Jewel-like Willow Flea Beetles and two new leafhoppers

There were a few noteworthy moths at home on 9th September, including Carnation Tortrix Cacoecimorpha pronubana (average one a year here) and Birch Marble Apotomis betuletana (my fifth in 2018 but prior to that I'd only had singles here in 2014 and 2015).

Carnation Tortrix Cacoecimorpha pronubana, North Elmham, 9th September

Other moths were Diamond-back Plutella xylostella, 2 Privet Tortrixes Clepsis consimilana, 2 Light Brown Apple-moths Epiphyas postvittana, Dark-triangle Button Acleris laterana, Ashy Button Acleris sparsana, Garden Rose Tortrix Acleris variegana, 10 Common Marbles Celypha lacunana, 2 Small Birch Bells Epinotia ramella, 2 Elbow-stripe Grass-veneers Agriphila geniculea, 2 Narrow-winged Greys Eudonia angustea, Chinese Character, Blood-vein, Single-dotted Wave, Common Carpet, 4 Brimstone Moths, Early Thorn, Light Emerald, Flame, 9 Large Yellow Underwings, 3 Lesser Yellow Underwings, 3 Setaceous Hebrew Characters, 4 Square-spot Rustics, Centre-barred Sallow, Lunar Underwing, Mouse Moth, Frosted Orange, 2 Vine's Rustics, Burnished Brass, 6 Snouts and Pinion-streaked Snout.

Pinion-streaked Snout, North Elmham, 9th September

Mayflies and lacewings were represented by 2 Pond Olives Cloeon dipterum and Hemerobius lutescens respectively.  Caddisflies were Oxyethira flavicornis, Hydropsyche pellucidula, 4 Limnephilus flavicornis, 6 Limnephilus lunatus and Grouse Wing Mystacides longicornis.

There was also a Forest Bug, the leafhopper Alebra albostriella, the barkfly Ectopsocus petersi and 2 Hornets.

A walk round the meadows the next day produced a few things.  There were 2 Hornets, a Common Carder Bee, a 7-spot Ladybird and the only moth, a Common Marble Celypha lacunana.  I found another unidentifiable (by me) Philodromus spider in some Black Horehound.  I have spent a lot of time trying to identify these spiders but with no success.  Either I've not worked out how to view the epigyne properly on female spiders or else they're all immature.  Maybe this coming year I'll find some adults and figure it out...

Shaking some Acer keys produced some insects including the green lacewing Chrysoperla carnea, the barkfly Valenzuela flavidus (in Sycamore) and a new species of leafhopper for me, Edwardsiana lethierryi (in Field Maple).  I think this was also how I found the bug Deraeocoris lutescens but I forgot to record that at the time.

Edwardsiana lethierryi (male, gen det), North Elmham Cathedral Meadows 10th September

Deraeocoris lutescens, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows 10th September

The big old White Willow tree produced a couple more lifers.  Two female Kybos leafhoppers could only be partially identified based on their appearance but the fact that I found them on White Willow is, I think, sufficient to finish the job and label them as Kybos virgator.  I also found at least 6 Willow Flea Beetles Crepidodera aurata which looked like tiny little pink and green jewels (the photos don't do them justice).

Kybos virgator, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows 10th September

Willow Flea Beetle Crepidodera aurata, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows 10th September

That night's garden moth trap's contents were Large Fruit-tree Tortrix Archips podana, Common Marble Celypha lacunana, Elbow-stripe Grass-veneer Agriphila geniculea, Narrow-winged Grey Eudonia angustea, Garden Pebble Evergestis forficalis, Blood-vein, Brimstone Moth, Dusky Thorn, 2 Light Emeralds, Turnip Moth, 3 Large Yellow Underwings, 4 Lesser Yellow Underwings, 2 Setaceous Hebrew Characters, 2 Square-spot Rustics, 2 Common Wainscots, Centre-barred Sallow, Lunar Underwing, Spectacle and Snout. Mayflies and lavewings were Pond Olive Cloeon dipterum, Dichochrysa prasina, Hemerobius lutescens and Micromus variegatus. Caddisflies were Hydropsyche pellucidula, 3 Limnephilus auricula, 4 Limnephilus flavicornis, 8 Limnephilus lunatus, Limnephilus marmoratus and Limnephilus sparsus. There was also a Forest Bug, an Ectopsocus barkfly, the beetle Aphodius rufipes and 3 Hornets.

Next day I had Brown House Moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella and Small Dusty Wave in Norwich. At home a worn White-shouldered Smudge Ypsolopha parenthesella and a Yellow-line Quaker were both new for the year.

Yellow-line Quaker, North Elmham, 11th September

Other moths included Ruddy Flat-body Agonopterix subpropinquella, another Carnation Tortrix Cacoecimorpha pronubana and an Oak Hook-tip. .

Carnation Tortrix Cacoecimorpha pronubana, North Elmham, 11th September

Oak Hook-tip, North Elmham, 11th September

Other moths were Beech Midget Phyllonorycter maestingella, 2 Diamond-backs Plutella xylostella, 2 Little Dwarfs Elachista canapennella, Light Brown Apple-moth Epiphyas postvittana, 2 Garden Rose Tortrixes Acleris variegana, 2 Common Marbles Celypha lacunana, Elbow-stripe Grass-veneer Agriphila geniculea, 2 Narrow-winged Greys Eudonia angustea, Common Plume Emmelina monodactyla, 2 Blood-veins, Small Blood-vein, Small Dusty Wave, 2 Brimstone Moths, Early Thorn, 4 Large Yellow Underwings, 4 Lesser Yellow Underwings, 2 Setaceous Hebrew Characters, Square-spot Rustic, 2 Common Wainscots, 3 Lunar Underwings, 2 Flounced Rustics, Rosy Rustic, 3 Frosted Oranges, Spectacle and 2 Snouts.

A Hemerobius lutescens was the only lacewing but there were a few caddisflies including my first Limnephilus vittatus of the year.  The other caddis were 4 Mottled Sedges Glyphotaelius pellucidus, 4 Limnephilus auricula, 3 Limnephilus flavicornis, 12 Limnephilus lunatus and 3 Limnephilus sparsus.

Limnephilus vittatus, North Elmham, 11th September

This fly looked like it might be distinctive enough for me to find an ID, and so it proved - my first Twin-spot Centurion Sargus bipunctatus, so named because of the pair of white spots on its face.  I would have taken a photo front-on if I'd realised that at the time...

Twin-spot Centurion Sargus bipunctatus, North Elmham, 11th September

The following night was quiet with 2 Narrow-winged Greys Eudonia angustea, Early Thorn, 3 Large Yellow Underwings, 4 Lesser Yellow Underwings, 2 Square-spot Rustics, 2 Lunar Underwings and 3 Flounced Rustics.  The caddisflies Mottled Sedge Glyphotaelius pellucidus and Limnephilus flavicornis were the only other insects I recorded.

Tansy Plume and more

After a good evening at the meadows I had an even better night at home on 5th July.  I caught 418 moths of 108 species and these included a very nice lifer, a Tansy Plume Gillmeria ochrodactyla.  Remarkably, given that there are 30 county records, all 30 were in east Norfolk (if only just over the border in one or two cases) so mine becomes the first record for west Norfolk, vice county VC28.  Even in the east it's pretty scarce - there were no records in 2017 for example.

Tansy Plume Gillmeria ochrodactyla, North Elmham, 5th July

This little Beech Pigmy Stigmella hemargyrella was new for the garden.

Beech Pigmy Stigmella hemargyrella (female, gen det), North Elmham, 5th July

Another potential new moth for the garden escaped before I could determine it but it looked suspiciously like Brown-dotted Clothes Moth Niditinea fuscella.  The much commoner Case-bearing Clothes Moth Tinea pellionella, as well as other rarer clothes moths, can look very similar and you really need to gen det them to be sure - this one got away before I'd even taken a photo let alone got it near a microscope.

Perhaps the rarest moth on a county-level was Spikenard Case-bearer Coleophora conyzae - my second here following one in 2016 but just the 10th record for the county.  This one wasn't in great nick with broken antennae and a mite bothering it.

Spikenard Case-bearer Coleophora conyzae (male, gen det), North Elmham, 5th July

Other new moths for the year were Ash-coloured Crest Acompsia cinerella, Pale Water-veneer Donacaula forficella, Slender Pug and Marbled Beauty.

Ash-coloured Crest Acompsia cinerella, North Elmham, 5th July

Marbled Beauty, North Elmham, 5th July

There were 2 Viburnum Buttons Acleris schalleriana.  Although records of this species appear to be increasing, catching two adults together in one night appears to be unprecedented in Norfolk (although some records are listed as 'present' without a count, so these could feasibly have involved multiples).  I caught my first in 2016, four in 2017 and will end up with considerably more than this in 2018 (8 confirmed so far but a few more candidates pending confirmation).   They can look very similar to Dark-triangle Button Acleris laterana and I have overlooked some of mine as that species until getting them under the microscope (and at least one has gone the other way, with schalleriana suspected but turned out to be laterana).

Viburnum Buttons Acleris schalleriana (males, gen det), North Elmham, 5th July

There were 97 Garden Grass-veneers Chrysoteuchia culmella, the largest count of any single moth species so far this year, and the peak count for this species.

Other moths were Hazel Slender Parornix devoniella, Cypress-tip Moth Argyresthia cupressella, 2 Bird-cherry Ermines Yponomeuta evonymella, 4 Hawthorn Ermines Paraswammerdamia nebulella, 2 Diamond-backs Plutella xylostella, 3 Little Dwarfs Elachista canapennella, 2 Brown House Moths Hofmannophila pseudospretella, 2 Long-horned Flat-bodies Carcina quercana, Cinerous Neb Bryotropha terrella, Orange Crest Helcystogramma rufescens, London Dowd Blastobasis lacticolella, 3 Plain Conches Phtheochroa inopiana, 7 Common Yellow Conches Agapeta hamana, Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix Pandemis heparana, 3 Large Fruit-tree Tortrixes Archips podana, 13 Privet Tortrixes Clepsis consimilana, 2 Red-barred Tortrixes Ditula angustiorana, 3 Grey Tortrixes Cnephasia stephensiana, 3 Flax Tortrixes Cnephasia asseclana, 8 Barred Marbles Celypha striana, 12 Common Marbles Celypha lacunana, 2 Marbled Orchard Tortrixes Hedya nubiferana, Triangle-marked Roller Ancylis achatana, 2 Common Cloaked Shoots Gypsonoma dealbana, 2 Bramble Shoots Notocelia uddmanniana, Hoary Bell Eucosma cana, 3 Many-plume Moths Alucita hexadactyla, 4 Inlaid Grass-veneers Crambus pascuella, 5 Satin Grass-veneers Crambus perlella, 6 Straw Grass-veneers Agriphila straminella, 3 Common Greys Scoparia ambigualis, 7 Little Greys Eudonia lacustrata, 2 Small Greys Eudonia mercurella, 3 Small Magpies Anania hortulata, Elder Pearl Anania coronata, 11 Mother of Pearls Pleuroptya ruralis, Rosy Tabby Endotricha flammealis, 3 Bee Moths Aphomia sociella, Ermine Knot-horn Phycitodes binaevella, Brown Plume Stenoptilia pterodactyla, White Plume Pterophorus pentadactyla, Buff Arches, Common Emerald, Small Blood-vein, 12 Small Fan-footed Waves, 3 Dwarf Cream Waves, 8 Single-dotted Waves, 15 Riband Waves, 2 Garden Carpets, Common Carpet, 4 Barred Straws, Common Marbled Carpet, Barred Yellow, Scallop Shell, 2 Sandy Carpets, Wormwood Pug, 3 Common Pugs, 2 V-Pugs, Green Pug, 4 Double-striped Pugs, Small Yellow Wave, Clouded Border, Brimstone Moth, 2 Early Thorns, Swallow-tailed Moth, Willow Beauty, Mottled Beauty, Engrailed, Common White Wave, Clouded Silver, 3 Elephant Hawk-moths, Coxcomb Prominent, 2 Yellow-tails, Round-winged Muslin, 10 Rosy Footmen, 5 Dingy Footmen, 2 Scarce Footmen, Buff Footman, 30 Common Footmen, 2 Buff Ermines, 2 Heart and Clubs, 2 Flames, 4 Double Square-spots, Bright-line Brown-eye, Clay, Smoky Wainscot, Dark Arches, Common Rustic, 9 Uncertains, Rustic, 4 Mottled Rustics, Marbled White Spot, Spectacle, 2 Straw Dots, 2 Snouts, Pinion-streaked Snout, 9 Fan-foots and Small Fan-foot.

Scallop Shell, North Elmham, 5th July

Pinion-streaked Snout, North Elmham, 5th July

There was a good range of other insects in the trap too, including a new beetle for me, Ocys quinquestriatus.  Other beetles were Strawberry Seed Beetle Harpalus rufipes (new for the year here), 4 Common Red Soldier Beetles Rhagonycha fulva, Orange Ladybird and Lagria hirta.

Ocys quinquestriatus, North Elmham, 5th July

Strawberry Seed Beetle Harpalus rufipes, North Elmham, 5th July

The mayfly Blue-winged Olive Serratella ignita, the green lacewing Dichochrysa flavifrons and the leafhopper Iassus lanio were all new for the year; there was also the brown lacewing Hemerobius humulinus, the caddisflies Limnephilus lunatus and Leptocerus tineiformis and the mirid bug Phylus coryli.

the brown form of Iassus lanio, North Elmham, 5th July

A few quieter nights

A visit to Titchwell on Saturday 3rd June produced a few insects including Hairy Dragonfly, Large Skipper, Common Nettle-tap Anthophila fabriciana and Cinnabar.  At home a Tree Bumblebee appears to have been the first I've identified here.

That night Lime-speck Pug, Mottled Beauty and Pinion-streaked Snout were new for the year.

Pinion-streaked Snout, North Elmham, 3rd June

Other moths were 2 Light Brown Apple Moths Epiphyas postvittana, 6 Common Marbles Celypha lacunana, Triple-blotched Bell Notocelia trimaculana, Red Piercer Lathronympha strigana, Hook-streaked Grass-Veneer Crambus lathoniellus, Common Grey Scoparia ambigualis, 3 Small Magpies Anania hortulata, 4 Common Swifts, Treble Brown Spot, 4 Silver-ground Carpets, Currant Pug, Common Pug, Clouded Border, Common White Wave, 3 Light Emeralds, Poplar Hawk-moth, Elephant Hawk-moth, Orange Footman, 9 White Ermines, 2 Buff Ermines, Heart and Dart, 6 Ingrailed Clays, 2 Shears, Bright-line Brown-eye, Common Wainscot, Brown Rustic, Clouded-bordered Brindle, Middle-barred Minor, 6 Treble Lines, Mottled Rustic, Burnished Brass, 6 Straw Dots and Snout.

Another new bee for the house (I'm sure I must have had these before... just not identified any before) was White-tailed Bumblebee.  A Limnephilus lunatus was the only caddis and another new species for the house was the psyllid Chamaepsylla hartigii.

Chamaepsylla hartigii, North Elmham, 3rd June

Next day yet another new bumblebee for the house, again one I suspect has passed me by un-noticed (I've tended to only identify those that appeared in the moth trap or inside the house before) - Buff-tailed Bumblebee.  Also found in the garden during the day were White-speckled Clothes Moth Nemapogon koenigi, Common Nettle-tap Anthophila fabriciana and 2 Common Marbles Celypha lacunana, the first two of which were new for the year here.

White-speckled Clothes Moth Nemapogon koenigi, North Elmham, 4th June

New for the year that night were Large Ivy Tortrix Lozotaenia forsterana, Flame and Shoulder-striped Wainscot.

Large Ivy Tortrix Lozotaenia forsterana, North Elmham, 4th June

Flame, North Elmham, 4th June

Shoulder-striped Wainscot, North Elmham, 4th June

Other moths were Common Cosmet Mompha epilobiella, Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana, Barred Marble Celypha striana, 8 Common Marbles Celypha lacunana, Triple-blotched Bell Notocelia trimaculana, Hook-streaked Grass-Veneer Crambus lathoniellus, 2 Common Greys Scoparia ambigualis, 2 Small Magpies Anania hortulata, Chalk Knot-horn Phycitodes maritima, 3 Common Swifts, Blood-vein, 2 Treble Brown Spots, 4 Silver-ground Carpets, Clouded Border, Scorched Wing, 2 Willow Beauties, Mottled Beauty, Common White Wave, 5 Light Emeralds, 3 White Ermines, 11 Buff Ermines, 2 Heart and Darts, 5 Ingrailed Clays, Small Square-spot, Bright-line Brown-eye, 2 Brown Rustics, 3 Marbled Minors, 5 Treble Lines and 8 Straw Dots.  Also the caddis Limnephilus lunatus.

New for the year on Monday 5th June were Light Grey Tortrix Cnephasia incertana, Riband Wave and the bug Pinalitus cervinus.

Light Grey Tortrix Cnephasia incertana (male, gen det), North Elmham, 5th June

Riband Wave, North Elmham, 5th June

Pinalitus cervinus, North Elmham, 5th June

Other moths were Brown House Moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella, Hook-marked Straw Moth Agapeta hamana, Large Ivy Tortrix Lozotaenia forsterana, Common Marble Celypha lacunana, 3 Hook-streaked Grass-Veneers Crambus lathoniellus, 3 Common Greys Scoparia ambigualis, Common Swift, 4 Silver-ground Carpets, Willow Beauty, 3 Light Emeralds, Elephant Hawk-moth, 4 White Ermines, Ingrailed Clay, Small Square-spot, Setaceous Hebrew Character, Shoulder-striped Wainscot, Rustic Shoulder-knot, 3 Brown Rustics, 2 Marbled Minors, Treble Lines, Spectacle and 4 Straw Dots.

With strong winds and driving rain there were hardly any moths on 6th June - just 2 Silver-ground Carpets, Ingrailed Clay and Brown Rustic.

Next day Cinereous Groundling Bryotropha terrella and Uncertain were new for the year.

Cinereous Groundling Bryotropha terrella, North Elmham, 7th June

Uncertain, North Elmham, 7th June

Other moths were Sloe Flat-body Luquetia lobella, London Dowd Blastobasis lacticolella, Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana, Barred Marble Celypha striana, Common Marble Celypha lacunana, Yellow-faced Bell Notocelia cynosbatella, 2 Triple-blotched Bells Notocelia trimaculana, Hoary Bell Eucosma cana, 2 Common Greys Scoparia ambigualis, Small Magpie Anania hortulata, 2 Common Swifts, Single-dotted Wave, 2 Silver-ground Carpets, Common Marbled Carpet, Green Carpet, 5 Common Pugs, Clouded Border, 2 Brimstone Moths, 2 Common White Waves, 2 Light Emeralds, Buff Ermine, Heart and Dart, 3 Ingrailed Clays, 2 Brown Rustics, 2 Marbled Minors, 2 Treble Lines, 2 Mottled Rustics, 4 Straw Dots and Snout.

The green lacewing Nineta vittata was new for the year while caddisflies consisted of Hydropsyche pellucidula, Goera pilosa and Limnephilus auricula.

Nineta vittata, North Elmham, 7th June

Goera pilosa, North Elmham, 7th June

Lolly Moor and Marsham Heath

I thought a pleasant warm evening on 31st August might be good for dusking so I popped down to Lolly Moor NWT reserve.  It felt a bit slow but in the end it wasn't bad: White-speckled Clothes Moth Nemapogon koenigi (just realised this has changed its name from N. wolffiella), Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella, 18 Common Marbles Celypha lacunana, Rush Marble Bactra lancealana, Red Piercer Lathronympha strigana, Marsh Grey Eudonia pallida, Mother of Pearl Pleuroptya ruralis, Common Carpet, Green Carpet, 5 Straw Dots and Pinion-streaked Snout.

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.