FlyinginFordham: Monday night mothing, what a night!

After a day at the garage and out for lunch, it was back home and the trap was switched on at 9:30pm.

It had been a warm and muggy day with light drizzle and max temperatures of around 24 degrees. By night it didn't drop below 16 degrees and subsequently the moth trap was fairly busy, especially for new species for the year.

During the day, a Raspberry Clearwing was attracted to the TAB lure, clearly not fussy (I've since had one to the right target lure this time).

It was an incredible night, with over 70 species recorded, 17 of them new for the year, and 3 completely new for the garden. It was probably to be the last big catch here in my garden for 2024, as catches subside now to 30 odd species per night.

Loads of highlights including my earliest Scarce Bordered Straw, the funky little Stathmopoda pedella and the 4th species of Dioryctria to be recorded in my garden, Dioryctria sylvestrella.

I also retained an unusual Coleophora, and an aberrant Common Carpet was nice also.

Just the new for years listed below.

Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 520 species

22/07/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

Black Arches 1 [NFY]
Coxcomb Prominent 1 [NFY]
Dusky Thorn 1 [NFY]
Hoary Footman 1 [NFY]
Jersey Tiger 1 [NFY]
Mouse Moth 1 [NFY]
Raspberry Clearwing 1 [NFY] (To TAB Lure)
Rosy Minor 1 [NFY]
Scarce Bordered Straw 1 [NFY]
Shaded Broad-bar 1 [NFY]

Micro Moths

Argyresthia goedartella 1 [NFY]
Dioryctria sylvestrella 1 [NFG]
Enarmonia formosana 1 [NFY]
Epiblema cirsiana/stictiana 1 [NFG]
Sciota adelphella 1 [NFY]
Scrobipalpa atriplicella 1 [NFY]
Stathmopoda pedella 1 [NFG]
Coleophora sp 1 [TBC]