Slowing down a little

After a record-breaking start to the summer for moths in our County, things have slowed down somewhat for the garden trap, still some interest about and it's usually the time to look out for quality as numbers get lower making it easier to spot moths that you otherwise may have missed.

Monday night was a bit cooler but still warm enough for some activity.

Eucosma cana, despite being a common moth in the county and extremely common on field trips, it seems to be quite scarce in my garden and the one example on Monday night was the first since 2014. Previous records are one example in 2014 and 8 in 2013.

Another Eucosma, Eucosma obumbratana turned up as a year first as well and certainly more regular being recorded in the last 4 years but with just 1 or 2 records per year.

Catch Report - 17/07/17 - Back Garden - Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap

Macro Moths

1x Dusky Thorn [NFY] 1x Single-dotted Wave [NFY] 1x Vapourer Moth [NFY] 2x Bright-line Brown-eye 2x Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1x Buff Arches 1x Buff Footman 1x Clay 1x Cloaked Minor 3x Common Footman 9x Common Rustic 3x Dark Arches 1x Dingy Footman 1x Dot Moth 1x Double Square-spot 4x Dun-bar 1x Flame Shoulder 1x Garden Carpet 1x Grey Dagger 1x Haworth's Pug 2x Heart & Dart 1x July Highflyer 2x Least Carpet 1x Mottled Beauty 1x Mottled Rustic 2x Nut-tree Tussock 1x Poplar Hawk-moth 1x Purple Thorn 1x Red Twin-spot Carpet 10x Riband Wave 1x Rustic 1x Scarce Footman 1x Silver-Y 1x Smoky Wainscot 1x V-Pug 3x Uncertain 2x Yellow-tail

Micro Moths

1x Argyrotaenia ljungiana [NFY[ 1x Aspilapteryx tringipennella [NFY] 1x Eucosma cana [NFY] 1x Eucosma obumbratana [NFY] 2x Pammene aurita [NFY] 1x Acleris forsskaleana 1x Acrobasis advenella 3x Acrobasis suavella 1x Agonopterix heracliana 9x Agriphila straminella 1x Anania coronata 1x Anania hortulata 14x Blastobasis adustella 1x Bryotropha affinis 1x Bryotropha terrella 4x Chrysoteuchia culmella 3x Coleophora sp 8x Cameraria ohridella 2x Cnephasia sp 2x Cydia spledana 1x Ditula angustiorana 3x Endotricha flammealis 6x Eudonia lacustrata 7x Eudonia mercurella 2x Euzophera pinguis 1x Oegoconia sp 1x Pandemis heparana 5x Pleuroptya ruralis 1x Plutella xylostella 2x Pyrausta aurata 8x Spilonota ocellana