Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 609 species
29/09/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
Scarce Bordered Straws |
Barred Sallow |
Beaded Chestnut |
Scarce Bordered Straw |
Scarce Bordered Straw |
Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 609 species
29/09/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
Scarce Bordered Straws |
Barred Sallow |
Beaded Chestnut |
Scarce Bordered Straw |
Scarce Bordered Straw |
Very sparse lately, and once more we have entered a wet spell followed by a cold front which just isn't worth lighting up for in my garden.
Below are a few catches from last week, which included 4 new species for the year and Cambs latest ever Lilac Beauty on 23rd.
Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 607 species
22/09/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
23/09/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
24/09/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
Large Ranunculus |
Brown-spot Pinion |
Double-striped Pug |
Lilac Beauty |
Sallow |
Mallow |
Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 603 species
21/09/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
Quite a few nights off recently, but with a warm front pushing in again once more from the east and the south simultaneously, the temperature at night rose.
Wednesday night it was definitely worth running the trap after a warm day and with lows of 16 degrees it certainly was warm enough for plenty of moths.
Still in that end of summer lull, but new species are returning after a year away, and old familiar faces are coming back for a 2nd or 3rd brood.
There were 3 new species for the year, 2 macros and 1 micro, very pleasing after very little lately.
Things continued to ramp up and Saturday night was an absolute corker.
Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 593 species
18/09/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
Mothing has been pretty rubbish this past week, so I haven't had much to post about.
Quality over quantity with garden second yearly records of Delicate, L-album Wainscot & Palpita vitrealis.
An Elachista was retained for dissection.
Just the one ne for year species all week! A massive drought ensues.
Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 590 species
14/09/24 - Lunar Underwing 1 [NFY]
Clancy's Rustic |
Delicate |
Elachista sp tbc |
L-album Wainscot |
Lunar Underwing |
Palpita vitrealis |
A new garden moth graced my trap on the 6th of September, the migrant silky white Palpita vitrealis.
Having seen my first for the UK only last year at nearby Chippenham Fen, it was fantastic to add it to the garden list, moth species no.860 for the garden.
Other moths of note were year firsts of Acleris sparsana & Phyllonorycter harrisella and only the 2nd Rush Veneer of the year, what a poor year for them here!
A tiny Stigmella was retained, which will probably turn out to be either samiatella or tiliae.
Other than that, it was the usual late summer early autumn species show.
Stigmella samiatella or tiliae |
Acleris sparsana |
Nomophila noctuella |
Palpita vitrealis |
Phyllonorycter harrisella |
Macro Moths
Macro Moths
Barred Hook-tip 1 [NFY]
Micro Moths