A multi-catch, catch-up post

Being on hols it's been a hard to keep up lately and i'm a bit behind. 

I've been lucky to bring a portable actinic trap on holiday with me, and i'm upto 85 species over the first two nights which is very pleasing.

Here are two catches from nearly two weeks ago in my garden.

Variety and numbers continued to tail off even during the warm nights. I guess Autumn won't be far away.

I started to get Gypsy Moths to my lure in my garden two weeks ago, and also to the trap, several at a time. On the 25th I got a rarity for my garden, a smart Epinotia nisella. 

On the 27th a Six-belted Clearwing visited it's own pheremone lure in the garden, this year has been a bit poor for Clearwings, maybe the cold and wet June knackered it a bit.

 

Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 524 species

 

25/07/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

Gypsy Moth 1 [NFY]

Micro Moths

Epinotia nisella 1 [NFY]

27/07/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

Six-belted Clearwing 1 [NFY]

 

28/07/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

Straw Underwing 1 [NFY]

Gypsy Moth

Cedestis subfasciella

Epinotia nisella

Six-belted clearwing

Straw Underwing

Jersey Tiger f.lutescens

Acrolepiopsis assectella

Tawny Wave