A Big “Box ‘o’ Moths”

Wow, loads of moths in the moth trap on Wednesday Night. Literally hundreds of micros and close to 150 macro moths from over 35 different species as well.

Here’s the trap before I opened it.

Box of Moths

And here’s a typical sheet of egg box covered in moths.

Moths

Here’s the full list:

• 18 x Common Footman
• 4 x Garden Tiger
• 1 x V-Pug
• 4 x Flame
• 2 x Riband Wave
• 4 x Dingy Footman
• 27 x Dark Arches
• 1 x Rosy Minor
• 1 x Pebble Prominent
• 23x Smoky Wainscot
• 3 x Large Yellow Underwing
• 2 x Blackneck
• 2 x Poplar Hawkmoth
• 23 x Common Rustic / Lesser Common Rustic agg.
• 1 x Yellow-tail
• 2 x July Highflyer
• 1 x Antler Moth
• 2 x Shuttle-shaped Dart
• 1 x Common White Wave
• 2 x Flame Shoulder
• 1 x Buff Ermine
• 1 x Shore Wainscot
• 1 x Spectacle
• 2 x Large Wainscot
• 1 x True Lover’s Knot
• 1 x Short-cloaked Moth
• 1 x Red Twin-spot Carpet
• 1 x Common Quaker
• 2 x Bordered White*
• 1 x Spinach*
• 1 x Dun-bar*
• 1 x Double Lobed*
• 1 x Rosy Wave*
• 1 x Dot Moth*
• 1 x Plain Golden Y*
• 1 x Single-dotted Wave
• 1 x Slender Pug*
• 1x Lesser Cream Wave

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