June 2015

As usual I retained a number of moths over the summer for dissection by my county recorder. The result was a further 4 new species for the garden list and numerous additions to the year list.

The only moth retained in June was this rather unusually marked Pandemis cerasana - I have to admit I was hoping for something more exotic!

26th June 2009

With rain bucketing down until past ten last night moth numbers were looking very low initially but picked up later in the night. A total of 180 moths of just 56 species was disappointing however. Several species were new for the year but a Currant Pug fled before I could pot it.

Cream Wave:

Donacaula forficella:

Catoptria pinella:

Pandemis cerasana:

Lobesia abscisana: