Garden Mothing - 12th August 2022

The garden trap continues to be busy with mainly micros, 100's, but very little in the way of macros turning up apart from Common Wainscots.

But, I always hold out for quality and it certainly delivers at times.

Friday night was no different, with two great species added to the garden list, they were the very pretty Clouded Buff and the jet black Pyla fusca, moths that are certainly at both ends of the colour spectrum.

Pyla fusca is a moth i've only seen twice before (in 2010 in my old Essex garden, and 2015 at Hexton Chalk Pit in Herts), so a mega for me! And such a stunning dark specimen.

Clouded Buff is a moth that I added to my UK list as recent as this year. I took several at nearby Cavenham Heath in Suffolk in early summer. What a stunning moth. Most people would not believe that such a beautiful creature flies mainly undetected at night.

Another bunch of Celypha rufana candidates were retained, i'm going to be honest in saying I cannot tell the difference between rufana and rosaceana.

A Phyllocnistis was also retained (Probably saligna), as were 3 Coleophora, probably all different species (Well at least 2 are).

There was also a hint of migration beginning to happen at the end of last week, the trap contained several Plutella xylostella and Nomophila noctuella.

And we've had some rain! Our front water butt was nearly empty this morning, it's now 80 litres fuller! Lets hope it promotes some more moth emergence.

Moth garden list for 2022 stands at 596 species

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

 

Macro Moths

 

Clouded Buff 1 [NFG]

Micro Moths

Pyla fusca 1 [NFG]

Celypha sp

Clouded Buff

Coleophora sp

Coleophora sp

Homoeosoma nebulella

Lime-speck Pug

Pyla fusca

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