Yet another new garden moth!

Another night and another new moth for my garden, and another macro moth to boot! Anyone who knows mothing will know that it gets harder to add new micro moths to the total garden list, but it gets even trickier to add new macros.

Double Lobed was the new macro moth, an expected species here as i've taken it locally in fairly good numbers.

A slight uptick in species overnight too on Wednesday night, with over 50 noted. The warmth was starting to be drawn in, and with lows of 15c by dawn, it was much better. 

Other notables included a nice fresh Mere Wainscot, both Delicate & L-album Wainscot, both used to be primary migrants, but are probably transistory residents now.

A trio of good micros were also potted up and photographed. They were Achroia grisella (The Lesser Wax Moth), Caloptilia honoratella (The first of the first broods, as my March record would have been from last years brood), and the delicately marked Thiodia citrana.

 

Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 481 species

 

17/07/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths 

Double Lobed 1 [NFG]
Mere Wainscot 1 [NFY]

Micro Moths

Achroia grisella 1 [NFY]
Acrobasis suavella 2 [NFY]
Thiodia citrana 1 [NFY]

Double Lobed

Mere Wainscot

Thiodia citrana

Achroia grisella

Acrobasis suavella

Caloptilia honoratella

Dark Spectacle

Delicate