Back from holiday and back to trapping

It's been a while since I last ran my trap, and Monday night was the first time in a week.

 

It was a really good catch under muggy and humid conditions, and with highs of 24 degrees, it wasn't overly warm, but the humidity has been incredible and moth numbers have been very good on my return as a result.

Around 50 species were noted including many 2nd and possibly third brood species now on the wing.

 

It was nice to photograph even some of the commoner species and noticing the variation in them, Turnip Moth for example is always so varied.

 

There were also many new for year species, including two new for garden moths, Small Phoenix and the long overdue Ypsolopha dentella. Honeysuckle is very common around my garden!

 

At least 3 Gypsy Moths were attracted to it's own lure in the afternoon, a mere 20 mins after the first deployment of the year, they don't seem to hang around for long I find, and quickly drift off.

Coleophora vestianella was retained as it needs double checking but i'm quietly confident it is this species, and fits the local environment.  

A field trip was made to my local fen, which featured around 170 species, a cracking but exhasting night indeed, post soon.

 

Moth garden list for 2023 stands at 558 species

14/08/23 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

 

Dark Spectacle 1 [NFY]

Gypsy Moth 3 [NFY] - to Lure 

Small Phoenix 1 [NFG]

Square-spot Rustic 1 [NFY]

Square-spotted Clay 1 [NFY]

Tawny Speckled Pug 1 [NFY]

Tawny-barred Angle 1 [NFY]

 

Micro Moths

Coleophora vestianella 1 [NFY]

Eucosma hohenwartiana 1 [NFY]

Pandemis corylana 1 [NFY] 

Ypsolopha dentella 1 [NFG]

Coleophora vestianella

Dark Spectacle

Figure of Eighty

Gypsy Moth

Pandemis corylana

Small Phoenix

Square-spot Rustic

Square-spotted Clay

Tawny Speckled Pug

Tawny-barred Angle

Turnip Moth

Turnip Moth

Ypsolopha dentella