8th July 2010

Another excellent night with 16 new species for the year and 3 new for the garden. Nearly 400 moths of 100 species with Chrysoteuchia culmella again too numerous to count.

Ruddy Carpet was new for the garden list:

Dotted Fan-foot (nfg):

Batrachedra pinicolella (nfg):

Leopard Moth, first since 2006:

Pediasia contaminella, first since 2005 and very nearly overlooked amongst the other crambids:

Sitochroa palealis, more photogenic than last year's individual:

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: