FlyinginFordham: Lures & Pugs

Some great lure success yesterday to the bucket traps. 7 moths of 4 species after 7pm was rather special.

The temperature rose as the evening went on. Psychoides verhuella was new for the garden & the 3rd for Cambs, and Nemapogon koenigi was new for the year.

The overnight trap yielded a further 26 species bringing the total to 30, not too bad given how bloody awful it's been of late.

Of note was a worn green-tinged Pug that looked different to the usual Green Pugs i've been getting, indeed.. asking around for opinions it is indeed different, a garden first Sloe Pug!

I've taken this species before, but in much better condition. My last record was in June last year in the far east of the county.

A rather jazzy looking Foxglove Pug was also nice. I've never seen one before with such a reduced band on its wing, I did a search around but it can only be this species.

Another species of Pug was potted up before bedtime, a year first Wormwood Pug.

Still waiting for a decent night to continue my site surveys!

Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 294 species

12/06/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

Sloe Pug 1 [NFY]
Wormwood Pug 1 [NFY]
Brimstone Moth 1
Buff-tip 1
Foxglove Pug 1
Garden Carpet 2
Green Pug 1
Heart & Dart 2
Marbled Minor 2
Setaceous Hebrew Character 1
Shears 1
Silver Y 1
Small Dusty Wave 1
Small Elephant Hawk-moth 2
Vine's Rustic 1
Willow Beauty 4

Micro Moths

Mompha ochraceella 1 [NFY]
Nemapogon koenigi 1 [NFY] - To HYL Lure
Psychoides verhuella 1 [NFG] - To SAL Lure
Scythropia crataegella 1 [NFY]
Anania hortulata 1
Crambus lathoniellus 1
Epiphyas postvittana 1
Grapholita funebrana 4 - To FUN Lure
Grapholita tenebrosana 1 - To FUN Lure
Hofmannophila pseudospretella 1
Homoeosoma sinuella 1
Monopis crocicapitella 2
Nemapogon cloacella 1
Phyllonorycter leucographella 1