FlyinginFordham: The busy period

Peak mothing from now by the looks of it, and it doesn't get much better than this.

With no less than 71 species logged last night, including 22 species that were new for the year, and a bonus 23rd in the shape of a visiting Hummingbird Hawk-moth feeding from our Verbana during late afternoon.

The tiny (but luckily) distinctive Elachista utonella, is new for the garden and moth sp no.937, the 2nd new species of Elachista to recorded this year.

Two of the new macros I did not record last year (Ruddy Carpet and Single-dotted Wave).

Micros certainly picked up with the muggy overnight conditions and included some rather scarce species such as Homoeosoma nebulella, Recurvaria nanella & Vitula biviella.

More of the same each night now I reckon, we'll see what new species turn up over the next few nights.

Moth garden list for 2026 stands at 419 species

16/06/26 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

Dark Umber 1 [NFY]
Hummingbird Hawk-moth 1 [NFY] (daytime)
Lesser Yellow Underwing 4 [NFY]
Mottled Beauty 1 [NFY]
Ruddy Carpet 1 [NFY]
Single-dotted Wave 1 [NFY]
Southern Wainscot 1 [NFY]

Micro Moths

Amblyptilia acanthadactyla 1 [NFY]
Anania perlucidalis 1 [NFY]
Argyresthia albistria 1 [NFY]
Batia lunaris 2 [NFY]
Elachista utonella 1 [NFG]
Endotricha flammealis 1 [NFY]
Epiblema foenella 1 [NFY]
Epinotia abbreviana 1 [NFY]
Ethmia dodecea 1 [NFY]
Gypsonoma aceriana 1 [NFY]
Homoeosoma nebulella 1 [NFY]
Marasmarcha lunaedactyla 1 [NFY]
Mompha ochraceella 2 [NFY]
Niditinea fuscella/striolella sp 1 [NFY]
Recurvaria nanella 1 [NFY]
Vitula biviella 1 [NFY]