Small Skipper (2 Jul 2009 to 125wt)
Large Skipper (26 Jun 2017 to 125wt)
Dingy Skipper (12 May 2007 to 15wt)
Grizzled Skipper (12 May 2007 to 15wt)
Large White (24 Aug 2016 to twin-30wt)
Small White (27 Jul 2018 to twin-30wt)
Green-veined White (31 Jul 2013 to 125wt)
Purple Hairstreak (4 Jul 2011, 31 Jul 2013, 4 Jul 2015, 8 Jul 2017, 8 Aug 2018, 15 Aug 2018 all to 125wt)
Black Hairstreak (21 Jun 2010 to 125wt)
Common Blue (16 Aug 2014 to 125wt)
Red Admiral (13 Sep 2008, 15 Aug 2014, 25 Jul 2017, 20 Sep 2017 all to twin-30wt, 17 Jul 2017 to 125wt)
Marbled White (22 Jul 2013, 4 Jul 2017, 5 Jul 2017 all to 125wt)
Speckled Wood (7 Sep 2009, 27 Aug 2014 both to 125wt)
Gatekeeper (15 Jul 2017 to 125wt)
Meadow Brown (24 Jul 2013, 31 Jul 2013, 6 Aug 2017 all to 125wt)
Ringlet (13 Jul 2008, 1 Jul 2009, 4 Jul 2010, 16 Jul 2013, 1 Aug 2013, 1 Jul 2018 all to 125wt)
Small Heath (16 Jul 2013 to 125wt)
The above records don't include 2019 so the Painted Lady is the 18th different butterfly species I've had to light. I hadn't realised it was quite so many!
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| Painted Lady to 125wt MV, Westcott 3rd August |
Westcott, Bucks
That is an impressive list Dave! I have yet to find a butterfly in my moth trap. I assume that list covers various locations, and not just your garden?
ReplyDeleteIndeed. I'd have to go through the records again to be sure but I suspect about two-thirds were away from the garden.
DeleteI remember going out to the trap and night and moving a peacock that was landing on my trap out of line of sight onto a buddleia. A few minutes later it was back. And conversely I've had Dark Arches nectaring on Silene in the morning (might have been from the trap) and one at 7pm yesterday flying around Buddleia.
ReplyDeleteI have had a Red Admiral in the past but the Purple Hairstreak was surprising as it must be a long way from home. I have certainly never seen one in the area over the last 30 years.
ReplyDeletePurple Hairstreak and a Painted Lady in my traps over the past few days.
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