For the last few days I've been running four traps. My usual 125W MV trap and 15W Actinic tube trap, while the other two have been converted to a 160W Blended (MTB) lanp and a 80W MV lamp. I found an old strip light with a 75W ballast in it and this seems to be working the 80W MV lamp successfully. The two new lamps do get a lot more moths than the two 25W "Black" bulbs I was running. Consequently the record number of both Setaceous Hebrew Characters and total moths was beaten last night. The number of species remains a bit disappointing though. In total there were 40 micro moths of 11 species and 1045 macro moths of 44 species. The drop in temperature over the coming week-end may put an end to the massive number of common moths around. A Vestal was another new moth for the site.
| Code | Taxon | Vernacular | Individuals | |
| 464 | Plutella xylostella | Diamond-back Moth | 2 | |
| 647 | Hofmannophila pseudospretella | Brown House Moth | 1 | |
| 998 | Epiphyas postvittana | Light Brown Apple Moth | 9 | |
| 1048 | Acleris variegana | Garden Rose Tortrix | 5 | |
| 1309 | Agriphila geniculea | 15 | ||
| 1342 | Eudonia angustea | 1 | ||
| 1356 | Evergestis forficalis | Garden Pebble | 1 | |
| 1375 | Ostrinia nubilalis | European Corn Borer | 1 | |
| 1398 | Nomophila noctuella | Rush Veneer | 3 | |
| 1405 | Pleuroptya ruralis | Mother of Pearl | 1 | |
| 1425 | Galleria mellonella | Wax Moth | 1 | |
| 1651 | Cilix glaucata | Chinese Character | 1 | |
| 1689 | Scopula marginepunctata | Mullein Wave | 1 | |
| 1716 | Rhodometra sacraria | Vestal | 1 | NFS |
| 1728 | Xanthorhoe fluctuata | Garden Carpet | 1 | |
| 1738 | Epirrhoe alternata | Common Carpet | 2 | |
| 1825 | Eupithecia centaureata | Lime-speck Pug | 3 | |
| 1832 | Eupithecia assimilata | Currant Pug | 1 | |
| 1862 | Gymnoscelis rufifasciata | Double-striped Pug | 3 | |
| 1867 | Aplocera plagiata | Treble-bar | 1 | |
| 1883 | Acasis viretata | Yellow-barred Brindle | 1 | |
| 1906 | Opisthograptis luteolata | Brimstone Moth | 10 | |
| 1913 | Ennomos alniaria | Canary-shouldered Thorn | 2 | |
| 1914 | Ennomos fuscantaria | Dusky Thorn | 4 | |
| 2044 | Eilema griseola | Dingy Footman | 4 | |
| 2087 | Agrotis segetum | Turnip Moth | 5 | |
| 2091 | Agrotis ipsilon | Dark Sword-grass | 15 | |
| 2092 | Agrotis puta | Shuttle-shaped Dart | 30 | |
| 2102 | Ochropleura plecta | Flame Shoulder | 8 | |
| 2107 | Noctua pronuba | Large Yellow Underwing | 108 | |
| 2109 | Noctua comes | Lesser Yellow Underwing | 20 | |
| 2110 | Noctua fimbriata | Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing | 3 | |
| 2111 | Noctua janthe | Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing | 20 | |
| 2123 | Diarsia rubi | Small Square-spot | 6 | |
| 2126 | Xestia c-nigrum | Setaceous Hebrew Character | 526 | |
| 2134 | Xestia xanthographa | Square-spot Rustic | 60 | |
| 2154 | Mamestra brassicae | Cabbage Moth | 7 | |
| 2160 | Lacanobia oleracea | Bright-line Brown-eye | 3 | |
| 2178 | Tholera decimalis | Feathered Gothic | 3 | |
| 2194 | Mythimna albipuncta | White-point | 21 | |
| 2199 | Mythimna pallens | Common Wainscot | 1 | |
| 2269 | Atethmia centrago | Centre-barred Sallow | 3 | |
| 2271 | Xanthia citrago | Orange Sallow | 1 | |
| 2297 | Amphipyra pyramidea | Copper Underwing | 2 | |
| 2298 | Amphipyra berbera | Svensson's Copper Underwing | 2 | |
| 2299 | Amphipyra tragopoginis | Mouse Moth | 14 | |
| 2306 | Phlogophora meticulosa | Angle Shades | 9 | |
| 2318 | Cosmia trapezina | Dun-bar | 2 | |
| 2321 | Apamea monoglypha | Dark Arches | 2 | |
| 2343 | Mesapamea secalis | Common Rustic | 1 | |
| 2353 | Luperina testacea | Flounced Rustic | 57 | |
| 2361 | Hydraecia micacea | Rosy Rustic | 2 | |
| 2384 | Hoplodrina ambigua | Vine's Rustic | 48 | |
| 2441 | Autographa gamma | Silver Y | 29 | |
| 2477 | Hypena proboscidalis | Snout | 2 |
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