Wow, what a moth! A first for me in my garden trap on Wednesday night amongst an average catch of 52 species, over 2/3rds of which were micros! with over 50 Yponomeuta and 30 Eudonias.
Back to the Wave, and it's not really tawny at all, it's flushed with bright pink and certainly lives beyond it's assigned name on it's smashing appearance.
It was also great to see Marbled Beauty and two White-line Darts, both very different forms as well.
The White-line Dart is a moth i've only ever seen in Essex, on the coast. It has a really odd distribution, primarily coastal, but with pockets of colonies inland, for example the Sandy area in Bedfordshire, and seemingly here in East Cambs.
Two new for garden micros were picked out of the many 10's that turned up, they were Rhyacionia buoliana & Udea prunalis, both rather worn sadly.
Only new for year/garden & notable records listed below.
Moth garden list for 2022 stands at 477 species
06/07/22 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
Macro Moths
Marbled Beauty 1 [NFY]
Tawny Wave 1 [NFG]
White-line Dart 2 [NFG]
Micro Moths
Udea prunalis 1 [NFG]
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| Cloaked Minor |
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| Marbled Beauty |
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| Rhyacionia buoliana |
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| Tawny Wave |
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| Udea prunalis |
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| White-line Dart |
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| White-line Dart |