Macros 11 Large Yellow Underwing 4 Lesser Yellow Underwing 4 Autumnal Rustic 2 Angle Shades (NFY) 2 Rosy Rustic 1 Garden Carpet 1 Common Wainscot (NFG) Micros 1 Agonopterix arenella Total 24 macros of 7 species 1 micro of 1 species making 25 moths of 8 species. 1 NFG and 1 NFY

First trap of September some nice NFG’s Macros 15 Large Yellow Underwing 4 Rosy Rustic (NFG) 3 Common Rustic agg 3 Lesser Yellow Underwing 2 Autumnal Rustic (NFG) 2 Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 2 Dark Marbled Carpet 1 Dotted Clay 1 Sallow (NFG) 1 Straw Dot 1 Square-spot Rustic 1 Garden Carpet 1 Copper Underwing agg (NFG) Micros 1 Honeysuckle Moth 1 Mother of Pearl Total 37 macros of 13 species 2 micros of 2 species making 39 moths of 15 species. 4 NFG

After Carrbridge we spent 6 nights in Arisaig on the west coast of Scotland. I set the moth trap on 4 nights and it produced some great new species for me. 26/08/2019 Macros 16 Ear Moth agg 13 Autumnal Rustic 9 Flame Carpet 9 Square-spot Rustic 8 Rosy Rustic 7 Dark Marbled Carpet 5 July Highfligher 4 Grey Pine Carpet 4 Barred Chestnut 3 Dotted Carpet 3 Centre-barred Sallow 3 Neglected Rustic 3 Large Yellow Underwing 3 Lesser Broad-bordered Underwing 2 Sallow 2 Orange Sallow 2 Dun-Bar 2 Anomalous 2 Pale Eggar 1 Double-striped Pug 1 Black Rustic 1 Twin-spot Carpet 1 Common Marbled Carpet 1 Tawny-barred Angle 1 Grey…

Spent a week in Cartridge, Scotland during the summer holidays, set the moth trap on 4 nights in the garden of our accommodation. Totals: 21/08/2019 2 Square-spot Rustic 1 Rosy Rustic 1 Antler 1 Dark Arches 1 Dotted Clay 1 Plain Clay Total 7 macro moths of 6 species 22/08/2019 Macros 8 Large Yellow Underwing 5 Square-spot Rustic 3 Plain Clay 3 Lesser Broad-Bordered Yellow Underwing 2 Sallow 2 Dotted Clay 1 Antler 1 Rosy Rustic 1 Ear Moth agg 1 Barred Chestnut 1 Common Marbled Carpet Micros 7 Agriphila tristella 1 Bee Moth 1 Eana osseana 1 Argyresthia goedartella Total 28 macros of 11 species, 10 micros of 4…

A relatively big catch nothing spectacular Macros 67 Large Yellow Underwing 27 Common Rustic agg 10 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 7 Lesser Yellow Underwing 4 Square-spot Rustic 3 Six-striped Rustic 2 Smoky Wainscot 1 Dun-Bar 1 Burnished Brass 1 Grey Chi 1 Heart & Dart 1 Brimstone 1 Rosy Minor Micros 3 Honeysuckle Moth 3 Udea lutealis 1 Agriphila tristella 1 Scoparia ambigualis Total 130 macros of 14 species, 8 micros of 4 species making 138 moths of 18 species.

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…