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

Moths!

 I put the trap out for the first time in months last night! The following moths decided to pay me a visit:

Lime Hawkmoth 1

Oak Hook Tip (my first ever) 1

Treble Lines 1

Heart and Dart 3

Knot Grass 1

Cabbage Moth 1

Peppered Moth 1

Shuttle-shaped Dart 1

Vine's Rustic 1

Brown House Moth 1

The intruders included my first ever Mayfly (a Green Drake)! How it turned up in the middle of Montpelier I don't know! Also a few Birch Shieldbugs.

Lime Hawkmoth

An upside down Oak Hook Tip

Treble Lines

Knot Grass

Cabbage Moth

Peppered Moth

Vine's Rustic

Green Drake Mayfly

 

Moffs, wasps and spiders!

Some good moths in the trap this morning including a few new ones for me. Highlights were a Herald and a Buff Arches, both 'firsts'.

Herald 1

Buff Arches 1

Brimstone 1

Swallow-tailed Moth 1

Shuttle-shaped Dart 2

Bright-line Brown-eye 1

Marbled Beauty 1

Marbled Green 1

Flame Shoulder 1

Common Rustic 1

Copper Underwing/Svensson's Copper Underwing 1

Knot Grass 1

Silver Y1

Gold Triangle 1

Small Dusty Wave 1

Tachystola acroxantha

Agriphila straminella

? Acrobasis sp.

There were inevitably some rather cold and dopey Common Wasps in the trap because of the nearby nest, but I was surprised to see a male False Widow Steatoda grossa just outside the window!

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