9th August 2013

Initially discounted as a rather bright Eucosma obumbratana it finally occurred to me that this is in fact my first record of Lathronympha strigana, actually fairly common in the county so I wonder if I've mis-identified it before!

 I've caught Endothenia ericetana here on several occasions but have never seen one as nicely marked as this one:

Finally, this Marbled Beauty looks so different to the normal form it took me some time to work out its true identity:

17th June 2009

The very beautiful (and almost impossible to photograph well!) Lilac Beauty was the star of a good night with 108 moths of 46 species. In all there were three species that were new for the year.

Lilac Beauty (male):

Marbled Beauty:

Dot Moth: