Year list gradually building

I've had a few more common species over the last night or two - plus my third ever seraphim, which is not supposed to be common but seems to be more so this year.

Seraphim

white ermine

small phoenix

pebble hook-tip

oak hook-tip

pebble prominent

Possible Monopis weaverella

Number of moths Pale into insignificance....

Numbers remain reasonable, although it was fairly windy last night. In very similar circumstances to yesterday, I got 37 moths of 22 species, and these included a new species for the garden of Pale Oak Beauty, and a new for the year Setaceous Hebrew Character. Also a probable Middle-barred Minor, which is also new for garden.

9th June:

13 Heart and Dart
2 Flame Shoulder
2 May Highflyer
2 Treble Lines
1 Common Marbled Carpet
1 White Ermine
1 Grey Pug
1 Scorched Wing
1 Grey Pine Carpet
1 Iron Prominent
1 Spruce Carpet
1 Pale Tussock
1 Green Carpet
1 Shuttle-shaped Dart
1 Garden Carpet
1 Setaceous Hebrew Character NFY
1 Small Phoenix
1 Light Brocade
1 Ingrailed Clay
1 Freyer's Pug
1 Pale Oak Beauty NFG
1 Minor sp. (probably Middle-barred Minor NFG)


probable Middle-barred Minor (it wouldn't stay still!)

White Ermine

Flame Shoudler

Heart and Dart

Iron Prominent

Setaceous Hebrew Character

Pale Oak Beauty

Pretty Good Weekend So Far...

Study leave has been better than expected, and on the evenings when I haven't been out celebrating the end of school, I've been moth trapping for most of the night- like any normal teenager! ;-)

The weather hasn't been brilliant for moths in terms of no cloud cover... but the wind is low and the temperatures are high so I've been getting quite a few moths in the trap...

1 Light Brocade- Best moth so far this year

1 White Ermine- NFY

1 Maiden's Blush- NFY

1 Pale Tussock

2 Pale Mottled Willow

2 Brimstone

1 Shuttle-shaped Dart

In the way of Micro moths...

1 Bee Moth Aphomia sociella

5 Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana

1 Diurnea fagella

3 Pyrausta aurata- Swept from mint during the day

1 Crambus perlella- Disturbed on lawn

Light Brocade...

Maiden's Blush...

Pale Tussock...

White Ermine...

Brimstone...

And my personal favourite micro- Pyrausta aurata

I won't be waking up to any school tomorrow so it will be another night of moth trapping!

Conditions are getting better

Wed night was much milder and my increased catch reflected this:

brimstone moth (nfy) 2
flame shoulder (nfy) 2
poplar hawk (nfy) 2


Hebrew character 2
small phoenix (nfy)
early grey
muslin moth
E. monodactyla
orange footman (nfy)

puss moth (nfy)

sharp-angled carpet (a rather deceptive one, which I first thought to be a water carpet!)


garden pebble (nfy)

white ermine (nfy)

swallow prominent (nfy)
lesser swallow prominent (nfy) 2
pale prominent (nfy)

coxcomb prominent (nfy)
white-spotted pug (nfy)


oak hook-tip (nfy)
scalloped hook-tip (nfy)
Oak nycteoline (nfy)

Epiblema cynosbatella (nfy)


Pale tussock (nfy)
several unidentified pugs!
(nfy = new for year)