An amazingly large catch, a few new species Macros 331 Large Yellow Underwing 46 Common Rustic agg 35 Dark Arches 20 Smoky Wainscot 19 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 14 Six-striped Rustic 10 Dun-Bar 5 Riband Wave 4 V-Pug 4 Rosy Minor 4 Common Carpet 3 Brown-line Bright-eye 3 Common Footman 3 Lesser Yellow Underwing 2 Willow Beauty 2 Tawny Speckled Pug 2 Yellow Shell 2 Double-striped Pug (NFG) 2 Small Rivulet 2 Burnished Brass 2 Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 2 Light Emerald 1 Gold Spangle 1 Ruby Tiger 1 Grey Chi (NFG) 1 Latticed Heath 1 Silver-Y 1 Light Arches 1 Flame Carpet (NFG) 1 Uncertain/Rustic agg 1 Least Yellow Underwing…

A bit down on variety and numbers but still a fairly good catch Macros 74 Large Yellow Underwing 13 Smoky Wainscot 12 Dark Arches 10 Common Rustic agg 5 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 4 Six-striped Rustic 2 Square-spot Rustic 2 Straw Dot 2 Scalloped Oak (NFG) 1 Dingy Footman (NFG) 1 Antler 1 Uncertain/Rustic agg 1 Common Footman 1 Lesser Yellow Underwing 1 Clouded Border 1 Heart & Dart 1 Fan-Foot Micros 4 Agriphila tristella 3 Eudonia lacustrata 2 Agriphila straminella (NFG) 2 Chrysoteuchia culmella 1 Privet Tortrix 1 Udea lutealis Total 132 macros of 17 species, 13 micros of 6 species making 145 moths of 23 species. 3 NFG

Another great night and our second catch with over 300 moths, and one very obvious highlight, a Vestal which is quite a good record for Derbyshire but a fairly regular immigrant at this time of year elsewhere. Almost plague levels of Large Yellow Underwings! Macros 163 Large Yellow Underwing 28 Dark Arches 20 Smoky Wainscot 10 Rosy Minor 10 Common Rustic agg 6 Six-striped Rustic 5 Antler 4 Heart & Dart 3 Lesser Yellow Underwing 2 Uncertain/Rustic agg 2 Light Arches 2 Yellow Shell 2 Fan-Foot 2 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 2 Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 2 Small Fan-footed Wave (NFG) 1 Brimstone 1 Barred Straw 1 Shaded Broad-Bar (NFG) 1…

Despite all the Large Yellow Underwings blundering about and disturbing everything else in the trap it was an excellent catch, our largest so far. Brings the week’s total to almost 700 moths! Macros 138 Large Yellow Underwing 54 Smoky Wainscot 34 Dark Arches 10 Lesser Yellow Underwing 9 Rosy Minor (NFG) 8 Heart & Dart 5 Riband Wave 5 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 5 Rustic/Uncertain agg 4 V-Pug 4 Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (NFG) 4 Antler 3 Common Footman 3 Small Dotted Buff 3 Brown-line Bright-eye 3 Burnished Brass 3 July Highfligher (NFG) 3 Middle-barred Minor 2 Snout 2 Muslin Footman 2 Least Yellow Underwing (NFG) 2 Clay 2 Light Arches…

Had the trap out for a few hours before we had heavy rain and thunder, still a brilliant catch, our best so far. Macros 41 Large Yellow Underwing 24 Smoky Wainscot 22 dark Arches 6 Heart & Dart 5 Riband Wave 5 Yellow Shell 3 Plain Golden-Y (NFG) 3 Antler 2 V-Pug (NFY) 2 Light Arches (NFG) 2 Common Footman 2 Clay 2 Common Rustic agg 1 Green Carpet 1 Brown-line Bright-eye 1 Common Wave 1 Muslin Footman 1 Tawny Speckled Pug (NFG) 1 Currant Pug 1 Burnished Brass 1 Lesser Yellow Underwing (NFG) 1 Beautiful Golden-Y 1 Flame 1 Gold Spangle 1 Willow Beauty 1 Silver-ground Carpet 1 Dot…

A good catch with lots of variety. Dark Arches are down but Large Yellow Underwings are up! Macros 28 Smoky Wainscot 26 Large Yellow Underwing 20 Dark Arches 8 Uncertain/Rustic agg 7 Common Rustic agg 3 Common Footman 3 Latticed Heath 3 Small Dotted Buff 2 Clouded Border 2 Spectacle 2 Clay 2 Heart & Dart 2 Straw Dot 2 Fan-Foot 2 Willow Beauty 2 Ingrailed Clay 2 Flame Shoulder 2 Snout 2 Narrow-winged Pug (NFG) 1 Beautiful Golden-Y 1 Dusky Brocade 1 Map-winged Swift 1 Burnished Brass 1 Antler (NFY) 1 Dotted Clay 1 Flame 1 Brown-line Bright-eye 1 Light Emerald 1 Barred Straw 1 Currant Pug 1 Yellow…

A fairly quiet night, Dark Arches seem to be finally down in numbers! Macros 24 Smoky Wainscot 7 Dark Arches 3 Large Yellow Underwing 3 Dotted Clay 2 Common Rustic agg 2 Barred Straw 2 Heart & Dart 2 Clay 2 Ingrailed Clay 1 Light Emerald (NFG) 1 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Undering (NFY) 1 Brown-line Bright-eye 1 Bright-line Brown-eye 1 Silver-Y 1 Flame Shoulder 1 Gothic 1 Straw Dot 1 Small Dotted Buff 1 Latticed Heath Micros 3 Chrysoteuchia culmella 2 Marbled Orchard Tortrix 1 Scoparia ambigualis 1 Brown Plume 1 Eucosma campoliliana (NFG) Total 57 macros of 19 species, 8 micros of 5 species making 65 moths of 24…

The second largest catch we’ve had in our garden, some nice species caught too. Macros 20 Dark Arches 20 Smoky Wainscot 9 Large Yellow Underwing 3 Uncertain/Rustic agg 2 Dusky Brocade 2 Barred Straw 2 Heart & Dart 2 Middle-barred Minor 2 Common Footman (NFG) 1 Gold Spangle (NFY) 1 Beautiful Golden-Y 1 Flame 1 Ruby Tiger 1 Fan-Foot 1 Willow Beauty (NFG) 1 Riband Wave 1 Green Carpet 1 Ingrailed Clay 1 Brown-line Bright-eye (NFG) 1 Bright-line Brown-eye 1 Burnished Brass 1 Muslin Footman (NFY) 1 Common Rustic agg (NFY) Micros 7 Chrysoteuchia culmella 5 Scoparia ambigualis 3 Brown Plume (NFG) 2 Marbled Orchard Tortrix 1 Bee Moth 1…

A bigger catch than the previous night with the total being: Macros 18 Dark Arches 16 Large Yellow Underwing 12 Smoky Wainscot 7 Heart & Dart 3 Rustic/Uncertain agg 3 Dusky Brocade 2 True Lover’s Knot 2 Latticed Heath 2 Green Carpet 2 Ingrailed Clay 1 Clay (NFG) 1 Small Angle Shades 1 Small Dotted Buff 1 Purple Clay (NFY) 1 Flame (NFG) 1 Dotted Clay (NFG) 1 Flame Shoulder 1 Barred Straw 1 Yellow Shell 1 Bright-line Brown-eye Micros 5 Chrysoteuchia culmella 2 Scoparia ambigualis 2 Marbled Orchard Tortrix 1 Celypha lacuana 1 Lozotaenia forsterana Total 77 macros of 20 species, 11 micros of 5 species making 88 moths…

Not as many as other catches we’ve had recently but a nice variety of species and a few NFG Macros 24 Dark Arches 7 Smoky Wainscot (NFY) 4 Large Yellow Underwing 2 Heart & Dart 1 Heart & Club (NFG) 1 Latticed Heath 1 Small Rivulet (NFG) 1 Snout 1 Straw Dot 1 Magpie (NFG) 1 Rustic/Uncertain agg (NFG) 1 Yellow Shell 1 Broom Moth 1 Bright-line Brown-eye 1 Ingrailed Clay 1 Dusky Brocade 1 Burnished Brass 1 Buff Ermine 1 Common Pug Micros 2 Scoparia Ambigualis 1 Bee Moth 1 Marbled Orchard Tortrix 1 Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix 1 Lozotaenia foresterana (NFY) Total 52 macros of 19 species, 6 macros…

Moth trap set in my grandparents’ garden, a surprisingly large total with some excellent species Macros 41 Dark Arches 6 Large Yellow Underwing 5 Clouded Border 4 Common Footman 4 Fan-Foot 4 Ingrailed Clay 3 Muslin Footman 3 Heart & Dart 3 Brimstone 3 Snout 2 Light Emerald 2 Purple Clay 2 Knot-Grass 2 Gothic 2 Beautiful Golden-Y 2 Middle-barred Minor 2 Flame 1 Latticed Heath 1 Barred Straw 1 Green Arches 1 Clay 1 Elephant Hawk-moth 1 Rustic/Uncertain agg 1 Spectacle 1 Riband Wave 1 Shears 1 Silver-ground Carpet Micros 8 Chrysoteuchia culmella 4 Scoparia ambigualis 1 Udea olivalis 1 Privet Tortrix 1 Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix 1 Cochylis atricapitana…

Quite a big catch with a few NFG and NFY, though dominated again by Dark Arches Macros 28 Dark Arches 5 Large Yellow Underwing 4 Marbled Minor agg 3 Middle-barred Minor 3 Heart & Dart 3 Barred Straw 2 Bright-line Brown-eye 2 Flame Shoulder 1 Common Pug 1 Elephant Hawk 1 Shears 1 True Lover’s-Knot 1 Silver-Y (NFY) 1 Common Wave (NFG) 1 Snout (NFY) 1 Buff Ermine 1 Currant Pug (NFG) 1 Beautiful Golden-Y 2 Dusky Brocade 1 Ruby Tiger Micros 5 Chrysoteuchia culmella 5 Scoparia ambigualis 4 Marbled Orchard Tortrix 1 Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix 1 Small Magpie Total 63 macros of 20 species, 16 micros of 5 species…

Our biggest catch so far, dominated by Dark Arches but lots of new species. This brings the week’s total to over 200, so aiming to get 300 by the end of the week Macros 55 Dark Arches 18 Middle-barred Minor 13 Large Yellow Underwing 8 Silver-ground Carpet 8 Heart & Dart 6 Inrailed Clay 5 Latticed Heath 3 Flame Shoulder 3 Shears 3 Small Dotted Buff (NFG) 3 True Lover’s-Knot (NFG) 2 Dusky Brocade 2 Clouded-bordered Brindle 2 Buff Ermine 1 Pale-shouldered Brocade 1 Gothic (NFY) 1 Fan-Foot (NFY) 1 Clouded Border 1 Bright-line Brown-eye 1 Straw Dot 1 Marbled Minor agg 1 Brimstone 1 Burnished Brass 1 Green Carpet…

Great night, several new for garden and an obvious highlight, the total was: Macros 18 Dark Arches 4 Large Yellow Underwing 3 Clouded-bordered Brindle 3 Silver-ground Carpet 2 Elephant Hawk-moth 2 Buff Ermine 2 Marbled Minor agg 2 Heart & Dart 1 Shoulder-striped Wainscot 1 Ingrailed Clay 1 Latticed Heath 1 Shears 1 Green Carpet 1 Burnished Brass (NFY) 1 Oak Eggar (NFG) 1 Barred Straw (NFG) 1 Broom Moth (NFY) 1 Bright-line Brown-eye (NFG) 1 Rustic Shoulder-knot Micros 1 Privet Tortrix (NFG) 1 Marbled Orchard Tortrix Total 47 macros of 19 species, 2 micros of 2 species making 49 moths of 21 species. 4 NFG and 2 NFY The…