I had a very busy trapping session overnight on Tuesday (13th) with c70 species in the trap, including three completely new to me: scallop shell, lesser-spotted pinion and dot moth. I also had about 20 year ticks. It took me ages to ID and, where appropriate, photograph everything.
This evening I netted another new moth in the garden, large emerald.
I am also uploading a picture of one of the egg trays to give an idea of what they looked like - this was taken about three hours after dawn when quite a few moths had already flown away.
large emerald
egg box
dot moth
scallop shell
lesser-spotted pinion
And a couple of year ticks....
bordered beauty
Momphus locupletella (to be confirmed) - Surrey notable
Recurvaria leucatella (Notable (b))
Species List for 12/11/2024
1 day ago
Beautiful Scallop Shell, your Pinion is in fact Lunar-spotted.
ReplyDeleteNot according to Graham Collins! But I've sent it to him for checking. The hindwing looks right for lesser to me.
ReplyDeleteKen