Last nights Moths – Several new garden records

I put the moth trap out again last night and had quite a catch. With light winds most of the night, temperatures staying above 13ºC and light cloud cover it was perfect conditions.

As well as the usual suspects there were a number of new garden records as well, with close to 200 moths and 38 different species. I’m still working on the identification of a few of them.

• 2 x Rosy Minor
• 7 x Antler Moth
• 49 x Large Yellow Underwing
• 4 x Brimstone Moth
• 3 x July Highflyer
• 4 x Common Carpet
• 1 x Willow Beauty
• 1 x Cloaked Minor
• 14 x Shuttle-shaped Dart
• 24 x Flame Shoulder
• 3 x Yellow-tail
• 3 x Tawny Speckled Pug
• 4 x Drinker
• 3 x Least Yellow Underwing
• 1 x Magpie*
• 3 x Dingy Footman
• 1 x Purple Bar
• 16 x Dark Arches
• 5 x Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
• 6 x Small Square Spot
• 1 x Scalloped Oak
• 2 x Lime-speck Pug
• 1 x Garden Tiger
• 5 x Setaceous Hebrew Character
• 3 x White-line Dart
• 12 x Common Rustic / Lesser Common Rustic agg.
• 4 x Smoky Wainscot
• 1 x Clouded Border
• 5 x Flounced Rustic
• 2 x Archer’s Dart
• 1 x Garden Carpet
• 1 x Silver Y
• 1 x Clay
• 1 x Six-striped Rustic*
• 1 x Lychnis*
• 1 x Lesser Broad-border Yellow Underwing*
• 1 x Mother of Pearl*
• 1 x Ringed China Mark*
• 1 x As yet unidentifed- Pyrausta despicata

Here are the new ones.

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