Garden Mothing - 15th August 2022

52 species were recorded last Monday night, a great amount for any garden at this time of year.

August for me is always a bit of a lull period (Much like the week or so between Spring & Summer) nothing much happens and you get a few weeks of the same species on numerous occasions, of course with the odd interesting moth!

Monday night was no different, a huge amount of Vine's Rustics, Common Wainscots and Flounced Rustics, all numbering into the 30's, and of course the most talked about Gelechiidae currently, Scrobipalpa ocellatella, of which there were 92 in and around the trap). 

The best moth of the night was a stunning Pyrausta purpuralis, the 658th species for the garden. I've since trapped another towards the end of last week, despicata has now increased, and i'm still getting the odd aurata. 

Other great moths included Frosted Orange and a superb form of Acleris rhombana. 

 

That now makes it 600 species for the year!

Moth garden list for 2022 stands at 600 species

15/08/22 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

 

Macro Moths

 

Frosted Orange 1 [NFY]

Micro Moths

Acleris rhombana 1 [NFY]

Pyrausta purpuralis 1 [NFG]

Acleris rhombana

Frosted Orange

Pyrausta purpuralis