Agriphila latistria, Red Underwings and ANOTHER basaltinella

The night of 25th August was nearly as good as the previous three nights in terms of numbers and variety, if not quite so.  Only one moth was new for the year though, but a fairly decent one that was also new for the house - White-streak Grass-veneer Agriphila latistria.  A lot of people have been reporting this species in places it doesn't normally turn up recently - whether they are migrants or the species is just having a good year locally I'm not sure

White-streak Grass-veneer Agriphila latistria, North Elmham, 25th August

The other micros were Golden Argent Argyresthia goedartella, 2 Little Ermels Swammerdamia pyrella, 2 Diamond-back Moths Plutella xylostella, Woundwort Case-bearer Coleophora lineolea, Long-horned Flat-body Carcina quercana, Black-headed Conch Cochylis atricapitana, 2 Light Brown Apple Moths Epiphyas postvittana, Dover Shade Cnephasia genitalana, 2 Dark-triangle Buttons Acleris laterana, 3 Garden Rose Tortrixes Acleris variegana, Barred Marble Celypha striana, 4 Common Marbles Celypha lacunana, 2 Rush Marbles Bactra lancealana, Red Piercer Lathronympha strigana, Marbled Piercer Cydia splendana, Pearl Veneer Agriphila straminella, 4 Common Grass-veneers Agriphila tristella, 9 Elbow-stripe Grass-veneers Agriphila geniculea, Chequered Grass-veneer Catoptria falsella, Water Veneer Acentria ephemerella, Narrow-winged Grey Eudonia angustea, 2 Ringed China-marks Parapoynx stratiotata, 5 Garden Pebbles Evergestis forficalis, 4 Mother of Pearls Pleuroptya ruralis, Double-striped Tabby Hypsopygia glaucinalis, 2 Grey Knot-horns Acrobasis advenella, White Plume Pterophorus pentadactyla and Common Plume Emmelina monodactyla.

Macros consisted of 2 Orange Swifts, Blood-vein, Red Twin-spot Carpet, Common Carpet, 5 Green Carpets, Sharp-angled Carpet, Maple Pug, Lime-speck Pug, 2 Double-striped Pugs, 2 Treble-bars, 16 Brimstone Moths, 3 Canary-shouldered Thorns, 6 Dusky Thorns, 3 Willow Beauties, Common White Wave, 5 Poplar Hawkmoths, 2 Sallow Kittens, 2 Iron Prominents, Lesser Swallow Prominent, 2 Swallow Prominents, 2 Shuttle-shaped Darts, 17 Flame Shoulders, 19 Large Yellow Underwings, 4 Lesser Yellow Underwings, 9 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwings, Small Square-spot, 9 Setaceous Hebrew Characters, 2 Six-striped Rustics, 13 Square-spot Rustics, Cabbage Moth, 4 Common Wainscots, Straw Underwing, Dun-bar, Dark Arches, Common Rustic, 10 Flounced Rustics, Burnished Brass, Spectacle, 37 Straw Dots and 3 Snouts.

Atrhripsodes albifrons, North Elmham, 25th August

Not one but 2 Red Underwings were the highlight of the following night.

Red Underwings, North Elmham, 26th August

It was otherwise much quieter than recent nights with Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella, Small Clover Case-bearer Coleophora alcyonipennella, Little Dwarf Elachista canapennella, Chamomile Conch Cochylidia implicitana, 3 Light Brown Apple Moths Epiphyas postvittana, 2 Garden Rose Tortrixes Acleris variegana, Barred Marble Celypha striana, 2 Common Marbles Celypha lacunana, Marbled Piercer Cydia splendana, Pearl Veneer Agriphila straminella, 2 Common Grass-veneers Agriphila tristella, 3 Elbow-stripe Grass-veneers Agriphila geniculea, 4 Ringed China-marks Parapoynx stratiotata, 2 Garden Pebbles Evergestis forficalis, 3 Mother of Pearls Pleuroptya ruralis, 2 Common Plumes Emmelina monodactyla, 2 Single-dotted Waves, Red Twin-spot Carpet, 5 Green Carpets, Currant Pug, Double-striped Pug, Yellow-barred Brindle, 2 Brimstone Moths, 2 Canary-shouldered Thorns, 2 Dusky Thorns, Poplar Hawkmoth, Iron Prominent, 2 Lesser Swallow Prominents, Coxcomb Prominent, Dingy Footman, Shuttle-shaped Dart, 18 Flame Shoulders, Large Yellow Underwing, 11 Lesser Yellow Underwings, 2 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwings, 3 Small Square-spots, 10 Setaceous Hebrew Characters, Square-spotted Clay, Six-striped Rustic, 9 Square-spot Rustics, 2 Common Wainscots, Centre-barred Sallow, 14 Flounced Rustics, Vine's Rustic, Silver Y, Spectacle and 18 Straw Dots.

Chamomile Conch Cochylidia implicitana, North Elmham, 26th August

The following night I joined the Norfolk Moth Survey at Church Marsh, Surlingham.  I will do a separate post about that shortly, probably tomorrow, but in the meantime here's what I had at home that night.  There were a few more moths than the night before, and more variety, but none were new for the year.  The rarest in Norfolk terms, if not in my garden terms, was another Thatch Groundling Scoparia basaltinella, bringing my garden total, and the entire county total, up to 5.

Thatch Groundling Bryotropha basaltinella (male, gen det), North Elmham, 27th August

Other micros were Bordered Carl Coptotriche marginea, Horse Chestnut Leaf-miner Cameraria ohridella, Bird-cherry Ermine Yponomeuta evonymella, Little Ermel Swammerdamia pyrella, Woundwort Case-bearer Coleophora lineolea, 4 Brown House Moths Hofmannophila pseudospretella, Brown-spot Flat-body Agonopterix alstromeriana, House Groundling Bryotropha domestica, Dingy Dowd Blastobasis adustella, Chamomile Conch Cochylidia implicitana, Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix Pandemis corylana, Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana, Maple Button Acleris forsskaleana, Acleris laterana agg., 7 Garden Rose Tortrixes Acleris variegana, Common Marble Celypha lacunana, Rush Marble Bactra lancealana, Plum Fruit Moth Grapholita funebrana, Pale-streak Grass-veneer Agriphila selasella, 4 Elbow-stripe Grass-veneers Agriphila geniculea, 2 Chequered Grass-veneers Catoptria falsella, Narrow-winged Grey Eudonia angustea, Ringed China-mark Parapoynx stratiotata, 2 Garden Pebbles Evergestis forficalis, Rush Veneer Nomophila noctuella, 6 Mother of Pearls Pleuroptya ruralis, 3 Grey Knot-horns Acrobasis advenella and Common Plume Emmelina monodactyla.

Brown-spot Flat-body Agonopterix alstromeriana, North Elmham, 27th August

The macros were 2 Orange Swifts, Maiden's Blush, Single-dotted Wave, Riband Wave, Red Twin-spot Carpet, 3 Common Carpets, Common Marbled Carpet, 5 Green Carpets, Double-striped Pug, 2 Treble-bars, Yellow-barred Brindle, Clouded Border, 20 Brimstone Moths, 3 Dusky Thorns, 2 Common Waves, 2 Light Emeralds, Poplar Hawkmoth, 2 Lesser Swallow Prominents, Dingy Footman, Shuttle-shaped Dart, 15 Flame Shoulders, 23 Large Yellow Underwings, 8 Lesser Yellow Underwings, 5 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwings, 2 Small Square-spots, 13 Setaceous Hebrew Characters, 2 Six-striped Rustics, 12 Square-spot Rustics, Common Wainscot, Angle Shades, Dark Arches, 7 Flounced Rustics, 4 Burnished Brasses, 19 Straw Dots and 3 Snouts.

Maiden's Blush, North Elmham, 27th August

Other bits and pieces included the Green Lacewing Cunctochrysa albolineata, 3 Forest Bugs (Red-legged Shieldbugs), this Harlequin Ladybird and my first Hornet of the year.

Harlequin Ladybird, North Elmham, 27th August

Agriphila latistria

On 8th September I went birding in east Norfolk.  While birds were my focus I always keep an eye out for moths and other interesting insectlife.  Only one moth today, kicked up from the Marram grass at Waxham, a White-streak Grass-veneer Agriphila latistria - only the second time I'd seen this very striking species.

White-streak Grass-veneer Agriphila latistria, Waxham, 8th September

A few dragonflies here including Migrant and Brown Hawkers.

Migrant Hawker, Waxham, 8th September

No great shakes among that evening's moth catch: 2 Dark-triangle Buttons Acleris laterana, 6 Garden Rose Tortrices Acleris variegana, 3 Common Marbles Celypha lacunana, 2 Elbow-stripe Grass-veneers Agriphila geniculea, Narrow-winged Grey Eudonia angustea, Pale Straw Pearl Udea lutealis, Blood-vein, Riband Wave, Yellow-barred Brindle, Brimstone Moth, Light Emerald, 13 Large Yellow Underwings, 6 Lesser Yellow Underwings, Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, 2 Setaceous Hebrew Characters, 6 Square-spot Rustics, Centre-barred Sallow, 8 Flounced Rustics, Vine's Rustic, 2 Straw Dots and 2 Snouts.

This Peacock was roosting in the wood store:

Peacock, North Elmham, 8th September

Non-lepidopteran interest was provided by an Alder Spittlebug Aphrophora alni.

There were fewer moths on 9th September, though they did include my first Lunar Underwing of the autumn.

Lunar Underwing, North Elmham, 9th September

The rest were Brown House Moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella, Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana, 2 Garden Rose Tortrices Acleris variegana, Elbow-stripe Grass-veneer Agriphila geniculea, Narrow-winged Grey Eudonia angustea, Small Grey Eudonia mercurella, Common Marbled Carpet, 4 Large Yellow Underwings, 4 Lesser Yellow Underwings, 2 Setaceous Hebrew Characters, 3 Square-spot Rustics, Centre-barred Sallow, 4 Flounced Rustics, 2 Vine's Rustics, Burnished Brass, Straw Dot and Snout.

Common Marbled Carpet, North Elmham, 9th September

10th September was quite a similar story with 6 Garden Rose Tortrices Acleris variegana, Common Marble Celypha lacunana, Marbled Piercer Cydia splendana, Narrow-winged Grey Eudonia angustea, Garden Pebble Evergestis forficalis, Common Marbled Carpet, 2 Brimstone Moths, 2 Large Yellow Underwings, 7 Lesser Yellow Underwings, 2 Small Square-spots, 2 Setaceous Hebrew Characters, 4 Square-spot Rustics, 2 Common Wainscots, Lunar Underwing, Svensson's Copper Underwing, Mouse Moth, Vine's Rustic, 2 Silver Ys, 2 Straw Dots and Snout.

Not much more on 11th September: Brown House Moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella, 3 Light Brown Apple Moths Epiphyas postvittana, 7 Garden Rose Tortrices Acleris variegana, Common Marble Celypha lacunana, Marbled Piercer Cydia splendana, 2 Elbow-stripe Grass-veneers Agriphila geniculea, 3 Mother of Pearls Pleuroptya ruralis, 2 Common Plumes Emmelina monodactyla, 2 Common Marbled Carpets, Treble-bar, 4 Brimstone Moths, 2 Canary-shouldered Thorns, 5 Light Emeralds, 5 Large Yellow Underwings, 9 Lesser Yellow Underwings, Small Square-spot, 4 Square-spot Rustics, Lunar Underwing, Flounced Rustic, 2 Vine's Rustics, Burnished Brass and Snout.

Light Brown Apple Moth (male), North Elmham, 11th September

Treble-bar (female), North Elmham, 11th September

On 12th September I found Spindle Ermine Yponomeuta cagnagella and Silver Y at Burnham Overy before heading of to Great Yarmouth for the NMS event (which I've already written about).  At home it was much the same sort of numbers and quality as the past week: Dark-triangle Button Acleris laterana, 4 Garden Rose Tortrices Acleris variegana, Common Marble Celypha lacunana, Red Piercer Lathronympha strigana, Marbled Piercer Cydia splendana, Marsh Grey Eudonia pallida, Common Plume Emmelina monodactyla, Common Carpet, Green Carpet, Treble-bar, Brimstone Moth, Canary-shouldered Thorn, 2 Dusky Thorns, 3 Light Emeralds, 9 Large Yellow Underwings, 3 Lesser Yellow Underwings, 2 Setaceous Hebrew Characters, 2 Square-spot Rustics, 3 Lunar Underwings, 2 Vine's Rustics, Burnished Brass and Snout.

13th September was really poor Brown House Moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella, 2 Garden Rose Tortrices Acleris variegana, Common Plume Emmelina monodactyla, Green Carpet, 4 Large Yellow Underwings, 4 Lesser Yellow Underwings, 4 Square-spot Rustics, 4 Lunar Underwings, 3 Flounced Rustics and Snout.

14th was marginally better, producing Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana, Garden Rose Tortrix Acleris variegana, Beautiful Plume Amblyptilia acanthadactyla, Garden Carpet, 2 Common Marbled Carpets, Green Carpet, Light Emerald, 7 Large Yellow Underwings, 7 Lesser Yellow Underwings, Setaceous Hebrew Character, 3 Square-spot Rustics, White-point, 2 Common Wainscots, Centre-barred Sallow, 2 Lunar Underwings, 2 Flounced Rustics and 2 Snouts.

15th September picked up some more, though it wasn't exaclty heaving: Rhomboid Tortrix Acleris rhombana, 2 Garden Rose Tortrices Acleris variegana, Common Marble Celypha lacunana, 2 Narrow-winged Greys Eudonia angustea, Garden Carpet, 3 Green Carpets, Tawny Speckled Pug, 2 Brimstone Moths, Canary-shouldered Thorn, Willow Beauty, Light Emerald, 12 Large Yellow Underwings, 8 Lesser Yellow Underwings, Small Square-spot, Setaceous Hebrew Character, 3 Square-spot Rustics, White-point, 2 Common Wainscots, 2 Centre-barred Sallows, 4 Lunar Underwings, Rosy Rustic, Frosted Orange, Vine's Rustic, Straw Dot and Snout.

Rhomboid Tortrix Acleris rhombana, North Elmham, 15th September

Rosy Rustic, North Elmham, 15th September

unidentified spider with Willow Beauty, North Elmham, 15th September - what's the spider?

On 16th September I was back up at Burnham Overy where butterflies included Small Copper and 6 Common Blues.  At least 4 Carnation Tortrices Cacoecimorpha pronubana were on the wing and I kicked up a migrant Rush Veneer Nomophila noctuella from the dunes.  Also a Common Lizard seen.

Anyone know what sort of Puffball this is?

Puffball, Burnham Overy, 16th September

Fewer moths again at home that night: Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana, 3 Garden Rose Tortrices Acleris variegana, 2 Beautiful Plumes Amblyptilia acanthadactyla, Garden Carpet, Spruce Carpet, 2 Brimstone Moths, 2 Dusky Thorns, Light Emerald, 4 Large Yellow Underwings, 2 Lesser Yellow Underwings, 5 Square-spot Rustics, White-point, Common Wainscot, 4 Lunar Underwings and Snout.

Also a bug which I identified as Blepharidopterus angulatus.

Blepharidopterus angulatus, North Elmham 16th September