New for the list here over the past week have been:
(8th) Rhopobota naevana, Epiblema foenella, Dingy Footman, Dusky Sallow
(9th) Sandy Carpet, Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(10th) Mouse Moth
(11th) Lunar Hornet Moth (daytime, to lure)
(12th) Borkhausenia fuscescens, Acleris holmiana, Anania coronata
(13th) Aspilapteryx tringipennella, Helcystogramma rufescens, Pandemis heparana, Endothenia marginana,
Agriphila tristella, Galleria mellonella, Rosy Rustic
(14th) Ypsolopha dentella, Ypsolopha horridella
Acleris holmiana, Westcott 12th July |
Agriphila tristella, Westcott 13th July |
Rosy Rustic, Westcott 13th July |
Ypsolopha horridella, Westcott 14th July |
The Rosy Rustic (13th) is my earliest garden record and, unfortunately, a sign that autumn isn't all that far away now. Scarce Footman and Common Footman are providing the highest nightly totals at the moment, with Uncertain/Rustic and Common/Lesser Common Rustics close behind. Grass-moth Chrysoteuchia culmella is starting to wind down and will soon be replaced by large numbers of the Agriphila species. Looking back over the past few years at what hasn't appeared here yet in 2020, perhaps the biggest disappointment so far has been no sign of Garden Tiger. This is quite a rare moth in Bucks these days but there seems to be a small residual population locally and two or three have put in an appearance here annually for the past four years. I suppose there's still time for it to appear but it usually shows itself during the first week of July.
Dave Wilton
Westcott, Bucks
I had a Rosy Rustic on Monday night also, but in Chipperfield, Herts so it won't fight with yours for earliest in the county!
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