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Yet more Moths

Alan on June 5th, 2010

Inside the Trap

It’s amazing just how many moths there are in the garden. I went to put the moth trap out last night at dusk and the Lilac was completely covered in moths. I couldn’t tell what species they all were as they were on the wing, but there were several different species and at least 5 of them on that one plant.

Needless to say it was a good catch again when I opened the trap with Morgan this morning and a few more species to add to the list

1x Scalloped Hazel*
5x Silver Y
4x Elephant Hawkmoth
2x Sallow Kitten
10x Heart and Dart
2x Gold Spot
2x Small Magpie
4x Purple Bar
1x Pale Prominent*
1x Flame*
1x Cinnabar
6x Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
1x Shuttle-shaped Dart
3x Garden Carpet
7x Small Sqaure-spot
1x Shears
1x Brown Silver-line
5x Treble Lines
2x Buff Tip
1x Tawny Shears
1x Lime-speck Pug*
2x Small Elephant Hawkmoth
1x Rustic Shoulder-knot
6x Flame Shoulder
1x Brown Rustic
2x Gold Spot
1x Knot Grass*
1x Setaceous Hebrew Character
1x Buff Ermine*
1x Poplar Kitten*
1x Clouded-bordered Brindle*
1x Dusky Brocade*
2x Pebble Prominent

Not a bad catch, but considering the number on the Lilac I thought there might be more. There were also quite a few different micro moths in the trap, but I thought I had enough on my plate identifying the macros, so ignored the micros today. All in all, 81 moths, 38 different species and 9 new garden records.