I was amazed to find my 2nd Acrobasis tumidana in my trap on the 14th of July, the 3rd garden record and it certainly has been a bumper year for them on the south coast, where they may possibly be breeding locally.
A warm day followed by a warm night resulted in over 60 species onve more, but far too knackered to count everything.
A few less new ones than recent times.
Dioryctria simplicella was the best moth of the night, an uncommon visitor here and one of 4 similar species.
A lovely Female Oak Eggar was pleasing, as well as a very late year first Poplar Hawk-moth! And a lovely buff-coloured Female it was as well.
Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 567 species
14/07/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic TrapMacro Moths
Poplar Hawk-moth 1 [NFY]
Micro Moths
Acrobasis tumidana 1 (2nd for the year)
Agriphila straminella 1 [NFY]
Dioryctria simplicella 1 [NFY]
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| Turnip Moth |
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| Acrobasis tumidana |
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| Acrobasis tumidana |
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| Agriphila straminella |
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| Dioryctria simplicella |
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| Oak Eggar |
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| Poplar Hawk-moth |