Species List for 17/04/2026

Four Traps, a 125W Robinson in the Back Garden, an a 125W Robinson in the Pond Garden, a 15W Actinic in the Front Garden and an 80W MV Skinner in the Greenhouse Garden . A warmer but slightly damp night. There were 30 moths of 16 species and three NFY.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
45.044	Emmelina monodactyla	Common Plume	1
49.039	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	2
70.067	Anticlea derivata	Streamer	1
70.141	Gymnoscelis rufifasciata	Double-striped Pug	1
70.171	Eupithecia indigata	Ochreous Pug	1	nfy
71.017	Pheosia tremula	Swallow Prominent	1	nfy
72.001	Scoliopteryx libatrix	Herald	1
72.022	Diaphora mendica	Muslin Moth	3
73.015	Autographa gamma	Silver Y	1
73.058	Cucullia verbasci	Mullein	1
73.069	Xylocampa areola	Early Grey	3
73.242	Orthosia incerta	Clouded Drab	2
73.244	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	7
73.247	Orthosia gracilis	Powdered Quaker	1
73.249	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	3
73.325	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	1	nfy

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Shuttle-shaped Dart

Mullein

Swallow Prominent,

Powdered Quaker,

Ochreous Pug

Common Plume

Muslin Moth,

Herald

Species List for 15/04/2022

Just ten moths of six species with two NFY 

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
1524	Emmelina monodactyla		1
1862	Gymnoscelis rufifasciata	Double-striped Pug	2
2063	Diaphora mendica	Muslin Moth	1	NFY
2092	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	1	NFY
2187	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	2
2190	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	3

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Shuttle-shaped Dart

Muslin Moth

Species List for 29/04/2021

 Nothing to get excited about.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
2092	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	1
2187	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	1
2243	Xylocampa areola	Early Grey	1

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Shuttle-shaped Dart, one of the darker females

Species List for 27/04/2021

 After an unprecedented four blank days in the 3rd week of April one moth appeared a NFY Shuttle-shaped Dart.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
2092	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	1	NFY

Shuttle-shaped Dart, male.

Species List for 24/04/2020

The first Shuttle shaped Dart of the year.,

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
2063	Diaphora mendica	Muslin Moth	1
2092	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	2	NFY
2187	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	1
2243	Xylocampa areola	Early Grey	1

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Shuttle-shaped Dart

Species List for 11/05/2018

An improvement, albeit not huge numbers.but nine NFY including the first Hawk-moth of the year.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
714	Agonopterix yeatiana		2	NFY
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	2
1288	Alucita hexadactyla	Twenty-plume Moth	1
1356	Evergestis forficalis	Garden Pebble	1	NFY
1651	Cilix glaucata	Chinese Character	1
1724	Xanthorhoe spadicearia	Red Twin-spot Carpet	1
1728	Xanthorhoe fluctuata	Garden Carpet	1
1883	Acasis viretata	Yellow-barred Brindle	1
1906	Opisthograptis luteolata	Brimstone Moth	4
1981	Laothoe populi	Poplar Hawk-moth	1	NFY
2078	Nola confusalis	Least Black Arches	1	NFY
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	1	NFY
2092	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	6
2102	Ochropleura plecta	Flame Shoulder	1	NFY
2160	Lacanobia oleracea	Bright-line Brown-eye	1
2186	Orthosia gracilis	Powdered Quaker	1
2187	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	3
2289	Acronicta rumicis	Knot Grass	1	NFY
2306	Phlogophora meticulosa	Angle Shades	2
2380	Charanyca trigrammica	Treble Lines	2	NFY
2441	Autographa gamma	Silver Y	1	NFY

 Silver Y

 Knot Grass

 Heart and Dart

 Shuttle-shaped Dart

  Shuttle-shaped Dart, a slightly odd one!

 TrebleLines,  a speckled example

Treble Lines

 Bright-line Brown-eye

 Poplar Hawk-moth

 Garden Pebble

 Garden Pebble - Tented resting position

 Least Black Arches

Species List for 26/04/2018

A small up turn and two new species for the year.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
2006	Pheosia gnoma	Lesser Swallow Prominent	1	NFY
2092	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	1	NFY
2186	Orthosia gracilis	Powdered Quaker	2
2187	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	4
2188	Orthosia incerta	Clouded Drab	1
2190	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	3
2243	Xylocampa areola	Early Grey	2

 Lesser Swallow Prominent

Shuttle-shaped Dart

Species List for 13/04/2017

Two new for the year, the Grey Shoulder-knot was only the third I've caught here.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	4
1747	Anticlea derivata	Streamer	1
1862	Gymnoscelis rufifasciata	Double-striped Pug	7
1906	Opisthograptis luteolata	Brimstone Moth	1
2063	Diaphora mendica	Muslin Moth	1
2092	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	1	NFY
2187	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	11
2189	Orthosia munda	Twin-spotted Quaker	1
2190	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	1
2237	Lithophane ornitopus	Grey Shoulder-knot	1	NFY
2243	Xylocampa areola	Early Grey	1
2469	Scoliopteryx libatrix	Herald	1

 Shuttle-shaped Dart

 Grey Shoulder-knot

Herald