The first Prominents graced the trap on Monday night (Although technically, Chocolate-tip is of the same family, it just doesn't sport the same British vernacular). The family Notodontidae also includes the Lunar Marbled Brown of which i've had two so far this year.
I digress... back to the catch, and there were only 3 new species, both Swallow & Pebble Prominent and a Nemapogon granella netted at dusk.
During the day I missed a few day flying moths, but could see what they were in flight, with their bright yellow hindwings, Esperia sulphurella. I finally managed to net one for a quick snap, a pretty little day-flying species that occasionally come to light.
I've retained a couple of the really white Nemapogon, incase of variatella, but they always come back as granella, so far...
The rest of the catch was quiet, with a few Carpets and spring species.
Nearly at the 100 species for the year mark!
A quick early glimpse of next week, talks of temperatures rising during the day and night.
Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 98 species
Pebble Prominent 1 [NFY]
Common Quaker 3
Double-striped Pug 2
Garden Carpet 4
Red-green Carpet 2
Nut-tree Tussock 2
Oak-tree Pug 1
Shuttle-shaped Dart 2
Spectacle 1
Micro Moths
Esperia sulphurella 1 [NFY] (netted)
Elachista rufocinerea 1 (netted)
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| Swallow Prominent |
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| Clouded Drab |
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| Esperia sulphurella |
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| Nemapogon granella |
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| Pebble Prominent |
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