Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Shotesham update ...and still they come

After the big push to reach the 1000 mark, I thought I'd be taking my foot off the gas, and to some extent I have really. However, the score has continued to rise at about eight species per day anyway, mostly thanks to the spell of excellent moth-trapping that has been occurring. The majority of these additions have therefore been "easy" (i.e. easy if you've seen them before), although I've largely been checking the walls near the trap at midnight, then again at 0330 when I've covered the trap to keep the birds out, then gone through properly at 0630. After about a week at a time of doing this, it does start to drain you a little.

Not all moths though, and I've enjoyed finding yet more smart soldierflies, and selection of the plants I was still missing, and a fantastic Great Silver Beetle coming to light. With the score on 1,115, and the late summer and autumn around the corner, plus still rather a lot of pots in the fridge, I'm wondering if 1,500 is too much to hope for?

Late update from 2nd June
1001 - Trachycera advenella - green caterpillar with twin red lines on hawthorn, kept to rear and emerged by 9th July as this

9th July
1002 - Wachtliella rosarum - thickened up-folded leaf of garden rose, multiple grubs in folds
1003 - Donacia marginata - glossy longish beetle on along streamside vegetation, keyed
1004 - Oplodontha viridula (Common Green Colonel) - green soliderfly
1005 - Mythimna ferrago (The Clay) - trap
1006 - Aleimma loeflingiana - trap
1007 - Hepialus humuli (Ghost Moth) - trap
1008 - Phycitodes binaevella - trap

11th July
1009 - Agriphila straminella - trap
1010 - Argyresthia cupressella - trap
1011 - Melanchra persicariae (Dot Moth) - trap
1012 - Mythimna conigera (Brown-line Bright-eye) - trap
1013 - Anaplectoides prasina (Green Arches) - trap
1014 - Hoplodrina blanda (The Rustic) - trap

12th July
1015 - Oxycera rara (Four-barred Major) - smart male soliderfly, landed on the car roof in the morning as I was getting in!
1016 - Udea prunalis - trap

13th July
1017 - Yponomeuta evonymella (Bird-cherry Ermine) - trap
1018 - Earias clorana (Cream-bordered Green Pea) - trap
1019 - Phycita roborella - trap
1020 - Leucoma salicis (White Satin) - trap
1021 - Epiblema foenella - trap
1022 - Chiasmia clathrata (Latticed Heath) - trap
1023 - Acronicta leporina (The Miller) - trap
1024 - Ditula angustiorana (Red-barred Tortrix) - trap
1025 - Parastichtis ypsillon (Dingy Shears) - trap
1026 - Eulithis mellinata (The Spinach) - trap
1027 - Scopula immutata (Lesser Cream Wave) - trap
1028 - Xanthorhoe quadrifasiata (Large Twin-spot Carpet) - trap
1029 - Archips xylosteana - trap

14th July
1030 - Aethusa cynapium (Fool's Parsley) - grows in flowerbed every year, I've always assumed it's kind of wild (does that make me a fool?)
1031 - Pyronia tithonus (The Gatekeeper) - hedgerows
1032 - Thymelicus sylvestris (Small Skipper) - Shotesham Common
1033 - Juncus subnodulosus (Blunt-flowered Rush) - sizeable patches of it on Shotesham Common
1034 - Nemotelus nigrinus (All-black Snout) - shiny black soldierfly with long snout, ivory halteres, few bits of yellow on legs, wing venation correct
1035 - Persicaria maculosa (Redshank) - on muddy streambank, also field margins
1036 - Bactra lancealana - netted by day, also in trap
1037 - Aeshna grandis (Brown Hawker) - small numbers so far
1038 - Chorthippus parallelus (Meadow Grasshopper) - heard only
1039 - Chorthippus brunneus (Field Grasshopper) - heard only
1040 - Hylaea fasciaria (Barred Red) - trap
1041 - Cochylis hybridella - trap
1042 - Idaea biselata (Small Fan-footed Wave) - trap
1043 - Macaria liturata (Tawny-barred Angle) - trap
1044 - Mesapamea secalis (Common Rustic) - trap (gen det.)
1045 - Ancylis achatana - trap

15th July
1046 - Aythya fuligula (Tufted Duck) - female flew over
1047 - Fallopia convolvulus (Black Bindweed) - arable margins
1048 - Polygonum aviculare (Knotgrass) - arable margins
1049 - Piniphila bifasciana - netted at dusk
1050 - Lasiocampa quercus (Oak Eggar) - trap
1051 - Pandemis heparana (Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix) - trap
1052 - Idaea dimidiata (Single-dotted Wave) - trap
1053 - Phlyctaenia coronata - trap
1054 - Eulithis prunata (The Phoenix) - trap

16th July
1055 - Oxycera nigricornis (Delicate Soldier) - male soldierfly, landed on my arm on the patio whilst eating tea
1056 - Thyatira batis (Peach Blossom) - trap
1057 - Zeuzera pyrina (Leopard Moth) - trap
1058 - Nephopterix angustella - trap
1059 - Batia unitella - trap

17th July
1060 - Hedya salicella - trap
1061 - Geometra papilionaria (Large Emerald) - trap
1062 - Cosmia trapezina (The Dun-bar) - trap
1063 - Arctia caja (Garden Tiger) - trap
1064 - Endotricha flammealis - trap

19th July
1065 - Orthopygia glaucinalis - trap
1066 - Miltochrista miniata (Rosy Footman) - trap
1067 - Acentria ephemerella (Water veneer) - trap
1068 - Aethes rubigana - trap
1069 - Brachmia blandella - trap
1070 - Eudonia angustea - trap
1071 - Amphipoea oculea (Ear Moth) - trap (gen det.)
1072 - Acleris variegana (Garden Rose Tortrix) - trap
1073 - Acleris holmiana - trap
1074 - Udea lutealis - trap
1075 - Noctua fimbriata (Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing) - trap
1076 - Apamea epomidion (Clouded Brindle) - trap
1077 - Paraswammerdamia lutarea - trap (=nebulella)

20th July
1078 - Phyllonorycter platani - occupied mines in plane tree leaves
1079 - Chrysolina americana (Rosemary Beetle) - on lavender plants along the road
1080 - Thlaspi arvense (Field Penny-cress) - arable margins
1081 - Bena bicolorana (Scarce Silver-lines) - trap
1082 - Hydriomena furcata (July Highflyer) - trap
1083 - Scopula imitaria (Small Blood-vein) - trap
1084 - Euproctis similis (Yellow-tail) - trap
1085 - Eilema griseola (Dingy Footman) - trap
1086 - Herminia grisealis (Small Fan-foot) - trap
1087 - Eupithecia succenturiata (Bordered Pug) - trap
1088 - Idaea rusticata (Least Carpet) - trap
1089 - Plemyria rubiginata (Blue-bordered Carpet) - trap
1090 - Mythimna straminea (Southern Wainscot) - trap
1091 - Apamea ophiogramma (Double Lobed) - trap
1092 - Pleuroptya ruralis (Mother of Pearl) - trap
1093 - Teleiodes vulgella - trap
1094 - Parachronistis albiceps - trap
1095 - Cidaria fulvata (Barred Yellow) - trap
1096 - Lobesia absicana - trap

21st July
1097 - Heterotoma planicornis - small colony found on nettles
1098 - Neozephyrus quercus (Purple Hairstreak) - having glimpsed several during the week, good to eventually confirm around oak tops
1099 - Solanum nigrum (Black Nightshade) - arable margins
1100 - Aphrophora alni (Alder Spittlebug) - found on an oak leaf
1101 - Troilus luridus - new shieldbug for me, found by my son whilst we were walking under an alder tree by the stream
1102 - Thymelicus lineola (Essex Skipper) - on lavender
1103 - Torilis japonica (Upright Hedge Parsley) - in flower in verges
1104 - Circaea lutetiana (Enchanter's-nightshade) - in alder carr
1105 - Sparganium erectum (Branched Bur-reed) - along stream on common
1106 - Fumaria officinalis (Common Fumitory) - finally found some in a flowerbed, presumably not deliberately planted - flowers still but going to seed
1107 - Hemistola chrysoprasaria (Small Emerald) - trap
1108 - Eilema depressa (Buff Footman) - trap

22nd July
1109 - Hydrophilus piceus (Great Silver Beetle) - landed next to trap, released into our garden pond
1110 - Nycteola revayana (Oak Nycteoline) - trap
1111 - Euzophera pinguis - trap
1112 - Euproctis chrysorrhoea (Brown-tail) - trap
1113 - Cosmia pyralina (Lunar-spotted Pinion) - trap
1114 - Cnephasia longana - trap
1115 - Schoenobius gigantella - trap

Broad-bodier Chaser - not common round here so always good to see

Fool's Parsley in the flowerbed

Rosemary Beetle - what a stunner!

The shieldbug Troilus luridus

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