There's a Blair's

Amongst a rather healthy catch on Saturday night was a year first Blair's Shoulder-knot. 

It's certainly an odd looking moth that doesn't really look like any other species, in fact it doesn't even resemble its cousin, the Grey Shoulder-knot or the two Pinions for that matter, a really sleek customer with dark dashes over sombre grey tones.

Other good species included a 2nd Large Wainscot and Beaded Chestnut and a rather late and nicely coloured Small Square-spot.

Not much on the micro moth front lately, with just Epiphyas postvittana, Emmelina monodactyla and Eudonia angustea, but a nice Acleris variegana made a nice break from the norm.

There is still stuff to catch! 

Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 647 species

27/09/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

 

Macro Moths 

 

Blair's Shoulder-knot 1 [NFY] 

 

Small Square-spot

Acleris variegana

Beaded Chestnut

Blair's Shoulder-knot

Large Wainscot