Species List for 08/05/2026

 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 warmer airflow, but little to show for it. There were 28 moths of 16 species with two NFY.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
49.039	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	2
70.097	Dysstroma truncata	Common Marbled Carpet	1	nfy
70.141	Gymnoscelis rufifasciata	Double-striped Pug	1
70.226	Opisthograptis luteolata	Brimstone Moth	1
70.252	Biston betularia	Peppered Moth	1	nfy
71.027	Clostera curtula	Chocolate-tip	2
72.015	Calliteara pudibunda	Pale Tussock	1
72.019	Spilosoma lutea	Buff Ermine	2
72.020	Spilosoma lubricipeda	White Ermine	2
72.022	Diaphora mendica	Muslin Moth	2
73.101	Charanyca trigrammica	Treble Lines	2
73.244	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	2
73.291	Mythimna pallens	Common Wainscot	1
73.317	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	3
73.325	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	3
73.329	Ochropleura plecta	Flame Shoulder	2

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Common Marbled Carpet

Peppered Moth

Species List for 14/05/2022

A bit more fun weith 35 moths of 21 species and four NFY.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	7
1342	Eudonia angustea		1
1356	Evergestis forficalis	Garden Pebble	2	NFY
1681	Cyclophora linearia	Clay Triple-lines	1	NFY
1764	Chloroclysta truncata	Common Marbled Carpet	1	NFY
1776	Colostygia pectinataria	Green Carpet	1
1834	Eupithecia vulgata	Common Pug	2
1862	Gymnoscelis rufifasciata	Double-striped Pug	1
1906	Opisthograptis luteolata	Brimstone Moth	1
1936	Menophra abruptaria	Waved Umber	2
2060	Spilosoma lubricipeda	White Ermine	2
2063	Diaphora mendica	Muslin Moth	1
2092	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	4
2102	Ochropleura plecta	Flame Shoulder	1
2187	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	1
2289	Acronicta rumicis	Knot Grass	2
2306	Phlogophora meticulosa	Angle Shades	1
2337x	Oligia strigilis agg.	Marbled Minor agg.	1	NFY
2380	Charanyca trigrammica	Treble Lines	1
2389	Paradrina clavipalpis	Pale Mottled Willow	1
2450	Abrostola tripartita	Spectacle	1

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Garden Pebble

Common Marbled Carpet

Clay Triple-lines

Marbled Minor agg.

Species List for 23/05/2020

A drop to 42 moths of 14species.One NFY, a Setaceous Hebrew Chara cter and two more Common Marbled Carpets.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	1
1033	Tortrix viridana	Green Oak Tortrix	1
1764	Chloroclysta truncata	Common Marbled Carpet	2
1834	Eupithecia vulgata	Common Pug	1
1931	Biston betularia	Peppered Moth	1
2087	Agrotis segetum	Turnip Moth	1
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	16
2092	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	1
2102	Ochropleura plecta	Flame Shoulder	1
2107	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	2
2126	Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character	1	NFY
2380	Charanyca trigrammica	Treble Lines	10
2384	Hoplodrina ambigua	Vine's Rustic	3
2441	Autographa gamma	Silver Y	1

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 Common Marbled Carpet

 Common Marbled Carpet

Setaceous Hebrew Character

Species List for 24/5/2019

Now that's more like it. 115 moths of 43 species including eight NFY plus an Ephestia sp, which would need the chop to be specific. The fourth White Spot of the year and my third ever Obscure Wainscot.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
17	Hepialus lupulinus	Common Swift	2
648	Endrosis sarcitrella	White-shouldered House Moth	1
966	Cochylis atricapitana		1	NFY
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	17
1011	Pseudargyrotoza conwagana		2	NFY
1174	Epiblema cynosbatella		2
1473	Ephestia sp	Cacao Moth?	1	NFY
1724	Xanthorhoe spadicearia	Red Twin-spot Carpet	1
1738	Epirrhoe alternata	Common Carpet	1
1764	Chloroclysta truncata	Common Marbled Carpet	3
1782	Horisme tersata	Fern	1	NFY
1817	Eupithecia pulchellata	Foxglove Pug	1	NFY
1834	Eupithecia vulgata	Common Pug	1
1852	Eupithecia abbreviata	Brindled Pug	1
1853	Eupithecia dodoneata	Oak-tree Pug	1
1862	Gymnoscelis rufifasciata	Double-striped Pug	1
1883	Acasis viretata	Yellow-barred Brindle	1
1906	Opisthograptis luteolata	Brimstone Moth	5
1920	Odontopera bidentata	Scalloped Hazel	1
1931	Biston betularia	Peppered Moth	1
1937	Peribatodes rhomboidaria	Willow Beauty	2
1958	Lomographa temerata	Clouded Silver	1	NFY
1981	Laothoe populi	Poplar Hawk-moth	1
1994	Phalera bucephala	Buff-tip	1
2060	Spilosoma lubricipeda	White Ermine	1
2087	Agrotis segetum	Turnip Moth	4
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	7
2092	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	11
2102	Ochropleura plecta	Flame Shoulder	1
2157	Lacanobia w-latinum	Light Brocade	1	NFY
2160	Lacanobia oleracea	Bright-line Brown-eye	1
2164	Hecatera bicolorata	Broad-barred White	1
2172	Hadena albimacula	White Spot	1
2199	Mythimna pallens	Common Wainscot	3
2204	Mythimna obsoleta	Obscure Wainscot	1	NFY
2284x	Acronicta tridens/psi	Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger	1
2306	Phlogophora meticulosa	Angle Shades	1
2337	Oligia strigilis	Marbled Minor	1
2380	Charanyca trigrammica	Treble Lines	17
2384	Hoplodrina ambigua	Vine's Rustic	7
2389	Paradrina clavipalpis	Pale Mottled Willow	1
2399	Pyrrhia umbra	Bordered Sallow	1	NFY
2441	Autographa gamma	Silver Y	4

 Ephistia sp.

 Bordered Sallow

 Obscure Wainscot

 Broad-barred White

 White Spot

 Pseudargyrotoza conwagana

 Light Brocade

 Common Marbled Carpet

 Willow Beauty

 Scalloped Hazel

 Foxglove Pug

 The Fern

 Clouded Silver

Cochylis atricapitana