Another great set of species

Still well behind as life moves far too fast to keep up with moths!

 

Last Saturday I set the trap up once more after highs of 24 degrees, it was not set to drop below around 15 degrees, despite clear skies.

 

Around 40 species were observed, but only the new species for the year or notables were photographed, recorded and then released.

I kept a Common Rustic sp which turned out to be a Lesser Common Rustic, not quite a typical specimen for this species.

 

5 new species were added to the yearly total, they included the first of many Square-spot Rustic, and the scarce Square-spotted Clay.

Micros delivered in the shape of a Bactra furfurana & Scoparia subfusca. 

 

I continued to run my trap roughly every other night last week.

 

Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 547 species

 

10/08/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

Lesser Common Rustic 1 [NFY]
Square-spot Rustic 1 [NFY]
Square-spotted Clay 1 [NFY]

Micro Moths

Bactra furfurana 1 [NFY]
Scoparia subfusca 1 [NFY]

Square-spotted Clay

Bactra furfurana

Endothenia gentianaeana marginana

Lesser Common Rustic

Phyllocnistis sp

Scoparia subfusca

Square-spot Rustic