A multitude of Conistras & Carpets

A really good catch very similar to the previous night, with 19 species but quite a different cast of moths.

Best were two new species for the year, a smart Juniper Carpet and a red-shot Red-line Quaker.

 

Better still, there was a Cypress Carpet as well, this species also flies in the summer, which is when I recorded my first for the year.

 

The Conistra were out in force, the Chestnuts. All 3 were represented, Chestnut, Dark Chestnut & Black-spotted Chestnut, all 3 were previously recorded earlier on in the spring. 

 

The plume moth Emmelina monodactyla is rife at the moment, it was nice to see the different colourations, and the stunning Merveille du Jour continue to have a bumper year.

 

The weather still hangs on, but it's starting to cool down slowly now (about time really) i've never known such a mild Autumn. 

Night time temperatures still continue to hold above 10c.

Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 625 species

29/10/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

Juniper Carpet 1 [NFY]
Red-line Quaker 1 [NFY]
Black-spotted Chestnut 1
Black Rustic 1
Blair's Shoulder-knot 1
Chestnut 1
Cypress Carpet 1
Dark Chestnut 1
Large Wainscot 3
Lesser Yellow Underwing 1
Merveille du Jour 4
November Moth sp 8
Red-green Carpet 4
Scarce Bordered Straw 1
Spruce Carpet 1

Micro Moths

Acleris sparsana 1
Emmelina monodactyla 4
Epiphyas postvittana 3
Scrobipalpa ocellatella 1

Red-line Quaker

Black-spotted Chestnut & Dark Chestnut

Cypress Carpet

Dark Chestnut

Emmelina monodactyla

Juniper Carpet