Latest from the home trap, raining moths!

A wet night last night, but plenty of moths observed.

Of course this mainly had to do with the temperature, which was still 15c at 11:30pm when I went to bed. When I got up at 4:30am it was still 13c. 

A total of 47 species were recorded, working the trap up until bedtime and potting and netting anything new or interesting.

Come the morning there wasn't much in the trap, mostly Noctuid moths but still no big numbers of anything (a worrying trend) Common Swift & Epiphyas postvittana tied on 6 a piece.

 

Green Pug is doing well here, with 5 last night alone.

Best moths of the night included a lovely Small Elephant Hawk-moth, a really bright Yellow Shell (found by my son whilst playing in the garden today with his friend), a garden first Clay Triple-lines and a probable Coleophora laricella, which would also be new for the garden and only the 2nd for Cambridgeshire. 

Plenty of interest, lets hope the weather picks up soon, i've got surveys to do!

Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 246 species

 

28/05/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

Clay Triple-lines 1 [NFG]
Miller 1 [NFY]
Mottled Rustic 1 [NFY]
Small Elephant Hawk-moth 1 [NFY]
Yellow Shell 1 [NFY]
Angle Shades 1
Bright-line Brown-eye 1
Brimstone Moth 1
Buff-tip 1
Common Swift 4
Flame 1
Garden Carpet 1
Green Carpet 1
Green Pug 5
Heart & Dart 3
Large Yellow Underwing 1
Light Brocade 4
Light Emerald 1
Marbled Minor 6
Peppered Moth 1
Poplar Hawk-moth 1
Rustic Shoulder-knot 1
Setaceous Hebrew Character 2
Shuttle-shaped Dart 2
Silver Y 1
Small Dusty Wave 1
Snout 1
Spectacle 1
Swallow Prominent 1
Sycamore 1
Treble Lines 2
Turnip 2
Vine's Rustic 1
White-point 1
Willow Beauty 1

Micro Moths

Chrysoteuchia culmella 1 [NFY]
Clepsis consimilana 1 [NFY]
Homoeosoma sinuella 1 [NFY]
Coleophora sp 1 (pos laricella tbc)
Bryotropha basaltinella 1
Crambus lathoniellus 3
Epiblema scutulana 1
Epiphyas postvittana 6
Hedya pruniana 1
Hofmannophila pseudospretella 1
Monopis crocicapitella 1
Pyrausta aurata 1

Chrysoteuchia culmella

Clay Triple-lines

Clepsis consimilana

Coleophora sp prob laricella

Homoeosoma sinuella

Miller

Mottled Rustic

Small Elephant Hawk-moth

Yellow Shell