| Puss Moth... |
| Blofelds Cat... |
| Flame Shoulder |
Down to 7 degrees and clear.
Taxa
0648 White-shouldered House Moth (Endrosis sarcitrella) 1
0697 Agonopterix arenella 1
1288 Twenty-plume Moth (Alucita hexadactyla) 1
1722 Flame Carpet (Xanthorhoe designata) 1
1728 Garden Carpet (Xanthorhoe fluctuata) 1
1750 Water Carpet (Lampropteryx suffumata) 1
1834 Common Pug (Eupithecia vulgata) 4
1862 Double-striped Pug (Gymnoscelis rufifasciata) 1
1994 Buff-tip (Phalera bucephala) 1 only wings left eaten by bird.
1995 Puss Moth (Cerura vinula) 1 NFG (That should read OMFG)
2060 White Ermine (Spilosoma lubricipeda) 1
2061 Buff Ermine (Spilosoma luteum) 1
2069 Cinnabar (Tyria jacobaeae) 1
2078 Least Black Arches (Nola confusalis) 2
2102 Flame Shoulder (Ochropleura plecta) 1 NFY
2123 Small Square-spot (Diarsia rubi) 1
2188 Clouded Drab (Orthosia incerta) 2
2190 Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica) 4
26 Moths of 18 species 2 new for the year.
I cant leave this post without mentioning that Puss Moth. I was very envious of others who catch them and rightly so, what a belter! This one is a male, and was sitting in long grass near the trap, while a Great Tit decapitated the Buff Tip...Oh how things could have been different....