WOW! A new moth for my records

Last night, I could not believe my eyes when I stepped out at around 9pm, a cracking Small Eggar was sitting on the white ground sheet around the trap, luckily I spotted it as I may have trodden on it! 

Even better, it's not only the first one i've ever seen, bur it's a rarely seen (in the wild) Female. Even Male's are rare to traps.

From the records available to me, the easiest way to still find these, is in the silken webs that the caterpillars spin within Hawthorn thickets.

Other moths of note this week were another lovely Oak Beauty, and a new for year Brindled Beauty. 

 

Hebrew Characters are my most commonest species currently, with Common Quaker a close second. A garden record 18 Hebrew Characters were recorded on the 13th.

Pammene giganteana are busy today with several to the MOL lure, and i've had the EMP lure out for the Emperor Moth, warm in the sunshine but a shade early I feel.

 

Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 38 species

 

13/03/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

 

Clouded Drab 4

Common Quaker 6

Early Grey 1

Hebrew Character 18

March Moth 1

Oak Beauty 1

 

Micro Moths

 

Agonopterix alstromeriana 2

Agonopterix heracliana 1 

Emmelina monodactyla 1

15/03/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

 

Brindled Beauty 1 [NFY]

Small Eggar 1 [NEW!]

Common Quaker 7

Early Grey 1

Hebrew Character 6

March Moth 1

Small Quaker 1

 

Micro Moths

 

Agonopterix alstromeriana 5

Diurnea fagella 1

Emmelina monodactyla 1 

 

Oak Beauty

Brindled Beauty

Diurnea fagella

Small Eggar