Latest from the moth trap - 14/10/21 - Fordham Garden

A rather mild day on Thursday with highs of 18 degrees, so unseasonal for mid-October, to say the least! The night stayed well about average as well, with lows of 13 degrees.

 

A fair few moths were found in and around the trap, 19 species in total.

 

November Moth was the only new for year species, confirmed by dissection today under a hand lens. Leslie Gardiner dropped round another smaller and paler Epirrita specimen, and I duly examined it this afternoon as well. 

It turned out to be a different species which is great! A Pale November Moth, with extremely narrow claspers, it certainly lived upto it's name as it is almost white!

Both were Males with pectinate antennae.

Other than that, it was great to see a little more variety with a second garden record of Juniper Carpet which is such a smart looking moth.

And two more fresh Carpet species, a late Common Marbled & Garden.

Dark Chestnut was also my second garden record, another mint specimen.

 

A Monopis was double-checked, and showing light hindwings making it crocicapitella (Which has been abundant here, and as yet, no obviella).

Moth garden list stands at 208 species.

14/10/21 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

 

Macro Moths

 

November Moth 1 [NFG]

Angle Shades 1

Beaded Chestnut 2

Common Marbled Carpet 1

Dark Chestnut 1

Garden Carpet 1

Green-brindled Crescent 3

Large Wainscot 1

Lesser Yellow Underwing 4

Lunar Underwing 2

Mallow 1

Red-green Carpet 3

Micro Moths 

 

Agonopterix alstromeriana 1

Cydalima perspectalis 5

Emmelina monodatyla 2 

Epiphyas postvittana 3

Galleria mellonella 1

Monopis crocicapitella 1

Plutella xylostella 1

Common Marbled Carpet

Dark Chestnut

Garden Carpet

Juniper Carpet

Monopis crocicapitella

November Moth

Pale November Moth (Leslie Gardiner)