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 28/05/2021

 22 moths of 12 species, five NFY.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
451	Ypsolopha mucronella		1	NFY
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	1
1395	Udea ferrugalis	Rusty-dot Pearl	1	NFY
1862	Gymnoscelis rufifasciata	Double-striped Pug	1
1906	Opisthograptis luteolata	Brimstone Moth	1
1936	Menophra abruptaria	Waved Umber	1
2063	Diaphora mendica	Muslin Moth	3
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	1	NFY
2092	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	6
2235	Lithophane semibrunnea	Tawny Pinion	1	NFY
2380	Charanyca trigrammica	Treble Lines	4
2399	Pyrrhia umbra	Bordered Sallow	1	NFY

Bordered Sallow

Rusty-dot Pearl

Tawny Pinion

Tawny Pinion

Heart and Dart

Ypsolopha mucronella

Species List for 13/10/2019

The two Robinsons run in thse same places and the Skinner in the Wooded Corner with an 80W lamp. Just 55 moths of 14 species including the 13th Scarce Bordered Straw, making this year the 4th best I've had (so far), but a very long way behind the 163 in 2006.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
998	Epiphyas postvittana3	Light Brown Apple Moth	4
1395	Udea ferrugalis	Rusty-dot Pearl	2
1745	Larentia clavaria	Mallow	1
2087	Agrotis segetum	Turnip Moth	2
2107	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	24
2109	Noctua comes	Lesser Yellow Underwing	1
2117	Eugnorisma glareosa	Autumnal Rustic	1
2126	Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character	2
2232	Aporophyla nigra	Black Rustic	2
2255	Polymixis lichenea	Feathered Ranunculus	6
2267	Agrochola lychnidis	Beaded Chestnut	4
2270	Omphaloscelis lunosa	Lunar Underwing	4
2306	Phlogophora meticulosa	Angle Shades	1
2400	Helicoverpa armigera	Scarce Bordered Straw	1

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Scarce Bordered Straw

 Rusty-dot Pearl

Turnip

Species List for 31/08/2017

693 moths, mostly Setaceous Hebrew Characters and Large Yellow Underwings. A White-speck was new for the site.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
15	Hepialus sylvina	Orange Swift	1
873	Blastobasis adustella		1
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	8
1303	Agriphila selasella		2
1305	Agriphila tristella		10
1309	Agriphila geniculea		4
1342	Eudonia angustea		2
1395	Udea ferrugalis	Rusty-dot Pearl	1
1398	Nomophila noctuella	Rush Veneer	1
1524	Emmelina monodactyla		1
1651	Cilix glaucata	Chinese Character	1
1708	Idaea dimidiata	Single-dotted Wave	1
1728	Xanthorhoe fluctuata	Garden Carpet	1
1776	Colostygia pectinataria	Green Carpet	3
1906	Opisthograptis luteolata	Brimstone Moth	5
1914	Ennomos fuscantaria	Dusky Thorn	2
1937	Peribatodes rhomboidaria	Willow Beauty	1
1961	Campaea margaritata	Light Emerald	2
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	1
2092	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	1
2107	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	95
2109	Noctua comes	Lesser Yellow Underwing	9
2110	Noctua fimbriata	Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing	1
2111	Noctua janthe	Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing	2
2123	Diarsia rubi	Small Square-spot	1
2126	Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character	487
2134	Xestia xanthographa	Square-spot Rustic	5
2154	Mamestra brassicae	Cabbage Moth	1
2160	Lacanobia oleracea	Bright-line Brown-eye	1
2199	Mythimna pallens	Common Wainscot	1
2203	Mythimna unipuncta	White-speck	1
2297	Amphipyra pyramidea	Copper Underwing	1
2299	Amphipyra tragopoginis	Mouse Moth	2
2303	Thalpophila matura	Straw Underwing	1
2353	Luperina testacea	Flounced Rustic	16
2384	Hoplodrina ambigua	Vine's Rustic	13
2389	Paradrina clavipalpis	Pale Mottled Willow	4
2441	Autographa gamma	Silver Y	2
2450	Abrostola tripartita	Spectacle	1

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Straw Underwing

White-speck

Rusty-dot Pearl