1st August 2010

After a couple of cool nights producing disappointing catches to close down July, August started with a muggy night and 380 moths of just under 100 species. There were several year firsts and another tort new for the garden, Zeiraphera ratzeburgiana:

Third garden record of one of my favourite moths, Latticed Heath:

19th August 2009

A warm and humid night produced an excellent catch - with work in the morning I didn't have time to count all the Setaceous Hebrew Characters but they were again in the hundreds. In all 63 species were recorded.

Latticed Heath - only the second garden record and the first since 2004:

Elachista apicipunctella: