Latest from the garden moth trap

Still ticking along in the garden rather nicely with a similar (to yesterday night's catch) of 33 species.

The most interesting bit was that nearly all were different moths, despite releasing all of the previous nights moths in the front garden, there were maybe 1 or 2 that returned.

 

Some great highlights, a Varied Coronet was my favourite, i'm lucky that I get all of the Coronets here in my garden, with the Coronet the commonest, then Varied and the rarest being Marbled with just 2 garden records.

A worn Heart & Club was also new for the year, these can be told apart from the front between Heart & Dart and the Turnip Moth as they have different shaped heads.

 

The big one turned up also, the grey and pink vulcan bomber of the moth world, a large female Privet Hawk-moth was a lovely surprise and much to the delight of my little boy.

 

A very pleasing night indeed considering it was clear skies all night and down to 9c.

Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 281 species

 

07/06/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

Heart & Club 1 [NFY]
Privet Hawk-moth 1 [NFY]
Varied Coronet 1 [NFY]
Buff Ermine 2
Buff-tip 1
Common Pug 1
Dark Arches 3
Elephant Hawk-moth 2
Flame 1
Garden Carpet 1
Green Pug 3
Heart & Dart 1
Large Nutmeg 1
Light Brocade 3
Marbled Minor 3
Mottled Rustic 1
Poplar Kitten 1
Peppered Moth 1
Setaceous Hebrew Character 1
Shark 1
Willow Beauty 4

Micro Moths

Anania hortulata 1
Aphomia sociella 1
Bryotropha basaltinella 1
Celypha striana 1
Cnephasia sp 1
Crambus lathoniellus 2
Endrosis sarcitrella 1
Grapholita tenebrosana 1
Homoeosoma sinuella 1
Neocochylis molliculana 1
Platyedra subcinerea 1
Tortrix viridana 2

Heart & Club

Privet Hawk-moth

Privet Hawk-moth

Varied Coronet