2025 is officially the joint best year

For diversity of species, this year has now matched the previous top year, which was 2022, with a mammoth total of 645 species.

And there's still a few species to go that should squeak on the list this year (Sprawler, December Moth, Mottled Umber, Scarce Umber & Winter Moth).

 

The two new species that made it level peggings, were my 2nd garden record of Streak, a really odd looking moth indeed and always larger than I remember, and a duo of Yellow-line Quaker's 

Late moths included Dark Arches (although these can go on until December in rare cases), Bright-line Brown-eye, Blastobasis adustella, Carcina quercana and oodles of Vine's Rustic.

109 moths of 31 species was to be an October record here, this strangely coincided with our streetlights being changed from orange incandescent to LED. I have noticed that the LED unit is much smaller and is slightly shielded and much dimmer than the orange glow we were used to. 

It will be interesting to see what the catches are like next summer. 

The nights have gone rubbish lately, but a few more catches were made prior to this storm called Benjamin.

Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 665 species

17/10/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

 

Macro Moths 

 

Streak 1 [NFY]

Yellow-line Quaker 2 [NFY] 

 

Yellow-line Quaker

Bright-line Brown-eye

Carcina quercana

Dark Arches

Delicate

Large Wainscot

Merveille du Jour

Streak

Vine's Rustic

Yellow-line Quaker