15th August 2009

Another busy night with 934 moths of 70 species. As yesterday the majority were of two species - Setaceous Hebrew Character (344) and Water Veneer (233) - although there were very few other micros.

Gold Spot was new for the year with one in each of the traps, and a very battered Small Scallop was also nfy. A late Eyed Hawkmoth was a surprise as was a 2nd generation Cream-bordered Green Pea.

Gold Spot:

Small Scallop:

Cream-bordered Green Pea:

22nd May 2009

The first really busy night of the year with 89 moths of 44 species spread across two traps - ten new species for the year were recorded. A tort (probably Cochylidia implicitana), a pug (Common?) and two gelechids remain to be identified. A fly-off pug looked very much like Freyer's but I didn't get a good enough look to be sure.

Cream-bordered Green Pea:

Treble-bar:

The Cinnabar:

Buff Ermine:

Common Carpet:

Silver-ground Carpet:

Vine's Rustic: