Closworth 30/8/2006
Pearly underwing
Nomonphila noctuella
Udea ferrugalis
Silver y 2
Double lobed

Blue Anchor, Sat. 26th August 2006

Jersey Tiger ab. lutescens, Knot Grass, Lime-speck pug, Scarce bordered straw, Nomophila noctuella

Here is an old Lady that's been around a bit caught last night at Home in Chard

Another to add to the list for eastwater valley from the 24th August.

Confirmed by James McGill

Another Somerset First

We've just confirmed that Jack Astley has taken the first Anania verbascalis for Somerset VC5 & 6 at Closworth.

This pyralid is Nationally Notable (Nb).  The moth is shown below.

Anania verbascalis

On Friday Night despite the forcast the day was warm and sunny and we hoped for a good night at the Lytes Cary barbeque and moth night. Simon Larkins the head gardener had mentioned seeing a large moth around earlier in the day but David Lester and I explained that the hawks had finshed apart from migrant and the likleyhood of that terribly small. However right on que enter stage right caught by myself at David's light

We had a good night with so many Setaceous Hebrew Characters and Smoky wainscots and even a hornet with about 25 species in all.

Its a bit blurred but then I was on my second glass of wine .

My thanks to Simon and Colin and Maureen Laurence

On Thursday 24th August Night Mike Ridge and I joined by Pat Owen and David Ayling tried once again to do sites near Dunkery Beacon on Exmoor. We had got rained off from the previous Friday and pat said that they had had Torrential rain on the Wednesday night. However we did a recce and found two good sites for Mike and I. It was a very slow night and by 11pm Mike had packed up with less than twenty species. I had my sheet a robo trap and four actinc traps but fared little better, But the last trap had a surprise in store. In all the total so far is 31 species with a pug and a brown job to do. My thanks to them all for their help and Pat found the anomalous first.

• 969 Pandemis corylana Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
• 1260 Cydia splendana 2
• 1288 Alucita hexadactyla Twenty-plume Moth 1
• 1305 Agriphila tristella 7
• 1344 Eudonia mercurella 14
• 1648 Drepana falcataria Pebble Hook-tip 1
• 1722 Xanthorhoe designata Flame Carpet 2
• 1724 Xanthorhoe spadicearia Red Twin-spot Carpet 1
  
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• 1751 Lampropteryx otregiata Devon Carpet 3
• 1755 Eulithis testata Chevron 12
• 1759 Ecliptopera silaceata Small Phoenix 3
• 1762 Chloroclysta citrata Dark Marbled Carpet 1
• 1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 6
  
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• 1774 Colostygia olivata Beech-green Carpet 2
• 1776 Colostygia pectinataria Green Carpet 1
• 1777 Hydriomena furcata July Highflyer 2
• 1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 9
• 1913 Ennomos alniaria Canary-shouldered Thorn 1
• 1917 Selenia dentaria Early Thorn 3
• 2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 9
• 2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 1
  
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• 2117 Eugnorisma glareosa edda Autumnal Rustic 1
• 2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 1
• 2269 Atethmia centrago Centre-barred Sallow 7
• 2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 1
• 2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 1
  
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• 2394 Stilbia anomala Anomalous 3
• 2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 2

The autumnal rustic was the last to be found in the last trap

Closworth.26/8/2006
lots of Hummingbird hawk moths recently with Clouded yellow today.

Langport, STST423283: Palpita vitrealis in trap last night (22nd) along with a worn Spodoptera exigua plus several N. noctuella and U. ferrugalis. Hummingbird hawks nectaring in the garden every day at the moment, 4 or 5 daily.

New Record for ST02

19 August 2006 Whitefield, Wiveliscombe Horse Chestnut - (confirmed by James Mcgill) Another lifetime first

Closworth 21/8/2006
Silver y 11
Nomophila noctuella 10
Udea ferrugalis 3
Palpita vitrealis

ST7854 - a Hummingbird Hawk-moth nectaring on a buddleia bush, the lone source of nectar in the desert that is farmland to the west of Woolverton.

August 17 2006 - Peter Tennant Whitefield, Wiveliscombe

Small Mottled Willow - 2 Scarce Bordered Straw - 1 Palpita vitrealis - for me a lifetime first !

White Ermine - the third year in which I have recorded a second brood

Whitefield, Wiveliscombe 16 July 2006

Scarce Bordered Straw - 1 Small Mottled Willow - 1

Blue Anchor, Sunday 13th August

6 Jersey Tigers (1 ab. lutescens),3 Dusky Thorn, 3 Yellow-barred Brindle

My first ever Cypress Pug (E. phoeniciata) in the trap last night at Langport.

Closworth 12/8/2006
Scarce bordered straw

Yellow Shell moth in the garden (Midsomer Norton) this morning.

Another good moth night on Friday 4th August thanks to the weather. Hot and steamy just how we like it. Two couples turned up with two other ladies and three children and we all had good fun 88 species in all.

• Staple Common 4th July, 2006 combined list
  
• 411 Argyresthia goedartella 2
• 642 Batia unitella 2
• 969 Pandemis corylana Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix 11
• 971 Pandemis cinnamomeana 2
• 972 Pandemis heparana Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
• 1082 Hedya pruniana Plum Tortrix 1
• 1260 Cydia splendana 9
• 1304 Agriphila straminella 7
• 1305 Agriphila tristella 3
• 1313 Catoptria pinella 1
• 1358 Evergestis pallidata 1
• 1390 Udea prunalis 4
• 1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 35
• 1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 1
• 1439 Trachycera advenella 2
• 1524 Emmelina monodactyla 1
• 1634 Malacosoma neustria Lackey 13
• 1640 Euthrix potatoria Drinker 5
• 1646 Watsonalla binaria Oak Hook-tip 1
• 1648 Drepana falcataria Pebble Hook-tip 2
• 1652 Thyatira batis Peach Blossom 1
• 1653 Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches 1
• 1676 Cyclophora annularia Mocha 2
• 1681 Cyclophora linearia Clay Triple-lines 1
• 1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 20
• 1709 Idaea subsericeata Satin Wave 2
• 1722 Xanthorhoe designata Flame Carpet 1
• 1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 12
• 1739 Epirrhoe rivata Wood Carpet 1
• 1748 Mesoleuca albicillata Beautiful Carpet 3
• 1751 Lampropteryx otregiata Devon Carpet 3
• 1759 Ecliptopera silaceata Small Phoenix 11
• 1762 Chloroclysta citrata Dark Marbled Carpet 9
• 1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 6
• 1769 Thera britannica Spruce Carpet 1
• 1777 Hydriomena furcata July Highflyer 86
• 1802 Perizoma affinitata Rivulet 2
• 1803 Perizoma alchemillata Small Rivulet 1
• 1816 Eupithecia linariata Toadflax Pug 1
• 1826 Eupithecia trisignaria Triple-spotted Pug 3
• 1835 Eupithecia tripunctaria White-spotted Pug 1
• 1838 Eupithecia icterata Tawny-speckled Pug 1
• 1858 Chloroclystis v-ata V-Pug 1
• 1860 Pasiphila rectangulata Green Pug 3
• 1875 Asthena albulata Small White Wave 1
• 1883 Acasis viretata Yellow-barred Brindle 1
• 1884 Abraxas grossulariata Magpie Moth 3
• 1887 Lomaspilis marginata Clouded Border 12
• 1888 Ligdia adustata Scorched Carpet 2
• 1890 Macaria alternata Sharp-angled Peacock 1
• 1893 Macaria liturata Tawny-barred Angle 9
• 1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 13
• 1910 Apeira syringaria Lilac Beauty 1
• 1917 Selenia dentaria Early Thorn 3
• 1919 Selenia tetralunaria Purple Thorn 1
• 1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 1
• 1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 1
• 1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 3
• 1940 Deileptenia ribeata Satin Beauty 13
• 1947 Ectropis bistortata Engrailed 1
• 1956 Cabera exanthemata Common Wave 1
• 1997 Furcula furcula Sallow Kitten 2
• 2000 Notodonta dromedarius Iron Prominent 8
• 2003 Notodonta ziczac Pebble Prominent 5
• 2007 Pheosia tremula Swallow Prominent 1
• 2008 Ptilodon capucina Coxcomb Prominent 4
• 2033 Lymantria monacha Black Arches 23
• 2037 Miltochrista miniata Rosy Footman 1
• 2044 Eilema griseola Dingy Footman 8
• 2049 Eilema depressa Buff Footman 39
• 2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 10
• 2067 Euplagia quadripunctaria Jersey Tiger 1
• 2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 18
• 2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 37
• 2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 8
• 2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 24
• 2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 1
• 2198 Mythimna impura Smoky Wainscot 2
• 2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 3
• 2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 2
• 2345 Photedes minima Small Dotted Buff 2
• 2385 Spodoptera exigua Small Mottled Willow 1
• 2425 Colocasia coryli Nut-tree Tussock 1
• 2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 4
• 2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 3
• 2473 Laspeyria flexula Beautiful Hook-tip 1
• 2474 Rivula sericealis Straw Dot 7
• 2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 8

And I have seen my first Jersey Tiger on the Mainland and at Staple Common in the Blackdowns. The tigers are all having a very good year.

Blue Anchor, Saturday 5th August

Flame Carpet, 2 Jersey Tigers, Marbled Beauty, 2 Olives, Ruby Tigers, Scorched Carpet, 2 Yellow-barred Brindle, Mecyna Asinalis and a posiible Ear moth. Plus a Lesser Stag Beetle.

5 August 2006, Berrow

Female Four-spotted Footman, and a Pediasia aridella

Photos on my website 

Closworth 3/7/2006
Nomophila noctuella 13
Silver y16
Vestal
Udea ferrugalis7
Small mottled willow 3
Mocha
Catoptria pinella

Rosy Marbled: A Somerset First

On 24th June 2006 Peter Tennant trapped a Rosy Marbled Elaphria venustula at Wiveliscombe.  This is the first record for VC5 and 6.  The specimen is shown below and was confirmed by James McGill prior to preserving.

2396 Rosy Marbled

Two Small Mottled Willow at Berrow on 28 July 2006, one in my garden trap and one at the LNR.  Also, a Ni Moth was in my garden trap on 30 July 2006. A photo of the Ni Moth is on my website.

James Packer