FlyinginFordham: An incredible night for moths in the garden

Well after a really humid day at home, it looked absolutely cracking for moths overnight, and indeed it was!

With highs of around 25 degrees and little or no breeze with increasing stormy clouds building from the West.

I was very busy potting up moths before bedtime, and come the morning there was still quite a bit of activity in and around the trap at 4am.

The new for year species smashed the 300 species barrier, 354 species to go to equal last year though!

Dotted Fan-foot and Maple Prominent were the new macro species for the garden, and Zeiraphera isertana and Coleophora deauratella were added to the micro list, the former, a cracking green tinted specimen.

Even better was a rather small and thin shiny green Coleophora that was potted up early doors, antennae are spot on for Coleophora paripennella, albeit a little worn. This is a completely new moth for me.

Two other Coleophora were retained, one looks good for laricella.

And the poor little White Plume appeared to have a disability, it's leg looks like it had grown wrong.

The weather continues to be very favourable at nights, although we've had a few clear nights where the temperature has dropped to lower than the forecast has said.

Only new for year species listed below.

Moth garden list for 2023 stands at 312 species