19th August 2011

The first Caloptilia stigmatella since 2008 was the highlight of a very busy night where nearly half of the catch 0f 567 moths were Setaceous Hebrew Characters. A very dark tort was easily identified as Eudemis profundana from its bright orange crest. A second Pyrausta despicata for the year was a better marked individual than I've had here before.

Caloptilia stigmatella:

Eudemis profundana:

Pyrausta despicata:

20th July 2010

Another large catch with several new species for the year.

Pine Hawkmoth, 3rd garden record:

The Gothic:

The Drinker, 3rd garden record, but a very worn individual:

Copper Underwing, identified from underneath of hindwing:

Eudemis profundana, a better marked individual than last year:

Small Scallop, a less worn moth than last year:

31st July 2009

A much warmer night and a much better catch with 215 moths of 81 species across two traps - for the first time since I've been running the two traps at the same time the actinic out-performed the MV with 6 more species. Six species were new for the year and a tortrix remains unidentified, I've posted a picture on the 'unidentified' blog.
Edit: Identified as Eudemis profundana by the UKMoths folk.

Sitochroa palealis was rather unexpected - this battered individual is the first recorded here for 3 years:

Straw Underwing:

Plain Pug:

Cydia splendana:

Trachycera advenella:

Dichrorampha alpinana:

Eudemis profundana: