Warmer but a bit windy, catches improve on calmer nights

The last two nights have been pretty good in my garden, with around 30 species on Sunday night and 55+ species last night.

I've done a combined count over those two days.

Sunday did yield a new species for me, and the garden. I'm fairly confident it is Depressaria ultimella, but will retain (as the confusion species is daucella, radiella is a bit bigger).

Monday night gave me two new macro moths additions for the year, both autumnal coloured species, Frosted Orange & Centre-barred Sallow.

Numbers have improved and the species all of a sudden are getting a bit more varied, after the end of the summer lull, coupled with unpredictable weather.

The weather is still set to stay fine and settled with temperatures reaching the mid twenties next week.

Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 561 species

 

25-26/08/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

Centre-barred Sallow 1 [NFY] 

Frosted Orange 1 [NFY]

Angle Shades 1 

Blood-vein 1

Brimstone Moth 3 

Cabbage Moth 3

Chinese Character 1 

Common Carpet 1

Common Wainscot 2

Common Wave 1

Copper Underwing 1 

Dingy Footman 1

Double-striped Pug 3 

Dusky Thorn 2

Garden Carpet 2

Green Carpet 1

Grey Dagger 1

Gypsy Moth 2

Flounced Rustic 10

Large Yellow Underwing 2

Latticed Heath 1

Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 2

Light Emerald 1 

Marbled Beauty 1

Nutmeg 1

Orange Swift 4

Riband Wave 1

Ruby Tiger 1

Setaceous Hebrew Character 2 

Shuttle-shaped Dart 2

Silver Y 1

Small Dusty Wave 1

Snout 2

Spectacle 1

Straw Underwing 3

Square-spot Rustic 3

Swallow Prominent 1

Tawny-speckled Pug 2 

Toadflax Pug 1

Turnip Moth 3 

Vine's Rustic 4

White-point 5

Willow Beauty 3 

Yellow-barred Brindle 1

Yellow Shell 5

Micro Moths

Depressaria ultimella 1 [NEW]

Agriphila geniculea 10

Agriphila tristella 1 

Alucita hexadactyla 1

Ambylptilia acanthadactyla 1 

Cameraria ohridella 1

Catoptria falsella 1

Celypha lacunana 1

Chrysoteuchia culmella 1 

Cydalima perspectalis 1

Dichrorampha simpliciana 1

Emmelina monodactyla 2

Endrosis sarcitrella 1

Epiphyas postvittana 4 

Eudonia mercurella 1

Hofmannophila pseudospretella 1

Lyonetia clerkella 1 

Neocochylis dubitana 4

Neocochylis hybridella 1

Neocochylis molliculana 2

Pandemis corylana 1

Parapoynx stratiotata 2

Plutella porrectella 1 

Plutella xylostella 1

Scrobipalpa ocellatella 1 

Scythropia crataegella 1

Swammerdamia pyrella 1

Yponomeuta cag/mal/pad 3

Yponomeuta evonymella 1 

 

 

Centre-barred Sallow & Frosted Orange

Centre-barred Sallow

Frosted Orange

Plutella porrectella

Depressaria ultimella