Moths again!
Sunday nights moth trap contents were very poor, with only three species of three moths. However one of these moths was new a new record for my garden,
Dark Arches
Last nights moth trappings were far more substantial; here is the full list:
Brimstone Moth 6
Silver Ground Carpet 2
Common Swift 2
Large Yellow Underwing 2
Barred Straw 2
Buff-tip 3
Heart and Dart 3
Angle Shades 1
Green Carpet 4
Clouded-bordered Brindle 1
Buff Ermine 5
White Ermine 2
Clouded Border 2
Latticed Heath
Flame 1
Silver Y 1
Beautiful Golden Y 3
Marbled Minor agg 2
Dark Arches ab aethiops 1
Grey Pug 2
Chrysoteuchia culmella 1
Out of these 21 species Latticed Heath, Clouded Border and Chrysoteuchia culmella were new records for my garden.
Chrysoteuchia culmella
Chrysoteuchia culmella
Dark Arches of the aberrant form aethiops was also a nice interesting record.
aethiops Dark Arches
However, the fantastically camouflaged Silver Birch-like Buff-tip were the stars by far!
Buff-tip
Buff-tip
Buff-tip
Buff-tip
Buff-tip
Buff-tip
Buff-tip
Buff-tip
Buff-tip
Simply stunning! Huge thanks to Les Hill again for the help with some of the trickier identifications.
