Species List for 17/05/2026

 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 slight upturn in the conditions brought a few more moths. There were 25 moths of 17 species with three NFY.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
03.002	Korscheltellus lupulina	Common Swift	1
49.039	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	1
49.156	Hedya nubiferana	Marbled Orchard Tortrix	1	nfy
70.157	Eupithecia dodoneata	Oak-tree Pug	1
70.183	Eupithecia vulgata	Common Pug	1
70.257	Menophra abruptaria	Waved Umber	1
71.025	Phalera bucephala	Buff-tip	1
72.019	Spilosoma lutea	Buff Ermine	2
72.022	Diaphora mendica	Muslin Moth	2
73.052	Cucullia umbratica	Shark	1	nfy
73.099	Hoplodrina ambigua	Vine's Rustic	1
73.101	Charanyca trigrammica	Treble Lines	5
73.267	Lacanobia oleracea	Bright-line Brown-eye	1
73.291	Mythimna pallens	Common Wainscot	2
73.317	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	1
73.329	Ochropleura plecta	Flame Shoulder	2
73.342	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	1	nfy

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Large Yellow Underwing

Shark

Species List for 25/05/2022

 A small increase to 52 moths of 28 species with one NFY, a Seraphim,which is ust the second for the site, the last being in May 2011.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
647	Hofmannophila pseudospretella	Brown House Moth	1
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	10
1174	Epiblema cynosbatella	0	1
1724	Xanthorhoe spadicearia	Red Twin-spot Carpet	1
1764	Chloroclysta truncata	Common Marbled Carpet	1
1834	Eupithecia vulgata	Common Pug	1
1879	Lobophora halterata	Seraphim	1	NFY
1883	Acasis viretata	Yellow-barred Brindle	1
1906	Opisthograptis luteolata	Brimstone Moth	1
1931	Biston betularia	Peppered Moth	1
2011	Pterostoma palpina	Pale Prominent	1
2043	Eilema sororcula	Orange Footman	2
2060	Spilosoma lubricipeda	White Ermine	1
2061	Spilosoma luteum	Buff Ermine	1
2087	Agrotis segetum	Turnip Moth	1
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	6
2092	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	1
2102	Ochropleura plecta	Flame Shoulder	1
2107	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	1
2123	Diarsia rubi	Small Square-spot	1
2126	Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character	3
2160	Lacanobia oleracea	Bright-line Brown-eye	1
2199	Mythimna pallens	Common Wainscot	2
2306	Phlogophora meticulosa	Angle Shades	1
2337x	Oligia strigilis agg.	Marbled Minor agg.	1
2380	Charanyca trigrammica	Treble Lines	6
2384	Hoplodrina ambigua	Vine's Rustic	2
2450	Abrostola tripartita	Spectacle	1

 

Seraphim

Pale Prominent

Large Yellow Underwing

Marbled Minor agg.

Species List for 14/05/2020

Just nine moths of seven species, one was the first Large Yellow Underwing of the year. Also a Twenty-plume Moth that stayed for a photo.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
1288	Alucita hexadactyla	Twenty-plume Moth	1
2060	Spilosoma lubricipeda	White Ermine	1
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	2
2092	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	2
2107	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	1	NFY
2380	Charanyca trigrammica	Treble Lines	1
2441	Autographa gamma	Silver Y	1

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 Twenty-plume Moth

Large Yellow Underwing

White Ermine

Pale Mottled Willow

Species List for 28/05/2018 - Revised.

Another good number of species, eventually 56 after the micros wereidentified, and 177 individuals with 15 NFY.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
17	Hepialus lupulinus	Common Swift	4
140	Nematopogon swammerdamella		1	NFY
216	Nemapogon cloacella	Cork Moth	1	NFY
647	Hofmannophila pseudospretella	Brown House Moth	1
714	Agonopterix yeatiana		1	NFY
874	Blastobasis lacticolella		2	NFY
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	13
1033	Tortrix viridana	Green Oak Tortrix	2
1082	Hedya pruniana	Plum Tortrix	1	NFY
1174	Epiblema cynosbatella		5
1301	Crambus lathoniellus		1
1333	Scoparia pyralella		1	NFY
1342	Eudonia angustea		2
1651	Cilix glaucata	Chinese Character	2
1728	Xanthorhoe fluctuata	Garden Carpet	1
1738	Epirrhoe alternata	Common Carpet	1	NFY
1764	Chloroclysta truncata	Common Marbled Carpet	3
1781	Horisme vitalbata	Small Waved Umber	1	NFY
1819	Eupithecia exiguata	Mottled Pug	3
1825	Eupithecia centaureata	Lime-speck Pug	1
1834	Eupithecia vulgata	Common Pug	4
1906	Opisthograptis luteolata	Brimstone Moth	4
1920	Odontopera bidentata	Scalloped Hazel	1
1931	Biston betularia	Peppered Moth	1
1936	Menophra abruptaria	Waved Umber	1
1958	Lomographa temerata	Clouded Silver	1
1980	Smerinthus ocellata	Eyed Hawk-moth	1
1994	Phalera bucephala	Buff-tip	1
2028	Calliteara pudibunda	Pale Tussock	2
2043	Eilema sororcula	Orange Footman	1
2060	Spilosoma lubricipeda	White Ermine	2
2061	Spilosoma luteum	Buff Ermine	2
2063	Diaphora mendica	Muslin Moth	1
2087	Agrotis segetum	Turnip Moth	1
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	48
2092	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	7
2098	Axylia putris	Flame	1	NFY
2102	Ochropleura plecta	Flame Shoulder	1
2107	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	2	NFY
2123	Diarsia rubi	Small Square-spot	1	NFY
2147	Hada plebeja	Shears	2
2157	Lacanobia w-latinum	Light Brocade	1
2194	Mythimna albipuncta	White-point	1	NFY
2199	Mythimna pallens	Common Wainscot	3
2279	Acronicta aceris	Sycamore	1	NFY
2284x	Acronicta tridens/psi	Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger	1
2306	Phlogophora meticulosa	Angle Shades	1
2334	Apamea sordens	Rustic Shoulder-knot	4
2337	Oligia strigilis	Marbled Minor	3
2380	Charanyca trigrammica	Treble Lines	12
2384	Hoplodrina ambigua	Vine's Rustic	5
2389	Paradrina clavipalpis	Pale Mottled Willow	1
2439	Plusia festucae	Gold Spot	1	NFY
2441	Autographa gamma	Silver Y	9
2450	Abrostola tripartita	Spectacle	1
2474	Rivula sericealis	Straw Dot	1	NFY

 Nematopogon swammerdamella

Cork Moth

Agonopterix yeatiana

Blastobasis lacticolella,

Common Carpet

Small Waved Umber

 Flame

Large yellow Underwing

Small Square-spot

White-point

Sycamore

 Gold Spot

Straw Dot