Tuesday, April 28, 2026

More First For Year Moths

It seems that every time I put the moth trap out, there are first for year moths or new moths for my Port & Wey Moth List. This morning there were 20 moths of 11 species, with 5 *first for year.

** New for P&W moth list
*   First for year

#1   *Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta x1
#2     Common Quaker Orthosia cerasi x2
#3     Muslin Moth Diaphora mendica x1
#4     Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata x5
#5     Maiden's Blush Cyclophora punctaria x1
#6     White-shouldered House-moth Endrosis sarcitrella x1
#7     Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana x5
#8   *Garden Carpet Xanthorhoe fluctuata x1
#9   *Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta x1
#10 *Chinese Character Cilix glaucata x1
#11 *Brown House-moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella x1


#1 Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta

#2 Common Quaker Orthosia cerasi

#2 And another Common Quaker Orthosia cerasi

#3 Muslin Moth Diaphora mendica

#4 Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata

#5 Maiden's Blush Cyclophora punctaria

#6 White-shouldered House-moth Endrosis sarcitrella

#7 Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana

#7 Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana

#8 Garden Carpet Xanthorhoe fluctuata

#9 Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta

#10 Chinese Character Cilix glaucata

#11 Brown House-moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella


Also in the moth trap was a Netelia wasp Netelia infractor, a Parasitoid wasp Aleiodes sp. and a Caddis Fly Limnephilus affinis.

Parasitoid wasp Aleiodes sp

Caddis Fly Limnephilus affinis