Musotima nitidalis
L-album Wainscot
Feathered Ranunculus
Agonopterix nervosa
Blossom Underwing
Beautiful Marbled
Lampronia fuscatella
Gravitarmata margarotana
Perittia obscurepunctella
Black-spotted Chestnut
Cydia pactolanaOn catch-up mode before the warmer weather arrives! That's what i've heard, we could be in for a long spell of warm weather, starting as soon as Saturday.
The micros have really gone mad here with the warmer days, but the nights could be a little warmer. These past 3 nights lows of between 7-10c have been the order of the day.
But still, the moths have to fly and do their thing, as we are in the peak of moth diversity.
Disappointedly, there were no new macro moths on the 1st of July, but 2 new micros were added, around 45 species were recorded, a little low, infact it was going to get lower! By last night there were only 32 species, but a bigger jump of new species.
Two Coleophora that I photographed escaped, so they have to be aggregated, this is a nightmare with Coleophora! One of them could be 3 species!
A micro that was retained was a Homoeosoma, which is either nebulella or nimbella, the former more likely as the latter is typically coastal.
The first Common Rustic of the year, these get earlier and earlier each year. A Pammene fasciana came to the MOL (Grapholita molesta lure) on Saturday.
Also the first of many Water Veneer's (Acentria ephemerella) was found fluttering around the trap at 10pm, by the morning, sadly it was dead. This often happens with this species as it hatches, finds a mate and then withers away.
The drought continues, well we had some rain... but it's had little effect on the baked desert that is East Anglia.
Moth garden list for 2022 stands at 469 species
01/07/22 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
Micro Moths
Argyresthia albistria 1 [NFY]
Pleuroptya ruralis 1 [NFY]
02/07/22 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
Macro Moths
Dark Umber 1 [NFG]
Dusky Sallow 1 [NFG]
Marbled White Spot 1 [NFG]
Micro Moths
Homoeosoma nebulella/nimbella 1 [NFG]
Pammene fasciana 1 [NFG]
03/07/22 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
Macro Moths
Common Rustic 1 [NFY]
Small Rivulet 1 [NFG]
Micro Moths
Acentria ephemerella 1 [NFG]
Coleophora saxicolella/sternipennella 1 [NFG]
Coleophora spinella coracipennella prunifoliae 1 [NFG]
Pandemis heparana 1 [NFG]
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| Argyresthia albistria |
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| Pleuroptya ruralis |
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| Scrobipalpa ocellatella |
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| Dusky Sallow |
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| Homoeosoma nebulella/nimbella |
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| Pammene fasciana to MOL |
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| Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing |
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| Coleophora saxicolella sternipennella |
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| Coleophora spinella coracipennella prunifoliae |
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| Common Rustic |
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| Pandemis heparana |
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Nice photos and blog, Ben. Still waiting for Acentria ephemerella here, usually the trap is full of them when they emerge.
ReplyDeleteThanks Dave. I'm glad you enjoy reading it. (Sorry I always seem to miss my post notifications). Hope you are looking forward to Spring as an I.
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