FlyinginFordham: Best species count on one night in my garden for the month of October

Last night, looked rather unremarkable weather-wise but there was a nice bit of activity around the trap before an early night.

Getting up this morning, it was pleasantly surprising not to be bombarded by wasps flying aimlessly around the trap and to also have enough time in the twilight to go through the trap without everything flying off.

Prior to last nights excitement, I did record a new for year Yellow-line Quaker on Friday night, the 627th species for the garden this year, such a mint example as well.

Back to last night and there were certainly a few things to be cheerful about, 3 new for year species was great, a slightly misformed Red-line Quaker, a beauty of a Caloptilia rufipennella and a new for garden Dusky-lemon Sallow, a little worse for wear but very pleasing.

That completes the Cirrhia genus trio, with Sallow, Pale-lemon Sallow and now Dusky-lemon Sallow recorded in the garden.

A great 18 species was not expected, I did swap two of my tubes to two brand new ones, though that might have been a coincidence.

Moth garden list for 2023 stands at 630 species

13/10/23 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

Yellow-line Quaker 1 [NFY]

16/10/23 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

Dusky-lemon Sallow 1 [NFG]
Red-line Quaker 1 [NFY]
Angle Shades 3
Beaded Chestnut 2
Deep-brown Dart 1
Green-brindled Crescent 1
Large Wainscot 3
Lesser Yellow Underwing 3
Mallow 1
Red-green Carpet 2
Setaceous Hebrew Character 1
Shuttle-shaped Dart 1
Turnip Moth 1
Vine's Rustic 1
White-point 1

Micro Moths

Caloptilia rufipennella 1 [NFY]

Agonopterix alstromeriana 1

Blastobasis lacticolella 1