A local wander around the hedgerows

I stretched my legs (and my back) today for a good hour, with a net in one hand and a long stick in the other, disturbing the foliage as I wandered about.

With plenty of pots in my pockets I was expecting a bumper haul, as the winds were supposed to subside, in short... this wasn't true. In fact it got breezier and I struggled to find areas out of the wind (From past experience it's nigh on impossible to net moths in the wind).

It was also quite sad to see the drought taking hold on the low growing herbaceous plants, some withering away in desert like conditions.

I finally stumbled upon a hedgerow going east to west and focused on this area, shielded from the north window to a degree, it was much easier to spot the moths.

A few minutes in and I didn't expect to get a new moth for me! A slightly shabby but equally impressive Phtheochroa schreibersiana, get in!

This fantastic little micro that came from a mixed deciduous hedge, wasn't the only interest. Several Adela croesella were found, as were two day-flying macro moths, the Mother Shipton and the rarely seen (because it's so small) Small Yellow Underwing.

 

A fantastic little bit of bushcraft in challenging conditions.

 

17/05/25 - Fordham Hedgerows - East Cambridgeshire

Macro Moths

Cinnabar 1

Common Carpet 2

Mother Shipton 1

Small Yellow Underwing 1

Yellow-tail (caterpillar) 1

 

Micro Moths

 

Adela croesella 3

Crambus lathoniellus 1 

Glyphipterix simpliciella 100+

Hedya pruniana 10+

Nematopogon schwarziellus 4

Nematopogon swammerdamella 1

Notocelia cynosbatella 2

Phtheochroa schreibersiana 1 (NEW!) 

Yellow-tail Caterpillar

Struggling vegetation

Herbaceous plants during a May drought

Adela croesella

Crambus lathoniellus

Mother Shipton

Phtheochroa schreibersiana

Small Yellow Underwing