More August Moths
Temperatures remained above 15°C last night, with a little bit of rain and some mist, but we had a fairly good collection of moths in the trap this morning. 72 moths in total from 23 different species, including a couple of new ones.
Here’s the list
- 2x Drinker
- 3x Willow Beauty
- 2x Gold Spot
- 1x Scarce Footman
- 7x Smoky Wainscot
- 9x Common Rustic / Lesser Common Rustic agg.
- 14x Flame Shoulder
- 1x Antler Moth
- 4x Dark Arches
- 6x Large Yellow Underwing
- 1x Rosy Minor
- 2x Flounced Rustic
- 2x Small Square Spot
- 1x Purple Bar
- 7x White-line Dart
- 1x Silver Y
- 2x Brimstone Moth
- 1x Dingy Footman
- 1x Clouded Silver
- 2x Six-striped Rustic
- 1x Tawny Speckled Pug
- 1x Swallow Prominent*
- 1x Black Arches*
And of course a few pretty pictures.
Swallow Prominent
A fine looking moth and a new garden record for us, although we have had the very similar Lesser Swallow Prominent before.
Six-striped Rustic
Not one we get very often – In fact we’ve only seen one before and that was on August 13th 2010.
Black Arches
Another new garden record, although that surprised me as I;m sure I’ve seen one before.
Willow Beauty
Not really much of a beauty this one as it is a little worn but I thought I’d take a photo of it today as a contrast to the others.
Tawny Speckled Pug
Again, a fairly worn specimen but a nice looking pug that we hadn’t seen for a while.
Dingy Footman
Not uncommon but again I took a photograph today as a contrast to the others just to show the variety of moths that we get.
The composition of the catch is changing quite a bit at the moment as we move into the end of summer.