Species List for 16/05/2026

 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. Encouraged by a slight improvement in the weather another try proved more more worthwhile.  There were 27nmoths of 11 species with three NFY. The little Actinic in the front garden was best with 15 moths of eight species.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
49.039	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	2
69.003	Laothoe populi	Poplar Hawk-moth	1	nfy
72.019	Spilosoma lutea	Buff Ermine	2
72.022	Diaphora mendica	Muslin Moth	2
73.045	Acronicta rumicis	Knot Grass	1	nfy
73.101	Charanyca trigrammica	Treble Lines	10
73.113	Phlogophora meticulosa	Angle Shades	1
73.317	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	2
73.319	Agrotis segetum	Turnip Moth	1
73.325	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	4
73.359	Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character	1	nfy

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Poplar Hawk-moth

Setaceous Hebrew Character

Knot Grass

Species List for 01/05/2022

I really didn't expect this! 63 moths of 27 species with 11 NFY.  The weather was calm and overcast.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
697	Agonopterix arenella		1
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	4
1288	Alucita hexadactyla	Twenty-plume Moth	2
1651	Cilix glaucata	Chinese Character	1	NFY
1680	Cyclophora punctaria	Maiden's Blush	1	NFY
1738	Epirrhoe alternata	Common Carpet	1	NFY
1835	Eupithecia tripunctaria	White-spotted Pug	1	NFY
1852	Eupithecia abbreviata	Brindled Pug	2
1853	Eupithecia dodoneata	Oak-tree Pug	2	NFY
1862	Gymnoscelis rufifasciata	Double-striped Pug	10
1906	Opisthograptis luteolata	Brimstone Moth	7
1981	Laothoe populi	Poplar Hawk-moth	1	NFY
1994	Phalera bucephala	Buff-tip	1	NFY
1995	Cerura vinula	Puss Moth	1	NFY
2000	Notodonta dromedarius	Iron Prominent	1	NFY
2063	Diaphora mendica	Muslin Moth	1
2078	Nola confusalis	Least Black Arches	3
2092	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	5
2139	Cerastis rubricosa	Red Chestnut	1
2167	Hadena perplexa	Tawny Shears	1	NFY
2187	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	9
2188	Orthosia incerta	Clouded Drab	1
2190	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	1
2243	Xylocampa areola	Early Grey	1
2289	Acronicta rumicis	Knot Grass	2
2334	Apamea sordens	Rustic Shoulder-knot	1	NFY
2425	Colocasia coryli	Nut-tree Tussock	1

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Poplar Hawk-moth

Puss Moth

Buff-tip

Brindled Pug

Common Carpet

Maiden's Blush

,Iron Prominent

Tawny Shears

Rustic Shoulder-knot

Chinese Character

Oak-tree Pug

Twenty-plume Moth

White-spotted Pug (phone photo).

Species List for 26/05/2021

A better night in the current circumstances with 15 moths of ten species, four NFY.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	2
1776	Colostygia pectinataria	Green Carpet	1	NFY
1906	Opisthograptis luteolata	Brimstone Moth	3
1936	Menophra abruptaria	Waved Umber	2
1981	Laothoe populi	Poplar Hawk-moth	1	NFY
2092	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	1
2126	Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character	1	NFY
2173	Hadena bicruris	Lychnis	1	NFY
2380	Charanyca trigrammica	Treble Lines	2
2425	Colocasia coryli	Nut-tree Tussock	1

 

Poplar Hawk-moth,

Green Carpet,

Lychnis,

Setaceous Hebrew Character,

Nut-tree Tussock,

Waved Umber,