It Might Have..........

.........been a wet and windy night, but the moths still keep coming to moth trap.

Despite the heavy rain last night, there was still a good number of moths in the trap this morning, with 50 moths of 20 species, including three firsts for the year, in the shape of The Flame Axylia putris, Hemlock Yellow Conch Aethes beatricella and Tree-mallow Tortrix Crocidosema plebejana.

There was also a new moth for my Port & Wey moth list. This time a Delicate Mythimna vitellina.

What was interesting though, was the reduced numbers of White-points Mythimna albipuncta and Heart & Darts Agrotis exclamationis, plus there wasn't a single Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella or Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta trapped!!

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

2026 Moth List Here.

Moths recorded:

#1     *The Flame Axylia putris x1

#2       Narrow-winged Grey Eudonia angustea x2

#3       Rustic Shoulder-knot Apamea sordens x1

#4       Garden Carpet Xanthorhoe fluctuata x1

#5      *Hemlock Yellow Conch Aethes beatricella x1

#6       White-point Mythimna albipuncta x5

#7       Black-headed Conch Cochylis atricapitana x2

#8       Vine's Rustic Hoplodrina ambigua x7

#9      *Tree-mallow Tortrix Crocidosema plebejana x2

#10      L-album Wainscot Mythimna l-album x1

#11      Heart & Dart Agrotis exclamationis x10

#12      Brown House-moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella x1

#13      Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba x5

#14      Marbled Minor agg. Oligia strigilis agg. x3

#15      Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria x1

#16    **The Delicate Mythimna vitellina x1

#17       Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana x1

#18       Common Swift Korscheltellus lupulina x1

#19       Treble Lines Charanyca trigrammica x3

#20       Barred Marble Celypha striana x1

#1 *The Flame Axylia putris

#2 Narrow-winged Grey Eudonia angustea

#3 Rustic Shoulder-knot Apamea sordens

#4 Garden Carpet Xanthorhoe fluctuata 

#5 *Hemlock Yellow Conch Aethes beatricella aka Broad-barred Straw

#6 White-point Mythimna albipuncta

#6 Another White-point

#7 Black-headed Conch Cochylis atricapitana

#8 Vine's Rustic Hoplodrina ambigua

#8 Another Vine's Rustic

#8 And another Vine's Rustic

#9 *Tree-mallow Tortrix Crocidosema plebejana 

#9 Another *Tree-mallow Tortrix

#10 L-album Wainscot Mythimna l-album

#11 Heart & Dart Agrotis exclamationis

#11 Another Heart & Dart 

#11 And another Heart & Dart 

#12 Brown House-moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella

#13 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba

#13 Another Large Yellow Underwing

#14 A Marbled Minor agg. Oligia strigilis agg. with another Vine's Rustic

#15 Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria

#16 **The Delicate Mythimna vitellina

#17 Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana

#18 Common Swift Korscheltellus lupulina

#19 Treble Lines Charanyca trigrammica

#19 Another Treble Lines

#19 And another Treble Lines

#20 Barred Marble Celypha striana 

More on:

#16 **The Delicate Mythimna vitellina UK Moths here and Dorset Moths here.

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Also in the trap was a hoverfly, a wasp and a cranefly

Spotted Thintail Meliscaeva auricollis aka Spotted Meliscaeva

Parasitoid wasp Phygadeuontinae sp.

Parasitoid wasp Phygadeuontinae sp.

A Wing-band Tiger Nephrotoma quadrifaria aka Four-spotted Cranefly.