FlyinginFordham: Latest from my garden moth trap

I ran my trap during last weekends warm weather, where we had the hottest day of the year recorded in Cambridge at 32.8c on the Saturday.

The nights were also fairly warm albeit with some clear skies.

I was also very pleased, that on the Sunday night I managed a decent and migrant moth for my garden, a brilliant Delicate.

There have been a fair few reports of them in East Anglia the past few weeks, so I was always hopeful.

Autumn is most certainly upon us now, with species like Autumnal Rustic, Frosted Orange & Black Rustic all noted as new for the year. I even got a Lunar Underwing last night, a proper Autumn species!

Lets see what turns up this weekend as we once again have a short sharp mild blast of air, though thankfully not as hot as last time.

Moth garden list for 2023 stands at 605 species

08/09/23 - Autumnal Rustic - A really nice looking species, i'm lucky I get these annually but by no means common.

08/09/23 - Depressaria badiella - An uncommon Depressidae in my garden, nice to record one the second year running. The black V begind the head couple with the 'squared-off' wingtips are diagnostic for this species.

08/09/23 - Endothenia ustulana - I've taken this species at nearby Chippenham Fen just last year. So it was great to add it to the garden list. I've retained the moth to be certain it is this species, but it's extremely dark and cryptic in colopuration i'm fairly certain it is.

08/09/23 - Euspilapteryx auroguttella - Another new species for my garden, a tiny little colourful moth, with orange blotches and a steel grey base coat, it's a rather unusual combination and a nice distinctive moth to grab an instant identification.

09/09/23 - Acleris rhombana - My annual one specimen of this species turned up last Saturday night, told apart from shepherdana by it's hooked wing-tips (shepherdana i've yet to see in my garden, but i've recorded it locally at Wicken Fen).

10/09/23 - Black Rustic - Cracking moths are Black Rustics, like the darth vader of lepidoptera. They are never common here, so I was delighted to find this fresh example.

10/09/23 - Delicate - I initially thought this was new for the garden, then I went to edit my spreadsheets and realised I took one in July! oops. Still good to get another though.

10/09/23 - Frosted Orange - Lives up to it's apt name, a colourful and fairly large species, again never common.