Another couple of year listers

The weather is a bit dull lately and there is a chill in the air now early evening and first thing, with dewy conditions, kind of expected really.

For the time of year it is fairly mild, well.. Friday was fairly pleasant hitting 18 degrees, but the weekend has struggled under blankets of cloud. 

Friday night was a rather good catch, with lows of 13 degrees, cloud and little wind, 21 species was a very good return for mid October. 

My latest Pine Carpet was good to get, and there were two of them, they are also the first this year! Usually a July/August moth here in small numbers.

The second tick was not one, but 3 Phyllonorycter messaniella, a seemingly rare moth here for unknown reasons, and not seen for 4 years! 

Other species included several moth Mallows including a fresh one, and a couple of Acleris schalleriana.

Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 655 species

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

 

Macro Moths 

 

Pine Carpet 2 [NFY] 

 

Micro Moths 

 

Phyllonorycter messaniella 3 [NFY] 

 

Phyllonorycter messaniella

Pine Carpet

 

Mallow

Acleris schalleriana