What a strange ole' night it was on the 5th, Butterflies... loads of them flapping around the actinic trap come the morning, in fact there were at least 20 around the garden.
Butterflies can and will migrate at night if the warm airflow is heading towards land, and this is what happened, with thousands reported on the coast for at least 24 hours.
I certainly have never experienced anything quite like it before (bar the odd butterfly turning up rarely).
Moths were pretty good, and there were around 40 species of the usual cavalry.
These did include two whackers, the first Blue Underwing of the year and an Old Lady nestled in the outer egg tray, as I had photographed them before I just took some quick night time snaps of the moths in situ.
A second Clancy's Rustic was nice, as was the 2nd Vapourer Moth of the year.
Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 584 species
05/09/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
Macro Moths
Blue Underwing 1 [NFY]
Old Lady 1 [NFY]
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| Vapourer Moth |
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| Blue Underwing |
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| Blue Underwing |
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| Clancy's Rustic |
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| Old Lady |
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| Red Admirals at Night! |
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| Red Admirals at Night! |
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