Thursday 9 August 2007

Trap Result 04/08/07

Another cracking night. In no particular order.....

Agapeta hamana
3 Brimstone
8 Willow Beauty
Common Footman
2 Scarce Footman (new to garden)
3 Chinese Character (new to garden)
Buff Arches
8 Riband Wave
Yellow Tail (new to garden)
4 Dark Arches
Elephant Hawk Moth
Small Magpie
2 Light Brown Apple Moth
5 Large Yellow Underwing
7 Lesser Yellow Underwing
5 Lesser/Common Rustic
2 Garden Carpet
Smoky Wainscot (new to garden)
4 Lesser Broad Bordered Yellow Underwing
2 Flame Shoulder
Shuttle Shaped Dart
Gold Spot
Gold Triangle
Bright Line Brown Eye
Ruby Tiger (first ever to MV light - Regular in old actinic
Spectacle
Coxcomb Prominent
Brown House Moth
Common Wainscot
Lime Speck Pug
Uncertain
Marbled Beauty
Grey/Dark Dagger
Dusky Sallow (new to garden)
Brown China Mark (new to garden)

Also present was a member of the Yponomeuta. It is difficult to separate the adults of Yponomeuta species, even by genitalia examination. Identification is most reliable if done on the basis of larval food plant and some larval and pupal features. So in short this was one (of the many) that gets away

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