Monday, 15 June 2020

Privet Twist and a Ringlet

Ringlet, Aphantopus hyperantus
Yesterday (June 14) at Rewell Wood I spotted my first Ringlet of the year. I also got close to a Large White. The Meadow Browns were flopping around all over the place. A new moth appeared, a Privet Twist, also numbers of Common Marbles, Common Yellow Conches and White-barred Golds plus a Garden Grass-veneer and a Hoary Bell. An Azure Damselfly appeared.
Privet Twist, Clepsis consimilana 

Azure Damselfly, Coenagrion puella

unidentified bug nymph

Common Marble, Celypha lacunana 

Common Yellow Conch, Agapeta hamana 

Figwort Sawfly, Tenthredo scrophulariae 

Garden Grass-veneer, Chrysoteuchia culmella 

Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil, Lotus pedunculatus 

Green Shieldbug nymph, Palomena prasina 

Hoary Bell, Eucosma cana 

Large White female, Pieris brassicae 

Large White female, Pieris brassicae 

Leafhopper, Eupteryx urticae 

Ringlet, Aphantopus hyperantus 

Speckled Bush Cricket nymph, Leptophyes punctatissima 

St. John's Wort, Hypericum androsaemum 

tiny Strawberry Blossom Weevil, Anthonomus rubi

White-barred Gold, Micropterix aruncella

White-barred Gold, Micropterix aruncella

White-barred Twist & Small Magpie moths

Green Longhorn, Adela reaumurella
Rewell Wood moths, 13 June: Common Marbles, Common Yellow Conches, Dotted Ermel, Green Longhorns, Silver Y, Small Magpie, White-barred Gold, White-barred Twist.
Bracken spores, Pteridium aquilinum 

Common Marble, Celypha lacunana 

Common Spotted-orchid, Dactylorhiza fuchsii

Common Spotted-orchids

Common Yellow Conch, Agapeta hamana

Dotted Ermel, Ethmia dodecea 

Green Longhorn, Adela reaumurella

Meadow Plant Bug, Leptopterna dolabrata 

unidentified micromoth

Mirid bug, Plagiognathus arbustorum 

unidentified moth larva

Red Bug nymph, Deraeocoris ruber 

Silver Y, Autographa gamma 

Small Magpie, Anania hortulata 

Small Magpie, Anania hortulata 

White Crab Spider, Misumena vatia

White-barred Gold, Micropterix aruncella

White-barred Gold, Micropterix aruncella

White-barred Twist, Olindia schumacherana 

Saturday, 13 June 2020

Lime & Small Elephant Hawk Moths

Lime Hawk-moth, Mimas tiliae
Hawk moths have featured a lot during the past couple of weeks on the balcony. Sometimes they dive into the moth trap and sometimes settle on the wall by the balcony light. This selection arrived during the period 6 to 12 June. The commonest moth by far continues to be the Heart and Dart with a maximum of 26 on one night recently. Next is the Shuttle-shaped Dart.
Brimstone Moth, Opisthograptis luteolata 

Broad-barred White, Hecatera bicolorata

Buff Ermine, Spilosoma luteum

Common Cockchafer, Melolontha melolontha

Common Pug, Eupithecia vulgata

Common Wainscot, Mythimna pallens

Cypress Carpet, Thera cupressata

Dark Arches, Apamea monoglypha

Garden Carpet, Xanthorhoe fluctuata

Heart and Dart, Agrotis exclamationis

Lime Hawk-moth, Mimas tiliae

Marbled Minor agg., Oligia strigilis agg. 

Poplar Kitten, Furcula bifida

Poplar Kitten, Furcula bifida

Shuttle-shaped Dart, Agrotis puta 

Small Elephant Hawk-moth, Deilephila porcellus

Small Elephant Hawk-moth, Deilephila porcellus

The Uncertain, Hoplodrina octogenaria 

Toadflax Brocade, Calophasia lunula

Toadflax Brocade, Calophasia lunula

Vine's Rustic, Hoplodrina ambigua