Wakeham Moths

After yesterday's low returns in the moth trap, I was hoping for a bit more this morning. And so it transpired with 36 moths of 13 species, including two firsts for the year.

Key

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

2026 Moth List Here.

Moths recorded:

#1      Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana x4

#2      Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella x10

#3      Common Quaker Orthosia cerasi x3

#4      Rusty Dot Pearl Udea ferrugalis x4

#5      Common Swift Korscheltellus lupulina x3

#6      Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta x4

#7      Common Pug Eupithecia vulgata x2

#8      Narrow-winged Grey Eudonia angustea x1

#9      White-shouldered House-moth Endrosis sarcitrella x1

#10    Waved Umber Menophra abruptaria x1

#11  *White-point Mythimna albipuncta x1

#12  *Rustic Shoulder-knot Apamea sordens x1

#13    V-Pug Chloroclystis v-ata x1

#1 Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana

#1 Another Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana

#2 Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella

#2 Another Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella

#3 Common Quaker Orthosia cerasi

#4 Rusty Dot Pearl Udea ferrugalis

#4 Another Rusty Dot Pearl Udea ferrugalis

#5 Common Swift Korscheltellus lupulina

#5 Another Common Swift Korscheltellus lupulina

#6 Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta

#6 Another Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta

#7 Common Pug Eupithecia vulgata

#8 Narrow-winged Grey Eudonia angustea

#9 White-shouldered House-moth Endrosis sarcitrella

#10 Waved Umber Menophra abruptaria

#11 *White-point Mythimna albipuncta

#12 *Rustic Shoulder-knot Apamea sordens

#13 V-Pug Chloroclystis v-ata

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Also in the trap was a wasp, cranefly and a spider:

A Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris having............

................a rest and.............

.................morning wash before heading off after being caught in the moth trap last night.

And an European Cranefly Tipula paludosa

Copper Sun-jumper Heliophanus sp. The most probable, of the 40 or so British species, would be either H. cupreus or H. flavipes.