On the up and up

Had the first warm night in a long time yesterday and whilst micros to the trap were still under-represented the dusking foray yesterday evening had me running around with my net and head torch like a madman.

Dusking, 22/5/12, East Kent

Cocksfoot Moth (Glyphipterix simpliciella) 5




Pseudoswammerdamia combinella



Monopis laevigella - 2



Plutella xylostella - 1
Parsnip Moth
Agonopterix alstromeriana
Elachista rufocinerea - 3
Aphelia paleana (larvae)
Endrosis sarcitrella

Still finding loads of Coleophora cases too:

C. peribenanderi - on creeping thistle
C. paripennella - on creeping thistle and knapweed
C. solitariella - 8
C. lineolea - 14 on one small clump of hedge woundwort, the feeding signs are now really obvious
C. serratella - on hazel

Dave

Fruitful dusking forays

Whilst micros to the garden trap are almost non-existent at the moment, dusking including early stage searching is proving increasingly successful.

Dusking foray (16/05/2012)

Elachista argentella - 2
E. rufocinerea - 3
Nematopogon swammerdamella


Parornix sp. - 2
Parsnip Moth
Endrosis sarcitrella
Adela reamurella - 2


Cases

Coleophora solitariella - 6



C. serratella - 7
C. hemerobiella - 2


C. lineolea

Early stages: Coleophora lineolea

Successfully targeted Hedge Woundwort (Stachys sylvatica), one of the foodplants of the case-bearing larvae of Coleophora lineolea yesterday.

The feeding signs are quite obvious from above, betraying the larval cases below, and don't take too long to find at all.

One to look out for.









Dave