Guernsey

Achingly slow progress all of a sudden as I approach the thousand. A few days ago my parents, sister and family arrived from England for a visit so I have been "doing things" rather than spending time in my square. Some people are so selfish. Also the moth trap has slowed down considerably this week compared to last week's bonanza. But pleased that I can now relax and look forward to coasting through the finish line waving to the crowds.

930 - Ceutorhynchus obstrictus (weevil)
931 - Pediculus humanus - thanks Abigail, taking one for the team.
932 - Endothenia marginana - (tortrix moth) - new species for Guernsey
933 - Brachmia blandella (moth)
934 - Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
935 - Adaina microdactyla (plume moth)
936 - Aethes francillana (tortrix moth)
937 - Olive (moth - not fruit - or oil)
938 - Batrachedra praeangusta (moth)
939 - Lesser-spotted Pinion
940 - Ethmia bipunctella (moth) - a cracking lifer for me, never seen any of this genus before - 4th record for Guernsey

941 - Sitochroa palealis (pyralid moth) - lifer
942 - Dingy Mocha - a hat-trick of lifers from the same catch, a first for Guernsey, and a bloody rare moth in the UK. Pretty chuffed!

943 - Brussels Lace
944 - Galium Carpet
945 - Aphanus rolandi (bug)
946 - Deltaornix torquillella (moth)
947 - Cosmiotes consortella (moth)
948 - Coleophora deauratella (moth)
949 - Coleophora anatipennella (moth)
950 - Coleophora peribenanderi (moth)
951 - Tinea pellionella (clothes moth)
952 - Dark Spinach
953 - Shore Wainscot
954 - Tinea trinotella (moth)
955 - Marbled White-spot
956 - Sharp-angled Peacock
957 - Green Oak Tortrix
958 - Aspilapterix tringipennella (moth)
959 - Rosy Rustic
960 - Limnaesia phragmitella (moth)
961 - Phyllocnistis unipunctella (moth)
962 - Agriphila tristella (moth)
963 - Catoptria pinella (moth)
964 - Loxostege sticticalis (pyralid moth) - another lifer, and only 2nd rec for Guernsey
965 - Argyresthia brockeella (moth)
966 - Comma
967 - Borkhausenia fuscescens (moth)
968 - Spilonota ocellana (moth)
969 - Pammene fasciana (moth)
970 - Carnation Tortrix
971 - Common Orache
972 - Stigmella lemniscella (moth) - larvae mining Elm leaves
973 - Agapanthus praecox (African Lily - garden escape)
974 - Passiflora caerulea (Blue Passion flower - garden escape)
975 - Evergestis extimalis (moth)
976 - Anania verbascalis (moth)
977 - Bryotropha domestica (moth)
978 - Hairy Finger-grass

979 - Corixa punctata (a Lesser Water Boatman)

980 - Gypsy Moth - found by the kids fluttering under a cabinet.

981 - Epiblema foenella (moth)

982 - Phytocoris varipes (bug)

983 - Campyloneura virgula (bug)

984 - Scarce Chocolate-tip - Such a rare moth in the UK, this seems to have recently colonised Guernsey, as has its cogener, Chocolate-tip (both below).

985 - Brown-veined Wainscot