Appendix - Wildlife 2006 - Butterflies and Moths

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Butterflies and Moths

Peacock Butterfly : 1 in Capel Road garden on 15 February (PF); 1 in parkland by Northumberland Avenue, 13 April. (JC); A few in Wanstead Park on 18 April (PF); one in garden 16 May (PF); Caterpillar on nettle in Sewage Works on 28 June (PF) photo; one in garden on 18 July; many caterpillars on nettles near Grotto on 30 August (PF); Capel Road garden on 9 September.

Comma : in Warren Wood on 28 March (PF); At least two in Wanstead Park on 18 April. (PF); one in the Birches on 5 May (PF); in garden, 29 August 2006 (PF) photo; one in Capel Road garden on 3 Oct (PF)

Brimstone : One in Wanstead Park near end of Canal on 18 April (PF); near refreshment kiosk in Wanstead Park 26 April (Pete Saunders)

Small Tortoiseshell : One on Wanstead Flats 22 April (PF) photo

Speckled Wood : One in Capel Road Garden 26 April (PF); near Canal in Wanstead Park 26 April (Pete Saunders); 2, 3 May Capel Road garden (PF) (photo); numbers in the Birches on 5 May (PF); many in various locations 13 May (PF); many in Wanstead Park on 31 July (PF); a few in Wanstead Park and Sewage Works on 30 August (PF); Capel Road garden on 9 September; one in Wanstead Park on 27 September (PF)

Holly Blue : Capel Road garden 26 April (PF); near Canal in Wanstead Park, 26 April (Pete Saunders); 3 May Capel Road garden (PF) photo

Small White : one in Capel Road garden 3 May (PF); in Wanstead Park 13 May (PF); one in Sewage Works, 23 May (PF); one in Sewage Works, 2 June (PF) photo

Orange Tip : one by City of London Cemetery gates on 4 May (PF); 2 by Ornamental Waters, 9 May (PS); one in Sewage Works, 23 May (PF)

Small Copper : one in Wanstead Park on 13 May (JC and PF) photo; one on Plain 17 May (PF); many in Wanstead Park on 19 July (PF); in Sewage Works on 30 August (PF)

Green-veined White : one in Capel Road garden 16 May; one on Plain 17 May (PF) one in Sewage Works on 23 May (PF) photo; one in Wanstead Park on 19 July (PF)

Red Admiral : near Alexandra Lake on 25 May (PF). One in Capel Road garden on 4 July (PF); one in Wanstead Park on 31 July (PF); a few in Wanstead Park on 27 September (PF); one in City of London Cemetery on 9 October (PF); two in City of London Cemetery on 16 October (PF); one in Wanstead Park on 4 November (PF and JC); one in Wanstead Park on 5 November (PF); 8 Nov, one in Northumberland Avenue (looking for hibernation site?) (PF & JC); one in Wanstead Park on 10 November (PF)

Large Skipper : one in Capel Road garden on 17 June (PF) photo

Small Heath : several in Wanstead Park on 17 June (PF)

Large White : one in Capel Road garden on 20 June (PF)

Meadow Brown : Many in Sewage Works site on 28 June (PF); in Capel Road garden on 6 July (PF) photo; many in Wanstead Park 8 July (PF)

Common Blue : a few in the Sewage Works on 28 June (PF) photo; Capel Road garden 26 July (PF)

Small/Essex Skipper : Many in Wanstead Park on 9 July (PF)

Gatekeeper : one in Capel Road garden on 18 July (PF); many in Wanstead Park on 19 July (PF); many in Wanstead Park on 31 July (PF) photo; one in Capel Road garden on 2 August (PF)

Purple Hairstreak : one or two in Wanstead Park, near Northumberland Avenue, on 19 July (PF); one in Capel Road garden on 19 July (PF) photo; numerous in Capel Road garden from around 20 July, in the Pear Tree. (PF); one by Perch Pond on 31 July (PF)

Painted Lady : Two in Northumberland Avenue by Wanstead Park and one in the Sewage Works on 30 July (PF) photo; one in Warren Wood on 31 July (PF); Wanstead Park on 2 August (PF)

White Ermine Spilosoma lubricipeda : one in grassland between Shoulder of Mutton and Heronry Ponds on 13 May (PF) photo

Micro Moth Esperia sulphurella : in Wanstead Park on 7 May and 17 May (PF) photo

Micro Moth Adela reaumurella : plentiful on Wanstead Flats by 1953 Plantation on 5 May (photo) and in Wanstead Park on 17 May (PF)

Silver Y Artogeia napi :  one in Sewage Works Site on 23 May 2006 PF (photo)

Cinnabar Moth Tyria jacobaeae : caterpillars on Ragwort in the Sewage Works on 28 June (PF) photo

Burnet Moth Zygaena sp. : a cocoon with empty pupal case found in Sewage Works on 28 June (PF) photo

Mother of Pearl Pleuroptya ruralis : a few in Capel Road garden on 6 July, then on numerous occasions throughout July and into August (PF) photo

Yellow Shell Camptogramma bilineata bilineata : numbers in Capel Road garden on 6 July (PF) photo

6-spot Burnet Zygaena filipendulae : numbers of cocoons with empty pupal cases and newly flying moths in Wanstead Park on 8 July (PF) photo

Horse Chestnut Leaf-miner Cameraria ohridella : this tiny moth was found when attention was drawn to the extensive leaf-mine infestation on many Horse Chestnut trees in Wanstead Park, on 10 July (PF) photo; numbers in Wanstead Park on 30 August (PF)

Blood-vein Timandra comae : one in Wanstead Park near Grotto 19 July (PF)

Micro Moth Chrysoteuchia culmella : one in Wanstead Park by the Glade 26 July (PF)

Micro Moth Pyrausta purpularis : near the Shoulder of Mutton Pond in Wanstead Park on 17 July (PF) (photo)

Lunar Underwing Omphaloscelis lunosa : one in Wanstead Park near Plain 14 September (PF) (photo)

Convolvulus Hawk-moth Agrius convulvuli : a specimen of this very large (2.5 inches, nose to wing tip) migrant moth was found in the moth trap at Capel Road garden on 2 October (PF) (photo)

Feathered Thorn Colotois pennaria : Capel Road on 10 October (PF) photo

Humming-bird Hawk-moth - one seen in a garden in Leytonstone feeding on Verbena on 14 and 15th October. (Kathy Hartnett) photo (courtesy of Kathy Hartnett)