Is very persistent at the moment and is preventing me from doing any dusking on the patio as the moths just hate it.
It wasn't a bad catch last night, with several new for year species, but it also wasn't stellar. With lows of around 9c, it could have been so much better, was it for not having a breeze whipping through the garden all night.
Still it's been one of those years!
5 new species were added, including Marbled & Tawny Marbled Minor, which were checked rather quickly this evening using the excellent Butterfly Conservation ring-bound book 'British and Irish Moths: An Illustrated Guide to Selected Difficult Species'
Moth garden list for 2023 stands at 147 species
21/05/23 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
Macro Moths
Marbled Minor 1 [NFY]
Tawny Marbled Minor 1 [NFY]
Common Carpet 1
Common Carpet 1
Common Swift 1
Garden Carpet 1
Green Carpet 1
Light Brocade 1
Light Brocade 1
Red Twin-spot Carpet 1
Shuttle-shaped Dart 4
Toadflax Brocade 1
Waved Umber 2
Micro Moths
Dichrorampha acuminatana 1 [NFY]
Endrosis sarcitrella 1 [NFY]
Emmelina monodactyla 1
Epiphyas postvittana 1
Evergestis forficalis 1
Platyedra subcinerea 3
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| Dichrorampha acuminatana |
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| Endrosis sarcitrella |
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| Lime-speck Pug |
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| Marbled Minor |
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| Tawny Marbled Minor |
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| Toadflax Brocade |