The First For Year Moths Keep Coming

So it was a much cooler night than of late, with the temperature dropping to 6.0°C. And with the lighter winds as well, which are now coming from the north-west, the moth numbers in the trap looked a bit better than the previous nights poor return. Todays count was 22 moths of 10 species

The one thing that does keep happening, is when I check the moths, there always seems to be a first for the year species in amongst them. Today's moth was a *Light Emerald Campaea margaritaria.

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

2026 Moth List Here.

Moths recorded:

#1    Ruddy Streak Tachystola acroxantha x3

#2    Common Swift Korscheltellus lupulina x3

#3    Muslin Moth Diaphora mendica x8

#4    Yellow Belle Aspitates ochrearia x2

#5    Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana x1

#6    Treble Lines Charanyca trigrammica x1

#7    Rustic Shoulder-knot Apamea sordens x1

#8   *Light Emerald Campaea margaritaria x1

#9    Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta x1

#10  Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata x1

#1 Ruddy Streak Tachystola acroxantha

#1 Another Ruddy Streak

#2 Common Swift Korscheltellus lupulina

#2 Another Common Swift

#3 Muslin Moth Diaphora mendica

#3 Another Muslin Moth

#3 And another Muslin Moth

#3 One more Muslin Moth

#4 Yellow Belle Aspitates ochrearia

#4 Another Yellow Belle

#5 Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana

#6 Treble Lines Charanyca trigrammica

#6 Treble Lines

#7 Rustic Shoulder-knot Apamea sordens

#7 Rustic Shoulder-knot

#8 *Light Emerald Campaea margaritaria

#9 Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta

#9 Shuttle-shaped Dart

#10 Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata

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Also in the trap was a caddisfly.

Caddisfly Stenophylax permistus.