Spindle Knot-horn

I ran a light in the meadows for a while on the evening of 12th August and caught a few moths.  The most unexpected moth was Spindle Knot-horn Nephopterix angustella, only the second time I have seen this species.  I've not located any Spindle here so not sure where it came from.

Spindle Knot-horn Nephopterix angustella, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 12th August

Other highlights included 2 New Oak Slenders Caloptilia robustella, Hawthorn Midget Phyllonorycter corylifoliella, Large Lance-wing Epermenia falciformis, Wax Moth Galleria mellonella and Cream-bordered Green Pea.

New Oak Slender Caloptilia robustella (male, gen det), North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 12th August

Hawthorn Midget Phyllonorcyter corylifoliella, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 12th August

Large Lance-wing Epermenia falciformis, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 12th August

Wax Moth Galleria mellonella, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 12th August

Cream-bordered Green Pea, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 12th August

The other moths were Horse-Chestnut Leaf-miner Cameraria ohridella, 3 Golden Argents Argyresthia goedartella, 2 Bird-cherry Ermines Yponomeuta evonymella, Little Ermine Swammerdamia pyrella, Ash-bud Moth Prays fraxinella, Wainscot Smudge Ypsolopha scabrella, Clover Case-bearer Coleophora alcyonipennella, Long-horned Flat-body Carcina quercana, Common Flat-body Agonopterix heracliana, Common Yellow Conch Agapeta hamana, 3 Knapweed Conches Agapeta zoegana, Chamomile Conch Cochylidia implicitana, 3 Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrixes Pandemis corylana, Maple Button Acleris forsskaleana, Smoky-barred Marble Lobesia abscisana, Rush Marble Bactra lancealana, Marbled Piercer Cydia splendana, 50 Common Grass-veneers Agriphila tristella, 2 Water Veneers Acentria ephemerella, 2 Ringed China-marks Parapoynx stratiotata, Beautiful China-mark Nymphula nitidulata, Pale Straw Pearl Udea lutealis, 8 Mother of Pearls Pleuroptya ruralis, Grey Knot-horn Acrobasis advenella, 2 Oak Hook-tips, Blood-vein, Red Twin-spot Carpet, Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet, 2 Common Carpets, Purple Bar, Lime-speck Pug, 2 Brimstone Moths, 3 Dusky Thorns, Peppered Moth, Willow Beauty, Poplar Hawk-moth, Swallow Prominent, Black Arches, Dingy Footman, 3 Turnip Moths, Shuttle-shaped Dart, 2 Flame Shoulders, 2 Large Yellow Underwings, 5 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwings, 6 Setaceous Hebrew Characters, 3 Six-striped Rustics, 3 Common Wainscots, Copper Underwing, Straw Underwing, Dun-bar, 2 Cloaked Minors, Rosy Rustic, 2 Vine's Rustics, Silver Y and Straw Dot.

Rosy Rustic, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 12th August

Straw Underwing, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 12th August

This sub-imago Pond Olive Cloeon dipterum later moulted into its imago stage:

Pond Olive Cloeon dipterum, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 12th August - the same mayfly in both photos taken a day or two apart before and after its moult

Lacewings included Chrysopa commata, Chrysoperla carnea agg. and the waxfly Coniopteryx tineiformis.  A good selection of caddisflies were recorded including Hydroptila sparsa, Ithytrichia lamellaris, Hydropsyche pellucidula, Hydropsyche siltalai, Limnephilus auricula, Limnephilus lunatus, Limnephilus marmoratus, Limnephilus rhombicus, 3 Molanna angustata, Athripsodes albifrons and Ceraclea albimacula.

Athripsodes albifrons, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 12th August

Ceraclea albimacula, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 12th August

Bugs included 2 Hawthorn Shieldbugs, Forest Bug, Tarnished Plant Bug Lygus rugulipennis, Phytocoris varipes and the leafhopper Kybos strigilifer.

Kybos strigilifer (male, gen det), North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 12th August

Beetles included Strawberry Seed Beetle Harpalus rufipes, probably 30 Bradycellus verbascis (2 checked properly, others probably the same), 2 Aphodius rufipes, Lagria hirta and Acorn Weevil Curculio glandium.  Also a Hydrophiliid that has so far defied my best efforts to identify it.

Strawberry Seed Beetle Harpalus rufipes, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 12th August

Bradycellus verbasci, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 12th August

Acorn Weevil Curculio glandium, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 12th August

Other insects inluded Oak Bush-cricket, the hoverfly Eupeodes latifasciatus and 2 German Wasps.  (Edit: I reported before that one of these had stung me.  I got mixed up - it was actually on 19th August I got stung, possibly by a Common Wasp not a German Wasp.  Not the first time something German has been blamed for something that was fairly and squarely the fault of common Brits).

Oak Bush-cricket, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 12th August

Eupeodes latifasciatus, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 12th August

Twin-spotted Wainscot and a new Bucculatrix

21st August was a good night with 79 species recorded (244 moths).  I was pleased to get this Twin-spotted Wainscot, a species I'd only seen once before.

Twin-spotted Wainscot, North Elmham, 21st August

An Oak Bent-wing Bucculatrix ulmella was a completely new species for me.  Quite widely recorded in Norfolk, unusually so for such a small micro, so perhaps a surprise it's taken this long for me to connect with one.

Oak Bent-wing Bucculatrix ulmella, North Elmham, 21st August

Another one I don't see very often was Large Lance-wing Epermenia falciformis.

Large Lance-wing Epermenia faliformis, North Elmham, 21st August

Also new for the year were Small Birch Bell Epinotia ramella, Small Purple and Gold (Mint Moth) Pyrausta aurata and Rosy Rustic.

 Small Birch Bell Epinotia ramella, North Elmham, 21st August

Small Purple and Gold Pyrausta aurata, North Elmham, 21st August

Other micros were Cork Moth Nemapogon cloacella, Bird’s-nest Moth Tinea trinotella, Daisy Bent-wing Bucculatrix nigricomella, 2 Horse Chestnut Leaf-miners Cameraria ohridella, Willow Bent-wing Phyllocnistis saligna, 3 Golden Argents Argyresthia goedartella, 2 Little Ermels Swammerdamia pyrella, Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella, 3 Woundwort Case-bearers Coleophora lineolea, Little Dwarf Elachista canapennella, 2 Brown House Moths Hofmannophila pseudospretella, 2 Long-horned Flat-bodies Carcina quercana, 3 Dark Groundlings Bryotropha affinis, 2 Hook-marked Straw Moths Agapeta hamana, Yarrow Conch Aethes smeathmanniana, Red-barred Tortrix Ditula angustiorana, Maple Button Acleris forsskaleana, 2 Garden Rose Tortrices Acleris variegana, Barred Marble Celypha striana, 2 Common Marbles Celypha lacunana, Red Piercer Lathronympha strigana, Marbled Piercer Cydia splendana, Round-winged Drill Dichrorampha simpliciana, Pale-streak Grass-veneer Agriphila selasella, 9 Pearl Veneers Agriphila straminella, 20 Common Grass-veneers Agriphila tristella, 9 Elbow-stripe Grass-veneers Agriphila geniculea, 4 Chequered Grass-veneers Catoptria falsella, Small Grey Eudonia mercurella, 3 Ringed China-marks Parapoynx stratiotata, 6 Garden Pebbles Evergestis forficalis, Pale Straw Pearl Udea lutealis, 8 Mother of Pearls Pleuroptya ruralis, Double-striped Tabby Hypsopygia glaucinalis, Rosy Tabby Endotricha flammealis, 3 Grey Knot-horns Acrobasis advenella and 2 Common Plumes Emmelina monodactyla.

Little Dwarf Elachista canapennella (male, gen det), North Elmham, 21st August

The other macros were Small Fan-footed Wave, 7 Single-dotted Waves, 6 Riband Waves, 2 Common Carpets, Yellow-barred Brindle, 3 Magpie Moths, Scorched Carpet, 2 Brimstone Moths, Canary-shouldered Thorn, 2 Dusky Thorns, 3 Willow Beauties, Poplar Hawkmoth, Lesser Swallow Prominent, Coxcomb Prominent, Dingy Footman, Scarce Footman, Turnip Moth, Shuttle-shaped Dart, 6 Flame Shoulders, 10 Large Yellow Underwings, 2 Lesser Yellow Underwings, 7 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwings, 2 Small Square-spots, 15 Setaceous Hebrew Characters, Square-spotted Clay, 4 Six-striped Rustics, 2 Square-spot Rustics, White-point, Old Lady, 2 Straw Underwings, Dark Arches, 18 Flounced Rustics, 2 Vine's Rustics, Silver Y, 3 Spectacles and 19 Straw Dots.

I think this woodlouse is possibly Common Shining Woodlouse Oniscus asellus, but not sure - can you confirm?

possible Common Shining Woodlouse Oniscus asellus, North Elmham, 21st August