A cracking double-post

Well, with these warmer days and slightly warmer nights, things have improved in my garden over the last couple of nights.

Over both Saturday and Sunday night I recorded 14 new species for the year, that's morelike it! 10 were to the trap and 4 were netted at dusk standing on my patio.

It's finally great seeing more variety, albeit it still in small numbers.

Best moths on Saturday night were both Depressaria radiella (Not common here) and the regular Platyedra subcinerea which feeds from the Mallow that grows locally.

Before the lights were even on, I netted a new for garden Acrolepia autumnitella and easily the bext moth over the long weekend, such a small but intricately marked species.

Last night yielded 6 new macro moths, headed by a really well marked Lunar Marbled Brown which was the 689th species for the garden, and an equally impressive Lime Hawk-moth which very obligingly crawled all over my sons hands much to his delight.

I was also invited on a field trip last night. Suffice to say it was a bit slow, but species did eventually rack up. More on that soon.

 

We are now into a new month, I wonder if the weather will finally be kind to us at night..

Moth garden list for 2023 stands at 82 species 

 

29/04/23 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Netted at dusk

Micro Moths

 

Acrolepia autumnitella 1 [NFG]

Esperia sulphurella 1 [NFY]

Incurvaria masculella 2 [NFY]

Nemapogon granella 1 [NFY]

Lyonestia clerkella 2

Mompha subbistrigella 1

 

29/04/23 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

Nut-tree Tussock 2 [NFY]

Scorched Carpet 1 NFY]

Garden Carpet 1

Streamer 2

 

Micro Moths

 

Depressaria radiella 1 [NFY]

Platyedra subcinerea 3 [NFY]

30/04/23 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

Chinese Character 1 [NFY]
Lime Hawk-moth 1 [NFY]
Lunar Marbled Brown 1 [NFY]
Muslin Moth 1 [NFY]
Pale Prominent 1 [NFY]
Yellow-barred Brindle 1 [NFY]
Brindled Beauty 1
Clouded Drab 2
Double-striped Pug 3
Early Grey 1
Garden Carpet 5
Iron Prominent 1
Nut-tree Tussock 1
Oak-tree Pug 1
Silver Y 1
Streamer 1
Swallow Prominent 1

Micro Moths

Alucita hexadactyla 3
Emmelina monodactyla 3
Epiphyas postvittana 1
Platyedra subcinerea 1

 

Nut-tree Tussock

Platyedra subcinerea

Scorched Carpet

Acrolepia autumnitella

Esperia sulphurella

Incurvaria masculella

Chinese Character

Lime Hawk-moth

Lunar Marbled Brown

Muslin Moth

Pale Prominent