New Moths Found on 14 June 2009

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A proper moth weekend at last with many tens of moths in the trap.  Most marvellous was the Blood-Vein, which we've previously only caught on a visit to South Wales and two new moths for us in the form of the elegant Silver Ground Carpet and the distinctive micro Lozotaenia forsterana.

Others worth photographing included:

• the Buff Ermine (female) (previously photographed here),
• the Spectacle (previously photographed here),
• the glittering Burnished Brass (previously photographed here),
• hiding in the bushes we got a rather good photograph showing off the snout of The Snout (previously photographed here),
• somewhat of an outbreak of Clouded Silvers (previously photographed here),
• the uncommon (as far as we're concerned) Common Emerald (previously photographed here),
• a slightly over-exposed Straw Dot (previously photographed here),
• sort of the negative of the Straw Dot, the Udea olivalis (previously photographed here),
• a good example of the Common Marbled Carpet (previously photographed here).
• a nice example of a Garden Carpet (previously photographed here),
• a slightly better picture of an Oligia Agg. (previously photographed here),
• the rather beautifully patterned Dark Arches (previously photographed here),
• the Treble Brown Spot (previously photographed here),
• a good example of a Marbled Minor Agg. (the type previously photographed here),
• several Green Pugs (previously photographed here),
• a nice example of Stenoptilia/Platyptilia (previously photographed here),
• a nice example of Pinion-streaked Snout (previously photographed here),
• a Brown Rustic (thanks to DavidG for help with the ID).

Others in the trap were several Small Magpies, a few examples of Oak Beauty agg, the usual Heart & Darts, several Flames and finally some tiddlers in the form of a Hedya of some sort, a Light Brown Apple Moth, several Codling Moths and a Clepsis consimilana.