Another cool night last night by dawn, but it still felt warm at around 10pm before bedtime.
Despite the crystal clear skies, it was a pretty good and unexpected catch headed by 6 new species for the year.
Some real splashes of colour now, with a silky smooth green Light Emerald, and the harnessed vivid markings of the Cinnabar Moth.
Buttoned Snout was also a good record for here, albeit worn, brown and a bit meh.
The garden continues to impress with two new species turning up. They were a female Nematopogon swammerdamella, a day-flying longhorn moth which also comes to light, and the pine feeding Rhyacionia pinivorana.
It was a little breezy to do any dusking last night, I may try tonight if the breeze drops down.
Moth garden list for 2023 stands at 162 species
24/05/23 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
Macro Moths
Cinnabar 1 [NFY]
Light Emerald 1 [NFY]
Garden Carpet 1
Light Brocade 2
Marbled Minor sp 1
Shuttle-shaped Dart 1
Silver Y 2
Treble-lines 6
Turnip Moth 1
Vine's Rustic 1
White-point 1
Willow Beauty 2
Micro Moths
Crambus lathoniellus 1 [NFY]
Nematopogon swammerdamella 1 [NFY]
Rhyacionia pinivorana 1 [NFY]
Argyresthia trifasciata 1
Bryotropha sp 1
Epiphyas postvittana 2
Mompha subbistrigella 1
Platyedra subcinerea 1
Nematopogon swammerdamella 1 [NFY]
Rhyacionia pinivorana 1 [NFY]
Argyresthia trifasciata 1
Bryotropha sp 1
Epiphyas postvittana 2
Mompha subbistrigella 1
Platyedra subcinerea 1
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| Rhyacionia pinivorana |
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| Buttoned Snout |
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| Cinnabar |
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| Crambus lathoniellus |
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| Light Emerald |
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| Nematopogon swammerdamella |