Heinz 57 varieties

A very humid night and the temperature didn't drop below 16.8C. The moth trap went out and at last a good catch which shows just how weather dependant this game is. 135 of 57 species plus masses of other insects particularly small caddis-flies but also carrion beetles, weevils, lacewings etc. and my first Volucella pellucens Hoverfly for the garden and surpisingly my first Harlequin Ladybird for Waldridge. I'm still trying to id mosses & lichens as well as hoverflies so there's no way I'm going to attempt caddisflies at the moment.

Talking of hoverflies, I caught a few on Sunday which I looked at through the microscrope, practicing my skills I learnt on the hoverfly course in the spring. Nothing new but good to confirm that I am identifying the local hoverflies correctly. I caught Platycheirus albimanus, Leuconza glauca, Syrphus ribesii and Eristalis arbustorum.

Back to last night's trap. The full list of 57 species caught was

Argyresthia goedartella  2
Bird-cherry Ermine (Yponomeuta evonymella)  1
Brown House Moth (Hofmannophila pseudospretella)  2
Bryotropha affinis  1
Clepsis consimilana  1
Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana)  1
Lozotaenia forsterana  1
Pseudargyrotoza conwagana  1
Celypha lacunana  1
Bud Moth (Spilonota ocellana)  1
Cydia splendana  1
Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella)  16
Pearl-band Grass Veneer (Catoptria margaritella)  1
Scoparia ambigualis  1
Trachycera advenella  1
Dioryctria abietella  2
Riband Wave [non-banded form] (Idaea aversata ab. remutata)  1
Shaded Broad-bar (Scotopteryx chenopodiata)  2
Spinach (Eulithis mellinata)  1
Spruce Carpet (Thera britannica)  2
Small Rivulet (Perizoma alchemillata)  1
Double-striped Pug (Gymnoscelis rufifasciata)  1
Clouded Border (Lomaspilis marginata)  1
Tawny-barred Angle (Macaria liturata)  2
Swallow-tailed Moth (Ourapteryx sambucaria)  3
Mottled Beauty (Alcis repandata)  1
Bordered White (Bupalus piniaria)  2
Barred Red (Hylaea fasciaria)  1
Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor)  2
Buff-tip (Phalera bucephala)  1
Lesser Swallow Prominent (Pheosia gnoma)  2
Common Footman (Eilema lurideola)  1
Short-cloaked Moth (Nola cucullatella)  3
Heart and Dart (Agrotis exclamationis)  6
Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba)  16
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (Noctua janthe)  2
Least Yellow Underwing (Noctua interjecta caliginosa)  1
True Lover's Knot (Lycophotia porphyrea)  3
Setaceous Hebrew Character (Xestia c-nigrum)  1
Double Square-spot (Xestia triangulum)  2
Dotted Clay (Xestia baja)  1
Dot Moth (Melanchra persicariae)  1
Clay (Mythimna ferrago)  1
Smoky Wainscot (Mythimna impura)  2
Suspected (Parastichtis suspecta)  1
Poplar Grey (Acronicta megacephala)  1
Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger (Acronicta tridens/psi)  1
Marbled Beauty (Cryphia domestica)  6
Angle Shades (Phlogophora meticulosa)  1
Dun-bar (Cosmia trapezina)  1
Dark Arches (Apamea monoglypha)  14
Light Arches (Apamea lithoxylaea)  1
Common Rustic agg. (Mesapamea secalis agg.)  3
Uncertain (Hoplodrina alsines)  1
Mottled Rustic (Caradrina morpheus)  1
Beautiful Golden Y (Autographa pulchrina)  3
Straw Dot (Rivula sericealis)  1

It's taken all my time to sort all the tinkers out so I'll post some pictures tomorrow