Latest from the garden moth trap

A warmer day on Saturday night, followed by a rather chilly start to Sunday, so numbers weren't great.

New ones are really struggling now, but at least on this occasion there was still one new species, the micro Aethes smeathmanniana.

A second Vestal in a week was notewoorthy, a similar brown example, in fact I had to check to see if it wasn't just a recapture, lucky not the case.

A lateish Light Emerald was nice, especially as it seemed to be sporting a red fringe, something that I have never seen in this species before!

The return of a Mottled Rustic was good to see, a species that was once a really common moth, not so much these days.

A slightly a-typical Square-spot Rustic was worth a quick snap of.

Not much to report lately.

 

Moth garden list for 2026 stands at 681 species 

 

05/09/26 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Micro Moths

Aethes smeathmanniana 1 [NFY]

Vestal

Aethes smeathmanniana

Light Emerald

Mottled Rustic

Square-spot Rustic