Mid June Brown stuff

A wider variety of brown noctuids have begun to arrive in Wychwood Avenue in the last week but overall numbers of species and individuals are not matching the equivalent period last year. Couple of nice ones though including only my second Ingrailed Clay and one anticipated new for garden in the form of a Brown Rustic.

Ingrailed Clay 19th June - previously caught only on 4th June 2011 and a very different form from that one as well 

(see http://wychwoodmoths.blogspot.co.uk/2011/06/first-weekend-of-june.html )

 Flame - very distinctive and common in the garden in June and July when caught most nights

 Shoulder-striped Wainscot - first for year 18th June, caught on five sessions in June 2011

 Rustic Shoulder-Knot - this one with a bit of reddish colouring on

 Brown Rustic - first for garden on 15th June, presumably same individual retrapped on 16th

The teens of May

With the cooler and breezy nights, the teens of May did not produce great excitement at Wychwood Moths this year with only a steady increase in the list for 2011 of species, all moths that are expected to appear in reasonable numbers through the course of the next couple of months. Just illustrated a few here.

Clouded Silver - under the perspex after brief overnight shower

Lime Speck Pug - in the condensation on top of the Ratface Skinner (pat. pend.)

Flame Shoulder

The Flame

Green Pug

Mottled Rustic -(Thanks Matt, I was getting my Rustics muddled)