Copper Underwing 1
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 2

647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth
 892 Mompha subbistrigella
 1344 Eudonia mercurella
1760 Chloroclysta siterata Red-green Carpet
 1764 Common Marbled Carpet Chloroclysta truncata


08-Sep
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 1
648 Endrosis sarcitrella White-shouldered house moth 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 6
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 4
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 5
1767 Thera firmata Pine Carpet 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 8
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 1
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 1
2298 Amphipyra berbera Svenssons Copper Underwing 5
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 1

0998 Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana
 1764 Common Marbled Carpet Chloroclysta truncata
1767 Pine Carpet Thera firmata 
 2298 Svenssons Copper Underwing Amphipyra berbera
 Comon Marbled and Pine Carpet


10-Sep
648 Endrosis sarcitrella White-shouldered house moth 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 4
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 3
1839 Eupithecia succenturiata Bordered Pug 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 2
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 1

1764 Common Marbled Carpet Chloroclysta truncata
 1839 Bordered Pug Eupithecia succenturiata

11-Sep
936 Cochylimorpha straminea 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 5
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 4
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 6
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 1
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 1

936 Cochylimorpha straminea
 1728 Garden Carpet Xanthorhoe fluctuata
 Haven't found out what this one is yet







Wednesday 10 September 2014

Moths Caught 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th September 2014

A Record of the moths caught in my Garden over the past days
with a few pictures

01-Sep
648 Endrosis sarcitrella White-shouldered house moth 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 2
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 3
1816 Eupithecia linariata Toadflax Pug 1
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 1
1913 Ennomos alniaria Canary-shouldered Thorn 3
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 16
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 2
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 6
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 2

0998 Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana
1816 Toadflax Pug Eupithecia linariata 
 1862 Double-striped Pug Gymnoscelis rufifasciata
 1913 Canary-shouldered Thorn Ennomos alniaria


02-Sep
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 1
648 Endrosis sarcitrella White-shouldered house moth 2
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 3
1038x Acleris laterana/comariana 1
1305 Agriphila tristella 1
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 4
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 2
1816 Eupithecia linariata Toadflax Pug 1
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 2
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 14
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 2
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 6
2298 Amphipyra berbera Svenssons Copper Underwing 1
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 2
2343x Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic agg 2

0464 Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella
1038x Acleris laterana comariana
1305 Agriphila tristella 
1764 Common Marbled Carpet Chloroclysta truncata
1862 Double-striped Pug Gymnoscelis rufifasciata 

03-Sep
284 Caloptilia rufipennella 1
293 Caloptilia syringella 1
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 6
1439 Trachycera advenella 1
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 6
1838 Eupithecia icterata Tawny Speckled Pug 1
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 1
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 14
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 5
2298 Amphipyra berbera Svenssons Copper Underwing 4
2298 Amphipyra berbera Svenssons Copper Underwing 4
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 5
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 1
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 1

0284 Caloptilia rufipennella
0293 Caloptilia syringella 
1439 Trachycera advenella 
1838 Tawny Speckled Pug Eupithecia icterata 
 2306 Phlogorphora meticulosa Angle Shades
 2389 Pale Mottled Willow Paradrina clavipalpis


04-Sep
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 1
648 Endrosis sarcitrella White-shouldered house moth 2
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 8
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 5
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 1
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 13
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 5
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 4
2266 Agrochola litura Brown-spot Pinion 1
2298 Amphipyra berbera Svenssons Copper Underwing 1
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 2
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 1

0998 Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana
 1825 Lime-speck Pug Eupithecia centaureata
 2266 Brown-spot Pinion Agrochola litura
 2353 Flounced Rustic Luperina testacea