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…

Dominated by Middle-barred Minors but by far our largest catch Macros 17 Middle-barred Minor 6 Buff Ermine 6 Dark Arches 6 Silver-ground Carpet 5 Ingrailed Clay 4 Heart & Dart 4 Latticed Heath 3 Rustic Shoulder-Knot 1 Green Carpet 1 Large Yellow Underwing 1 White Ermine 1 Flame Shoulder 1 Small Angle Shades 1 Riband Wave 1 Brimstone 1 Clouded-bordered Brindle 1 Shoulder-striped Wainscot 1 Common Pug 1 Common Carpet 1 Marbled Minor agg Micros 5 Marbled Orchard Tortrix (NFG) 2 Chrysoteuchia culmella 2 Scoparia basistrigalis 1 Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix (NFG) 1 Small Magpie (NFY) Total 63 macros of 20 species, 11 micros of 5 species making 74 moths of…

Reasonably varied and quite a large catch for us, it included: 8 Middle-barred Minor 5 Dark Arches (NFY) 3 Ingrailed Clay 2 Common Pug 2 Rustic Shoulder-Knot 2 Clouded-bordered Brindle 2 Silver-ground Carpet 2 Heart & Dart 1 Elephant Hawk 1 Buff Ermine (NFG) 1 Map-winged Swift (NFG) 1 Shoulder-striped Wainscot (NFG) 1 Flame Shoulder 1 Ruby Tiger 1 Shears 1 Knot-Grass 1 Marbled Minor agg 1 Brimstone Total 36 of 18 species. 1 NFY and 3 NFG Highlight was the first Elephant Hawk in the trap.

Our biggest catch so far and some nice species too Macros 5 Rustic Shoulder-Knot 5 Silver-ground Carpet 4 Ingrailed Clay 3 Common Swift 3 White Ermine 2 Latticed Heath 2 Middle-barred Minor (NFG) 2 Small Elephant Hawkmoth 1 Marbled Minor agg (NFG) 1 Green Carpet (NFG) 1 Brimstone 1 Knot-Grass 1 Spruce Carpet 1 Riband Wave (NFG) 1 Small Angle Shades (NFG) Micros 2 Bee Moth (NFG) 1 Scoparia basistrigalis (NFG) 1 Scoparia ambigualis (NFG) 1 Chrysoteutia culmella (NFG) 1 Many Plume Total 35 macros of 18 species, 6 micros of 5 species making 41 moths of 22 species. 9 NFG

Not too many but some good variety 4 Ingrailed Clay 1 Brimstone 1 Rustic Shoulder-Knot 1 Silver-ground carpet 1 Common swift Total 8 moths of 5 species

Found late at night on the 8th June, Sandy Carpet feeding on red campion in the garden. New species.

A poor night with not many moths out but the following in the trap: 1 Small Elephant Hawkmoth 1 Common Swift

I found a Clouded Border moth flying around our garden yesterday evening. Not new but the first for this year.

Another good night for moths producing the following totals: 7 Rustic Shoulder-Knot 2 Common Swift 2 Clouded-Bordered Brindle 2 Common Pug 1 White-spotted Pug (NFG) 1 White Ermine (NFG) 1 Garden Carpet (NFG) 1 Silver-ground Carpet (NFY) 1 Clouded Silver (NFG) 1 Small Phoenix (NFY) 1 Common Carpet (NFG) 1 Common Marbled Carpet 1 Heart and Dart 1 Small Elephant Hawkmoth 1 Small Clouded Brindle (NFG) 1 Knot Grass (NFG) 1 Shears (NFG) 1 Spectacle (NFG) 1 Many Plume Total 28 macros of 18 species, 1 micro making 29 moths of 19 species. 10 NFG and 1 NFY

Another good night for moths last night with the following caught: 4 Rustic Shoulder-Knot 2 Common Pug (NFY) 2 Clouded-bordered Brindle 1 Pale-shouldered Brocade (NFG) 1 Grey Pug 1 Scalloped Hazel (NFY) 1 Brimstone (NFG) 1 Spruce Carpet (NFG) 1 Common Swift 1 Early Grey Total 15 of 10 species. 3 NFG and 2 NFY