FlyinginFordham: Latest garden catch...a week ago!

Back to garden mothing and it's just getting better and better.

Well, I say better and better, the numbers are through the roof, but for only certain species, namely Yponomeuta and Least Carpet.

Last Friday night I had over 80 Yponomeuta and 25 Least Carpet (This has now rose to over 100 and 56 respectively as of last night).

Crazy numbers for a single garden trap.

I'll be brief, but it was another good catch which included a completely new moth for me, the stunning Tissue! One i've tried for at other sites and failed to record.

An Epinotia netted at dusk got the heart racing, thinking it was the rarer nigricana, it wasn't too be.

Epinotia nanana it was, still a nice addition to the garden list.

An interesting Phyllonorycter species was also potted up and has been sent off for dissection, along with a similar specimen from Wicken Fen, they look good for comparella, but apparella is niggling at the back of my brain.

apparella is not on the British list currently, but speaking with a few others who have trapped similar specimens in the past few days, could these be migrants?? or are they all just comparella.

We shall see!

Also a Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing was confirmed as that species, and not Langmaid's.

Below are the new species for the year/garden and others I photographed.

Moth garden list for 2022 stands at 492 species

08/07/22 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1 [NFY]

Tissue 1 [NEW!]

Lime-speck Pug 1

Single-dotted Wave 1

Micro Moths

Acleris kochiella 1 [NFG]