Still clear, breezy and with full moon gloom

Still not great out there for mid-June sadly. Surveys are still on hold awaiting milder cloudier nights which seem rare and nearly absent this past week.

Last night it was clear, breezy and the enemy was in the sky all night only setting in the early hours.

 

Still there were moths to be found, and the micros stole the show last night. Although the pretty Barred Yellow was a rather dazzling find on a chilly Tuesday morning. 10c feels cold to me, maybe i'm going soft in my old age.

Best moth of the night was Phtheochroa sodaliana, a garden tick and the 821st species recorded here in just under 3 years.

Unbelievably Udea olivalis was also new for the garden. A very common moth in my old garden in Hertfordshire. 

Come on night time temperatures and cloud!

 

Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 313 species

 

17/06/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

 

Barred Yellow 1 [NFY]
Barred Straw 1
Heart & Club 5
Heart & Dart 3
Large Yellow Underwing 2
Marbled Minor 3
Nutmeg 1
Poplar Grey 1
Red-tipped Clearwing 1 (To VES lure)
Small Dusty Wave 1
White-point 1
Willow Beauty 1

Micro Moths 

Archips xylosteana 1 [NFY]
Pandemis cerasana 1 [NFY]
Phtheochroa sodaliana 1 [NFG]
Spilonota ocellana 1 [NFY]
Udea olivalis 1 [NFG]
Aphomia sociella 5
Argyresthia cupressella 1
Celypha lacunana 1
Celypha striana 2
Chrysoteuchia culmella 21st
Crambus pascuella 1
Grapholita funebrana 7 (To FUN Lure)
Grapholita lobarzewskii 1
Ectoedemia louisella/sericopoza 1
Lyonetia clerkella 2
Nemapogon granella 3

Archips xylosteana

Barred Yellow

Pandemis cerasana

Phtheochroa sodaliana

Spilonota ocellana