We were just on the edge of some really mild nights to come on Wednesday night, with lows of 13 degrees and 15c at midnight, it was still pretty good.
But from now on we are looking at +16c at midnight which is excellent for micro moths in particular.
A fair haul on Wednesday night in my garden, but I expected a few more given the conditions, although the wind was still a bit gusty after dark for a few hours.
Green Pug was the sole new macro moth species for the year, this was backed up by two common micro moths.
A grotty Elachista was retained which will probably turn out to be atricomella.
Calm before the storm? I think so.
Moth garden list for 2026 stands at 194 species
20/05/26 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
Green Pug 1 [NFY]
Bright-line Brown-eye 1
Brimstone Moth 1
Buff-tip 1
Cinnabar 1
Common Pug 1
Common Swift 5
Common Wainscot 1
Garden Carpet 1
Grey-pine Carpet 1
Heart & Dart 2
Light Brocade 3
Marbled Minor 10
Nutmeg 1
Setaceous Hebrew Character 1
Shuttle-shaped Dart 2
Treble-bar 1
Treble Lines 4
Turnip Moth 3
Vine's Rustic 3
Willow Beauty 4
Micro Moths
Hedya nubiferana 1 [NFY]
Notocelia cynosbatella 1 [NFY]
Aproaerema anthyllidella 1
Bryotropha basaltinella 1
Elachista sp 1 (TBC)
Endrosis sarcitrella 1
Epiphyas postvittana 4
Esperia sulphurella 1
Endrosis sarcitrella 1
Epiphyas postvittana 4
Esperia sulphurella 1
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| Notocelia cynosbatella |
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| Bryotropha basaltinella |
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| Elachista sp prob atricomella |
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| Green Pug |
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| Hedya nubiferana |