Mothing

Post date: Jul 10, 2010 7:5:24 PM

Last night was mild, dark with a light wind-perfect mothing conditions! I managed to keep going to 3am, as the light started to brighten the shadow in the east-me thought it was then time to bed!

1. Swallowtail Moth 3

2. White-spotted Pug

3. Spectacle 5

4. Dingy Footman 2

5. Heart and Dart 4

6. July Highflier 2

7. Double Square spot 10

8 Flame 12

9. Flame Shoulder 2

10. Dark Swordgrass

11. Round-winged Muslin 3

12 Buff Arches 1

13 Common Emerald 2

14 Riband Wave 4

15 Small Yellow Wave 2

16 Short-cloaked Moth 3

17 Elephant HM 5

18 Privet HM 3

19. Dark Arches 5

20. Small Rivulet 2

21. Sandy Carpet 2

22. Lattice Heath

23. Light Emerald 3

24. Bright-line Brown-eye 2

25. Foxglove Pug 2

26. Common Footman 2

27 Scarce Footman 3

28 Buff Ermine 2

29 Uncertain 10

30 Mottled Rustic 4

31 Clay 5

32 Smokey Wainscot 2

33 Common Wainscot 4

34 Square Spot Rustic 2

35 Angle Shades 1

36 Small Angle Shades 1

37 Snout 2

38 Poplar HM

39 Fanfoot 2

40 Beautiful Golden Y

41 Burnished Brass

42 Green Pug

43 Drinker

44 Dagger sp.

45 Large Yellow Underwing 2

46 Pepper Moth 2

47 Clouded Border 2

48 Pine HM

49 Barred Straw

50 Scorched Wing 2

51 Brimestone

52 Green Carpet

53 Willow Beauty 5

54 Common White Wave

55 White Ermine

56 Dot Moth 2

57 Coxcombe Prominent

Pine Hawkmoth Peppered Moth Peppered Moth f.insularia

July Highflier Small Rivulet Lozotaenia forsterana

This morning in the garden there was a definite increase in Butters activity, with Comma, Small Skipper, Meadow brown, Ringlet, Small Tort, Large White and Red Admiral all paying a visit, along with 3 sightings of a Hummingbird Hawk Moth, a couple of Banded Demoiselle and an Emperor dragonfly