Species List for 21/05/2026

 Four traps. A 125W Robinson in the Back Garden, a 125W MV Robinson in the Pond Garden, a 15W Actinic in the Front Garden, and a 80W MV Skinner in the Greenhouse Garden. The sharp upturn in the temperature had a major affect on the moth count, with 99 moths of 34 species with ten NFY.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
28.010	Hofmannophila pseudospretella	Brown House-moth	1	nfy
28.024	Tachystola acroxantha		5
44.001	Alucita hexadactyla	Many-plumed Moth	2
49.039	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	12
62.001	Aphomia sociella	Bee Moth	1	nfy
63.025	Anania hortulata	Small Magpie	1	nfy
63.031	Udea ferrugalis	Rusty-dot Pearl	1	nfy
63.057	Evergestis forficalis	Garden Pebble	1
63.067	Eudonia lacustrata		1	nfy
63.069	Eudonia angustea		1
70.061	Epirrhoe alternata	Common Carpet	1	nfy
70.097	Dysstroma truncata	Common Marbled Carpet	4
70.157	Eupithecia dodoneata	Oak-tree Pug	1
70.183	Eupithecia vulgata	Common Pug	2
70.184	Eupithecia exiguata	Mottled Pug	1	nfy
70.226	Opisthograptis luteolata	Brimstone Moth	2
70.257	Menophra abruptaria	Waved Umber	3
70.280	Lomographa temerata	Clouded Silver	1	nfy
71.013	Notodonta ziczac	Pebble Prominent	1	nfy
71.025	Phalera bucephala	Buff-tip	2
72.019	Spilosoma lutea	Buff Ermine	1
72.020	Spilosoma lubricipeda	White Ermine	1
72.031	Tyria jacobaeae	Cinnabar	1	nfy
73.015	Autographa gamma	Silver Y	1
73.099	Hoplodrina ambigua	Vine's Rustic	7
73.101	Charanyca trigrammica	Treble Lines	20
73.113	Phlogophora meticulosa	Angle Shades	1
73.273	Hada plebeja	Shears	1
73.291	Mythimna pallens	Common Wainscot	7
73.317	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	6
73.325	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	6
73.329	Ochropleura plecta	Flame Shoulder	1
73.342	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	1
73.359	Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character	1

Rusty-dot Pearl

Brown House Moth

Bee Moth

Cinnabar

Common Carpet

Small Magpie

Pebble Prominent

Eudonia lacustrata

Clouded Silver

Mottled Pug

 

Species List for 13/05/2021

Just a few moths, six moths of five species, Two NFY, a Cinnabar and a Brown House Moth 

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
647	Hofmannophila pseudospretella	Brown House Moth	1	NFY
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	1
2069	Tyria jacobaeae	Cinnabar	1	NFY
2092	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	2
2190	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	1

Cinnabar Moth

Cinnabar Moth

Brown House Moth

Species List for 25/5/2019

Another reasonable night with 130 moths of 42 species,four NFY.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
17	Hepialus lupulinus	Common Swift	3
464	Plutella xylostella	Diamond-back Moth	2
647	Hofmannophila pseudospretella	Brown House Moth	1
714	Agonopterix yeatiana		1
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	20
1011	Pseudargyrotoza conwagana		4
1174	Epiblema cynosbatella		2
1356	Evergestis forficalis	Garden Pebble	1
1428	Aphomia sociella	Bee Moth	1
1724	Xanthorhoe spadicearia	Red Twin-spot Carpet	1
1728	Xanthorhoe fluctuata	Garden Carpet	1
1764	Chloroclysta truncata	Common Marbled Carpet	1
1769	Thera britannica	Spruce Carpet	1
1825	Eupithecia centaureata	Lime-speck Pug	1
1834	Eupithecia vulgata	Common Pug	1
1852	Eupithecia abbreviata	Brindled Pug	1
1862	Gymnoscelis rufifasciata	Double-striped Pug	1
1883	Acasis viretata	Yellow-barred Brindle	1
1906	Opisthograptis luteolata	Brimstone Moth	3
1936	Menophra abruptaria	Waved Umber	2
1991	Deilephila elpenor	Elephant Hawk-moth	1	NFY
1992	Deilephila porcellus	Small Elephant Hawk-moth	1
2060	Spilosoma lubricipeda	White Ermine	2
2063	Diaphora mendica	Muslin Moth	1
2069	Tyria jacobaeae	Cinnabar	1	NFY
2078	Nola confusalis	Least Black Arches	1
2087	Agrotis segetum	Turnip Moth	2
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	19
2092	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	10
2102	Ochropleura plecta	Flame Shoulder	2
2107	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	1
2126	Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character	1
2160	Lacanobia oleracea	Bright-line Brown-eye	2
2164	Hecatera bicolorata	Broad-barred White	1
2167	Hadena perplexa	Tawny Shears	1	NFY
2280	Acronicta leporina	Miller	1	NFY
2334	Apamea sordens	Rustic Shoulder-knot	1
2337	Oligia strigilis	Marbled Minor	1
2380	Charanyca trigrammica	Treble Lines	15
2384	Hoplodrina ambigua	Vine's Rustic	10
2389	Paradrina clavipalpis	Pale Mottled Willow	4
2441	Autographa gamma	Silver Y	3

 Tawny Shears

 Miller

 Cinnabar

Elephant Hawk-moth