A few new micro moths

Last Wednesday was an average moth night, with highs struggling to get to 21 degrees and lows dipping a bit further than what we've been used to recently.

Despite the cooler conditions, there were still over 40 species present at the trap.

 

Best was a garden first Coleophora lineolea, two of them as well! Not one i've ever seen before.

 

There were two other new for year micros, the oddly shaped Batrachedra praeangusta & the Bracken feeding Musotima nitidalis, a moth that has spread rapidly in the south-east. 

 

Less moths but hopefully some intetesting species still to come.

Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 620 species

20/08/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Micro Moths

Batrachedra praeangusta 1 [NFY] 
Coleophora lineolea 2 [NFG]
Musotima nitidalis 1 [NFY] 

 

Musotima nitidalis

Barred Hook-tip

Batrachedra praeangusta

Coleophora lineolea