FlyinginFordham: September Starts Super!

The first night of the month was extremely monumental for my garden moth list.

For so late on in the year, it was great to add 3 new garden moths (normally the new additions fall between May and August, being the time for peak diversity).

All new species were rather unexpected, the first being a cracker of a Dotted Clay, a moth I took just under a month previous in Norfolk, and comparec to this fresh example it was rather tatty.

The second new one was Anarsia spartiella. There is very little of all stated foodplants in the area, let alone the county, probably a blow in from the Brecks towards the east.

Eudonia truncicolella was the most expected of the bunch, having taken it a couple of times at the nearby fen, but it still remains a fairly scarce visitor to the traps.

These three fabulous species were backed up by a further 3 new for year additions.

Other moths of note included several dark morpha of Scrobipalpa ocellatella, a much more contrasty Caloptilia honoratella, and a really fresh Aproaerema anthyllidella.