A few catches from the end of November and into December

I haven't had much intent of posting lately as moths take a back seat, but I continue to put work in behind the scenes, with updating data, editing photos, writing notes and preparing for the new season, and also what I need to fix/buy. Priority will be an oil change for the generator.

Batteries are still nowhere near what I require to be out in the field all night, I can run a couple of low wattage traps from my large powerpack, but when running multiple 125w to 250w traps, a generator is the only way. 

 

Below are the recent catches, nothing to write home about, but one of my latest Dark Arches on the 27th of November was worth scribbling down, and season firsts of both Black-spotted Chestnut and Winter Moth were worth running the trap for on Monday night.

 

Will there be any other worthy windows of opportunity coming up to trap? I will keep an eye half open.

Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 675 species

27/11/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

 

Macro Moths 

 

Black-spotted Chestnut 1 

Dark Arches 1 

December Moth 1 

Mottled Umber 1 

 

Micro Moths 

 

Blastobasis lacticolella 2 

Epiphyas postvittana 2 

Nomophila noctuella 1

Plutella xylostella 1 

 

 

06/12/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

 

Macro Moths 

 

Setaceous Hebrew Character 1 

 

 

08/12/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

 

Macro Moths 

 

Mottled Umber 1

Winter Moth 1 

 

Micro Moths 

 

Blastobasis lacticolella 1 

Emmelina monodactyla 1

Epiphyas postvittana 1 

 

 

 

Winter Moth

Mottled Umber

 

 

Dark Arches

Black-spotted Chestnut