Second Suspect

Another Suspected turned up in the garden actinic trap last night, this one being a warm brown colour and thus rather more easily distinguished from the Common Rustics than its predecessor last week.

Suspected, Westcott 14th July

Also in the catch were two additions to the garden year-list, comprising Eudemis profundana (quite a dark example) and what I'm sure is a Garden Dart.  The latter species is now quite rare locally and its final stronghold in Bucks would appear to be the Ashridge Estate.  It hasn't appeared in the garden here since 2011 and this one will go off to be checked just in case it is something more exotic (unlikely!).

Eudemis profundana, Westcott 14th July

Garden Dart, Westcott 14th July

  
Bringing the year-list up-to-date, the following have been added since my last post:

(11th)  Ypsolopha sequella, Endothenia gentianaeana, Pammene fasciana, Catoptria falsella, Marasmarcha
            lunaedactyla, Wormwood Pug, Pine Hawk-moth, Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, Copper
            Underwing
(12th)  Eulamprotes atrella, Gypsonoma sociana, Anania lancealis, Small Blood-vein
(13th)  Crambus pascuella, Udea lutealis, Slender Pug, Dusky Sallow
(14th)  Eudemis profundana, Garden Dart

Anania lancealis was another species completely new for the garden.

Anania lancealis, Westcott 12th July

Numbers were well down in last night's catch with fewer than 60 species turning up, thanks to the chilly northerly breeze.  On the plus side, there were far fewer examples of Heart & Dart and Dark Arches to wade through this morning.

Dave Wilton
Westcott, Bucks