FlyinginFordham: Still fairly quiet but some nice surprises

My garden seems to be just about ticking along currently, with a smattering of new species added on Monday night and last night, as you can see the species really have a late summer feel to them already, with Least Yellow Underwing and Agriphila geniculea both featuring last night.

Several night now I haven't ran the trap due to those really strong wings we experienced, coupled with a cooler night, and then a really wet downpour at dusk, it really hasn't been the best July so far!

In fact it's been one of the most cool and changeable ones i've experienced since starting moth recording in 2006.

rorella was back in the picture last night, easily upwards of 400 specimens peppered the house walls, door and all over and inside the trap! Similar catches have been echoed across the east, particularly in Norfolk and Suffolk.

Pick of the crop on Monday night was a belting Jersey Tiger and the a plume that does well around here in these parts, Crombrugghia distans or the Breckland Plume as it is commonly known by.

Coleophora trifolii was a new garden species and no.765.

A few Coleophora species and a Scrobipalpa await full identification, probably during the winter months now.