FlyinginFordham: The last post before a week off

This was the last catch for me, from July this year.

It was a very good catch under warm conditions, with highs of 28 degrees and lows of 19c the moth trap was rather busy.

Many species were new for the year, 2 were new for the garden!

Before lights on, an absolutely mint Dusky Clearwing came to the TAB lure after 5pm, only the 3rd this year, well down on last years 12.

I had seen many Agapeta hamana in the garden this year, but none of the sister zoegana, I got one on this night, but it was the dark orange form that I rarely see, nice.

11 new species for the year was very good for the end of July.

The two new species for the garden were a distinctly marked Golden-rod Pug, a scarce moth in the east. Even scarcer was a Gelechia scotinella, a moth i've taken locally at Chippenham Fen.

A tiny Stigmella species was retained for further inspection.

The garden certainly went out with a bang before my departure further south.

Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 535 species

29/07/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

Copper Underwing 1 [NFY]
Flounced Rustic 1 [NFY]
Golden-rod Pug 1 [NFG]
Least Yellow Underwing 1 [NFY]
Tree-lichen Beauty 2 [NFY]

Micro Moths

Agapeta zoegana 1 [NFY]
Bucculatrix albedinella 1 [NFY]
Caloptilia stigmatella 1 [NFY]
Cataclysta lemnata 1 [NFY]
Clavigesta purdeyi 1 [NFY]
Gelechia scotinella 1 [NFG]