A wee bit behind

I've been quite busy dong other things lately, and with it being the summer holidays, attention has been elsewhere.

Back on the 12th of August I had a fairly good catch, but numbers were tailing off.

 

I recorded a Cambs first Cydia amplana, there were 2 more in the county on the night after, and a flurry since then until now.

Hard to tell whether they are local progeny from last years adults, or genuine migrants. 

 

A garden first and 1 of 2, the 2nd species being the bronzy Roeslerstammia erxlebella, a regular moth for me previously in Hertfordshire.

 

A year first of Dog's Tooth & Maiden's Blush were surprises, both I usually get here in late April/early May. I guess the bad weather at the start of the year didn't help. 

Best of the rest included the pretty (but tiny) Chrysoesthia drurella, and the Breckland speciality plume, Crombrugghia distans.

Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 554 species

 

12/08/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

Dog's Tooth 1 [NFY]

Maiden's Blush 1 [NFY]

Orange Swift 1 [NFY]

Micro Moths

Chrysoesthia drurella 1 [NFY]

Crombrugghia distans 1 [NFY]

Cydia amplana [NFG]

Roeslerstammia erxlebella 1 [NFG]

Roeslerstammia erxlebella

Agonopterix arenella

Argyrotaenia ljungiana

Chrysoesthia drurella

Crombrugghia distans

Cydia amplana

Dog's Tooth

Maiden's Blush

Orange Swift