Gone a bit quiet out there...

Not many posts recently, are people still seeing things? Moths and other insects are in full swing here now, with 98 species of moth recorded last night, although nothing entirely unexpected. Pictures of some of the less expected ones recently are below. Now just over 1500 species for the square.

Reed Leopard

Monochroa palustrellus

Pyla fusca

Hummingbird Hawk Moth

Pigmy Footman

Sand Dart

1412	Macaria alternata	Lepidoptera:moths	Sharp-angled Peacock
1413	Chrysotoxum bicinctum	Diptera	Syrphidae
1414	Sarcophaga vagans	Diptera	Sarcophagidae
1415	Hercostomus chrysozygos	Diptera	Dolichopodidae
1416	Dolichopus wahlbergi	Diptera	Dolichopodidae
1417	Noctua fimbriata	Lepidoptera:moths	Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
1418	Eilema griseola	Lepidoptera:moths	Dingy Footman
1419	Archips podana	Lepidoptera:moths	Large Fruit-tree Tortrix
1420	Xestia baja	Lepidoptera:moths	Dotted Clay
1421	Scopula emutaria	Lepidoptera:moths	Rosy Wave
1422	Meganola albula	Lepidoptera:moths	Kent Black Arches
1423	Ebulea crocealis	Lepidoptera:moths	Ochreous Pearl
1424	Calamotropha paludella	Lepidoptera:moths	Bulrush Veneer
1425	Pempelia palumbella	Lepidoptera:moths	Heather Knot-horn
1426	Platytes alpinella	Lepidoptera:moths	Hook-tipped Grass-veneer
1427	Eilema pygmaeola	Lepidoptera:moths	Pigmy Footman
1428	Mompha raschkiella	Lepidoptera:moths	Little Mompha
1429	Oedemera lurida	Coleoptera	Oedemeridae
1430	Pammene aurana	Lepidoptera:moths	Orange-spot Piercer
1431	Zygaena trifolii	Lepidoptera:moths	Five-spot Burnet
1432	Silene latifolia	Vascular Plants	White Campion
1433	Ballota nigra	Vascular Plants	Black Horehound
1434	Arctium minus	Vascular Plants	Lesser Burdock
1435	Linaria vulgaris	Vascular Plants	Common Toadflax
1436	Arthaldeus pascuellus	Hemipteroids	Cicadellidae
1437	Crocallis elinguaria	Lepidoptera:moths	Scalloped Oak
1438	Blastobasis adustella	Lepidoptera:moths	Furness Dowd
1439	Arenostola phragmitidis	Lepidoptera:moths	Fen Wainscot
1440	Sterna sandvicensis	Birds	Sandwich Tern
1441	Aeshna mixta	Odonata	Migrant Hawker
1443	Aethusa cynapium	Vascular Plants	Fool's Parsley
1444	Prunella vulgaris	Vascular Plants	Selfheal
1445	Capsella bursa-pastoris	Vascular Plants	Shepherd's-purse
1446	Sympetrum striolatum	Odonata	Common Darter
1447	Xylota sylvarum	Diptera	Syrphidae
1448	Ancylis achatana	Lepidoptera:moths	Triangle-marked Roller
1449	Cabera exanthemata	Lepidoptera:moths	Common Wave
1450	Eudonia lacustrata	Lepidoptera:moths	Little Grey
1451	Ectropis crepuscularia	Lepidoptera:moths	Engrailed
1452	Eremobia ochroleuca	Lepidoptera:moths	Dusky Sallow
1453	Furcula furcula	Lepidoptera:moths	Sallow Kitten
1454	Hemithea aestivaria	Lepidoptera:moths	Common Emerald
1455	Hofmannophila pseudospretella	Lepidoptera:moths	Brown House Moth
1456	Miltochrista miniata	Lepidoptera:moths	Rosy Footman
1457	Noctua comes	Lepidoptera:moths	Lesser Yellow Underwing
1458	Pelosia muscerda	Lepidoptera:moths	Dotted Footman
1459	Stigmella aurella	Lepidoptera:moths	Golden Pygmy
1460	Netelia vinulae	Hymenoptera	Ichneumonidae
1461	Tasgius morsitans	Coleoptera	Staph.
1462	Phytomyza krygeri	Diptera	Agromyzidae
1463	Macropis europaea	Hymenoptera	Yellow Loosestrife Bee
1464	Meconema thalassinum	Orthopteroids	Oak Bush-cricket
1465	Aleimma loeflingiana	Lepidoptera:moths	Yellow Oak Button
1466	Sagina procumbens	Vascular Plants	Procumbent or Mossy Pearlwort
1467	Sphenella marginata	Diptera	Tephritidae
1468	Agelena labyrinthica	Arachnids	Labyrinth Spider
1469	Rhinophora lepida	Diptera	Rhinophoridae
1470	Lavatera thuringiaca x L. olbia	Vascular Plants	Garden Tree Mallow
1471	Voria ruralis	Diptera	Tachinidae
1472	Phragmataecia castaneae	Lepidoptera:moths	Reed Leopard
1473	Agrotis ripae	Lepidoptera:moths	Sand Dart
1474	Pandemis heparana	Lepidoptera:moths	Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix
1475	Monochroa palustrellus	Lepidoptera:moths	Wainscot Neb
1476	Yponomeuta rorrella	Lepidoptera:moths	Willow Ermine
1477	Agriphila straminella	Lepidoptera:moths	Straw Grass-veneer
1478	Metzneria lappella	Lepidoptera:moths	Burdock Neb
1479	Tineola bisselliella	Lepidoptera:moths	Common Clothes Moth
1480	Phragmatobia fuliginosa	Lepidoptera:moths	Ruby Tiger
1481	Cydia splendana	Lepidoptera:moths	Marbled Piercer
1482	Sciurus carolinensis	Mammals	Grey Squirrel
1483	Pyla fusca	Lepidoptera:moths	Brown Knot-horn
1484	Thymelicus lineola	Lepidoptera:butterflies	Essex Skipper
1485	Eurygaster testudinaria	Hemipteroids	Tortoise Bug
1486	Omocestus viridulus	Orthopteroids	Common Green Grasshopper
1487	Platycephala planifrons	Diptera	Chloropidae
1488	Pithanus maerkelii	Hemipteroids	Mirid Bug
1489	Neophilaenus lineatus	Hemipteroids	Froghopper
1490	Nabis limbatus	Hemipteroids	Marsh Damsel Bug
1491	Plagiognathus arbustorum	Hemipteroids	Mirid Bug
1492	Lopus decolor	Hemipteroids	Mirid Bug
1493	Crassa unitella	Lepidoptera:moths	Golden-brown Tubic
1494	Hydriomena furcata	Lepidoptera:moths	July Highflyer
1495	Catoptria pinella	Lepidoptera:moths	Pearl Grass-veneer
1496	Cabera pusaria	Lepidoptera:moths	Common White Wave
1497	Eucosma obumbratana	Lepidoptera:moths	Two-coloured Bell
1498	Xanthorhoe quadrifasiata	Lepidoptera:moths	Large Twin-spot Carpet
1499	Xanthorhoe ferrugata	Lepidoptera:moths	Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
1500	Cnephasia longana	Lepidoptera:moths	Long-winged Shade
1501	Mesoligia furuncula	Lepidoptera:moths	Cloaked Minor
1502	Antherophagus pallens	Coleoptera	Cryptophagidae