100 Moths (103 to be precise)!

blog insects Moths Published June 29, 2012 at 18:33 No Comments

Last nights moth catch was a bit more subdued than the previous night. However I still caught 36 moths of 15 species. Three of these were new records for my garden. Here last night list:

Heart and Dart 7
Buff Ermine 5
Large Yellow Underwing 6
White Ermine 1
Bordered Straw 5
Small Magpie 1
Dark Arches 1
Brimstone Moth 2
Green Carpet 1
Poplar Hawkmoth 1
Angle Shades 1
Mottled Beauty 2
Epiblema cynosbatella 1
Ingrailed Clay 1
Fanfoot 1

This Poplar Hawkmoth was my twelfth trapped this season!

Poplar Hawkmoth

Small Magpie is a stunning moth. I was delighted to find this sitting in my trap this morning!

Small Magpie

The variability of Ingrailed Clay continues to baffle me!

Ingrailed Clay

Fanfoot was a new species for me (and my garden); many thanks to Les Hill for the ID!

Fanfoot

I was recently interviewed by a journalist for the Cumberland News about the moth recording I do in my garden. The article was out today was very well written (apart from calling moths, butterflies in one of the latter sentences)! This was a great opportunity to inform people of the amazing wildlife that they have on their doorstep. I have now recorded a staggering 103 species of moth in my garden since march this year!