Species List for 31/05/2026

 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. A little quieter, but good to see the first  Privet and Lime Hawk-moths of the year. In total there were 211 moths of 60 species with 11 NFY.

	Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals 18.001 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 3 27.002 Oegoconia caradjai 1 41.003 Blastobasis lacticolella 2 nfy 49.004 Ditula angustiorana Red-barred Tortrix 1 49.039 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 6 49.059 Tortrix viridana Green Oak Tortrix 1 49.124 Aethes francillana 1 nfy 49.156 Hedya nubiferana Marbled Orchard Tortrix 1 49.157 Hedya pruniana Plum Tortrix 1 49.161 Celypha striana 5 49.166 Celypha lacunana 1 49.184 Lobesia reliquana 1 62.001 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 1 62.048 Euzophera pinguis 1 nfy 63.069 Eudonia angustea 1 63.072 Eudonia delunella 1 nfy 63.086 Crambus lathoniellus 1 69.001 Mimas tiliae Lime Hawk-moth 1 nfy 69.006 Sphinx ligustri Privet Hawk-moth 1 nfy 69.017 Deilephila porcellus Small Elephant Hawk-moth 3 70.008 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 1 70.017 Idaea degeneraria Portland Ribbon Wave 2 70.023 Scopula marginepunctata Mullein Wave 1 nfy 70.061 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 1 70.087 Cosmorhoe ocellata Purple Bar 1 70.142 Chloroclystis v-ata V-Pug 1 nfy 70.151 Eupithecia pulchellata Foxglove Pug 1 70.176 Eupithecia intricata Freyer's Pug 1 70.183 Eupithecia vulgata Common Pug 3 70.200 Acasis viretata Yellow-barred Brindle 2 70.258 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 7 70.283 Campaea margaritaria Light Emerald 1 71.025 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 1 72.015 Calliteara pudibunda Pale Tussock 1 72.019 Spilosoma lutea Buff Ermine 27 72.020 Spilosoma lubricipeda White Ermine 5 73.040 Acronicta leporina Miller 1 73.047 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 1 nfy 73.070 Pyrrhia umbra Bordered Sallow 1 nfy 73.087 Spodoptera exigua Small Mottled Willow 1 73.095 Caradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 2 73.099 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 5 73.101 Charanyca trigrammica Treble Lines 9 73.175 Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 7 73.176 Oligia fasciuncula Middle-barred Minor 2 73.267 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1 73.273 Hada plebeja Shears 1 73.274 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 1 73.291 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 8 73.295 Mythimna vitellina Delicate 2 73.297 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 1 73.300 Mythimna l-album L-album Wainscot 2 73.317 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 53 73.319 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 4 73.320 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 1 73.325 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 2 73.329 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1 73.334 Diarsia rubi Small Square-spot 1 nfy 73.342 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 12 73.359 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 2

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Privet Hawk-moth

Lime Hawk-moth

Euzophera pinguis

Coronet

Small Square-spot

 Bordered Sallow

Species List for 30/05/2026

 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.A partly overcast a slihtly cooler night. There were 265 moths of 70 species with ten NFY, in luding an Eastern Bordered Straw, which seems to have arrived in numbers, and was a new moth for me.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
03.002	Korscheltellus lupulina	Common Swift	1
18.001	Plutella xylostella	Diamond-back Moth	1
28.010	Hofmannophila pseudospretella	Brown House-moth	1
28.024	Tachystola acroxantha		1
41.003	Blastobasis lacticolella		1	nfy
49.029	Lozotaenia forsterana		1	nfy
49.039	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	5
49.156	Hedya nubiferana	Marbled Orchard Tortrix	3
49.157	Hedya pruniana	Plum Tortrix	1
49.161	Celypha striana	a moth	1
49.294	Notocelia uddmanniana	Bramble Shoot Moth	1
62.001	Aphomia sociella	Bee Moth	2
62.032	Nephopterix angustella		1
63.031	Udea ferrugalis	Rusty-dot Pearl	4
63.057	Evergestis forficalis	Garden Pebble	2
63.066	Scoparia pyralella		1
63.067	Eudonia lacustrata		1
63.074	Eudonia mercurella		1	nfy
63.080	Chrysoteuchia culmella	Garden Grass-veneer	1
63.081	Crambus pascuella		1
63.085	Crambus pratella		1	nfy
69.003	Laothoe populi	Poplar Hawk-moth	3
69.017	Deilephila porcellus	Small Elephant Hawk-moth	1
70.012	Idaea trigeminata	Treble Brown Spot	1
70.016	Idaea aversata	Riband Wave	1
70.017	Idaea degeneraria	Portland Ribbon Wave	3
70.049	Xanthorhoe fluctuata	Garden Carpet	1
70.083	Thera cupressata	Cypress Carpet	1	nfy
70.087	Cosmorhoe ocellata	Purple Bar	1
70.097	Dysstroma truncata	Common Marbled Carpet	9
70.100	Colostygia pectinataria	Green Carpet	2
70.144	Pasiphila rectangulata	Green Pug	1
70.176	Eupithecia intricata	Freyer's Pug	2
70.183	Eupithecia vulgata	Common Pug	2
70.226	Opisthograptis luteolata	Brimstone Moth	1
70.258	Peribatodes rhomboidaria	Willow Beauty	10
70.283	Campaea margaritaria	Light Emerald	1
71.012	Notodonta dromedarius	Iron Prominent	1
71.025	Phalera bucephala	Buff-tip	1
72.003	Hypena proboscidalis	Snout	1
72.019	Spilosoma lutea	Buff Ermine	28
72.020	Spilosoma lubricipeda	White Ermine	7
73.015	Autographa gamma	Silver Y	1
73.022	Plusia festucae	Gold Spot	1	nfy
73.059	Calophasia lunula	Toadflax Brocade	1
73.075	Heliothis nubigera	Eastern Bordered Straw	1	nfy
73.087	Spodoptera exigua	Small Mottled Willow	4
73.092	Caradrina morpheus	Mottled Rustic	1
73.095	Caradrina clavipalpis	Pale Mottled Willow	1
73.099	Hoplodrina ambigua	Vine's Rustic	4
73.101	Charanyca trigrammica	Treble Lines	6
73.158	Apamea sordens	Rustic Shoulder-knot	2
73.162	Apamea monoglypha	Dark Arches	1
73.175	Oligia strigilis agg.	Marbled Minor agg.	22
73.263	Lacanobia w-latinum	Light Brocade	1
73.273	Hada plebeja	Shears	1
73.274	Mamestra brassicae	Cabbage Moth	1	nfy
73.282	Hadena compta	Varied Coronet	2	nfy
73.291	Mythimna pallens	Common Wainscot	10
73.297	Mythimna albipuncta	White-point	1
73.300	Mythimna l-album	L-album Wainscot	1	nfy
73.317	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	72
73.319	Agrotis segetum	Turnip Moth	1
73.320	Agrotis clavis	Heart and Club	1
73.325	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	6
73.327	Agrotis ipsilon	Dark Sword-grass	1
73.328	Axylia putris	Flame	1
73.329	Ochropleura plecta	Flame Shoulder	1
73.342	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	8
73.359	Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character	2

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Eastern Bordered Straw