Westcott, Bucks

As expected, new species keep turning up in the garden, but overall numbers of moths in the traps still seem to be well down on where they should be by mid-May.  Amongst the new arrivals here have been the following:

(1st)  Pammene rhediella, Seraphim

(4th)  Monopis weaverella, Pebble Prominent, Lesser Swallow Prominent

(5th)  Parornix sp., Scalloped Hazel

(6th)  Elachista rufocinerea, Green Carpet, Waved Umber

(7th)  Cnephasia sp., Poplar Hawk-moth, Iron Prominent, Flame Shoulder

(8th)  Elachista canapennella, Cochylichroa atricapitana, Syndemis musculana, Pebble Hook-tip, Frosted

          Green, Lime Hawk-moth, White-spotted Pug, Mottled Pug, Pale Prominent, Silver Y

(9th)  Common Pug, Poplar Kitten

(10th)  Scrobipalpa acuminatella

(11th)  Adela reaumurella, Esperia sulphurella, Depressaria radiella, Pyrausta purpuralis, Maiden's Blush,

           Broken-barred Carpet, Pale Tussock, Orange Footman, Spectacle

(12th)  Shuttle-shaped Dart

(13th)  Lime-speck Pug, Lesser Treble-bar, White Ermine, Vine's Rustic, Clouded-bordered Brindle

(14th)  Evergestis forficalis, Purple Bar, Knot Grass

(15th)  Coronet

Maiden's Blush, Westcott 11th May

Broken-barred Carpet, Westcott 11th May

Poplar Kitten, Westcott 9th May

White Ermine, Westcott 13th May

Coronet, Westcott 15th May

Clouded-bordered Brindle, Westcott 13th May

Bat activity around the garden has been quite high and I'm sure to have lost a few moths that way, but most of the evidence so far (ie sets of wings on the lawn) has been from Brimstone Moths, of which I seem to be getting quite a few in the traps each night.  It is also Cockchafer time of year but they're not usually a nuisance here (there has been only one in the traps so far, on the 14th).  Compare that to my visit to Yoesden Bank back on the 7th where I had to contend with more than 70 of them blundering around! 

Dave Wilton Westcott, Bucks