More Mothduggery!

Well it’s not all birds and tattoos! The last couple of nights I have been running the moth traps in the garden and all though there has not been a large amount of moths, I have recorded quite a few new species for the garden!

On Sunday night the traps contained the following moths:

• Poplar Hawkmoth 1
• Common Swift 2
• Cryptic Burnished Brass 1
• White Ermine 2
• Ingrailed Clay 1
• Spectacle 1
• Peppered Moth 1
• Mottled Beauty 1
• Marbled Minor 1
• Middle-barred Minor 1
• Barred Straw 1

Out of these eleven species, four of them were new!

Mottled Beauty

Barred Straw

Middle-barred Minor

Cryptic Burnished Brass – WOW!

Last night I trapped the following species:

• Elephant Hawkmoth 1
• White Ermine 1
• Buff Ermine 2
• Flame Carpet 1
• Beautiful Golden Y 4
• Spectacle 1
• Heart and Dart 2
• Clouded-bordered Brindle 1
• Brown Silver-line 1
• Common Swift 1
• Plain Golden Y 1
• Small Angle Shades 1

Out of these twelve species,  Flame Carpet and Olain Golden Y were the only new additions!

Flame Carpet

I though it was about time I tallied up how many moth species I had recorded in the garden so far this year. I was amazed to discover that it is an astounding 90 species!

Moths…..what’s not to like!