On my return...

I had just arrived back from Turkey on the 22nd of August...it was quite warm and the evening looked good enough for a spot of British mothing so the light went out with high expectations.

I came back to the peak flight time of Orange Swift it appeared with 8 individuals to the trap and probably the most i've recorded at one time in the garden.

14 Brimstones was also a population explosion for my garden!

Most of the new species for the year were Micros with 5 in total.

I thought that the micro Emmetia marginea was new for the year but it wasn't as I had found a mine earlier on in the year but it was nice to record an adult albeit a bit tatty.

On the migrant front I got Silver-Y, Plutella xylostella and Udea ferrugalis.

 

Catch Report - 22/08/16 - Back Garden - Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap

 

Macro Moths

Orange Swift 8 [NFY]

Brimstone Moth 14 

Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1

Common Wainscot 5

Double-striped Pug 2

Flame Shoulder 1

Large Yellow Underwing 2

Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 2

Lesser Yellow Underwing 2

Maiden's Blush 1

Maple Pug 1

Marbled Beauty 1

Setaceous Hebrew Character 3

Small Square-spot 1

Spectacle 1

Silver-Y 1

Straw Underwing 1

Square-spot Rustic 8

Willow Beauty 9

Micro Moths

Agriphila geniculea 1 [NFY] 

Bucculatrix ulmella 1 [NFY]

Grapholita janthinana 1 [NFY]

Stenolechia gemmella 1 [NFY] 

Udea ferrugalis 1 [NFY]

Acleris forsskaleana 2

Agriphila straminella 1

Agriphila tristella 1

Amblyptilia acanthadactyla 5

Anthophila fabriciana 1

Cameraria ohridella 1

Caloptilia alchimiella 2

Dichrorampha sp 1

Emmelina monodactyla 1

Emmetia marginea 1

Epiphyas postvittana 6

Eudonia lacustrata 1

Hofmannophila pseudospretella 2

pandemis corylana 1

Pleuroptya ruralis 2

Plutella xylostella 1

Bucculatrix ulmella

Emmetia marginea

Stenolechia gemmella