More Garden Moths

As it was Father’s Day on Sunday and my present from Morgan was a collection of moth pots to allow me to store and identify the moths a little easier I put the trap out again on Saturday Night.

When we returned from out Nightjar and Glow Worm Walk, Morgan and I had a little look at the trap and all was well, there were plenty of moths fluttering around, but temperatures soon dropped to 4ºC so this morning there weren’t quite as many moths in the trap as expected.

There was still 26 moths from 12 different species though, with two new species for us: a Willow Beauty and an impressive Garden Tiger.

• 5x Lackey Moth
• 1x Setaceous Hebrew Character
• 1x Buff Tip
• 6x Dark Arches
• 3x Flame Shoulder
• 6x Heart and Dart
• 1x Archers Dart
• 2x Heart and Club
• 1x Shoulder-striped Wainscot
• 1x Garden Tiger*
• 1x Willow Beauty*

Stats

2010

Number of species: 117

Moths: 1238

All time

Number of species: 134

Moths: 1437

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