Mini Motty

The excellent migrant insect season continues. I haven't trapped for a few days (just too knackered most of the time to make a decent job of it) but set the 125W MV in the garden last night and produced another Small Mottled Willow for Hunts. Formerly rather rare with only six reports prior to this year, that total will end up being doubled with recent reports.

Small Mottled Willow Spodoptera exigua


Scorched Carpet Ligdia adustata


Lime-speck Pug Eupithecia centaureata


Garden Pebble Evergestis forficalis



Sallow Kitten Furcula furcula


Nikon Coolpix P4

The trap list so far:
0227 Skin Moth (Monopis laevigella) 1
0411 Argyresthia goedartella 4
0464 Diamond-back Moth (Plutella xylostella) 11
0642 Batia unitella 1
0658 Carcina quercana 1
0779 Bryotropha affinis 3
0873 Blastobasis lignea 2
0970 Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix (Pandemis cerasana) 1
0972 Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix (Pandemis heparana) 8
0977 Large Fruit-tree Tortrix (Archips podana) 1
0977 Large Fruit-tree Tortrix (Archips podana) 1
0989 Timothy Tortrix (Aphelia paleana) 1
1016x Cnephasia sp. 5
1020 Grey Tortrix (Cnephasia stephensiana) 2
1048 Garden Rose Tortrix (Acleris variegana) 1
1219 Lathronympha strigana 1
1245 Grapholita janthinana 1
1292 Calamotropha paludella 1
1293 Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella) 1
1304 Agriphila straminella 34
1305 Agriphila tristella 16
1331 Water Veneer (Acentria ephemerella) 80
1348 Ringed China-mark (Parapoynx stratiotata) 3
1356 Garden Pebble (Evergestis forficalis) 3
1405 Mother of Pearl (Pleuroptya ruralis) 5
1424 Endotricha flammealis 1
1439 Trachycera advenella 1
1470 Euzophera pinguis 2
1708 Single-dotted Wave (Idaea dimidiata) 1
1713 Riband Wave (Idaea aversata) ab. remutata 3
1713 Riband Wave (Idaea aversata) typical 1
1725 Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet (Xanthorhoe ferrugata) 1
1738 Common Carpet (Epirrhoe alternata) 1
1825 Lime-speck Pug (Eupithecia centaureata) 4
1884 The Magpie (Abraxas grossulariata) 3
1888 Scorched Carpet (Ligdia adustata) 1
1921 Scalloped Oak (Crocallis elinguaria) 3
1937 Willow Beauty (Peribatodes rhomboidaria) 2
1997 Sallow Kitten (Furcula furcula) 1
2000 Iron Prominent (Notodonta dromedarius) 1
2007 Swallow Prominent (Pheosia tremula) 1
2011 Pale Prominent (Pterostoma palpina) 1
2044 Dingy Footman (Eilema griseola) 3
2047 Scarce Footman (Eilema complana) 1
2064 Ruby Tiger (Phragmatobia fuliginosa) 3
2092 Shuttle-shaped Dart (Agrotis puta) 2
2102 Flame Shoulder (Ochropleura plecta) 2
2107 Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba) 3
2293 Marbled Beauty (Cryphia domestica) 6
2298 Svensson's Copper Underwing (Amphipyra berbera) 1
2303 Straw Underwing (Thalpophila matura) 1
2318 The Dun-bar (Cosmia trapezina) 2
2321 Dark Arches (Apamea monoglypha) 1
2341 Cloaked Minor (Mesoligia furuncula) 1
2343x Common Rustic agg. (Mesapamea secalis agg.) 15
2352 Dusky Sallow (Eremobia ochroleuca) 1
2381 The Uncertain (Hoplodrina alsines) 1
2385 Small Mottled Willow (Spodoptera exigua) 1
2441 Silver Y (Autographa gamma) 15
2441 Silver Y (Autographa gamma) f. gammina 1
2450 The Spectacle (Abrostola tripartita) 1
2474 Straw Dot (Rivula sericealis) 1