Species List for 01/05/2026

 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 much better catch with 46 moths of 22 species and six NFY.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals 18.001 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 6 28.009 Endrosis sarcitrella White-shouldered House-moth 1 28.024 Tachystola acroxantha 2 44.001 Alucita hexadactyla Many-plumed Moth 3 45.044 Emmelina monodactyla Common Plume 1 49.039 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 7 49.292 Notocelia cynosbatella 1 nfy 70.008 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 1 nfy 70.157 Eupithecia dodoneata Oak-tree Pug 1 70.226 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 1 72.019 Spilosoma lutea Buff Ermine 2 nfy 72.020 Spilosoma lubricipeda White Ermine 1 72.022 Diaphora mendica Muslin Moth 2 73.101 Charanyca trigrammica Treble Lines 1 nfy 73.113 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 1 73.244 Orthosia cerasi Common Quaker 4 73.249 Orthosia gothica Hebrew Character 1 73.263 Lacanobia w-latinum Light Brocade 1 nfy 73.284 Hadena albimacula White Spot 1 nfy 73.325 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 5 73.329 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1 74.004 Nola confusalis Least Black Arches 2

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Small Dusty Wave

Buff Ermine

Treble Lines

White Spot

Light Brocade

Species List for 05/05/2022

 An increase to 35  moths of 17 species with one NFY

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	8
1524	Emmelina monodactyla		1
1862	Gymnoscelis rufifasciata	Double-striped Pug	1
1906	Opisthograptis luteolata	Brimstone Moth	4
1936	Menophra abruptaria	Waved Umber	2
2063	Diaphora mendica	Muslin Moth	2
2078	Nola confusalis	Least Black Arches	2
2092	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	2
2102	Ochropleura plecta	Flame Shoulder	1
2160	Lacanobia oleracea	Bright-line Brown-eye	1
2187	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	4
2188	Orthosia incerta	Clouded Drab	1
2190	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	2
2306	Phlogophora meticulosa	Angle Shades	1
2380	Charanyca trigrammica	Treble Lines	1	NFY
2389	Paradrina clavipalpis	Pale Mottled Willow	1
2450	Abrostola tripartita	Spectacle	1

 

Pale Mottled Willow

Treble Lines

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Species List for 22/05/2021

The night of 21st I didn't trap with high winds 8-9 and heavy rain. Last night there were five moths, five species, one NFY.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
17	Hepialus lupulinus	Common Swift	1	NFY
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	1
1834	Eupithecia vulgata	Common Pug	1
2060	Spilosoma lubricipeda	White Ermine	1
2380	Charanyca trigrammica	Treble Lines	1

 Common Swift

Treble Lines

Species List for 19/05/2021

 Five moths, five species and three NFY. The Treble lines was the regular, but more unusual ab. obscura.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
2060	Spilosoma lubricipeda	White Ermine	1	NFY
2063	Diaphora mendica	Muslin Moth	1
2186	Orthosia gracilis	Powdered Quaker	1
2194	Mythimna albipuncta	White-point	1	NFY
2380	Charanyca trigrammica	Treble Lines	1	NFY

White-point

Treble Lines

White Ermine

Species List for 07/05/2020

At last, something that looks like a list. 30 Moths of 15 species including 7 NFY.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
647	Hofmannophila pseudospretella	Brown House Moth	1	NFY
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	5
1288	Alucita hexadactyla	Twenty-plume Moth	1
1651	Cilix glaucata	Chinese Character	1	NFY
1724	Xanthorhoe spadicearia	Red Twin-spot Carpet	2	NFY
1853	Eupithecia dodoneata	Oak-tree Pug	1	NFY
1862	Gymnoscelis rufifasciata	Double-striped Pug	2
1906	Opisthograptis luteolata	Brimstone Moth	8
1936	Menophra abruptaria	Waved Umber	1	NFY
2006	Pheosia gnoma	Lesser Swallow Prominent	1	NFY
2063	Diaphora mendica	Muslin Moth	1
2078	Nola confusalis	Least Black Arches	3
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	1	NFY
2190	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	1
2380	Charanyca trigrammica	Treble Lines	1	NFY

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 Lesser Swallow Prominent

 Waved Umber

 Heart and Dart

 Treble Lines 

 Red Twin-spot Carpet

 Least Black Arches

 Double-striped Pug

Oak-tree Pug