August 2015

0556 Coleophora trochilella (6 & 7/08/15) 3rd and 4th garden records

1344 Eudonia mercurella (8/08/15) dark form

20th June 2009

The forecast warm night didn't materialize, instead the skies cleared and temperatures fell leading to a much quieter night than I'd hoped for. It was saved by the appearance of my first Marbled White Spot - an apparently common moth in VC31 but one that has eluded me until now. Two other moths were new for the year.

Marbled White Spot:

Hedya nubiferana:

Eudonia mercurella:

This is the first male Ghost Moth I've recorded for several years: