You can't have it all can you, but a minimum of 15 degrees here in Fordham was stupidly mild for the time of year and inturn the moths were plentiful in the garden trap.
A really good catch with plenty of surprises, the biggest was a completely new moth for me, the apple feeding Callisto denticulella, a little rough around the edges but I can't be picky!
Other great species were a Lobster Moth, the really nicely marked Pseudoswammerdamia combinella, Lychnis and the skittish Aproaerema anthyllidella
I seem to also have a healthy population of the nationally scarce Platyedra subcinera, with 6 over the house walls.
32 species was very pleasing indeed, with 11 of them newbies for 2022
One moth is outstanding, I think it's a worn Mobochroa species. I did consider Scrobipalpa but it's quite small, i've retained it just in case.
Moth garden list for 2022 stands at 173 species
09/05/22 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
Macro Moths
Green Carpet 1 [NFY]
Light Brocade 2 [NFG]
Lychnis 1 [NFY]
Lobster Moth 1 [NFG]
Vine's Rustic 2 [NFY]
Alder Moth 1
Brimstone Moth 4
Coronet 4
Marbled Minor sp 2
Muslin Moth 1
Pale Mottled Willow 1
Pale Tussock 1
Pebble Prominent 1
Puss Moth 1
Rustic Shoulder-knot 2
Setaceous Hebrew Character 1
Shuttle-shaped Dart 10
Treble Lines 1
Turnip Moth 3
Micro Moths
Aproaerema anthyllidella 1 [NFG]
Callisto denticulella 1 [NFG]
Hedya pruniana 1 [NFG]
Notocelia cynosbatella 1 [NFG]
Pseudoswammerdamia combinella 1 [NFG]
Bryotropha affinis 2
Dichrorampha acuminatana 2
Epiphyas postvittana 5
Evergestis forficalis 1
Monochroa sp? TBC 1
Platyedra subcinera 6
Scrobipalpa ocellatella 1
Tinea trinotella 1
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| Angle Shades |
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| Aproaerema anthyllidella |
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| Callisto denticulella |
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| Green Carpet |
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| Light Brocade |
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| Lobster Moth |
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| Lychnis |
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| Notocelia cynosbatella |
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| Pseudoswammerdamia combinella |
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| Pending |
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| Vine's Rustic |