FlyinginFordham: A good night for moths, bad days for me

Terrible time lately with sciatica to a point where I now can barely put my socks on! So a few nights off for the moths in my garden as I just don't have the energy.

This was a catch from Monday night where I could feel my back twinging before bed.

Some really good moths were found come the morning, an absolutely stunning Cream-spot Tiger the pick of the bunch.

Followed closely by a shiney Burnished Brass and a super coloured Green Carpet.

Nephopterix angustella, the Spindle loving species was only my 4th for the garden.

A Marbled Minor species was checked and identified as a year first Tawny Marbled.

During the day, the first Clearwing moths arrived, with two Red-belted Clearwings to the VES lure.

Just 4 species off of 200 for the year, levelling out now and just 12 ahead of last year currently.

That was to be it until I feel better.

Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 196 species

12/05/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

Burnished Brass 1 [NFY]
Cream-spot Tiger 1 [NFY]
Green Pug 1 [NFY]
Peppered Moth 1 [NFY]
Purple Bar 1 [NFY]
Red-belted Clearwing 2 [NFY] - (To VES lure)
Sycamore 1 [NFY]
Tawny Marbled Minor 1 [NFY] - Gen Det
Vine's Rustic 1 [NFY]
White-spotted Pug 1 [NFY]
Bright-line Brown-eye 1
Buttoned Snout 1
Cinnabar 3
Common Pug 2
Coronet 6
Garden Carpet 4
Green Carpet 1
Latticed Heath 2
Oak-tree Pug 1
Pale Tussock 1
Pebble Hook-tip 1
Puss Moth 1
Red Twin-spot Carpet 1
Shuttle-shaped Dart 2
Treble Lines 1
Turnip Moth 2
Waved Umber 1
White Ermine 2
White-spotted Pug 2
Yellow-barred Brindle 1

Micro Moths

Celypha lacunana 1 [NFY]
Dichrorampha plumbagana 1 [NFY]
Nephopterix angustella 1 [NFY]
Dichrorampha acuminatana 1
Emmelina monodactyla 1
Parornix sp 1
Phyllonorycter sp 1 (tbc)
Plutella xylostella 1