Another good catch on Friday night here in the east.
I set the trap up at 9pm, switched on then made tracks to my local nature reserve for some mobile mothing.
Upon returning back home at 2am, I decided to go through my garden trap and shut it down and go to bed, it was already starting to get light in the east at this point!
Numbers were quite impressive for certain species, but actual species weren't as high as expected given the 19 degrees.
Maybe it is too hot? As there weren't many Noctuids to be found, micros were the main theme, they seem to tolerate these extreme conditions more than the bigger moths I find.
Moth of the night was a nice Yarrow Pug, not one of common Pug species here.
Still extremely humid overnight even when we have clear skies!
There are many weather models now hinting that Tuesday to Thursday here could be between 35 and 38 degrees!!
Moth garden list for 2026 stands at 456 species
19/06/26 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
Common White Wave 1 [NFY]
Double Square-spot 1 [NFY]
Yarrow Pug 1 [NFY]
Micro Moths
Micro Moths
Dichrorampha alpinana/flavidorsana 1 [NFY]
Gypsonoma sociana 1 [NFY]
Hypsopygia glaucinalis 1 [NFY]
Phycita roborella 1 [NFY]
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| Acrobasis advenella |
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| Common White Wave |
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| Dichrorampha alpinana flavidorsana |
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| Double Square-spot |
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| Hypsopygia glaucinalis |
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| Phycita roborella |
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| Yarrow Pug |