The first break since last autumn and a week I have taken regularly as it covers both my birthday and Em's, and for years has been a remarkably good week weather-wise. This week just had to be different. No rain, often cloudy but a week of insistent cold northerly wind kept the temperature well down. Only two nights of the week were appealing enough to go out trapping, Saturday 28th May and Friday 3rd June; the first at Kilburn was calm but got down to +5 and few moths, while the second at Silton Forest was down to +11 but a stiff cold wind wind kept things rather subdued.
Kilburn, 28th May 2016
49.028 a moth (Syndemis musculana) 1
69.003 Poplar Hawk-moth (Laothoe populi) 3
70.049 Garden Carpet (Xanthorhoe fluctuata) 1
70.054 Silver-ground Carpet (Xanthorhoe montanata) 1
70.075 May Highflier (Hydriomena impluviata) 1
70.094 Small Phoenix (Ecliptopera silaceata) 5
70.100 Green Carpet (Colostygia pectinataria) 1
70.183 Common Pug (Eupithecia vulgata) 1
70.207 Clouded Border (Lomaspilis marginata) 1
70.222 Brown Silver-line (Petrophora chlorosata) 3
70.223 Barred Umber (Plagodis pulveraria) 1
70.240 Scalloped Hazel (Odontopera bidentata) 2
70.270 Engrailed (Ectropis crepuscularia) 2
72.015 Pale Tussock (Calliteara pudibunda) 3
73.329 Flame Shoulder (Ochropleura plecta) 1
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| May Highflyer |
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| Common Pug |
Silton, 3rd June 2016
07.006 a moth (Adela reaumurella) 1
15.008 a moth (Caloptilia alchimiella) 1
18.001 Diamond-back Moth (Plutella xylostella) 3
49.028 a moth (Syndemis musculana) 2
49.254 a moth (Epinotia bilunana) 1
69.003 Poplar Hawk-moth (Laothoe populi) 3
69.016 Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor) 1
69.017 Small Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila porcellus) 1
70.051 Red Twin-spot Carpet (Xanthorhoe spadicearia) 1
70.075 May Highflier (Hydriomena impluviata) 1
70.086 Broken-barred Carpet (Electrophaes corylata) 1
70.094 Small Phoenix (Ecliptopera silaceata) 1
70.222 Brown Silver-line (Petrophora chlorosata) 4
70.240 Scalloped Hazel (Odontopera bidentata) 5
70.277 Common White Wave (Cabera pusaria) 1
70.280 Clouded Silver (Lomographa temerata) 1
71.012 Iron Prominent (Notodonta dromedarius) 1
71.018 Lesser Swallow Prominent (Pheosia gnoma) 1
72.015 Pale Tussock (Calliteara pudibunda) 5
72.019 Buff Ermine (Spilosoma lutea) 3
72.020 White Ermine (Spilosoma lubricipeda) 4
73.264 Pale-shouldered Brocade (Lacanobia thalassina) 6
73.271 Broom Moth (Ceramica pisi) 1
73.272 Glaucous Shears (Papestra biren) 1
73.329 Flame Shoulder (Ochropleura plecta) 6
73.334 Small Square-spot (Diarsia rubi) 1
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| Broken-barred Carpet |
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| Small Elephant Hawk-moth |
With such an influx of Diamond-back Moth into the country over the last week it was good to have trapped three at Silton and two more seen at Aldborough during the day today. I should mention that while driving to Silton last night there were many thousands of small moths seen in the car headlights which may well have been this species but only a few caught in the trap due to the strong breeze?
