Running a week behind currently as It's been a busy week last week, never really getting round to posting about moths!
Last Monday the trap was again pretty busy, and many species were observed including several quite scarce species.
Common species at the moment are numbering ridiculous.
Top 5 species currently are..
Least Carpet - 100+ most night
Endotricha flammealis - 50+ most nights
Leopard Moth - 40+ most nights
Chrysoteuchia culmella - 40+ most nights
Various Yponomeuta species - 30+ most nights
Top moths included
Apotomis lineana - 2nd garden record and first recorded on the 12th July 2022.
Garden Dart - Not a common moth by any means, 4th for the garden.
Gilmeria pallidactyla - New for garden surprisingly, the Yarrow Plume.
Plumed Fan-foot - First appeared in my garden in 2024, and year on year has become more regular, both a male and a female present to the trap on Monday night.
Round-winged Muslin - New for garden and expected eventually as I take it at the local fens on a yearly basis.
Tree-lichen Beauty - My first garden June record of this species. A species I still associate with August!
Still warm and the nights are a little cooler, but that was about to change as we came into the 2nd week of July.
Moth garden list for 2026 stands at 559 species
29/06/26 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
Mere Wainscot 1 [NFY]
Plumed Fan-foot 2 [NFY]
Round-winged Muslin 1 [NFG]
Tree-lichen Beauty 1 [NFY]
Micro Moths
Aroga velocella 1 [NFY]
Gillmeria pallidactyla 1 [NFG]
Mompha epilobiella 1 [NFY]
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| Tree-lichen Beauty |
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| Apotomis lineana |
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| Aroga velocella |
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| Drinker |
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| Garden Dart |
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| Gillmeria pallidactyla |
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| Mere Wainscot |
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| Mompha epilobiella |
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| Plumed Fan-foot |
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| Round-winged Muslin |