17th July 2013

Another warm night and another batch of excellent moths. Red-necked Footman was a huge surprise (almost discarded as a dark caddis fly until I saw a flash of red) but Peach Blossom less so - a common moth that for some reason has avoided me until now. There was also the first record of Tawny Speckled Pug since 2005 and a very dark Chilo phragmitella amongst a catch of 91 species.

 

1st July 2009

The warm spell continues and it was another good night in the trap - it looked poor early on, though, with very little arriving by midnight when I went to bed. The result was 235 moths of 72 species with 2 micros remaining to be identified. 5 species were new for the year but the Large Tabby flew as I tried to photograph it.

Small Emerald:

I could only identify this battered Brown Scallop by the markings on the hindwing:

The Nutmeg:

Chilo phragmitella: