A great catch

Finally, I got a Blue Underwing! 

My first last year was on the 27th of August, so it was great to get one last night, running a bit late? or having a bad year locally? Who knows. 

For comparison I got 13 last year in the garden!

 

Other highlights were a fresh season first Chestnut, and a second new species for the year, a Beaded Chestnut.

A rather large Cochylis was potted up, which turned out to be a really large dubitana (with thanks to Anthony Wren for double-checking) it's a female so this explains the monstrous size. 

21 species was very pleasing indeed for late September.

Moth garden list for 2022 stands at 637 species

19/09/22 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap 

 

Macro Moths

Beaded Chestnut 1 [NFY]

Blue Underwing 1 [NFY]

Autumnal Rustic 1

Centre-barred Sallow 1

Chestnut 1

Garden Carpet 1

Large Yellow Underwing 2

Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1

Lesser Yellow Underwing 3

Lunar Underwing 2

Shuttle-shaped Dart 1

Silver Y 1

Straw Underwing 1

Small Dusty Wave 4

Willow Beauty 6

Micro Moths

Cochylis dubitana 1

Cydalima perspectalis 2

Epiphyas postvittana 2

Emmelina monodactyla 2

Hypsopygia costalis 1

Scrobipalpa ocellatella 2

 

Beaded Chestnut

Blue Underwing

Chestnut

Cochylis dubitana