Beautiful Tussock

With a decent shelter in the back garden now, I can now protect the moth trap when there's rain about. Last night there was a light shower, but with no concerns about the trap getting wet, I put it out for another go.

This morning there were 46 moths trapped and it was great to see my first ever Pale Tussock and a Marbled Minor agg. in amongst 17 other moth species.

Moths recorded:

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

2026 Moth List Here.

Moths recorded:

#1         **Pale Tussock Calliteara pudibunda x1

#2            Muslin Moth Diaphora mendica x5

#3            Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana x6

#4            Yellow-faced Bell Notocelia cynosbatella x1

#5            Double-striped Pug Gymnoscelis rufifasciata x4

#6            Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata x2

#7            Common Quaker Orthosia cerasi x1

#8            Waved Umber Menophra abruptaria x1

#9            Common Swift Korscheltellus lupulina x3

#10          Birch Tortrix Epinotia immundana x2

#11          Mallow Seed Moth Platyedra subcinerea x3

#12       **Marbled Minor agg. Oligia strigilis agg. x1

#13          White-shouldered House-moth Endrosis sarcitrella x2

#14          Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella x8

#15         *Valerian Pug Eupithecia valerianata x2
#16          Yellow Belle Aspitates ochrearia x1

#17          Narrow-winged Grey Eudonia angustea x1

#18          Ruddy Streak Tachystola acroxantha x1

#19          Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta x1

#1 **Pale Tussock Calliteara pudibunda

#1 Pale Tussock

#1 Pale Tussock

#2 Muslin Moth Diaphora mendica

#2 Another Muslin Moth

#3 Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana

#3 Another Light Brown Apple Moth

#3 And another Light Brown Apple Moth

#3 And one more Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana

#4 Yellow-faced Bell Notocelia cynosbatella AKA Black Cloak

#5 Double-striped Pug Gymnoscelis rufifasciata

#6 Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata

#7 Common Quaker Orthosia cerasi

#8 Waved Umber Menophra abruptaria (This photograph is of the one I caught yesterday. Today's Waved Umber escaped before I could photograph it. It's quite possible that the same Waved Umber is being caught nightly).

#9 Common Swift Korscheltellus lupulina

#9 Another Common Swift

#10 Birch Tortrix Epinotia immundana

#11 Mallow Seed Moth Platyedra subcinerea 

#12 **Marbled Minor agg. Oligia strigilis agg.

#12 **Marbled Minor agg.

#13 White-shouldered House-moth Endrosis sarcitrella

#13 Another White-shouldered House-moth

#14 Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella

#14 Two more Diamond-back Moths

#14 And another Diamond-back Moth

#15 *Valerian Pug Eupithecia valerianata

#15 Another Valerian Pug

#16 Yellow Belle Aspitates ochrearia

#17 Narrow-winged Grey Eudonia angustea

#18 Ruddy Streak Tachystola acroxantha. Also known as the Australian Orange-tip.

#19 Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta

More on:

#1    Pale Tussock Calliteara pudibunda Here and Here

#12  Marbled Minor agg. Oligia strigilis agg.  Here, Here and Here

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Also in the trap were a spider and a wood gnat.

In one of the egg boxes was this this Stout Sac Spider Clubiona sp.

A Wood Gnat Sylvicola sp.