Dull days may be well occupied in beating for moths, and in the examination of fences and the bark of trees; and on bright days, as soon as the butterflies have settled down to rest, the same work may be carried on till dusk.
Micros and Geometræ are out early in the evening, when they should be taken with the net. Later on the Noctuæ may be seen playing round their favourite flowers.
Sugar and light traps are likely to do good service during June, and decoy females of the Bombyces group may be called to your aid.
Larvæ are also abundant during June, and those of most of the butterflies may be taken by carefully searching their food plants.
The following is the list of imagines for the month:
- Butterflies.
- Swallow Tail (Machaon)
- Black-veined White (Cratægi)
- Large White (Brassicæ)
- Small White (Rapæ)
- Green-veined White (Napi)
- Small Pearl-bordered (Selene)
- Pearl-bordered (Euphrosyne)
- Silver-washed Fritillary (Paphia)
- Greasy Fritillary (Aurinia)
- Glanville Fritillary (Cinxia)
- Heath Fritillary (Athalia)
- Small Tortoiseshell (Urticæ)
- White Admiral (Sibylla)
- Small Ringlet (Epiphron)
- Meadow Brown (Ianira)
- Ringlet (Hyperanthus)
- Marsh Ringlet (Typhon)
- Small Heath (Pamphilus)
- Green Hairstreak (Rubi)
- Small Copper (Phlœas)
- Common Blue (Icarus)
- Small Blue (Minima)
- Duke of Burgundy (Lucina)
- Grizzled Skipper (Malvæ)
- Dingy Skipper (Tages)
- Large Skipper (Sylvanus)
- Chequered Skipper (Palæmon)
- Sphinges.
- Privet Hawk (Ligustri)
- Spurge Hawk (Euphorbiæ)
- Small Elephant (Porcellus)
- Large Elephant (Elpenor)
- Eyed Hawk (Ocellatus)
- Poplar Hawk (Populi)
- Lime Hawk (Tiliæ)
- Humming Bird Hawk (Stellatarum)
- All the Clearwings (Sesiidæ)
- The Burnets (Fam. Zygænidæ)
- Bombyces.
- Family Nolidæ
- Dew Moth (Irrorella)
- Cinnabar (Jacobææ)
- Scarlet Tiger (Dominula)
- Family Cheloniidæ
- Family Hepialidæ
- Family Cossidæ
- Family Cochliopodidæ
- Dark Tussock (Fascelina)
- Pale Tussock (Pudibunda)
- Scarce Vapourer (Gonostigma)
- Fox (Rubi)
- Lappet (Quercifolia)
- Family Drepanulidæ
- Family Dicranuridæ
- Pale Prominent (Palpina)
- Coxcomb Prominent (Camelina)
- Swallow Prominent (Dictæa)
- Lesser Swallow Prominent (Dictæoides)
- Iron Prominent (Dromedarius)
- Pebble Prominent (Ziczac)
- Great Prominent (Trepida)
- Marbled Brown (Trimacula)
- Buff Tip (Bucephala)
- Peach Blossom (Batis)
- Genus Cymatophora
- Noctuæ.
- Scarce Marvel-du-jour (Orion)
- Genus Acronycta
- Powdered Wainscot (Albovenosa)
- Most of the species of genus Leucania
- Flame Wainscot (Flammea)
- Silky Wainscot (Maritima)
- Small Rufous (Rufa)
- Mere Wainscot (Hellmanni)
- Concolorous (Extrema)
- Flame (Putris)
- Genus Xylophasia
- Bird's Wing (Scabriuscula)
- Small Mottled Willow (Exigua)
- Bordered Gothic (Reticulata)
- Feathered Ear (Leucophæa)
- Large Nutmeg (Sordida)
- White Colon (Albicolon)
- Cabbage (Brassicæ)
- Dot (Persicariæ)
- Rustic Shoulder Knot (Basilinea)
- Union Rustic (Connexa)
- Dusky Brocade (Gemina)
- Double Lobed (Ophiogramma)
- Genus Miana
- Treble Lines (Trigrammica)
- Mottled Rustic (Morpheus)
- Rustic (Taraxaci)
- Pale Mottled Willow (Quadripunctata)
- Reddish Buff (Caliginosa)
- Marsh Moth (Palustris)
- Brown Rustic (Tenebrosa)
- Turnip (Segetum)
- Heart and Dart (Exclamationis)
- Light-feathered Rustic (Cinerea)
- Sand Dart (Ripæ)
- Garden Dart (Nigricans)
- Lover's Knot (Strigula)
- Double Dot (Augur)
- Flame Shoulder (Plecta)
- Double-spotted Square-spot (Triangulum)
- Ingrailed Clay (Festiva)
- Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (Fimbria)
- Large Yellow Underwing (Pronuba)
- Gothic (Typica)
- Heart Moth (Oo)
- Genus Dianthœcia
- Broad-barred White (Serena)
- Small Angle Shades (Lucipara)
- Angle Shades (Meticulosa)
- Green Arches (Prasina)
- Grey Arches (Nebulosa)
- Silvery Arches (Tincta)
- Pale Shining Brown (Advena)
- Northern Arches (Exulis)
- Genus Hadena (nearly all)
- Lychnis Shark (Lychnitis)
- Starwort Shark (Asteris)
- Cudweed Shark (Gnaphalii)
- Camomile Shark (Chamomillæ)
- Shark (Umbratica)
- Genus Habrostola
- Burnished Brass (Chrysitis)
- Plain Golden Y (Iota)
- Beautiful Golden Y (Pulchrina)
- Silver Y (Gamma)
- Scarce Silver Y (Interrogationis)
- Genus Anarta
- Small Yellow Underwing (Tenebrata)
- Bordered Straw (Peltigera)
- Bordered Sallow (Umbra)
- Spotted Sulphur (Trabealis)
- Four-spotted (Luctuosa)
- Family Erastriidæ
- Purple Marbled (Ostrina)
- Small Marbled (Parva)
- Small Purple-barred (Viridaria)
- Mother Shipton (Mi)
- Burnet Noctua (Glyphica)
- Black Neck (Pastinum)
- Family Herminiidæ
- Family Hypenidæ
- Geometræ.
- Little Thorn (Advenaria)
- Brimstone (Luteolata)
- Speckled Yellow (Macularia)
- Orange (Prunaria)
- Barred Red (Prosapiaria)
- Scorched Wing (Dolobraria)
- Lunar Thorn (Lunaria)
- Peppered (Betularia)
- Speckled Beauty (Angularia)
- Genus Boarmia
- Square Spot (Consonaria)
- Brindled White-spot (Luridata)
- Grey Birch (Punctularia)
- Blotched Emerald (Pustulata)
- Small Grass Emerald (Viridata)
- Common Emerald (Strigata)
- Nearly all the family Acidaliidæ
- Genus Bapta
- Peacock (Notata)
- Rannoch Geometer (Brunneata)
- Brown Silver-line (Petraria)
- Barred Umber (Pulveraria)
- Grey Scalloped Bar (Belgiaria)
- Frosted Yellow (Limbaria)
- Bordered White (Piniaria)
- Drab Geometer (Murinata)
- Black-veined (Lineata)
- Grass Wave (Strigillaria)
- Clouded Magpie (Sylvata)
- Scorched Carpet (Adustata)
- Clouded Border (Marginata)
- Twin-spot Carpet (Didymata)
- Grey Mountain Carpet (Cæsiata)
- Striped Twin-spot Carpet (Salicata)
- Green Carpet (Viridaria)
- Genus Emmelesia
- Most of the Pugs (Eupithecia)
- Small Seraphim (Sexalisata)
- Seraphim (Halterata)
- Yellow-barred Brindle (Viretata)
- Shaded Broad-bar (Variata)
- Ruddy High-flier (Ruberata)
- Purple Bar (Ocellata)
- Beautiful Carpet (Albicillata)
- Genus Melanippe
- Royal Mantle (Cucullata)
- Flame (Rubidata)
- Genus Coremia
- Yellow Shell (Bilineata)
- Fern (Tersata)
- Oblique Carpet (Vittata)
- Small Waved Umber (Vitalbata)
- Scalloped Shell (Undulata)
- Brown Scallop (Vetulata)
- Short-cloak Carpet (Picata)
- Broken-barred Carpet (Corylata)
- Common Marbled Carpet (Truncata)
- Small Phœnix (Silaceata)
- Small Mallow (Limitata)
- Belle (Plumbaria)
- Oblique-striped (Virgata)
- Treble Bar (Plagiata)
- Pale Grey Carpet (Griseata)
- Chimney Sweep (Atrata)
JULY
The number of species on the wing in July is even greater than in June. Butterflies are very numerous, some being second broods of double-brooded species, and others late single-brooded insects.
Sphinges are beginning to fall off, and so are the Bombyces, but the Noctuæ and Geometræ are slightly on the increase.
As regards the Micros, a good number of fresh species may be expected, all the groups exhibiting a marked increase in the total number on the wing with the exception of the Tineæ.