Moths!

A very disappointing haul this morning - I had more Birch Shieldbugs than moths - up to 30 of the little blighters!

Small Dusty Wave 1

Large Yellow Underwing 2

Box-tree Moth 5

Setaceous Hebrew Character 2

Brimstone 1

Pale Mottled Willow 1

Small Ranunculus (very late in the season) 1

Vapourer 1

(Common?) Wainscot 1

Square-spot Rustic 2

Setaceous Hebrew Character 

Hebrew Character

Vapourer

Probable Common Wainscot

Last night a Hawker dragonfly (probably a Migrant Hawker) was flying around outside the window at 19:30.

Moths!

This morning the main interest in the trap was provided by the intruders rather than the moths themselves. Among the weird stuff was a probable Water Boatman, loads of tiny beetles (Helophorus?) and a Cranefly.

Heart and Dart 15

The Miller 1

Bright-line Brown-eye 1

Knot Grass 1

Scarlet Tiger 4

Brimstone 1

Bee Moth 1

Tachystola acroxantha 1

Pug sp. 1

Birch Shieldbug 3

Harlequin

Tipula vernalis

Probable Water Boatman

Possible Helophorus beetles

Crab Spider Philodromus

Scarlet Tiger

Birch Shieldbug

The Miller

Brimstone Moth

Water Boatman?

Bright-line Brown-eye

Helophorus?

Knot Grass

Moffs!

I fired up the moth trap last night and it produced:
Lime Hawkmoth 1
Brimstone 1
Bright-line Brown-eye 1
Heart and Dart 1
Shuttle-shaped Dart 1
Knot Grass 1
Marbled Minor agg. 1

Also a tiny Psallus bug and a rather angry wasp!

Bright-line Brown-eye

Lime Hawkmoth

Knot Grass

Marbled Minor

Shuttle-shaped Dart

Moths!

I put up the moth trap last night and was delighted to find some moths this morning (I never raise my hopes too much). Some of them were new species for my flat:
Shuttle-shaped Dart
Brindled Beauty
Hebrew Character
Knot Grass
Brimstone
Muslin Moth
Common Quaker
Brindled Pug
Double-striped Pug
Light Brown Apple Moth

There was also a 10-spot Ladybird and a Green Lacewing!

Brindled Beauty

Brimstone

Brindled Pug

Double-striped Pug

Hebrew Character

Knot Grass

Light Brown Apple Moth

Muslin Moth

10-spot Ladybird

Common Quaker

Shuttle-shaped Dart

Moths!

Woeful results with the trap again last night -
Silver Y 1
Mint Moth 1
Marbled Beauty 2
Light Brown Apple Moth 1
Brimstone Moth 1
Double-striped Pug 1

Harlequin Ladybird 2

Brimstone

Harlequin

Light Brown Apple Moth

Marbled Beauty

Mint Moth

Double-striped Pug

Silver Y

Hornet Hoverfly and Red Admiral!

This morning near the station there was a Red Admiral, a Small White and a Hornet Hoverfly on the Buddleia - lovely stuff. A tiny bug was on the wall - I think it's likely to be an Anoscopus species, probably A. albifrons.

Red Admiral

Hornet Hoverfly

Anoscopus

This morning the moth trap produced fewer numbers of species but a new one for me - a Dusky Thorn. Also in the trap were:
Willow Beauty - 2
Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix
Light Brown Apple Moth
Micro-moth Carcina quercana (new to me!)
Large Yellow Underwing
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
Square-spot Rustic
Double-striped Pug
Micro-moth Agriphila geniculea
Brimstone

Agriphila geniculea

Brimstone

Carcina quercana

Large Yellow Underwing

Dusky Thorn

Double-striped Pug

Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix

Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

Square-spot Rustic

Willow Beauty

This morning, at least a couple of Jays were calling from the garden, maybe a family party of them.