Trickling in now.. but fresh new faces are appearing

A slow trickle of moths now as the summer varieties dwindle and the fresh Autumn species start to appear.

With less than 20 species per night now and numbers less than 60.

Best macro moths over the last few nights has been a smart Small Wainscot and a Deep-brown Dart.

 

On the micro front, a worn suspected Plutella xylostella, turned out to be porrectella, a moth I rarely see (And seperated from xylostella by the dark dash along the side below the white dorsal stripe).

The best moth however was one of the Tineidae species, Monopis laevigella. This is not a common moth for me, despite it's brother (weaverella), being extremely common. I've probably seen 50 weaverella to just 1 laevigella over the last 16 years.

I just cannot get it to sit still, hence the awful pot shot!

 

A Dingy Footman last night was my latest ever record.

Below are the new species for the year.

Moth garden list stands at 183 species.

 

20/09/21 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

 

Macro Moths

 

Small Wainscot 1 [NFG]

Micro Moths

 

Monopis laevigella 1 [NFG] 

Plutella porrectella 1 [NFG]

 

22/09/21 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

 

Macro Moths

 

Beautiful Hook-tip 1 [NFG]

Deep-brown Dart 1 [NFG]

Spruce Carpet 1 [NFG]

Beautiful Hook-tip

Deep-brown Dart

Monopis laevigella

Plutella porrectella

Small Wainscot

Spruce Carpet