More of the same!

A super repeat of yesterday night here, with a similar 75 species recorded overnight.

19 moths were new for the year, making it nearly 50 new ones over the past two night, unprecedented here for my garden, and it's only May! 

The days are warming a degree or two each day as we go towards a scorching bank holiday Monday.

Last night the minimum temperature in my garden was 19.4c at 4:30am, crazy.

I woke up at around 3:45am to go through the trap and was pleasantly surprised by how busy it was, the trap and walls were full of micro moths, and the constant buzzing from Cockchafer's was something i'm only used to from wasps, their must have been 15 of the blighter's.. well.. at least they don't eat the moths I suppose!

Highlights were 2 lovely Shark moths, one really well marked and streaky, a huge Privet Hawk-moth which was too lively for a photo, and countless micros that are featured in the full list below.

Out tonight so it'll be a late one! 

Moth garden list for 2026 stands at 243 species 

 

22/05/26 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

 

Macro Moths

Light Emerald 1 [NFY]

Privet Hawk-moth 1 [NFY]
Shark 2 [NFY]
Snout 1 [NFY]
Straw Dot 1 [NFY]
Bright-line Brown-eye 1
Brimstone Moth 1
Brindled Pug 1
Buff-tip 1
Cinnabar 2
Clouded Silver 1
Common Pug 2
Common Swift 2
Common Wainscot 1
Garden Carpet 1
Heart & Dart 2
Latticed Heath 1
Light Brocade 2
Marbled Minor 4
Middle-barred Minor 1
Mottled Pug 1
Muslin Moth 1
Nutmeg 1
Pale Prominent 1
Pale Tussock 4
Rustic Shoulder-knot 1
Setaceous Hebrew Character 1
Shears 1
Shuttle-shaped Dart 2
Small Dusty Wave 1
Swallow Prominent 1
Treble Lines 3
Turnip Moth 4
Vine's Rustic 1
Willow Beauty 2
White Ermine 2
White-point 1

Micro Moths

Agapeta hamana 2 [NFY]
Argyresthia cupressella 2 [NFY]
Argyresthia spinosella 2 [NFY]
Elachista atricomella 1 [NFY]
Etainia decentella 2 [NFY]
Hofmannophila pseudospretella 1 [NFY]
Homoeosoma sinuella 1 [NFY]
Isotrias rectifasciana 1 [NFY]
Luquetia lobella 1 [NFY]
Paraswammerdamia albicapitella 1 [NFY]
Parectopa ononidis 1 [NFY]
Parornix sp 1 [NFY]
Teleiodes luculella 1 [NFY]
Tineola bisselliella 1 [NFY]
Aphomia sociella 2
Argyresthia trifasciata 1
Aspilapteryx tringipennella 1
Celypha lacunana 1
Celypha rosaceana 1
Cnephasia sp 2
Cochylichroa atricapitana 1

Coptoptriche marginea 1 
Crambus lathoniellus 3
Cydia pomonella 1
Elachista argentella 1
Endrosis sarcitrella 1
Epiphyas postvittana 7
Eudonia angustea 1
Glyphipterix simpliciella 1
Hedya pruniana 1
Mompha subbistrigella 1
Monopis crocicapitella 4
Monopis laevigella 1
Neocochylis molliculana 2
Notocelia cynosbatella 2
Notocelia trimaculana 2
Platyedra subcinerea 1
Plutella xylostella 4
Scrobipalpa ocellatella 1

 

Tineola bisselliella

Agapeta hamana

Argyresthia spinosella

Etainia decentella

Isotrias rectifasciana

Luquetia lobella

Parectopa ononidis

Shark

Snout

Teleiodes luculella