Friday, 4 June 2021

Garden Mothing - A pleasant number of newbies..

..Rearing their heads for the first time this year, always good to see even the common moths, when it's been such a slow Spring.

Wednesday night I ran traps at home, at work and out in the woods, frazzled best describes my demeanor!

Below I have listed just the new for year species (There were 11 at home alone), as it's been a rather manic week for moths during this warm spell of weather, a nice change.

Whilst this blog post goes out, it's been raining since 11:30am...continuously. Next week could again be very good for moths as temperatures climb once again to the mid-20's.

Moth species for 2021 in the garden now stands at 86.

02/06/21 - Back Garden - Stevenage - North Herts - 125w MV Robinson Trap
 
Macro Moths
 
Freyer's Pug 1 [NFY]
Ingrailed Clay 2 [NFY]
Orange Footman 5 [NFY]
Oak Hook-tip 1 [NFY]
Peppered Moth 1 [NFY]
Silver Y 1 [NFY]
Silver-ground Carpet 1 [NFY]


Micro Moths
 
Notocelia cynosbatella 1 [NFY]
Syndemis musculana 2 [NFY]
Tachystola acroxantha 2 [NFY]
Teleiodes luculella 1 [NFY]

Freyer's Pug

Ingrailed Clay

Notocelia cynosbatella

Orange Footman

Peppered Moth

Silver-ground Carpet

Syndemis musculana

Tachystola acroxantha