Much quieter today, but plenty to look at.

Friday 15th July 2022.

Dwarf Cream Wave. This was my third in my garden this year.

There were much fewer moths than the past few days today, which was somewhat disappointing and no new moths for the year either, but hey, some are better than none. However, there was a Common Wasp giving the Sparrows a run for their money as I saw an individual literally attack a Riband Wave, bite off its wings and then went off with the remains! Then it came back again, but was met with a huge swat from my hand and not seen subsequently! 

Above, a Hornet-mimic Hoverfly was resting on top of my moth box early this morning. Below, a Strawberry Seed Beetle (Harpalus rufipes) within the moth box was disturbing the moths, till I potted it and placed it in one of my plants.

Also, a Hornet-mimic Hoverfly was resting on top of my moth box and though harmless to moths, I think, I eventually potted it and put it safely in one of our hanging baskets! At least 80 moths of 39 species were recorded this morning with a few more to be identified later. Also present was a Harlequin Ladybird, about a dozen Lacewing and a Strawberry Seed Beetle that was upsetting all the moths at the bottom of the moth box!

Yet another Small Ranunculus turned up this morning.

The following moths were present this morning:

• 6 Riband Wave
• 1 Buff Ermine
• 1 Dwarf Cream Wave
• 1 Heart & Dart
• 1 Grey Dagger
• 2 Garden Carpet
• 2 Lime-speck Pug
• 2 Common Pug
• 1 Small Ranunculus
• 1 White Ermine
• 1 Brimstone Moth
• 6 Double-striped Pug
• 3 Bright-line Brown-eye
• 1 Dark Arches
• 1 Box-tree Moth
• 1 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
• 1 Marbled Beauty
• 1 Small Dusty Wave
• 3 Eudonia mercurella
• 3 Blastobasis adustella
• 11 Common Plume
• 1 Swammerdamia pyrella
• 2 Tachystola acroxantha
• 4 Bird-cherry Ermine
• 1 Blastobasis lacitolella
• 1 Blastobasis rebeli
• 10 Apple Leaf Miner
• 1 Brown House Moth
• 1 Endotricha flammealis
• 1 Gold Triangle
• 3 Anania coronata
• 1 Cochylis atricapata
• 2 Agriphila straminella
• 1 European Corn-borer
• 1 Oegoconia quadripuncta
• 7 Light Brown Apple Moth
• 1 Celypha striana
• 1 Red-barred Tortrix
• 1 Ethmia dodecia