cooler, breezier, the moths go quiet

A pretty poor night on a Good Friday (supposedly) with low numbers of common species present.

There was however a hint of migration, with Silver Y & Plutella xylostella to the trap as I was packing away at midnight, so with those two, I decided to leave it running for a further 5hrs.

And.... it wasn't worth it. There was nothing new come the morning, typical!

Other highlights included a year first Mint Moth (Pyrausta aurata) netted during the day, and my first melanic form of Nut-tree Tussock for my garden, a common form back in Hertfordshire looking back at my photographs.

Weather still a bit samey, and just not quite warm enough for a foray into the field.

Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 89 species

18/04/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths
 

Silver Y 1 [NFY]

Nut-tree Tussock f.melanotica 1

Micro Moths 

Plutella xylostella 1 [NFY]

Pyrausta aurata 1 [NFY] 

Silver Y

Nut-tree Tussock f.melanotica

Plutella xylostella

Pyrausta aurata