White-bodied Conch Cochylis hybridella, North Elmham, 20th August
An Ash-bud Moth Prays fraxinella was new for the year here.
Ash-bud Moth Prays fraxinella, North Elmham, 20th August
This Bordered Beauty was my 7th here this year, a fantastic tally for a moth that I'd only ever seen that many times before, and only twice before in the garden. It's a great-looking moth so a good year of them was very much appreciated.
Bordered Beauty, North Elmham, 20th August
Other moths were Blackthorn Slender Parornix torquillella, Firethorn Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter leucographella, 6 Golden Argents Argyresthia goedartella, White-headed Ermine Paraswammerdamia albicapitella, Diamond-back Plutella xylostella, Long-horned Flat-body Carcina quercana, House Neb Bryotropha domestica, Common Yellow Conch Agapeta hamana, 3 Light Brown Apple-moths Epiphyas postvittana, 2 Garden Rose Tortrixes Acleris variegana, 9 Common Marbles Celypha lacunana, Birch Marble Apotomis betuletana, Blotched Marble Endothenia quadrimaculana, Small Birch Bell Epinotia ramella, Marbled Piercer Cydia splendana, 27 Common Grass-veneers Agriphila tristella, 4 Elbow-stripe Grass-veneers Agriphila geniculea, Water Veneer Acentria ephemerella, 2 Ringed China-marks Parapoynx stratiotata, 2 Garden Pebbles Evergestis forficalis, Chequered Pearl Evergestis pallidata, 2 Beautiful Plumes Amblyptilia acanthadactyla, Common Plume Emmelina monodactyla, Orange Swift, Pebble Hook-tip, Common Carpet, 4 Double-striped Pugs, 5 Brimstone Moths, Bordered Beauty, Willow Beauty, Light Emerald, Shuttle-shaped Dart, 2 Flame Shoulders, Large Yellow Underwing, 3 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwings, 4 Setaceous Hebrew Characters, 3 Six-striped Rustics, 4 Square-spot Rustics, Straw Underwing, 18 Flounced Rustics, Frosted Orange, Vine's Rustic and 4 Straw Dots.
The waxfly Coniopteryx tineiformis was new for the year for the garden, and only my second here. I've had a few elsewhere though, and all these records aren't bad considering that until 2016 there was only one county record. Other Neuroptera were the green and brown lacewings Chrysoperla carnea agg., 2 Cunctochrysa albolineata, Dichochrysa flavifrons, Hemerobius humulinus and 6 Hemerobius lutescens.
Among the caddisflies 3 Small Silver Sedges Lepidostoma hirtum were new for the year. The others were Ithytrichia lamellaris, 3 Hydropsyche pellucidula, 4 Hydropsyche siltalai and Mottled Sedge Glyphotaelius pellucidus.
Small Silver Sedge Lepidostoma hirtum, North Elmham, 20th August
The barkfly Elipsocus hyalinus was new for the garden. There was also another Ectopsocus petersi.
Elipsocus hyalinus, North Elmham, 20th August
The stunning leafhopper Zygina flammigera was also new for the garden, although I have suspected them in the past (they can be a bit tricky to identify positively). Other leafhoppers included 5 Empoasca vitis, 2 female Kybos sp. and a female Edwardsiana sp. - in both cases males are needed for a full ID. Other bugs were 2 Forest Bugs and 2 Tarnished Plant Bugs Lygus rugulipennis.
Zygina flammigera, North Elmham, 20th August
The following night was quieter - the moths were 2 Bird’s-nest Moths Tinea trinotella, Hawthorn Slender Parornix anglicella, Four-spotted Obscure Oegoconia quadripuncta, Little Mompha Mompha raschkiella, 2 Light Brown Apple-moths Epiphyas postvittana, 7 Common Marbles Celypha lacunana, Birch Marble Apotomis betuletana, 21 Common Grass-veneers Agriphila tristella, 7 Elbow-stripe Grass-veneers Agriphila geniculea, 2 Garden Pebbles Evergestis forficalis, Beautiful Plume Amblyptilia acanthadactyla, 2 Common Plumes Emmelina monodactyla, 2 Orange Swifts, 2 Blood-veins, Single-dotted Wave, Garden Carpet, 2 Double-striped Pugs, Scorched Carpet, 3 Brimstone Moths, Common Wave, 2 Light Emeralds, 2 Large Yellow Underwings, Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, 2 Setaceous Hebrew Characters, 7 Six-striped Rustics, Square-spot Rustic, Lychnis, 25 Flounced Rustics, Frosted Orange, 3 Vine's Rustics, Spectacle and 4 Straw Dots.
There were no lacewings but Pond Olive Cloeon dipterum and Green Drake Ephemera danica represented the mayflies. There was a good variety of caddisflies given the low overall numbers: Ithytrichia lamellaris, Hydropsyche pellucidula, Hydropsyche siltalai, Small Silver Sedge Lepidostoma hirtum, Mottled Sedge Glyphotaelius pellucidus, Limnephilus lunatus and Molanna angustata.
Among the beetles the water beetle Ilybius fuliginosus was new for the year here. A Lesser Mealworm Beetle Alphitobius diaperinus was only the second I've identified. There were also 8 Bradycellus verbasci and 2 Aphodius rufipes. A Birch Shieldbug was the only bug.
Ilybius fuliginosus, North Elmham, 21st August
Lesser Mealworm Beetle Alphitobius diaperinus, North Elmham, 21st August
The next day a wander round the meadows produced less than usual - 2 Chrysoperla carnea (green lacewings), Brown Rowan Argent Argyresthia semifusca, 3 Common Grass-veneers Agriphila tristella, a Common Froghopper Philaenus spumarius and a Red Fox.
Common Froghopper Philaenus spumarius, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 22nd August
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