First nights trapping for a while and it was an unusual one! I was working all night so my trappings were not checkable until around 07:20 a good two plus hours after sunrise, a risky strategy in some ways, 2 hours of daylight for the moths to do the off or worse be gobbled up by the local bird population (not that I begrudge feeding them).
Well there were still plenty around (including quite a few macros outside the trap) inside the trap there were stacks of micros, so many that they kept flying out while I tried to count them, I counted 20 or so moths from last night but at least 5 or maybe more flew off.
Anyway, onto the important details, the ones I identified or photographed:
1 Agapeta Hamana (New for me).
1 Treble lines
1 Large Emerald (New for Me) Flew before I could get a picture unfortunately.
1 Buff Ermine (New for Me)
1 Common White Wave (New for Me)
2 Pale Mottled Willow (New for Me)
1 Treble Brown Spot (New for Me)
2 Celypha Striana (New for Me)
3 Chrysoteuchia Cilmella (New for Me)
1 Mottled Beauty (New for Me)
1 Scalloped Oak (New for Me)
2 Bee Moth
1 Pug sp. - Flew before ID/Photo
1 Yponomeuta sp. – Flew before ID/Photo
So lots of new species (kind of to be expected as I have never trapped this time of year) but really liked the Ermine, stunning looker and the Common White Wave is a real stand out moth!
2 other moths seen in the garden today (not from the trap) 1 other Celypha Striana, this one much browner than the other 2, and 1 small dusty wave?
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| Agapeta Hamana |
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| Bee Moth |
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| Buff Ermine Moth |
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| Buff Ermine Moth |
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| Celypha Striana |
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| Celypha Striana 2nd example |
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| Chrysoteuchia Cilmella |
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| Chrysoteuchia Cilmella |
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| Common White Wave |
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| Mottled Beauty |
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| Scalloped Oak |
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| Small Dusty Wave |
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| Treble Brown Spot |
