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

13th July 2013

371 moths of 108 species was easily the best catch of the year to date. The tiny Opostega salaciella was new to the garden and quite easy to identify from the very large eyecaps. Two Coronets were only the second and third records for the garden following a singleton in 2009.
Edit: I'm clearly getting too old for this! It's actually the 2nd garden record of Opostega salaciella following one in 2008 identified by dissection.

2nd July 2009

With just the Actinic running I recorded 223 moths of 83 species with several yet to be identified. Two species were new for the garden and a further six were new for the year. I was completely thrown by my first Coronet - Mark Hammond on Cammoths kindly put me right.

The Coronet:

There were no such problems with my first V-Pug:

Fen Wainscot hasn't been recorded here for 3 years:

The only previous record of Round-winged Muslin was also 3 years ago:

Dusky Sallow is another species not seen since 2006:

Bordered Beauty:

The Vapourer:

Mother of Pearl: