Cullaloe LNR - Syndemis musculana

Picked up during an afternoon visit to Cullaloe, in an attempt to find some micros in a far corner of the reserve. There wasn't much action though. Also scoping it out for leaving trap there. Could work out OK but it will be a pain getting it in.

Hill of Beath, Heath Trap, 17/05/2014

2190 Hebrew Character (1)
2158 Pale-shouldered Brocade (1)

Might take a more experienced eye to differentiate the two species. I was fairly convinced it was a Lychnis but it does seem to have slightly rosy tones. The more I look the less certain I become and there are even other candidates I didn't spot before. I'll have to seek advice on this one.

Pale-shouldered Brocade. There you go. Thanks to DD for the assistance

Cullaloe LNR, Heath Trap, 17/05/2014, 21:30-23:30

By bench at holly tree. Also present a pair of Tawny Owls and a number of bats which passed the quiet times.

1750 Water Carpet (2)
1722 Flame Carpet (1)
1759 Small Phoenix (1)

Cullaloe LNR, Heath Trap, 15/05/2014

An interesting evening at Cullaloe with the heath trap out for its first road trip. A nice start, albeit modest (enough for me to handle!), with some Caddis fly and beetle action thrown in on the side

1750 Water Carpet (2) Lampropteryx suffumata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
1958 Clouded Silver     Lomographa temerata    ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
2469 The Herald (2)     Scoliopteryx libatrix    (Linnaeus, 1758)

Clouded Silver

The Herald

Water Carpet

Caddisfly sp.

You can see here how superbly the Herald matches the leaf litter:

648 White-shouldered House-moth Endrosis sarcitrella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Before we get into last night's outing to Cullaloe LNR, let's take a moment to record this little guy. Seen before when I had no means to identify it, I'd like to thank it for showing up last night and my daughter for potting it while I was asleep.

Log - 14/05/2014 HOB, depressing result

Heath trap, Mild night turning wet

Hebrew Character (1)

I hope things improve soon. Hopefully I will get the trap out to Cullaloe or somewhere better than my garden to give it a real try. I'm already beginning to doubt its performance capabilities. To be fair I did fail to organise the roosting substrate inside the trap, but I think that was probably irrelevant.

Mothing diary

Mothing Diary

A list of dates as reminders and 'signature' spp., as reminders. Click on links to go to logbook entry

2017
27/03/2017 - Dalgety Bay - incidental (Shoulder Stripe)
24/03/2017 - Dalgety Bay  - heath MV (HeCha,ClDra,CoQua)
19/03/2017 - Dalgety Bay - heath MV (HeCha,ClDra,CoQua)
13/03/2017 - Dalgety Bay - heath MV (HeCha,ClDra,CoQua)
09/03/2017 - Dalgety Bay - overnight heath trap - MV (Dark Chestnut)
06/03/2017 - Dalgety Bay - overnight heath trap - MV (Early Grey)
15/02/2017 - Dunfermline - incidental (Pale Brindle Beauty)
30/01/2017 - Dalgety Bay - overnight heath trap - MV (Hebrew Character)
08/01/2017 - Kinghorn incidental (Mottled Umber)

2016
18/10/2016 - Dalgety Bay - overnight heath trap, actinic (Pale November Moth)
05/10/2016 - Dalgety Bay - overnight heath trap, actinic (Merveille du Jour)
23/07/2016 - Cullaloe, MV 22:00-00:00 (Ghost Moth, Barred Yellow, Bramble Shoot Moth)
19/07/2016 - Hill of Beath heath trap (Dusky Wainscot)
18/06/2016 - Cullaloe, one MV plus two headtorch (AS,SS) (Bordered White, T.semifulvella)
25/05/2016 - Mossmorran "Brassy Twist"
22/03/2016 - Cullaloe, headtorch sallows and birch heath trap overnight (Yellow Horned)
13/03/2016 - Dumbarnie Links and Hill of Beath - Herald, Dotted Border, Pale Brindled Beauty

2015

27/10/2015 - Mossmorran - lunchtime Scarce Umber
07/10/2015 - Dunfermline - November Moth
25/09/2015 - Falkland Palace, one overnight MV (C-S Thorn, Green-brindled Crescent)
01/09/2015 - Cullaloe, MV, 20:30-21:45 (Rosy Minor, Small Wainscot, Dk Marbled Carpet)
07/08/2015 - Cullaloe, casual obs., Common Grass Veneer (Agriphila tristella)
12/08/2015 - Hill of Beath, see iRecord
12/08/2015 - Dunfermline, casual obs., Marbled beauty
14/08/2015 - Mossmorran, one hour MV (Pretty Pinion etc. see iRecord)
16/08/2015 - Cullaloe, casual obs., Flame Carpet on tree trunk
25/08/2015 - Hill of Beath (Dotted Clay, Dark Arches)

29/07/2015 - Mossmorran, lunchtime accidental observation (Ingrailed Clay)
24/07/2015 - Cullaloe, 21:30-02:30, 3xMV Robinson, 1xActinic Heath (Pinion-streaked Snout)
21/07/2015 - Mossmorran, 22:00-23:00 (Gold Spangle)
21/07/2015 - Hill of Beath, overnight Heath trap (Cabbage Moth)
10/07/2015 - Hill of beath, overnight Heath trap (Currant Pug)
08/07/2015 - Hill of Beath, MV, 23:00-23:30 (Small Clouded Brindle)
10/06/2015 - Mossmorran, 22:30-23:30 with MV on edge of heath (Sallow Kitten, Pebble H-T)
09/06/2015 - Hill of Beath, Kinghorn (Small Phx @ HOB, Lt Brwn Apple Moth @ KHN)
25/05/2015 - Mossmorran, 100s of day flying Common Heath
23/05/2015 - Cullaloe, 21:30-01:30 3 x Robinson 1 Heath (Elephant Hawk, Yellow-barred Brindle)
08/03/2015 - Hill of Beath, 22:00-04:00 (HebChar, CloDrb, Black Sexton)
06/03/2015 - Hill of Beath, 20:00-06:00 (Clouded Drab)
05/04/2015 - Cullaloe, headtorch only, one Sallow flowering (Chestnut,Hebrew Char,Com Quaker)
04/04/2015 - Cullaloe, headtorch - (Hebrew Char, Com Quaker, Agonopterix oceallana)
27/03/2015 - Cullaloe, 19:00-22:00 (Hebrew Char, blown fuse)
20/03/2015 - Falkland, 18:45-21:00 (Yellow Horned)
11/02/2015 - Dunfermline, casual observation, March Moth, HOB 19:00-20:00 (nothing)
13/02/2015 - Falkland overnight (Pale brindled Beauty, Satellite, Dotted Border)
13/02/2015 - Dunfermline, casual observation, Pale Brindled Beauty

2014

23/11/2014 - Falkland overnight from 17:00 (Mottled Umber, Scarce Umber, Dec Moth)
10/10/2014 - Falkland, 19:40-21:40 (Black Rustic)
21/09/2014 - Hill of Beath, overnight - caught nothing!
20/09/2014 - Cullaloe, to 23:30 (Canary-shouldered Thorn, Pink-barred Sallow)
13/09/2014 - Falkland Palace, no power to trap (Angle shades on asters)
31/08/2014 - Cullaloe, day swept Silver Y
30/08/2014 - Cullaloe, overnight (Sallow, July HF, Small Phx)
21/08/2014 - Dumbarnie Links (Hedge rustic, Square-spot Rustic)
15/08/2014 - Cullaloe, overnight (Sallow)
08/08/2014 - Cullaloe, overnight (Dark Marbled Carpet)
02/08/2014 - Cullaloe, overnight (Pebble Prominent)
01/08/2014 - Falkalnd Palace - public event with three MV traps (wasps!)
26/07/2014 - Cullaloe, 21:00-00:00 - two MVs plus Heath trap, raining (Gold Spots, Double Lobed)
23/07/2014 - Cullaloe, 22:00-05:00 (Beautiful Carpet, Burnished Brass)
20/07/2014 - Hill of Beath, 22:00-05:00 (Common Rustic agg., Dark Arches)
19/07/2014 - Cullaloe: 21:30-05:00 (Blue-bordered Carpet)
15/07/2014 - Hill of Beath, 21:30-05:00 (Garden Tiger)
11.07.2014 - Falkland, 21:30-00:30 (Swallow-tailed, Lempke's Gold Spot)
10.07.2014 - Cullaloe, lunchtime, 6-spot Burnet single near the spillway
08.07.2014 - Hill of Beath, 21:30-04:00 (Marbled Beauty - 7!)
01.07.2014 - Cullaloe 21:00-04:30 (Double Square-spot)
28.06.2014 - Cullaloe 22:00-05:00 (Shoulder-striped Wainscot, July HF)
25.06.2014 - Cullaloe 2200-05:00 (Large Emerald, Marbled Beauty)
23.06.2014 - Hill of Beath, 23:45-03:30 (H&D, Marbled Bty, )
23.06.2014 - Cullaloe 22:30-23:30 (Sandy Carpet, Small Fan-footed Wave)
20.06.2014 - Hill of Beath 23:00-03:45 (Marbled Beauty, BGY, Small Angle Shades)
19.06.2014 - Cullaloe 22:30-23:30 (Mottled Beauty, Light emerald)
19.06.2014 - Cullaloe daytime, Yellow Shell and The Snout
14.06.2014 - Cullaloe 22:00-04:00 (White Ermine, Riband Wave)
14.06.2014 - Falkland Palace22:00-00:00 (Figure of Eighty, Light Emerald)
10.06.2014 - Cullaloe 22:00-05:00 (Buff-tip, Pebble Hook-tip)
08.06.2014 - Cullaloe incidental daytime (Latticed Heath, Grass Rivulet, Common White Wave)
06.06.2014 - Falkland Palace (Elephant Hawk-moth, Ghost Moth)
05.06.2014 - Cullaloe, lunchtime (Clouded Border, S-G Carpet, Crambus lathoniellus)
03.06/2014 - Hill of Beath, 21:30-04:15 (nothing!)
29.05.2014 - Cullaloe, cpt 7, Heath trap (Poplar HM, Clouded Border, The Rivulet)
29.05/2014 - Cullaloe, lunchtime, walk to spillway (Silver-ground Carpet, Common Carpet))
20.05.2014 - Hill of Beath, 21:30-23:30 (Ochreous Pug)
19.05.2014 - Cullaloe, cpt 7 (Poplar Hawk-moth)

(mains trap returned - all Heath trap unless stated from here on)

18.05.2014 - Hill of Beath, Heath trap (Small Phx, Garen Crpt, 6 HChar)17.05.2014 - Hill of Beath, Heath trap (1 HChar, 1 Pale-shouldered Brocade)
17.05.2014 - Cullaloe, cpt 2, Heath trap (Water Carpet, Flame Carpet, Common Carpet)
15.05.2014 - Cullaloe, cpt 7, Heath trap (Water Carpet, Clouded Silver, The Herald)
15.05.2014 - Hill of Beath, incidental (White-shouldered House Moth)
14.05.2014 - Hill of Beath, Heath trap (HebChar)
09.05.2014 - Falkand Palace (ComPug, BrinPug, Flame Carpet, Small Phoenix)
09.05.2014 - Hill of Beath, Heath trap (3 x HChar)
06.05.2014 - Hill of Beath, Robinson trap (GR Pug, Parsnip moth)
23.04.2014 - Hill of Beath, Robinson trap (Com Quaker, HChar, CDrab)
18.04.2014 - Hill of Beath, Robinson trap (Com Quaker, HChar, CDrab)
14.04.2014 - Hill of Beath, Robinson trap (2 HChar only))
11.04.2014 - Hill of Beath, Robinson trap (Hebrew Char, Clouded Drab)
05.04.2014 - Hill of Beath, Robinson trap (Early Grey, Clouded Drab)
04.04.2014 - Hill of Beath, Robinson trap (Mottled Grey. March Moth)