Breaking Down

Summer coming to an end? Probably..

The last week of August was back to a typical English summer, warm spells intertwined with wind and rain and cooler nights were becoming the norm.

I can't lie and grumble, we've had a bloody good run of moth crazy temperatures here in the east.

 

Two catches on the 22nd and 23rd are featured below.

 

I was still catching around 40 species per night, but lots of repeats.

 

Just 1 new species on both nights, one larger moth and one dinky one.

 

Other than that, a few dark Flounced Rustics were photographed, and my 2nd Delicate of the year was noteworthy. 

 

Currently mothing is quite poor. I still have yet to tap into any decent migrant moths so far this year, will my time come before year end?

Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 622 species

22/08/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

Centre-barred Sallow 1 [NFY] 

23/08/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Micro Moths

Cydia splendana 1 [NFY] 

 

Flounced Rustic

Cydia splendana

Delicate

Aproaerema anthyllidella

Centre-barred Sallow

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