A Lunar-tics O-pinion

Conditions last night were not ideal, as it had not been a particularly warm day, and cloud cover was at a minimum. Some nice moths were caught in the garden however, including a few new for the year. Best was my second record of Lunar-spotted Pinion. Interestingly, my first record was on the very first night I ever trapped in the garden, two years ago to the day!

July 1st:
7 Dark Arches
6 Riband Wave
6 Rustic
4 Heart and Dart
4 Uncertain
3 Willow Beauty
3 Light Arches
3 Turnip
2 Mottled Beauty
2 Flame
2 Heart and Club
2 Dot Moth
1 Double-striped Pug
1 Lunar-spotted Pinion NFY
1 Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing NFY
1 Beautiful Hook-tip
1 Large Yellow Underwing
1 Mottled Rustic
1 Bird's Wing
1 Shears
1 Snout NFY
1 Minor sp.
1 Buff Ermine NFY
1 Garden Carpet
1 Bright-line Brown-eye NFY
1 Small Seraphim

Bright-line Brown-eye

Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

Rustic (right this time?)

Buff Ermine

Lunar-spotted Pinion

The first Square-spot

Back on 21st August, the weather was very good, but numbers did not match expectations. The only vaguely unusual thing was the first Square-spot Rustic of the year.
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21st August:
18 LBBYU
11 Large Yellow Underwing
9 Copper Underwing
7 Vine's Rustic
4 Common Rustic sp.
3 Svennson's Copper Underwing
3 Shuttle-shaped Dart
2 Dunbar
2 Setaceous Hebrew Character
1 Willow Beauty
1 Common Carpet
1 Riband Wave
1 Turnip
1 Square-spot Rustic NFY
1 Six-striped Rustic
1 Lesser Yellow Underwing
1 Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
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I did have a pic of the square-spot rustic, but I can't find it this minute. I'm sure there will be future oppurtunities!
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Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

underwings arrive

I had a short session trapping in my garden on 24th where I was again hampered by hornets buzzing round the trap. In the end, I decided that I would just cover the trap and deal with it in the morning. So, not surprisingly, I didn't have a large catch. However there were some 'new for year's.
*broad-bordered yellow underwing
*least yellow underwing
*copper underwing (agg)
*pine carpet.
Photos in no particular order:

pine carpet

least yellow underwing

broad-bordered yellow underwing

copper underwing agg

large emerald

gold spot