Update from TM0025

It’s been just over a month, and the list has moved on well. I’m now over three-quarters of the way there, but autumn is now approaching, and I am wondering if it will hold enough for me to reach the finish line by the end of the year.

Birds

573. Grey wagtail 574. Kingfisher

575. Sparrowhawk

Amphibians and reptiles 576. Common lizard, Zootoca vivipara 577. Common toad, Bufo bufo

Fish

578. Bream, Abramis brama

579. Minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus

Mammals

580. Wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus

Bees, wasps

581. Hornet, Vespa crabro

582. Hylaeus communis

583. Ichneumon stramantarius

584. Ichneumon suspiciosus

585. Lissonata setosa

586. Mellinus arvensis

587. Sphecodes spinulosus

588. Yellow-legged mining-bee, Andrena flavipes

Hoverflies

589. Eristalis pertinax

590. Lejogaster metallina

591. Myathropa florea

592. Scaeva pyrastri

593. Sphaerophoria ruepellii

594. Syritta pipiens

Odonata

595. Brown hawker, Aeshna grandis

596. Southern hawker, Aeshna Cyanea

597. White-legged damselfly, Platycnemis pennipes

598. Willow emerald damselfly,  Lestes viridis

Other flies

599. Anomoia purmunda        

  

600. Chloromyia formosa

601. Cleon dipterum (a mayfly)

602. Eriothrix rufomaculata

603. Green-headed soldierfly, Chorisops tibialis  

604. Nephrotoma crocata

605. Sapromyza sexpunctata

606. Sylvicola fenestralis (a window midge)

607. Tipula paludosa

Beetles

608. Flea beetle, Altica lythri

609. Mealworm beetle, Tenebrio molitor

610. Microcara testacea

611. Nut weevil, Curculio nucum

612. Pterostichus cupreus

613. Rhantus suturalis

614. Whirligig beetle,  Gyrinus natator

Bugs

615. Black-kneed capsid, Blepharidopterus angulatus

616. Brassica bug, Eurydema oleracea (nymph)   

617. Dock bug, Coreus marginatus

618. Field damsel-bug, Nabis ferus (nymph)

619. Forest bug, Pentatoma rufipes                  

620. Hawthorn shieldbug, Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale

621. Iassus ianio (a leafhopper)

622. Liocoris tripustulatus

623. Parent bug, Elasmucha grisea

624. Phytocaris tiliae

625. Stenodema laevigatum

Lacewings

626. Chrysoperla carnea

627. Micromus variegatus

Orthoptera

628. Common field grasshopper, Chorthippus brunneus

629. Common green grasshopper, Omocestus viridulus

630. Oak bush-cricket, Meconema thalassinum

Moths

631. Acrobasis advenella

632. Aethes smeathmanniana

633. Agonopterix kaekeritziana

634. Agriphila geniculea

635. Agriphila inquinatella

636. Agriphila straminella

637. Agriphila tristella

638. Anania crocealis

639. Apotomis betuletana

640. Angle shades, Phlogophora meticulosa

641. Blastobasis adustella

642. Blastobasis lignea

643. Brown china-mark, Elophila nymphaeata

644. Bryotropha affinis

645. Canary-shouldered thorn, Ennomos alniaria

646. Catoptria falsella

647. Chequered fruit-tree tortrix, Pandemis corylana

648. Cinnabar moth, Tyria jacobaeae (caterpillar)

649. Cochylis hybridella            

650. Copper underwing, Amphipyra pyramidea

651. Crescent, Celaena leucostigma

652. Cydia fugiglandana

653. Cydia splendana

654. Diamond-backed moth, Plutella zylostella

655. Double-lobed, Apamea ophiogramma

656. Double-striped pug, Gymnoscelis rufifasciata

657. Feathered gothic, Tholera decimalis

658. Fen wainscot, Arenostola phragmitidis

659. Flounced rustic,  Luperina testacea

660. Garden rose tortrix, Acleris variegana

661. Hedge rustic,  Tholera cespitis

662. Ingrailed clay, Diarsia mendica mendica

663. Iron prominent, Notodonta dromedarius

664. Latticed heath, Chiasma clathrata

665. Light emerald, Campaea margaritata

666. Lunar yellow underwing, Noctua orbona

667. Marbled beauty, Cryphia domestica

668. Marbled green, Cryphia muralis

669. Nutmeg, Descestra trifolii

670. Old lady, Mormo maura

671. Orange swift, Hepialis sylvina

672. Orchard ermine, Yponomeuta padella

673. Pale mottled willow, Paradrina clavipalpis

674. Pediasa aridella

675. Philedone gerningana

676. Pine leaf-mining moth, Clavigesta purdeyi

677. Rhomboid tortrix, Acleris rhombana

678. Scarce silver lines, Bena bicolorana

679. Sharp-angled peacock, Macaria alternata

680. Single-dotted wave, Idaea dimidiata

681. Square-spot rustic, Xestia xanthographa

682. Straw dot, Rivula sericealis

683. Straw underwing, Thalpophila matura

684. Turnip moth, Agrotis segetum

685. Vapourer, Orgya antiqua  

686. Vine’s rustic, Hoplodrina ambigua

687. Water veneer, Acentria ephemerella

688. White satin moth, Leucoma salicis

689. White-spotted pug, Eupithecia tripunctaria Currant pug, Eupithecia assimilata

690. Yellow shell, Camptogramma bilineata

Butterflies

691. Brimstone, Gonepteryx rhamni

692. Gatekeeper, Pyronia tithonus

693. Green-veined white, Pieris napi

694. Holly blue, Celastrina argiolus

695. Painted lady, Vanessa cardui

696. Small heath, Coenomympha pamphilus

697. Small skipper, Thymelicus sylvestris

Galls

698. Andricus grossulariae (gall wasp of oak)

699. Biorhiza pallida (Oak apple, gall wasp)

700. Ergot, Claviceps purpurea

701. Lipara lucens (gall fly of common reed)  

702. Pemphigus spyrothecae (gall aphid of poplar)

703. Neuroterus albipes (a gall wasp of oak)

704. Neuroterus anthracinus (a gall wasp of oak)

705. Neuroterus numismalis (gall wasp of oak)

706. Neuroterus quercusbaccarum (gall wasp of oak)

707. Rhabdophaga rosaria (gall midge of willow)  

708. Urophora cardui (gall fly of thistle)                   

709. Wachtliella persicariae (gall midge of bistort)   

A selection of galls

Spiders

710. Crustulina guttata

711. Diaea dorsata

712. Meta mengei

713. Nuctena umbricata

714. Tetragnatha montana

715. Theridion varians

Gastropods

716. Large black slug, Arion ater

Leech

717. Erpobdella octoculata

Plants

718. Angelica, Angelica sylvestris

719. Asparagus, Asparagus officinalis

720. Black bryony, Tamus communis

721. Bladder senna, Colutea arborescens

722. Branched bur-reed, Sparanium erectum

723. Canadian fleabane, Conyza canadensis

724. Canadian goldenrod, Solidago canadensis

725. Common fleabane, Pulicaria dysentarica

726. Common knapweed, Centaurea nigra

727. Common liverwort, Marchantia polymorpha

728. Common orache, Atriplex patula

729. Common sorrel, Rumex acetosa

730. Common toadflax, linaria vulgaris

731. Curled dock, Rumex crispus

732. Evergreen oak, Quercus ilex

733. Field maple, Acer campestre

734. Garden parsley,  Petroselinum crispum

735. Garlic mustard, Alliaria petiolata

736. Giant hogweed, Heracleum mantegazzianum

737. Gipsywort, Lycopus europaeus

738. Hairy nightshade, Solanum villosum

739. Hazel, Corylus avellana

740. Holly, Ilex aquifolium

741. Horseradish, Armoracia rusticana

742. Ivy-leaved cyclamen, Cyclamen hederifolium

743. Ivy-leaved speedwell, Veronica hederifolia

744. Knotgrass, Polygonum aviculare

745. Large bindweed, Calystegia silvatica

746. Lesser burdock, Arctium minus

747. Lords-and-ladies, Arum maculatum

748. Marsh woundwort, Stachys palustris

749. Mugwort, Artemisia vulgaris

750. Oregon-grape, Mahonia aquifolium

751. Pendulous sedge, Carex pendula

752. Purple loosestrife, Lythrum salicaria

753. Reed sweet-grass, Glyceria maxima

754. Rough chervil, Chaeropyllum temulum

755. Scentless mayweed, Tripleurospermum inodorum

756. Short-leaved water-starwort, Callitriche truncata

757. Small balsam, Impatiens parviflora

758. Smooth hawks-beard, Crepis biennis

759. Spear-leaved orache, Atriplex prostrata

760. Trailing St John’s-wort, Hypericum humifusum

761. Virginia creeper, Parthenocissus quinquefolia

762. Water-cress, Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum

763. Water forget-me-not, Myosotis scorpioides

764. Water mint, Mentha aquatica

765. Wild marjoram, Origanum vulgare

766. Wild mignonette, Reseda lutea

767. Wormwood, Artemisia absinthium

Fungi

768. Bonnet mycena, Mycena galericulata

769. Brown nettle-gill, Panaeolus foenisecii

770. Fairy-ring champignon, Marasmius oreades

771. Tar-spot, Rhytisma acerinum

TQ6410: Endless summer ....

Another enjoyable month of warm - or even hot - sunny weather has flown by since my last post yet I’m still a little way off joining those exclusive ‘1KSQ-ists’ in front of me (as opposed to us remaining ‘1KSQ-ers’ lagging behind). But progress has been steady throughout August and I’m reasonably confident I’ll be pretty close by the end of this month. Moths, hoverflies, nondescript flies and unexciting flora are still keeping the total ticking over and I’ve finally found a few more smallish invertebrates without really trying too hard. 'Tricky' ground beetles seem to keep deliberately avoiding me (thankfully!), as opposed to house spiders which are getting bigger every day here in the workshop (a.k.a. my seasonal abode) in TQ6410. Sooner or later I’m going to end up swallowing one of these eight-legged monstrosities when I’ve dozed off. Meanwhile, I’ve recently had another minor blitz around the square including the Herstmonceux Castle grounds – for missing plants mostly – but these are becoming ever harder to find now the summer’s almost over (although blue skies and hot weather are still the order of the day here in early Sep). A lot of grass-cutting’s also in progress away from the plot - and the neighbouring farmland’s just been totally zapped, if the brown, rolling, former grazing fields just to the north of my plot are anything to go by. My local farmer has also drained and re-graded the damp part of the field by the little ditch nearby – so no more Snipe or Green Sandpiper this winter - in common with the grubbed-out Nightingale scrub to the south of the Castle which disappeared earlier in the year. He’s even filled in a section of watery ditch (and piped the little stream) where it does a 90degree westward turn …. all to make life easier for his intensive, non-organic dairy herd. I reckon my five acre plot now has about x100 the number of species to be found in the several hundred acres of wildlife-devoid farmland next door. Farmers are supposedly our guardians/custodians of vast tracts of countryside but wildlife conservation and species preservation come a pretty poor ‘last’ in the litres per metre mentality elsewhere in TQ6410.

Farmland, bridleway and little ditch just to the north of the plot - species-devoid for a while yet ....

9th Aug – around the plot and in the moth-trap:
855 - Wood Brome Bromus ramosus … another woodland grass along the shady bridleway through the plot
856 - Cochylis atricapitana (micro-moth) … in the trap from the other night and ID’d via photo in egg-box
857 - Lime-speck Pug Eupithecia centaureata

11th Aug - moth-trap:
858 - Scarce Footman Eilema complana (above)
859 - Copper Underwing Amphipyra pyramidea checked the underwing/hindwing for confirmation …. though with great difficulty. Might have to opt for local anaesthetic next time ….
860 - Rosy Rustic Hydraecia micacea
861 - Dingy Footman Eilema griseola
862 - Agriphila tristella (micro-moth)
863 - Agriphila straminella (micro-moth)
864 - Rush Veneer Nomophila noctuella (micro-moth)

12th Aug - around the plot:
865 - Weasel Mustela nivalis twice ran across the grassy area between wild flower bank and plant benching (and disappeared into rubble under benching). Still no hedgehog though ….
866 - Common Green Lacewing Chrysoperla carnea

13th Aug - Around the plot and moth-trap:
867 - Vestal Cuckoo Bee Bombus vestalis

868 - Sulphur polypore Laetiporus sulphurous …. an alien-like face at one end of the old oak log seat ..... and looking into the workshop! Another massive sulphur polypore (above) has taken over the other end of the old oak log in the past week or so. If it carries on at this rate it’ll soon be taking over the workshop too ....
869 - Club-horned Sawfly Abia sericea  photo’d back in early June but overlooked until I also found a larva (now just pupated) on Devil’s Bit Scabious
870 - Hypsopygia glaucinalis (micro-moth)
871 - Oak Hook-tip Watsonalla binaria
872 - Bryotropha senectella (micro-moth)
873 - Diamond-back Marble Eudemis profundana (micro-moth)
874 - Lychnis Hadena bicruris 

17th Aug - Around the plot:
875 - Harvestman Leiobunum rotundum
876 - Hoverfly Chrysotoxum bicinctum (above)
877 - Hoverfly Eupeodes latifasciatus



878 - Coppery Longhorn Nemophora cupriacella (above)  quite a rarity here in East Sussex or just under-recorded? Confirmed via my photo by the County moth recorder, Colin Pratt.

18th Aug - around the plot:
879 - Harvestman Mitopus morio
880 - Hoverfly Eristalis arbustorum

881 - Thick-headed fly Physocephala rufipes (above) basking on Devil’s Bit Scabious late afternoon
882 - Hoverfly Eristalinus sepulchralis

19th Aug - around the square and plot (quite a bit along the shaded bridleway around the Castle grounds):
883 - Marsh Cudweed Gnaphalium uliginosum
884 - Prickly Lettuce Lactuca serriola
885 - Wood Meadow Grass Poa nemoralis
886 - Wood False-brome Brachypodium sylvaticum
887 - Great Burdoch Arctium lappa
888 - Bur-reed Sparganium erectum
889 - Smooth Hawk’s-beard Crepis capillaris
890 - Violet Bramble Rust Phragmidium violaceum
891 - Autumn Hawkbit Scorzoneroides autumnalis
892 - Wood Groundsel Senecio sylvaticus 

893 - Speckled Bush Cricket Leptophyes punctatissima (above) on Redshank along the wet woodland edge
894 - Fly Phaonia angelicae basking on Fleabane
895 - Spotted Cranefly Nephrotoma appendiculata

21st Aug - moth-trap:
896 - Canary-shouldered Thorn Ennomos alniaria
897 - Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes (and a couple more on 1st Sep)
898 - Anania crocealis (micro-moth)

23rd Aug - Around the square and plot:
899 - Black Horehound Ballota nigra a small, smelly clump in the corner of the field by the church

900 - Brassica Shield-bug Eurydema oleracea (above) on the same Spear Thistle as the beetle below

901 - Four-banded Longhorn beetle Leptura quadrifasciata (above) ditto with the Shield Bug
902 - Spotted Longhorn beetle Rutpela maculate on Angelica flowers along with a good selection of hoverflies …
903 - Thick-legged Hoverfly Syritta pipiens on Fleabane after double-checking some recent photos
904 - Patchwork Leaf-Cutter Bee Megachile centuncularis
905 - Rhyacionia pinicolana (micro-moth)
906 - Acleris laterana (micro-moth)
907 - Sand Wasp Ectemnius continuus on Hogweed at the plot
908 - Digger Wasp Ectemnius cephalotes on Angelica by the wet woodland edge
909 - Corn Chamomile Anthemis arvensis along the arable field edge
910 - Lesser Reedmace Typha angustifolia in the ditch just S. of the Castle

25th- 26thAug - Around the plot:
911 - Nettle-tap Anthophila fabriciana  (micro-moth)
912 - Hoverfly Eristalis nemorum
913 - Celypha lacunana (micro-moth)

914 - Bug Corizus hyoscyami (above)
915 - Svensson’s Copper Underwing Amphipyra berbera scurried out of some empty plant pots in the barn. Checked underwing copper shading and forewing uneven zig-zag band.

28th Aug - Herstmonceux Castle grounds:
916 - Perennial Sow-thistle Sonchus arvensis
917 - Common Earthball Scleroderma citrinum Autumn fungi time? Photo’d several others to ID ….
918 - London Plane Platanus acerifolia

30th/31st Aug - moth trap: best night for some considerable time for new species ….
919 - Dusky Thorn Ennomos fuscantaria
920 - Elbow-striped Grass-veneer Agriphila geniculea (micro-moth)
921 - Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix Pandemis corylana (micro-moth)
922 - Square-spot Rustic Xestia xanthographa
923 - Tabby Knot-horn Euzophera pinguis (micro-moth)

924 - Purple Bar Cosmorhoe ocellata
925 - Least Yellow Underwing Noctua interjecta
926 - White Plume Moth Pterophorus pentadactyla
927 - Strawberry Tortrix Acleris comariana
928 - Sharp-angled Peacock Macaria alternata

929 - Feathered Gothic Tholera decimalis (above)  Different sizes but assume male and female?
930 - Maiden’s Blush Cyclophora punctaria
931 - White Point Mythimna albipuncta
932 - Double-striped Pug Gymnoscelis rufifasciata

933 - Webb’s Wainscot Archanara sparganii (above) a bit pinker in the photo than it actually was. Caught it over a week ago but pondered over the ID for a while .... confirmation?

1st - 2nd Sep - around the plot: 
934 - Wasp Spider Argiope bruennichi (above) biggest one yet … low down in the little wild flower bank. Lock up your cats, dogs and small kids ....
935 - Giant House Spider Tegenaria duellica (ID assumed by SE location) prowling around my workshop office. Eviction notices have been served ....
936 - Tachinid fly Dexiosoma caninum on stinging nettle at the plot
937 - Field Bindweed Convolvulus arvensis further along the arable field edge (and amazingly not on my list)
938 - Harvestman Phalangium opilio doing a runner across the grassy, flowery, lower meadow

 So on a minor roll to 938 species .... just 62 to go!

Back again - four months to go!

This blogging is tricky to keep up with. Once I stop, I find it difficult to get going again. Anyway, part of the the reason for the silence was that we had an ace family holiday to South Africa, where we saw lots of splendid new species, but not within the 1 km square. So that's another story. Once back, it was a bit difficult getting the motivation going again, but I now have the bit between my teeth.

As usual, most of the additions have been in the moth-trap, and in the list below, assume it's a moth unless otherwise stated. Interesting to wonder how many I may have missed by not being around those two weeks. A few obvious gaps that probably won't get filled now include Maple Prominent and Black-tailed Skimmer, whilst I fear the hoverfly Scaeva pyrastri might have passed me by too.

My total has crept up to 1,226 and I don't know how much further I'll be able to take it. I don't have much woodland so I'm not expecting great things of fungi for the autumn, but I guess there'll be a few. I do expect to get quite a lot more leaf-mines though, and there are a number of other obvious gaps on the list that still need filling (Southern Hawker perhaps the most obvious one currently). I should be able to get to 1,300 easily enough, and 1,400 might be possible. Not sure I'd put a lot of money on 1,500 though, that seems TOO big.

Finally, well done to all the other members of the 1,000 club! And well done to the rest of you too of course - keep plugging away, there's four months to go still!

{Late addition - 15th June}
1115 - Tenthredo mesomela - a large sawfly, belatedly identified

23rd July
1116 - Pentatoma rufipes (Forest Bug)
1117 - Batia lunaris
1118 - Acleris forsskaleana
1119 - Carcina quercana
1120 - Platytes alpinella - good one to get inland
1121 - Zeiraphera isertana
1122 - Coenobia rufa (Small Rufous)

24th July
1123 - Hypsopygia costalis (Gold Triangle)
1124 - Cryphia domestica (Marbled Beauty)
1125 - Calamotropha paludella
1126 - Craniophora ligustri (The Coronet)
1127 - Noctua janthe (Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing)
1128 - Nudaria mundana (Muslin Footman) - another good one, my second ever
1129 - Mesoligia furuncula (Cloaked Minor)
1130 - Mompha propinquella
1131 - Blastodacna hellerella
1132 - Lozotaenia forsterana

25th July
1133 - Cydia pomonella
1134 - Eremobia ochroleuca (Dusky Sallow)
1135 - Euthrix potatoria (The Drinker)

26th July
1136 - Vespula germanica (German Wasp)

{SOUTH AFRICA}

11th August
1137 - Xestia rhomboidea (Square-spotted Clay) - new for garden, but seems to be having a good year and I had several more also
1138 - Watsonalla binaria (Oak Hook-tip)
1139 - Eupithecia icterata (Tawny Speckled Pug)
1140 - Luperina testacea (Flounced Rustic)
1141 - Xestia sexstrigata (Six-striped Rustic)
1142 - Ipimorpha subtusa (The Olive)
1143 - Helcystogramma rufescens

12th August
1144 - Scotopteryx chenopodiata (Shaded Broad-bar)
1145 - Ennomos alniaria (Canary-shouldered Thorn)
1146 - Hydraecia micacea (Rosy Rustic)
1147 - Cosmia affinis (Lesser-spotted Pinion) - strikingly dark hindwing

13th August
1148 - Agriphila geniculea
1149 - Lymantria monacha (Black Arches)
1150 - Hepialus sylvina (Orange Swift)
1151 - Celaena leucostigma (The Crescent) - new for garden and saw several more too
1152 - Crocallis elinguaria (Scalloped Oak)
1153 - Ennomos fuscantaria (Dusky Thorn)
1154 - Chortodes pygmina (Small Wainscot)

14th August
1155 - Cydia splendana
1156 - Catoptria pinella
1157 - Nomophila noctuella (Rush Veneer)
1158 - Ypsolopha scabrella
1159 - Catocala nupta (Red Underwing) - Red Underwing
1160 - Amphipyra pyramidea (Copper Underwing) - been checking underside of spread hindwing on all copper underwing spp; feature apparently not 100% but pretty good
1161 - Archanara geminipuncta (Twin-spotted Wainscot)

15th August
1162 - Noctua interjecta (Least Yellow Underwing)
1163 - Thalpophila matura (Straw Underwing)
1164 - Agriphila selasella
1165 - Dicranopalpus ramosus - a distinctive harvestman

16th August
1166 - Phylloscopus trochilus (Willow Warbler) - at last, brief burst of subsong from a presumed migrant in the garden

17th August
1167 - Cerapteryx graminis (Antler Moth)

18th August
1168 - Metrioptera roeselii (Roesel's Bush-cricket) - audible (for those with ears that can hear them!) along many roadside verges from now on
1169 - Xestia xanthographa (Square-spot Rustic)
1170 - Pandemis corylana
1171 - Epinotia nisella
1172 - Aethes smeathmanniana
1173 - Colymbetes fuscus - a large water beetle keyed out reasonably easily
1174 - Hydrobius fuscipes - another water beetle

19th-21st August (NOTHING!)

22nd August
1175 - Blastobasis adustella
1176 - Cochylidia implicitana

23rd August
1177 - Hemerobius lutescens - a small brown lacewing
1178 - Noctua comes (Lesser Yellow Underwing)
1179 - Nonagria typhae (Bulrush Wainscot)

24th August
1180 - Phyllonorycter tristrigella - occupied leafmine in elm
1181 - Atriplex littoralis (Grass-leaved Orache) - along roadside, a coastal species occurring inland along salted roads
1182 - Lycopus europaeus (Gypsywort) - along the edge of the stream
1183 - Selenia tetralunaria (Purple Thorn)
1184 - Amphipyra tragopoginis (Mouse Moth)
1185 - Atethmia centrago (Centre-barred Sallow)
1186 - Agrotis ipsilon (Dark Sword-grass) - apart from the Silver Ys in decent numbers, relatively few other migrant moths being seen so nice to get this
1187 - Cataclysta lemnata (Small China-mark)

25th August
1188 - Orgyia antiqua (The Vapourer) - netted by day in the garden
1189 - Araneus diadematus (Garden Spider) - along hedgerows
1190 - Leucoptera laburnella - mines on laburnum (mostly empty but one occupied with larva)
1191 - Aeshna mixta (Migrant Hawker) - first in the garden, subsequently more widespread
1192 - Rumex conglomeratus (Clustered Dock) - on the common, ID on seeds
1193 - Xanthorhoe designata (Flame Carpet) - nice, don't see many of these here
1194 - Cochylimorpha straminea

26th August
1195 - Stigmella plagicolella - occupied mine in blackthorn in our front hedge
1196 - Phyllonorycter leucographella - occupied mine in hawthorn along the road
1197 - Conyza canadensis (Canadian Fleabane) - roadsides
1198 - Sympetrum striolatum (Common Darter) - at last
1199 - Eupeodes latifasciatus - a hoverfly, superficially like Syrphus sp.

27th August
1200 - Phyllonorycter acerifoliella - occupied mine on field maple in garden
1201 - Tachina fera - large fly - fully keyed
1202 - Gortyna flavago (Frosted Orange)
1203 - Archanara sparganii (Webb's Wainscot) - a good one, although I do see them most years here

28th August
1204 - Mormo maura (Old Lady) - Old Lady
1205 - Tholera decimalis (Feathered Gothic) - Feathered Gothic
1206 - Plusia festucae (Gold Spot) - Gold Spot

29th August - nothing

30th August
1207 - Aricia agestis (Brown Argus) - netted off the common, pleased to see as I thought I'd missed my chance
1208 - Conocephalus dorsalis (Short-winged Conehead) - adult male identified confidentally; also nymphs of possible Long-winged too, so still to play for…
1209 - Philaenus spumarius (Common Froghopper) - had seen cuckoo spit with nymphs earlier in year but wasn't sure if that was good enough
1210 - Paraswammerdamia albicapitella
1211 - Micromus variegatus - a lacewing
1212 - Amphipyra berbera (Svensson's Copper Underwing) - at last, one with underwing pattern spot on (and clearly different to the many Copper Underwings I'd checked recently)

31st August
1213 - Antispila treitschkiella - occupied mines in dogwood - a good record, not many other records in Norfolk
1214 - Atriplex prostrata (Spear-leaved Orache) - roadside verge
1215 - Argyresthia goedartella - 2 netted by day in alder wood
1216 - Mentha spicata (Spear Mint) - looks (and smells!) OK - Norfolk Flora backs up that this is far more likely that the various hybrids?
1217 - Araneus quadratus - big spider
1218 - Cicadella viridis - a green leafhopper
1219 - Mellinus arvensis - a solitary wasp, surprisingly easy to key and a known late-season species
1220 - Lyonetia clerkella - occupied leafmine in cherry in back garden
1221 - Atriplex patula (Common Orache) - along roadside with Grass-leaved Orache for comparison

1st September
1222 - Sargus flavipes (Yellow-legged Centurion) - another soliderfly, this one on the front door when I got up
1223 - Conocephalus fuscus (Long-winged Conehead) - adult female confirmed, following male Short-winged a few days back
1224 - Succisa pratensis (Devil's-bit Scabious) - on the common, always a late flowerer
1225 - Dasysyrphus albostriatus - yet another hoverfly, netted off the common
1226 - Neophilaenus lineatus - another froghopper netted off the common

Cochylimorpha straminea - not seen this very often before

Feathered Gothic

Leucoptera laburnella - micro-moth leaf-mine in laburnum

Tachina fera

Microchrysa flavicornis - a common but small shiny soldierfly

Antispila treitschkiella - leafmine in dogwood.

Araneus quadratus

Stigmella plagicolella - leafmine in blackthorn

Not in TM2499