Body-marked Case-bearer Coleophora clypeiferella, North Elmham, 16th July
Dull Red Neb Bryotropha senectella (male, gen det), North Elmham, 16th July
Magpie Moth, North Elmham, 16th July
Blackneck, North Elmham, 16th July
Others were Bird’s-nest Moth Tinea trinotella, 10 Bird-cherry Ermines Yponomeuta evonymella, 2 Hawthorn Ermines Paraswammerdamia nebulella, 2 Diamond-backs Plutella xylostella, Common Oak Case-bearer Coleophora lutipennella, 2 Clover Case-bearers Coleophora alcyonipennella, Meadow Case-bearer Coleophora mayrella, Small Dingy Tubic Borkhausenia fuscescens, Cinerous Neb Bryotropha terrella, 3 Gorse Crests Brachmia blandella, Orange Crest Helcystogramma rufescens, Large Fruit-tree Tortrix Archips podana, 2 Privet Tortrixes Clepsis consimilana, Red-barred Tortrix Ditula angustiorana, Flax Tortrix Cnephasia asseclana, Viburnum Button Acleris schalleriana, Barred Marble Celypha striana, Common Marble Celypha lacunana, Triangle-marked Roller Ancylis achatana, Nut-bud Moth Epinotia tenerana, Summer Rose Bell Notocelia roborana, 8 Hoary Bells Eucosma cana, Many-plume Moth Alucita hexadactyla, 2 Garden Grass-veneers Chrysoteuchia culmella, 2 Inlaid Grass-veneers Crambus pascuella, Satin Grass-veneer Crambus perlella, 123 Straw Grass-veneers Agriphila straminella, 4 Pearl Grass-veneers Catoptria pinella, 15 Water Veneers Acentria ephemerella, Little Grey Eudonia lacustrata, Ringed China-mark Parapoynx stratiotata, Lesser Pearl Sitochroa verticalis, 6 Mother of Pearls Pleuroptya ruralis, Double-striped Tabby Hypsopygia glaucinalis, Rosy Tabby Endotricha flammealis, Grey Knot-horn Acrobasis advenella, Drinker, Pebble Hook-tip, Chinese Character, Common Emerald, 2 Blood-veins, 5 Small Fan-footed Waves, 6 Single-dotted Waves, Small Scallop, 2 Riband Waves, 2 Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpets, 2 Shaded Broad-bars, Common Carpet, 2 July Highflyers, Small Rivulet, Maple Pug, Green Pug, Double-striped Pug, 6 Clouded Borders, Brimstone Moth, 7 Early Thorns, 2 Scalloped Oaks, Swallow-tailed Moth, Willow Beauty, Common Wave, Clouded Silver, Poplar Hawk-moth, 2 Elephant Hawk-moths, Lesser Swallow Prominent, Pale Prominent, Buff-tip, 2 Yellow-tails, 5 Rosy Footmen, 17 Dingy Footmen, 2 Scarce Footmen, Buff Footman, 14 Common Footmen, 2 Buff Ermines, 2 Ruby Tigers, Double Square-spot, Bright-line Brown-eye, Clay, 6 Smoky Wainscots, 2 Dun-bars, Tawny Marbled Minor, 2 Common Rustics, 2 Dusky Sallows, 22 Uncertains, Rustic, 5 Nut-tree Tussocks, Beautiful Hook-tip, Snout and Fan-foot.
Nut-bud Moth Epinotia tenerana, North Elmham, 16th July - not sure I've had one so 'black-and-white' before; they usually have quite a bit or orangey-brown colouration
Other insects were Pond Olive Cloeon dipterum and Pale Evening Dun Procloeon bifidum (mayflies), the caddisflies Limnephilus flavicornis, Limnephilus lunatus and Athripsodes aterrimus, the leafhopper Iassus lanio and the beetle Lagria hirta. There was also this icnhemon wasp which I naively thought might be sufficiently distinctive as to be identifiable. Well I tried to take it through Gavin Broad's 2015 key to subfamilies and got to 4b. The footnote says only one species of one of Aclastus and two of Gnypetomorpha should key here (though it doesn't say which species). I can't find images of either that look like my insect, though I'm not sure if that's because there aren't many images online or if it's because I went wrong in the key (but it's very likely the latter - I find it very difficult to determine which veins are which, especially when the point is that they are missing).
unidentified ichneumon wasp, North Elmham, 16th July
Of 80 speies the following night just two were new for the year: Antler Moth and Lunar-spotted Pinion.
Antler Moth, North Elmham, 17th July
Lunar-spotted Pinion, North Elmham, 17th July
The rest were Bird’s-nest Moth Tinea trinotella, Beech Midget Phyllonorycter maestingella, Bird-cherry Ermine Yponomeuta evonymella, Little Ermine Swammerdamia pyrella, Hawthorn Ermine Paraswammerdamia nebulella, Common Oak Case-bearer Coleophora lutipennella, Woundwort Case-bearer Coleophora lineolea, Long-horned Flat-body Carcina quercana, Common Flat-body Agonopterix heracliana, Cinerous Neb Bryotropha terrella, 3 Gorse Crests Brachmia blandella, 4 Orange Crests Helcystogramma rufescens, Scarce Obscure Oegoconia deauratella (and another Oegoconia sp. which I lost), London Dowd Blastobasis lacticolella, Common Yellow Conch Agapeta hamana, Privet Tortrix Clepsis consimilana, Light Brown Apple-moth Epiphyas postvittana, 2 Red-barred Tortrixes Ditula angustiorana, Garden Rose Tortrix Acleris variegana, Barred Marble Celypha striana, 2 Common Marbles Celypha lacunana, Holly Tortrix Rhopobota naevana, Common Cloaked Shoot Gypsonoma dealbana, 3 Hoary Bells Eucosma cana, Garden Grass-veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella, 96 Straw Grass-veneers Agriphila straminella, 3 Common Grass-veneers Agriphila tristella, Common Grey Scoparia ambigualis, Small Grey Eudonia mercurella, Ringed China-mark Parapoynx stratiotata, Small Magpie Anania hortulata, Elder Pearl Anania coronata, Pale Straw Pearl Udea lutealis, 8 Mother of Pearls Pleuroptya ruralis, 2 Rosy Tabbies Endotricha flammealis, Drinker, 3 Blood-veins, 3 Least Carpets, 5 Small Fan-footed Waves, Dwarf Cream Wave, 7 Single-dotted Waves, 2 Riband Waves, 2 Red Twin-spot Carpets, 2 Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpets, July Highflyer, 5 Clouded Borders, Scorched Carpet, 6 Early Thorns, 2 Willow Beauties, Elephant Hawk-moth, Pale Prominent, 3 Yellow-tails, 3 Rosy Footmen, 8 Dingy Footmen, 3 Scarce Footmen, 21 Common Footmen, 2 Buff Ermines, 2 Ruby Tigers, 3 Large Yellow Underwings, Lesser Yellow Underwing, 4 Double Square-spots, Dot Moth, Bright-line Brown-eye, Brown-line Bright Eye, 4 Smoky Wainscots, Common Wainscot, 3 Dun-bars, Dark Arches, 2 Common Rustics, Lesser Common Rustic (and a Common Rustic agg. that escaped), 2 Dusky Sallows, Rosy Rustic, 18 Uncertains, 2 Rustics, 3 Nut-tree Tussocks, Silver Y, Beautiful Hook-tip and Snout.
Hawthorn Ermine Paraswammerdamia nebulella, North Elmham, 17th July
There were also the mayflies Pale Evening Dun Procloeon bifidum and Blue-winged Olive Serratella ignita, and caddisflies Plectrocnemia conspersa and Hydropsyche pellucidula.
I have tried on many occasions last year and this year to attract a Red-belted Clearwing to pheremone lure in the garden (and elsewhere). It's not a common species in Norfolk and until recently the only records were from the Norwich area. In the last couple of years with more people using pheremone lures more have turned up elsewhere with a few from the Brecks and quite a lot from the far west of the county, but there is still only one record at a similar latitude to North Elmham (Buxton Heath in 2016) and none further north in the county. So having tried and failed so many times it began to seem reasonable to conclude that there aeren't any Red-belted Clearwings in this area. But I'm not one to give up easily so I kept trying, and was absolutely delighted when I checked my pheremone trap on 18th July to find a single Red-belted Clearwing inside it. Result! Now if a Large Red-belted Clearwing could please oblige in the same way next year that would be perfect...
Red-belted Clearwing, North Elmham, 18th July
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