Whetstone Leics. - still they come

Seems like much longer than a week since I last updated, during which time I've added another 25 species including a butterfly I probably overlooked earlier in the year.

I'll start with a painful one - quite possibly the rarest moth ever in my garden traps and the blasted thing evaded the pot after a couple of quick shots. However I didn't realise the seriousness of this until a couple of hours later when I checked camera images and choked on me tea. It's one of either Crombrugghia distans or laeta, and neither should be in a south Leics. garden. The former is a local species on the south-east coast and Brecks, the latter is a proper rare rarity in the UK. Gen det required to confirm which is clearly not possible. The only saving grace (possibly) is that one was also taken unexpectedly in Hunts on 31/07/2013 which is being detted and may give some credance one way or t'other to mine.

Crombrugghia distans/laeta .. sob .. rare .. sob .. lost .... still, aggregates count in this challenge ;-)

Also two other new for the garden micros, including sadly worn tortrix not worthy of much photographic effort ....

Agapeta zoegana - 99th tortrix for the garden

Additions since last update, taking me to 374, are:

	Taxon	Vernacular	Date Added
350	Noctua janthe	Lesser Broad-bord. Yell. Underwing	31/07/2013
351	Eilema depressa	Buff Footman	31/07/2013
352	Pandemis corylana	Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix	31/07/2013
353	Polygonia c-album	Comma	01/08/2013
354	Orgyia antiqua	Vapourer	01/08/2013
355	Eupithecia icterata subfulvata	Tawny Speckled Pug	01/08/2013
356	Mompha propinquella		01/08/2013
357	Scotopteryx chenopodiata	Shaded Broad-bar	01/08/2013
358	Dichrorampha simpliciana		01/08/2013
359	Phyllonorycter platanoidella		01/08/2013
360	Nemapogon wolffiella		01/08/2013
361	Hydriomena furcata	July Highflyer	01/08/2013
362	Hepialus sylvina	Orange Swift	01/08/2013
363	Pyralis farinalis	Meal Moth	01/08/2013
364	Amphipyra pyramidea	Copper Underwing	01/08/2013
365	Crombrugghia distans/laeta	Crombrugghia sp.	02/08/2013
366	Cosmia pyralina	Lunar-spotted Pinion	02/08/2013
367	Cydia splendana		02/08/2013
368	Agrotis ipsilon	Dark Sword-grass	02/08/2013
369	Thalpophila matura	Straw Underwing	02/08/2013
370	Agapeta zoegana		02/08/2013
371	Agriphila geniculea		03/08/2013
372	Ennomos alniaria	Canary-shouldered Thorn	03/08/2013
373	Xanthorhoe ferrugata	Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet	03/08/2013
374	Argyresthia albistria		03/08/2013

Vapourer

Meal Moth

Straw Underwing

Dark Sword-grass (3/4 of one anyway, not sure how it flew into garden!)

Agriphila geniculea

Lunar-spotted Pinion

Canary-shouldered Thorn

Traps have been getting increasingly brown on each side of each tray ...

Brown

Also plenty of other interesting things in and around traps, some more welcome than others ....

Pseudoloxops coccineus - smart

Ravenous moth muncher