Well I Enjoyed That

Well after letting the moths have a break since I had the trap out on the 10 Jun 26, I put it out again last night. This time it was placed in the middle of the garden, and boy what a difference it made from having it in the shelter.

I can only estimate the numbers of moths, as there were a good hundred or so, with Heart & Darts once once again dominating the trap. As I said it's only an estimate, as many flew off as soon as I opened the trap, with dozens of others packed inside the egg cartons. There were quite easily 50+, with the bulk being mainly the darker form, indicating that there were more males than the lighter form of the females.

In total there were 115+ moths of 27 species, with 10 firsts for the year and a possible lifer!!

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

2026 Moth List Here.

Moths recorded:

#1     **Pug sp. x1

#2       *Codling Moth Cydia pomonella x2

#3        Ephestia sp. x1

#4        Blushed Knot-horn Ephestia woodiella x1

#5       *Bee Moth Aphomia sociella x1

#6        Grapholita funebrana x1

#7       *Plum Fruit Moth Grapholita funebrana x1

#8       *Garden Grass-veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella  x3

#9         Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba x11

#10     *Madder Pearl Mecyna asinalis x2

#11       Common Wainscot Mythimna pallens x6

#12       Vine's Rustic Hoplodrina ambigua x3

#13       Bright-line Brown-eye Lacanobia oleracea x4

#14       Mottled Rustic Caradrina morpheus x6

#15     *Small Blood-vein Scopula imitaria x2

#16       Black-headed Conch Cochylis atricapitana x2

#17     *Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura x2

#18       Common Marbled Carpet Dysstroma truncata x1

#19     *Small Grey Eudonia mercurella x1

#20       Heart & Dart Agrotis exclamationis x50+

#21       Small Elephant Hawk-moth Deilephila porcellus x2

#22       Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha x6

#23     *The Spectacle Abrostola tripartita x1

#24     *The Lackey Malacosoma neustria x2

#25       Buff Ermine Spilosoma lutea x1

#26       Portland Ribbon Wave Idaea degeneraria x1

#27       Common Plume Emmelina monodactyla x1

#1      **Pug sp. The app Obsidentify gives it 100% as a Bordered Pug Eupithecia succenturiata 70.188 BF1839..........

.....If so it would be a lifer for me. However I'm not sure the photographs are good enough for ID'ing by the experts. I will ask though.

#2 *Codling Moth Cydia pomonella

#2 Another Codling Moth

#4 Blushed Knot-horn Ephestia woodiella. aka False Cacao Moth

#5 *Bee Moth Aphomia sociella

#7 *Plum Fruit Moth Grapholita funebrana

#8 *Garden Grass-veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella

#8 Another Garden Grass-veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella

#8 And another Garden Grass-veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella

#9 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba

#9 Another Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba

#10 *Madder Pearl Mecyna asinalis

#11 Common Wainscot Mythimna pallens

#12 Vine's Rustic Hoplodrina ambigua

#13 Bright-line Brown-eye Lacanobia oleracea 

#14 Mottled Rustic Caradrina morpheus

#15 *Small Blood-vein Scopula imitaria

#16 Black-headed Conch Cochylis atricapitana 

#17 *Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura

#18 Common Marbled Carpet Dysstroma truncata

#19 *Small Grey Eudonia mercurella

#20 Heart & Dart Agrotis exclamationis. Light form - female

#20 Heart & Dart Agrotis exclamationis. Dark form - male

#21 Small Elephant Hawk-moths Deilephila porcellus

#21 Small Elephant Hawk-moth Deilephila porcellus

#22 Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha

#23  *The Spectacle Abrostola tripartita 

#24 *The Lackey Malacosoma neustria

#24 Another The Lackey Malacosoma neustria

#25 Buff Ermine Spilosoma lutea 

#26 Portland Ribbon Wave Idaea degeneraria

#27 Common Plume Emmelina monodactyla

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Below are just a few of the moths trapped this morning