Hollesley Late September 2013

I have decided not to trap on the few windy days left in the month so this is my report on the second half of September for my garden in Hollesley. I am still plagued by an excess of Large Yellow Underwings, 100 to 300 each night. The other common moths of early September, Turnip, Setaceous Hebrew Character, Square-spot Rustic, White Point and Vine’s Rustic are all well on the way down. Climbing numbers of Black Rustic, Beaded Chestnut, Lunar Underwing and Feathered Ranunculus. Have the local Feathered Brindle again. Two surprise late emergences for Dingy Footman and Yponomeuta plumbella.

New to my site list have been Nephopterix angustella and Chrysoesthia drurella.

Have had a lovely selection of ‘sallows’ here this year, Sallow, Centre-barred, Barred, Pink-barred, Dusky-lemon and Orange all during the second half of September. Five of them together on 24th.

Interested to read of Neil’s dark Dioryctria simplicella as I got quite exited to see a striking black and white coloured Dioryctria on 20th that turned out to be D simplicella.

I have also taken my second Prays ruficeps. The one last year was incorrectly reported as Prays fraxinella. P ruficeps which has glossy black wings and a sandy brown head is now properly distinguished from the dark form of P fraxinella. My genitalia preparations also confirm the identification of both specimens.

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