9th July 2016

Nothing particularly rare or exciting in the traps last night as the poor weather continues - warm and muggy but with a strong wind. However several moths in the catch were the ones that make it worth getting up at 4am:

Garden Tigers

The Coronet

Peach Blossom

Not in this league but the first record here since 2009:

Plodia interpunctella

Early 2009

The year started cold and the only moths found were in the house. I'd recorded Indian Meal Moth (Plodia interpunctella) on several occasions previously but it was absent in 2008 so finding one fluttering around the house on 4th January was particularly welcome. I do wonder where it came from though!


The second moth of the year, Agonopterix alstromeriana, was caught under almost identical circumstances two weeks later. It wasn't such a surprise this time as it appears regularly indoors, particularly in the winter.