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| Burnished Brass, Diachrysia chrysitis |
The warm still nights on 6th,7th and 8th July have brought 46 species of moths to our balcony light, including many new ones to the list. I turned on the light at dusk and leave it on all night. Most moths arrive between 10pm and midnight. I have been going out 5-6am and sometimes several new species had arrived overnight. One morning there was a lot of tweeting from the hedgerow and while I was still on the balcony a sparrow flew past me, grabbed a moth from the wall and settled on the railing a few feet away. The moth was fluttering in its mouth then the sparrow flew off. Cheeky bird!
balcony list:
Anacampsis species
Bird-cherry Ermine, Yponomeuta evonymella
Bright-line Brown-eye, Lacanobia oleracea
Brown House Moth, Hofmannophila pseudospretella
Brown-tail, Euproctis chrysorrhoea
Buff Arches, Habrosyne pyritoides
Buff Ermine, Spilosoma luteum
Bulrush Cosmet, Limnaecia phragmitella
Burnished Brass, Diachrysia chrysitis
Cloaked Minor, Mesoligia furuncula
Codling Moth, Cydia pomonella
Common Footman, Eilema lurideola
Common Rustic, Mesapamea secalis
Common Wainscot, Mythimna pallens
Cream-bordered Green Pea, Earias clorana
Dark Arches, Apamea monoglypha
Dark Ash Bud Moth, Prays ruficeps
Dark Strawberry Tortrix, Celypha lacunana
Dotted Oak Knot-horn, Phycita roborella
Double-striped Tabby, Orthopygia glaucinalis
Elder Pearl, Phlyctaenia coronata
Fleabane Smudge, Digitivalva pulicariae
Flounced Rustic, Luperina testacea
Four-spotted Footman female, Lithosia quadra
Garden Grass-veneer, Chrysoteuchia culmella
Garden Midget, Phyllonorycter messaniella
Heart & Dart, Agrotis exclamationis
Inlaid Grass-veneer, Crambus pascuella
Long-horned Flat-body, Carcina quercana
Marbled Minor agg., Oligia strigilis agg.
Marsh Dowd, Blastobasis rebeli
Obscure moth, Oegoconia species
Poplar Grey, Subacronicta megacephala
Riband Wave, Idaea aversata
Rosy Footman, Miltochrista miniata
Silver Y, Autographa gamma
Small Dusty Wave, Idaea seriata
Small Magpie, Anania hortulata
Small Red Slender, Caloptilia rufipennella
Swallow-tailed Moth, Ourapteryx sambucaria
micromoth, Syncopacma species
The Coronet, Craniophora ligustri
V-Pug, Chloroclystis v-ata
White-line Dart, Euxoa tritici
micromoth white with black spots, Yponomeuta species
unidentified micromoth
other insects:
froghopper, Aphrophora pectoralis
Harlequin Ladybird, Harmonia axyridis
Lacewing eating fly, Micromus species
Mirid bug female, Deraeocoris flavilinea
Mirid bug, Lygus pratensis
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| Anacampsis species |
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| Bird-cherry Ermine, Yponomeuta evonymella |
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| Bittersweet Smudge, Acrolepia autumnitella |
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| Bright-line Brown-eye, Lacanobia oleracea |
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| Brown House Moth, Hofmannophila pseudospretella |
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| Brown-tail, Euproctis chrysorrhoea |
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| Buff Arches, Habrosyne pyritoides |
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| Buff Arches |
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| Buff Ermine, Spilosoma luteum |
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| Buff Ermine |
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| Bulrush Cosmet, Limnaecia phragmitella |
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| Cloaked Minor, Mesoligia furuncula |
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| Codling Moth, Cydia pomonella |
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| Common Footman, Eilema lurideola |
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| Common Rustic, Mesapamea secalis |
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| Common Rustic |
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| Common Wainscot, Mythimna pallens |
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| Common Wainscot |
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| Cream-bordered Green Pea, Earias clorana |
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| Dark Arches, Apamea monoglypha |
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| Dark Arches |
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| Dark Ash Bud Moth, Prays ruficeps |
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| Dark Ash Bud Moth |
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| Dark Strawberry Tortrix, Celypha lacunana |
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| Dotted Oak Knot-horn, Phycita roborella |
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| Double-striped Tabby, Orthopygia glaucinalis |
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| Elder Pearl, Phlyctaenia coronata |
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| Fleabane Smudge, Digitivalva pulicariae |
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| Flounced Rustic, Luperina testacea |
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| Four-spotted Footman ♂, Lithosia quadra |
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| froghopper, Aphrophora pectoralis |
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| Garden Grass-veneer, Chrysoteuchia culmella |
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| Garden Midget, Phyllonorycter messaniella |
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| Harlequin Ladybird, Harmonia axyridis |
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| Heart & Dart, Agrotis exclamationis |
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| Inlaid Grass-veneer, Crambus pascuella |
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| Lacewing eating a fly, Micromus species |
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| Long-horned Flat-body, Carcina quercana |
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| Marbled Minor agg., Oligia strigilis agg. |
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| Marbled Minor agg. |
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| Marsh Dowd, Blastobasis rebeli |
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unidentified micromoth requiring microscopic examination
of a specimen as there are many similar looking species. |
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| Mirid bug female, Deraeocoris flavilinea |
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| Mirid bug, Lygus pratensis |
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| unidentified moth |
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| Obscure moth, Oegoconia species |
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| Poplar Grey, Subacronicta megacephala |
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| Riband Wave, Idaea aversata |
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| Riband Wave, Idaea aversata ab remutata |
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| Rosy Footman, Miltochrista miniata |
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| Rosy Tabby, Endotricha flammealis |
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| Rosy Tabby |
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| Silver Y, Autographa gamma |
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| Small Dusty Wave, Idaea seriata |
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| Small Magpie, Anania hortulata |
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| Small Red Slender, Caloptilia rufipennella |
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| Swallow-tailed Moth, Ourapteryx sambucaria |
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| Syncopacma species |
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| The Coronet, Craniophora ligustri |
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| V-Pug, Chloroclystis v-ata |
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| White-line Dart, Euxoa tritici |
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| Yponomeuta species |
