Wednesday 31 July 2019

Moth nights

Toadflax Brocade, Calophasia lunula
The warm calm nights of 25th and 28th July brought 36 named species of moths round our balcony light plus 4 unidentified ones. Four of these were new visitors: Toadflax Brocade (Calophasia lunula), Fen Wainscot (Arenostola phragmitidis), Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (Noctua fimbriata), Small Blood-vein (Scopula imitaria)
14-spot Ladybird, Propylea 14-punctata

Box Tree Moth, Cydalima perspectalis

Bright-line Brown-eye, Lacanobia oleracea

Brimstone Moth, Opisthograptis luteolata and Long-legged Tabby, Synaphe punctalis

Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, Noctua fimbriata

Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

unidentified froghopper (Hemiptera, Aphrophoridae)

Channel Islands Pug, Eupithecia ultimaria

Cloaked Minor, Mesoligia furuncula

Common Carpet, Epirrhoe alternata

Common Emerald, Hemithea aestivaria

Common Footman, Eilema lurideola

Common Rustic, Mesapamea secalis

Dagger species, Acronicta species

Dingy Dowd, Blastobasis adustella

False Widow Spider, Steatoda nobilis with Common Green Lacewing

Fen Wainscot, Arenostola phragmitidis

Fen Wainscot
Garden Grass-veneer, Chrysoteuchia culmella

Langmaid's Yellow Underwing, Noctua janthina

Langmaid's Yellow Underwing

Large Clover Case-bearer, Coleophora trifolii

Large Yellow Underwing, Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

Least Carpet, Idaea rusticata

Light Brown Apple Moth, Epiphyas postvittana

Long-legged Tabby, Synaphe punctalis

Marbled Green, Cryphia muralis

Marsh Dowd, Blastobasis rebeli

Pale-bordered Piercer, Grapholita janthinana

Pearl Veneer, Agriphila straminella

Riband Wave, Idaea aversata ab remutata

Rosy Tabby, Endotricha flammealis

Ruby Tiger, Phragmatobia fuliginosa

Ruby Tiger

Rush Veneer, Nomophila noctuella

Rush Veneer
Shuttle-shaped Dart, Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

Shuttle-shaped Dart

Silver Y, Autographa gamma

Small Blood-vein, Scopula imitaria

Small Fan-footed Wave, Idaea biselata

Spindle Ermine Yponomeuta cagnagella

Toadflax Brocade, Calophasia lunula

Waste Grass-veneer, Pediasia contaminella

Willow Beauty, Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Zebra Jumping Spider, Salticus scenicus with veneer moth
unidentified moths: