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Tuesday 9 August 2016

Fewer Moths

After a windy start to last night, it did eventually ease off with the overnight temperature dropping to 12°C. In the moth trap this morning there were 32 moths of 19 species:

Poplar Hawk-moth, Laothoe populi (1)
Willow Beauty, Peribatodes rhomboidaria (3)
Marbled Beauty, Bryophila domestica (4)
Large Yellow Underwing, Noctua pronuba (1)
Riband Wave, Idaea aversata ab remutata - Light form (1)
Garden Grass-veneer, Chrysoteuchia culmella (1)
Garden Pebble, Evergestis forficalis (1)
Dark Arches, Apamea monoglypha (1)
Straw Underwing, Thalpophila matura (8)
Square-spot Rustic, Xestia xanthographa (3)
Privet Tortrix, Clepsis consimilana (1)
Light Brown Apple moth, Epiphyas postvittana (1)
Yellow-barred Brindle, Acasis viretata (2)
Dingy Dowd, Blastobasis adustella (1)

Plus
Common/Lesser Rustic (2)
Moth sp. (1)

Plus
Caddis Fly, Limnephilus lunatus

Poplar Hawk-moth

Poplar Hawk-moth

Poplar Hawk-moth

Riband Wave, Idaea aversata ab remutata - Light form 

Marbled Beauty

Marbled Beauty

Willow Beauty

Privet Tortrix, Clepsis consimilana

Light Brown Apple Moth

Large Yellow Underwing

Garden Pebble, Evergestis forficalis

Dark Arches

Dark Arches

Dark Arches

Yellow-barred Brindle

Yellow-barred Brindle

Possibly Celypha lacunana

Dingy Dowd, Blastobasis adustella

Straw Underwing

Straw Underwing

Straw Underwing

Straw Underwing

Straw Underwing

Straw Underwing

Straw Underwing

Square-spot Rustic, Xestia xanthographa

Square-spot Rustic, Xestia xanthographa

Common/Lesser Rustics!

 
 Moth sp.

Caddis Fly, Limnephilus lunatus

Caddis Fly, Limnephilus lunatus