White-speckled Clothes Moth Nemapogon koenigi, Lolly Moor, 31st August
Pinion-streaked Snout, Lolly Moor, 31st August
One spider that found itself in the net was duly photographed and subsequently identified as Linyphia triangularis, the first time I've identified this species. Other non-lepidopteran interest included the brown lacewing Hemerobius humulinus and a Hobby.
Linyphia triangularis, Lolly Moor, 31st August
Hemerobius humulinus, Lolly Moor, 31st August
Moths at home that night consisted of Horse Chestnut Leaf-miner Cameraria ohridella, Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella, Woundwort Case-bearer Coleophora lineolea, 2 Little Dwarfs Elachista canapennella, Brown House Moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella, Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix Pandemis corylana, 2 Light Brown Apple Moths Epiphyas postvittana, 5 Garden Rose Tortrixes Acleris variegana, Barred Marble Celypha striana, 6 Common Marbles Celypha lacunana, Round-winged Drill Dichrorampha simpliciana, Common Grass-veneer Agriphila tristella, Elbow-stripe Grass-veneer Agriphila geniculea, 2 Narrow-winged Greys Eudonia angustea, 3 Garden Pebbles Evergestis forficalis, Pale Straw Pearl Udea lutealis, Common Plume Emmelina monodactyla, Orange Swift, Single-dotted Wave, 2 Common Carpets, 3 Common Marbled Carpets, 3 Green Carpets, Treble-bar, 15 Brimstone Moths, 2 Canary-shouldered Thorns, 4 Dusky Thorns, 6 Light Emeralds, 8 Flame Shoulders, 21 Large Yellow Underwings, 10 Lesser Yellow Underwings, Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, Small Square-spot, 6 Setaceous Hebrew Characters, Square-spotted Clay, 8 Square-spot Rustics, Lychnis, Common Wainscot, 3 Centre-barred Sallows, 6 Flounced Rustics, Rosy Rustic, Frosted Orange, 2 Burnished Brasses, 12 Straw Dots, 9 Snouts and another Pinion-streaked Snout.
The following night Dave and I trapped at Marsham Heath. We didn't manage to trap any of our targets but found several noteworthy moths nonetheless. Perhaps the best was Brown Knot-horn Pyla fusca, a species I had only seen once before, at the same place in 2012.
Brown Knot-horn Pyla fusca, Marsham Heath, 1st September
Another 'second' was this Red Birch Slender Caloptilia betulicola.
Red Birch Slender Caloptilia betuclicola (male, gen det), Marsham Heath, 1st September
Other species I don't see often included Birch Sober Anacampsis blattariella and 5 Dark Grass-veneers Crambus hamella.
Birch Sober Anacampsis blattariella, Marsham Heath, 1st September
Dark Grass-veneer Crambus hamella, Marsham Heath, 1st September
We saw lots (at least 25) of Marbled Piercers Cydia splendana, but at least a lot of them looked bigger than usual and the majority were dark forms (none were the pale form that I usually see most often though some approached that). Some were quite tatty but others were very fresh, yet the Cydia splendana I see at home peak in late July and are almost over by September. It was almost as though these were a different species! Confused, I retained a selection and checked them when I got home - they were indeed Cydia splendana. Interestingly I see Cydia splendana feeds on Oak and Sweet Chestnut. There are one or two oaks near my garden but no Sweet Chestnut nearby so far as I know. Most of the other places I've trapped this species in the past have been near Oaks too. Here at Marsham Heath there were lots of Sweet Chestnut (and some of these were caught flying around the Sweet Chestnuts). Is it possible that Oak-feeding populations are paler and smaller and earlier on average than Sweet Chestnut feeding populations? Pure speculation without more data, but something I shall be interested to study in future. Maybe they're cryptic species...
Marbled Piercers Cydia splendana, Marsham Heath, 1st September
Other moths we recorded were 6 Golden Argents Argyresthia goedartella, Bird-cherry Ermine Yponomeuta evonymella, 6 Diamond-back Moths Plutella xylostella, Dark-triangle Button Acleris laterana, 2 Birch Marbles Apotomis betuletana, Rush Marble Bactra lancealana, 4 Small Birch Bells Epinotia ramella, Common Birch Bell Epinotia immundana, Bramble Shoot Moth Notocelia uddmanniana, 65 Grey Gorse Piercers Cydia ulicetana, 8 Ground-moss Greys Eudonia truncicolella, Orange Swift, Common Carpet, Common Marbled Carpet, 3 Grey Pine Carpets, Spruce Carpet, Green Carpet, 4 Double-striped Pugs, Tawny-barred Angle, 3 Brimstone Moths, Canary-shouldered Thorn, 2 Light Emeralds, Black Arches, Flame Shoulder, 2 Large Yellow Underwings, 2 Setaceous Hebrew Characters, Square-spot Rustic, Copper Underwing and 2 Silver Ys.
Grey Gorse Piercer Cydia ulicetana, Marsham Heath, 1st September
Common Birch Bell Epinotia immundana, Marsham Heath, 1st September
Small Birch Bell Eponotia ramella, Marsham Heath, 1st September
Birch Marble Apotomis betuletana, Marsham Heath, 1st September
Ground-moss Grey Eudonia truncicolella, Marsham Heath, 1st September
Other things at Marsham Heath included Southern Hawker and the Brown Lacewing Hemerobius humulinus. On the way home we saw a small (presumably young) Badger beside the B1145 just west of Reepham.
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