A warm spell heralds some migrants!

Trap was back out last week, and on Wednesday with highs of a dizzy 17 degrees, the night looked very promising indeed, despite the odd gusty moment.

24 species was a really good return for my garden in early November, with 3 new species for the year.

Highlight undoubtedly was a Vestal, a brown form and not a form i've seen for many years now.

The other two new ones were a rather plain looking Mottled Umber (Which I double-took for a Scarce intitally), and a smart Cosmopterix pulchrimella, a micro that seems to be on the increase locally, i've since had a second one in recent nights.

A couple more good mothing nights were on the cards as we headed towards the weekend. 

Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 672 species

05/11/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

 

Macro Moths 

 

Mottled Umber 1 [NFY]

Vestal 1 [NFY]

Black Rustic 2

Brick 1

Cypress Carpet 1

Dark Arches 1

Dark Sword-grass 1

Feathered Thorn 1

Garden Carpet 1

Green-brindled Crescent 2

Least Carpet 3

November Moth sp 5

Red-green Carpet 1

Sprawler 4

Turnip Moth 1

White-point 4 

 

Micro Moths 

 

Cosmopterix pulchrimella 1 [NFY]

Agonopterix alstromeriana 1

Alucita hexadactyla 1

Elachista canapennella 1

Epiphyas postvittana 5

Phyllonorycter messaniella 3

Scrobipalpa ocellatella 1 

 

Vestal

Cosmopterix pulchrimella

Cypress Carpet

Least Carpet

Mottled Umber