Common Green Shieldbug - Instar Nymphs

In July there were a number of young Green Shieldbugs in the garden. 

2nd Instar Nymph

4th Instar Nymph

Marmalade Hoverfly

 A common hoverfly in the garden.

Moth Records for w/c 2nd & 11th July 2020

 Trapping on the 2nd July with an overnight low temperature of 12.6C. I recorded the following species:

Garden Carpet 1

Marbled Carpet 3

Dark Arches 1

Heart & Dart 3

Uncertain 4

Common Footman 1

Eudonia lacustrata 1

Double-square spot 1

Common Wainscot

Trapping on the 11th July with an overnight low temperature of 9.0C. I recorded the following species:

Common Footman 1

Flame 1

Dark Arches 7

Heart & Dart 1

Large Yellow Underwing 2

Rustic 2

Chrysoteuchia culmella 1

Dunbar 1

Light Arches 1

Uncertain 2

Tawny Minor 1

Diamond back moth 2

Brown House Moth 1

White-shouldered House Moth 1

Wildlife Camera Trap - July 2020

The month of July brought an unexpected new visitor to our garden. For many years we have put a handful of peanuts out each night for Hedgehogs and enjoyed seeing their night-time antics via the camera.

At the beginning of the month we had our first sighting of a beautiful Fox.

Over the month we get more views, although we didn’t find out how she entered the garden.

No further sightings in the garden after month-end.

Moth Records for w/c 19th & 25th June 2020

 Overnight trapping on 19th June 2020 recorded the following species:

Peppered Moth (light) 1

Brown House Moth 2

Buff Ermine 1

Uncertain 1

Chrysoteuchia culmella 1

Celypha Striana 1

Marbled Orchard Fruit Moth 1

Bryotropha Domestics 1

Also found on 19th were two Red-barred Tortrix mating on the garden plants

On the 25th June, the moth trap was on again.

Willow Beauty 5

Riband Wave (Non-banded) 3

Chrysoteuchia culmella 5

White-shouldered House Moth 1

Marbled Beauty 1

Riband Wave (Banded) 1

Buff Ermine 2

Dot Moth 1

Eudonia lacustrata 3

Light Arches 1

Heart & Dart 4

Double-square Spot 1

Uncertain 5

Common Footman 1

Elephant Hawkmoth 1

Common Marbled Carpet 1

Phoenix 1

Green Silver-lines 1

Brimstone Moth 1

Brown House Moth 2

Light Brown Apple Moth 1

Red-barred Tortrix 2

Flame Carpet 1

Cyprus Tip Moth

Cyprus Tip Moth

Willow Beauty

Elephant Hawkmoth

Buff Ermine

Moth Records for 6th & 13th June 2020

6/6/2020 overnight minimum temperature 8.8C

1 Willow Beauty

1 Shuttle-shaped dart

4 Light Brown Apple Moth

1 Brimstone

4 Heart & Dart Moth

1 Eudonia lacustrata

1 Common marbled Carpet

13/06/2020 overnight temperature minimum 12.8C

2 Garden Carpet

2 Willow Beauty

1 Emmelina monodactyla

6 Diamond-back Moth

1 Peppered Moth (light)

1 Swallow Prominent

1 Riband Wave (non-banded)

1 Brimstone Moth

3 Light Brown Apple Moth

3 Heart & Dart

1 Grey Dagger/Dark Dagger agg

2 Large Yellow Underwing

1 Buff Ermine

1 Rustic Shoulder-knot

1 Chrysoteuchia culmella

1 Flame Carpet

1 Cypress Tip Moth

1 Common Pug

  

Brimstone Moth

Emmelina monodactyla

                                                        Peppered Moth (light)

Swallow Prominent

Wildlife Camera Trap - May 2020

Before reporting on my wildlife sightings for June. I thought I would share these short videos from my Wildlife Camera trap. I will add more to this page, but the first clips posted are of our visiting Hedgehog who comes each evening for peanuts.

For many years Hedgehogs have visited our garden and through the generations a gap has developed under a section of our fence through to the next-door neighbours garden. Hedgehogs have kept this opening clear over the years and this shows how they enter and exit the garden if they decide not to limbo under the gate. I have posted the exit's as they show the Hedgehog for longer.