Warm, slightly humid, dry, Moths!

It's not been too bad in my garden lately for variety, numbers are a little low but that is April in a nutshell here.

Wednesday night was a warm (minimums of 13 degrees) and a cloudy night, and very still compared to most of the year so far! 

A real mix of moths were present with both new macros and micros arriving.

Best moth was the tiny little Phyllonorycter corylifoliella (2nd garden record and last seen in 2022) Scrobipalpa acuminatella was runner-up, an annual visitor, the latter which I initially thought was a very early Monochroa species, until I got it under a hand lens and saw the orange flecks, this early, only Scrobipalpa acuminatella is viable.

All 3 new for year micro moths broke emergence records by upto 3 weeks! 

Another good night was on the cards last night including my 2nd field trip of the year.

Moth garden list for 2026 stands at 77 species

15/04/26 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

 

Macro Moths 

Scorched Carpet 1 [NFY]

Shuttle-shaped Dart 2 [NFY]
Clouded Drab 3
Common Quaker 2

Double-striped Pug 5

Early Grey 1

Frosted Green 1

Oak-tree Pug 1

 

Micro Moths

 

Aphomia sociella 1 [NFY]

Phyllonorycter corylifoliella 1 [NFY]

Scrobipalpa acuminatella 1 [NFY]

Emmelina monodactyla 1

Epiphyas postvittana 3 

 

Shuttle-shaped Dart

Aphomia sociella

Phyllonorycter corylifoliella

Scorched Carpet

Scrobipalpa acuminatella