This quiet spell is allowing me to catch up, there aren't many moths to photograph or sort in the morning, just 12 moths this morning as an example of how bad it is out there.
On the 3rd a year first Southern Wainscot was nice to see, amongst 25 species.
On the 4th, again 20 odd species with two pretty ones turning up, best was a garden first Green Silver-lines! I got the Scarce Silver-lines two years ago! White Satin was the second one, such a lovely moth.
During the daytime a Nemapogon ruricolella was found in the VES pheromone lure trap, the first this year, unfortunately it got stuck between the glass tube and the rubber bung and so died, I had to photograph what was left of it.
The trap was switched off a few nights early as it was either too cold, or belting down.
A nicely coloured Dun-bar was found on Friday night and worthy of a photo, and just today another moth in one of the lure bucket traps, this time to the SAL lure (intended for the Sallow Clearwing moth) a worn out Psychoides filicivora, at least it was a year tick.
The year list has really ground to a halt with this never-ending bad weather.
Not sure whether to trap tonight or not yet, we've just had a large thundery downpour, sigh.
Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 435 species
03/07/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
Macro Moths
Southern Wainscot 1 [NFY]
04/07/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
Macro Moths
Green Silver-lines 1 [NFG]
White Satin 1 [NFY]
Micro Moths
Nemapogon ruricolella 1 [NFY] - (To VES Lure)
07/07/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
Micro Moths
Psychoides filicivora 1 [NFY] - (To SAL Lure)
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| Southern Wainscot |
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| Dun-bar |
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| Green Silver-lines |
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| Nemapogon ruricolella |
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| White Satin |
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| Psychoides filicivora |
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