FlyinginFordham: A couple of 'pre holiday' catches

I trapped on the 3rd and the 6th of August in my garden, the last efforts before we headed on our holidays to the south coast.

Some good numbers were recorded and on the 3rd there were several new species for the year which tipped me over the 600 mark for the year.

Come the 6th, and there were more moths and species present, but not one was new for the year, most frustrating given how humid it was, but that's the way it goes sometimes.

There were however a few nice moths, the 15th Tawny Wave of the year, a record number. A nice,ly marked and streaky Dichrorampha petiverella, and a rich-coloured Bright-line Brown-eye which was potted up incase it was something rarer.

The garden trap will be back on on the 15th.

Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 601 species