Whetstone Leics. Update

About time I posted an update, though not too much garden trapping since the start of August and the drop off in night-time conditions. I have noted a marked increase in garden butterfly numbers though with buddleia in full flower, and the Small Tortoiseshell that I probably overlooked earlier in the year duly turned up. Still waiting for first garden Red Admiral and Painted Lady for the year, but fully expect both in the next week or so.

By far the main highlight recently was this ......

Gelechia senticetella

Maybe not too exciting to look at, but it was a first for me, a first for the garden and most importantly a first for VC55. It's one that relatively recently colonised the UK and has been gradually spreading north so not massively unexpected.

Otherwise, these were most welcome to the yearlist ....

Bulrush Wainscot - second for the garden, first was 01/08/2004

Tissue - fifth garden record

Pale Prominent - only as there was no spring brood record so good to get this later one

Year list is now up to 391 (381 moths, 10 butterflies). Despite the poor start to the year, and thanks to the summer bonanza, I'm easily on track for a best-ever year year for garden moths. Previous best was 393sp. in 2011, and a typical year is c340sp.

	Taxon	Vernacular	Date Added
375	Aglais urticae	Small Tortoiseshell	06/08/2013
376	Gelechia senticetella		08/08/2013
377	Epinotia nisella		08/08/2013
378	Amphipyra tragopoginis	Mouse Moth	08/08/2013
379	Pterostoma palpina	Pale Prominent	08/08/2013
380	Ancylis badiana		08/08/2013
381	Triphosa dubitata	Tissue	09/08/2013
382	Ennomos fuscantaria	Dusky Thorn	09/08/2013
383	Xestia xanthographa	Square-spot Rustic	09/08/2013
384	Eudonia pallida		09/08/2013
385	Catocala nupta	Red Underwing	10/08/2013
386	Euzophera pinguis		10/08/2013
387	Ypsolopha dentella	Honeysuckle Moth	10/08/2013
388	Xestia sexstrigata	Six-striped Rustic	10/08/2013
389	Nonagria typhae	Bulrush Wainscot	10/08/2013
390	Caloptilia syringella		10/08/2013
391	Coleophora alcyonipennella		16/08/2013