FlyinginFordham: Another incredible set of moths

Another warm day followed by a very mild night with a minimum of 16 degrees and under a blanket of lovely cloud, the trap was busy! Too busy to list everything.

So I went about potting up all of the new moths for the year, most of the time I get this right, though sometimes I make an error on my lists of a particular species, despite having only seen it a few days previously! Lack of sleep affects concentration (At least that's what I was told at school).

A huge assortment of species were seen, 21 new for year species with 4 new garden moths to boot, they were Cloaked Pug, Cypress Carpet, Six-belted Clearwing and Endothenia quadrimaculana.

Cloaked Pug is a real shock, and a new moth for my records. After seeing on the week before that was trapped in Leslie's garden just round the corner, it was good to add another to the village list, albeit a bloody tatty one! Can't have it all.

It was nice to get a Foxglove Pug, after recording at least 6 Toadflax Pugs so far this year.

What a night, and certainly the best night last week.

Things carried on being fairly busy throughout the rest of the week.

Only new for year species listed below.