Westcott, Bucks

The garden year-list continues to climb and the past week has seen the following additions, taking it to almost 360 species for the year:

(17th)  Argyresthia albistria, Archips crataegana, Marbled White Spot
(18th)  Crambus pascuella
(19th)  Metalampra italica, Blastodacna hellerella, Ghost Moth, Kent Black Arches, Short-cloaked Moth,
            Clouded Brindle, Common Rustic agg.
(20th)  Mompha ochraceella, Lozotaeniodes formosana, Acrobasis consociella, Pine Hawk-moth, Brown
            Scallop
(21st)  Agriphila straminella, Small Emerald, Yellow-tail, Dark Sword-grass
(22nd) Anthophila fabriciana, Tortrix viridana, Anania crocealis
(23rd)  Bohemannia pulverosella (mine), Yponomeuta evonymella, Scythropia crataegella, Aleimma
            loeflingiana, Acleris forsskaleana, Epinotia nanana, Gypsonoma dealbana, Delplanqueia inscriptella,
            Phycitodes binaevella, Eudonia mercurella, Cataclysta lemnata/Small China-mark, Currant Clearwing
            (to lure by day), Small Scallop, Scarlet Tiger, Blackneck, Lunar-spotted Pinion, Minor Shoulder-knot,
            Double Square-spot

There has been nothing unexpected amongst the above species although the miniscule Epinotia nanana, wing length 4.5mm and last recorded here in 2018, was quite a nice record.  The Delplanqueia will be dissected in due course but we only seem to get one of the two species in Bucks.  The Dark Sword-grass (21st) was my first proper migrant of the year.

Epinotia nanana, Westcott 23rd June

Anania crocealis, Westcott 22nd June

Ghost Moth female, Westcott 19th June

Kent Black Arches, Westcott 19th June

Last night (23rd) was the first of 2020 where the garden catch exceeded 100 species and I'll be very disappointed if that isn't the case tonight too.  It should be the best night of the year to date, so get those traps on if you can!

Dave Wilton
Westcott, Bucks