The Blackneck

Another fabulous first for the garden. This is a local species only known from about 10% of the 2km squares in Hunts. It is a first for this square.

Other significant records were the second Heart & Club for the garden and only the third Dingy Shears.

The Blackneck Lygephila pastinum


Canon Powershot SX10

300 moths of 60 species
0672 Parsnip Moth (Depressaria pastinacella) 1 (TBC)
0874 Blastobasis lacticolella 1
0937 Agapeta hamana 1
0970 Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix (Pandemis cerasana) 1
0994 Clepsis consimilana 1
1016x Cnephasia sp. 1
1033 Green Oak Tortrix (Tortrix viridana) 1
1063 Celypha striana 1
1076 Celypha lacunana 1
1083 Marbled Orchard Tortrix (Hedya nubiferana) 3
1169 Gypsonoma dealbana 1
1293 Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella) 58
1316 Catoptria falsella 1
1331 Water Veneer (Acentria ephemerella) 1
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 1 (TBC)
1338 Dipleurina lacustrata 5
1344 Eudonia mercurella 1
1392 Udea olivalis 1
1413 Gold Triangle (Hypsopygia costalis) 1
1424 Endotricha flammealis 1
1438 Trachycera suavella 1
1653 Buff Arches (Habrosyne pyritoides) 1
1708 Single-dotted Wave (Idaea dimidiata) 1
1711 Treble Brown Spot (Idaea trigeminata) 1
1713 Riband Wave (Idaea aversata) ab. remutata 5
1738 Common Carpet (Epirrhoe alternata) 1
1758 Barred Straw (Eulithis pyraliata) 1
1860 Green Pug (Chloroclystis rectangulata) 1
1862 Double-striped Pug (Gymnoscelis rufifasciata) 1
1887 Clouded Border (Lomaspilis marginata) 2
1922 Swallow-tailed Moth (Ourapteryx sambucaria) 1
1941 Mottled Beauty (Alcis repandata) 1
1958 Clouded Silver (Lomographa temerata) 1
1976 Privet Hawk-moth (Sphinx ligustri) 1
1981 Poplar Hawk-moth (Laothoe populi) 1
1991 Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor) 1
1994 Buff-tip (Phalera bucephala) 1
2029 Brown-tail (Euproctis chrysorrhoea) 2
2050 Common Footman (Eilema lurideola) 30
2061 Buff Ermine (Spilosoma lubricipeda) 3
2088 Heart & Club (Agrotis clavis) 2
2089 Heart & Dart (Agrotis exclamationis) 16
2098 The Flame (Axylia putris) 7
2107 Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba) 1
2128 Double Square-spot (Xestia triangulum) 2
2155 Dot Moth (Melanchra persicariae) 1
2160 Bright-line Brown-eye (Lacanobia oleracea) 3
2193 The Clay (Mythimna ferrago) 2
2198 Smoky Wainscot (Mythimna impura) 5
2199 Common Wainscot (Mythimna pallens) 1
2278 Poplar Grey (Acronicta megacephala) 1
2314 Dingy Shears (Parastichtis ypsillon) 1
2321 Dark Arches (Apamea monoglypha) 50
2322 Light Arches (Apamea lithoxylaea) 2
2337x Marbled Minor agg. (Oligia strigilis agg.) 1
2343x Common Rustic agg. (Mesapamea secalis agg.) 2
2381 The Uncertain (Hoplodrina alsines) 59
2434 Burnished Brass (Diachrysia chrysitis) f. juncta 1
2466 The Blackneck (Lygephila pastinum) 1
2489 The Fan-foot (Herminia tarsipennalis) 2