Yet more Moths
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 Square-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.
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- Buff Tip
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- Buff Tip
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- Flame
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- Lime-speck Pug
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- Pale Prominent
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- Scalloped Hazel
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- Inside the Trap
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- Buff Ermine
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- Knot Grass
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- Clouded-bordered Brindle
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- Dusky Brocade?
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- Poplar Kitten
