Another 3 cracking garden firsts make it to 400!

Last Sunday was hot, the hottest day of the year infact, with temperatures hovering around 31 degrees.

By night the temperature held up nicely at around 16 degrees at midnight, but by dawn it had dropped to 13c, not terrible but the humidity was absent compared to the previous sticky night.

New for year species were less with 5 added, but all 3 macros were new for the garden!

 

Best moth was the beauty of a Scarlet Tiger, in fact all 3 i've taken less than a mile away at my local nature reserve, but certainly great to add them to the garden list.

I've now hit 400 species for the year, and possibly on track to rival last years tally.

Only new for year species listed below.

Moth garden list for 2023 stands at 400 species

 

25/06/23 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

 

Reed Leopard 1 [NFG]

Scarlet Tiger 1 [NFG]

Vapourer Moth 1 [NFG]

Micro Moths

Bryotropha sp 1 TBC (pos senectella)

Catoptria falsella 1 [NFY]

Scoparia basistrigalis 1 [NFY]

Bryotropha sp pos similis

Catoptria falsella

Reed Leopard

Scarlet Tiger

Scoparia basistrigalis

Vapourer Moth