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 11/05/2022

 25 moths of 14 species with three NFY.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
1759	Ecliptopera silaceata	Small Phoenix	1	NFY
1906	Opisthograptis luteolata	Brimstone Moth	2
1958	Lomographa temerata	Clouded Silver	1
2006	Pheosia gnoma	Lesser Swallow Prominent	1	NFY
2011	Pterostoma palpina	Pale Prominent	1	NFY
2028	Calliteara pudibunda	Pale Tussock	1
2060	Spilosoma lubricipeda	White Ermine	5
2063	Diaphora mendica	Muslin Moth	1
2092	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	2
2102	Ochropleura plecta	Flame Shoulder	3
2167	Hadena perplexa	Tawny Shears	1
2187	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	2
2306	Phlogophora meticulosa	Angle Shades	1
2380	Charanyca trigrammica	Treble Lines	2

Lesser Swallow Prominent

Pale Prominent

Tawny Shears

Clouded Silver

Small Phoenix

Species List for 06/05/2022

 A fun night with 133 moths of 39 species and 13 NFY. (photos to come)

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
288	Caloptilia stigmatella		1	NFY
464	Plutella xylostella	Diamond-back Moth	1	NFY
647	Hofmannophila pseudospretella	Brown House Moth	1
648	Endrosis sarcitrella	White-shouldered House Moth	2
649	Esperia sulphurella		1	NFY
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	19
1279	Dichrorampha acuminatana		1	NFY
1288	Alucita hexadactyla	Twenty-plume Moth	11
1342	Eudonia angustea		2	NFY
1651	Cilix glaucata	Chinese Character	1
1724	Xanthorhoe spadicearia	Red Twin-spot Carpet	1	NFY
1769	Thera britannica	Spruce Carpet	2
1834	Eupithecia vulgata	Common Pug	2
1835	Eupithecia tripunctaria	White-spotted Pug	2
1852	Eupithecia abbreviata	Brindled Pug	2
1858	Chloroclystis v-ata	V-Pug	1	NFY
1862	Gymnoscelis rufifasciata	Double-striped Pug	13
1883	Acasis viretata	Yellow-barred Brindle	1	NFY
1906	Opisthograptis luteolata	Brimstone Moth	10
1931	Biston betularia	Peppered Moth	1
1936	Menophra abruptaria	Waved Umber	4
1958	Lomographa temerata	Clouded Silver	2	NFY
1994	Phalera bucephala	Buff-tip	1
2003	Notodonta ziczac	Pebble Prominent	1
2043	Eilema sororcula	Orange Footman	1	NFY
2060	Spilosoma lubricipeda	White Ermine	4	NFY
2061	Spilosoma luteum	Buff Ermine	2	NFY
2063	Diaphora mendica	Muslin Moth	2
2078	Nola confusalis	Least Black Arches	4
2091	Agrotis ipsilon	Dark Sword-grass	1	NFY
2092	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	17
2102	Ochropleura plecta	Flame Shoulder	3
2160	Lacanobia oleracea	Bright-line Brown-eye	1
2186	Orthosia gracilis	Powdered Quaker	1
2187	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	10
2190	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	1
2289	Acronicta rumicis	Knot Grass	1
2389	Paradrina clavipalpis	Pale Mottled Willow	1
2469	Scoliopteryx libatrix	Herald	1

Dichrorampha acuminatana

 

Diamond-back Moth

 Caloptilia stigmatella

Buff Ermine

White-shouldered House Moth

White Ermine

Spruce Carpet,

Orange Footman

White-spotted Pug

Common Pug

Brindled Pug

Clouded Silver

Yellow-barred Brindle

 V-Pug

Herald