Catch Report - 16/06/22 - 28 new species on the warmest night of the year

Another bumper catch on the warmest night of the year on Thursday night.

I set the trap up before going out on a field trip to some local heathland, when I returned at 20 past 1 in the morning, the car thermometer still read a heady twenty degrees! 

And checking the trap before bed, I nearly ran out of pots (As a lot of pots had already been used on the field trip).

Come the morning it was a pain trying to fight off a really tame Blackbird! Luckily he didn't get much of a look in, one eye constantly on him, scraping and scratching around whilst walking across the top of our fence.

Below I have just listed the new species for the year/garden. There was around 120 species present, an incredible number for any garden.

Some stunning macro moth species were noted, Scarce Silver-lines was a cracker just because how perfectly formed it was, a Marbled Clover was good to see and continuing the green theme, Cream-bordered Cream Pea was also added to the garden list, a really pretty species.

The micros also astounded me, with 3 species of Anania present, two were new for the year, an extremely smart Endotricha flammealis, and a maybe Tischeria dodonaea, which feeds from Sweet Chestnut trees (We have a mature one outside the front of our house, I must check for any larval workings). Specimen retained.

Running short of time and actually looking forward to a good night's sleep, after last nights mayhem.

Moth garden list for 2022 stands at 380 species

16/06/22 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

 

Macro Moths

Cloaked Minor 1 [NFY] 

Common Emerald 1 [NFG]

Cream-bordered Green Pea 1 [NFG]

Dwarf Cream Wave 1 [NFG]

Leopard Moth 2 [NFG]

Marbled Clover 1 [NFG]

Peach Blossom 1 [NFG]

Scarce Silver-lines 1 [NFG]

Small Blood-vein 1 [NFY]
Treble Brown Spot 1 [NFG]

Micro Moths

 

Agapeta hamana 1 [NFY]

Anania coronata 1 [NFG]

Anania perlucidalis 1 [NFG]

Anarsia innoxiella 2 [NFG]

Aphelia paleana1 [NFG]

Batia lunaris 2 [NFG]

Carpatolechia fugivitella 1 [NFG]

Coleophora sp 1 (TBC) 

Delplanqueia dilutella/inscriptella 1[NFG]

Dichrorampha vancouverana 1 [NFY]

Endotricha flammealis 1 [NFG]

Epinotia tedella 1 [NFG]

Eudonia pallida 1 [NFG]

Hedya salicella 1 [NFG]

Hypsopygia glaucinalis 2 [NFG]

Marasmarcha lunaedactyla 1 [NFG]

Phycitodes binaevella 1 [NFG]

Rhyacionia pinicolana 1 [NFG]

Tischeria dodonaea/ekebladella 1 (TBC) [NFY]

Yponomeuta cag/mal/pad 2

 

Anania coronata

Anania perlucidalis

Anarsia innoxiella

Cream-bordered Green Pea

Leopard Moth

Marbled Clover

Scarce Silver-lines

Tischeria dodonaea possible