Last nights Moths – Several new garden records
I put the moth trap out again last night and had quite a catch. With light winds most of the night, temperatures staying above 13ºC and light cloud cover it was perfect conditions.
As well as the usual suspects there were a number of new garden records as well, with close to 200 moths and 38 different species. I’m still working on the identification of a few of them.
- 2 x Rosy Minor
- 7 x Antler Moth
- 49 x Large Yellow Underwing
- 4 x Brimstone Moth
- 3 x July Highflyer
- 4 x Common Carpet
- 1 x Willow Beauty
- 1 x Cloaked Minor
- 14 x Shuttle-shaped Dart
- 24 x Flame Shoulder
- 3 x Yellow-tail
- 3 x Tawny Speckled Pug
- 4 x Drinker
- 3 x Least Yellow Underwing
- 1 x Magpie*
- 3 x Dingy Footman
- 1 x Purple Bar
- 16 x Dark Arches
- 5 x Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
- 6 x Small Square Spot
- 1 x Scalloped Oak
- 2 x Lime-speck Pug
- 1 x Garden Tiger
- 5 x Setaceous Hebrew Character
- 3 x White-line Dart
- 12 x Common Rustic / Lesser Common Rustic agg.
- 4 x Smoky Wainscot
- 1 x Clouded Border
- 5 x Flounced Rustic
- 2 x Archer’s Dart
- 1 x Garden Carpet
- 1 x Silver Y
- 1 x Clay
- 1 x Six-striped Rustic*
- 1 x Lychnis*
- 1 x Lesser Broad-border Yellow Underwing*
- 1 x Mother of Pearl*
- 1 x Ringed China Mark*
- 1 x As yet unidentifed- Pyrausta despicata
Here are the new ones.
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- Clouded Border
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- Mother of Pearl
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- Flounced Rustic
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- Ringed China Mark
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- Pyrausta despicata
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- Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
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- Lychnis
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- Six-striped Rustic
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Just a few updates.
The Small China Mark was actually a Ringed China Mark, and the unidentified moth was a Pyrausta despicata.
Al.