More Mothing

I seem to be doing more mothing than anything else at the moment. The blog is called Home and Away, and it's all home at the moment. I will venture out one of these days.

In the meantime, the moth trap went out last night, and this morning revealed fewer moths than of late. However despite the low numbers, I'm still ticking off lifers and the occasional "First for the year" moths.

So the numbers this morning were 124 moths of 46 species.

  *First for year
**Lifers

2026 Moth List Here.

Moths recorded:

#1       Light Emerald Campaea margaritaria x1

#2       Lime-speck Pug Eupithecia centaureata x1

#3       Toadflax Pug Eupithecia linariata x1

#4    **Wormwood Pug Eupithecia absinthiata x1

#5       Small Dusty Wave Idaea seriata x2

#6    **Rolled Grass-moth Pediasia contaminella x2

#7       Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata x1

#8     *Common Grass-veneer Agriphila tristella x2

#9       Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana x4

#10     Rush Veneer Nomophila noctuella x9

#11     Portland Ribbon Wave Idaea degeneraria x3

#12     Rusty Dot Pearl Udea ferrugalis x4

#13   *Caloptilia sp. x1

#14  **White-fronted Straw Neocochylis hybridella x1

#15     Brown House-moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella x5

#16     Bright-line Brown-eye Lacanobia oleracea x6

#17     Small Mottled Willow Spodoptera exigua x9

#18     Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua janthe x6

#19     Ox-tongue Conch Neocochylis molliculana x1

#20     L-album Wainscot Mythimna l-album x1

#21     White-point Mythimna albipuncta x3

#22     Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta x10

#23   *Apple Leaf Miner Lyonetia clerkella x1

#24     Marbled Piercer Cydia splendana x1

#25     Moth sp. x1

#26     Heart & Dart Agrotis exclamationis x7

#27     Square-spot Rustic Xestia xanthographa x4

#28   *Pale Mottled Willow Caradrina clavipalpis x1

#29     Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum x2

#30     Vine's Rustic Hoplodrina ambigua x8

#31     Silver Y Autographa gamma x2

#32   *Feathered Ranunculus Polymixis lichenea x1

#33  **Cacao Moth Ephestia elutella x1

#34   *Elbow-striped Grass-veneer Agriphila geniculea x1

#35     Common Daisy Moth Dichrorampha acuminatana x1

#36   *Orange Swift Triodia sylvina x2

#37     Dark Sword-grass Agrotis ipsilon x1

#38     Mullein Wave Scopula marginepunctata x1

#39     Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella x4

#40     Barred Marble Celypha striana x1

#41     Marbled Green Nyctobrya muralis x1

#42     Starry Pearl Cynaeda dentalis x1

#43     Buff Ermine Spilosoma lutea x1

#44     Scalloped Oak Crocallis elinguaria x1

#45     Common Wainscot Mythimna pallens x2

#46   *Hummingbird Hawk-moth Macroglossum stellatarum x1

#1 Light Emerald Campaea margaritaria

#1 Light Emerald

#2 Lime-speck Pug Eupithecia centaureata

#3 Toadflax Pug Eupithecia linariata

#4 **Wormwood Pug Eupithecia absinthiata 

#5 Small Dusty Wave Idaea seriata

#6 **Rolled Grass-moth Pediasia contaminella

#7 Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata

#7 Brimstone Moth

#8 *Common Grass-veneer Agriphila tristella

#9 Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana

#10 Rush Veneer Nomophila noctuella

#10 Another Rush Veneer Nomophila noctuella

#11 Portland Ribbon Wave Idaea degeneraria

#11 Another Portland Ribbon Wave Idaea degeneraria

#12 Rusty Dot Pearl Udea ferrugalis

#13 *Caloptilia sp.

#14 **White-fronted Straw Neocochylis hybridella. aka White-bodied Conch

#15 Brown House-moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella

#16 Bright-line Brown-eye Lacanobia oleracea 

#17 Small Mottled Willow Spodoptera exigua aka Beet Armyworm

#18 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua janthe

#18 Another Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua janthe

#18 And another Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua janthe

#19 Ox-tongue Conch Neocochylis molliculana

#20 L-album Wainscot Mythimna l-album

#21 White-point Mythimna albipuncta

#21 Another White-point Mythimna albipuncta

#22 Top - Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta. Below -  #10 Another Rush Veneer Nomophila noctuella and far left #23 *Apple Leaf Miner Lyonetia clerkella.

#22 Another Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta

#23 *Apple Leaf Miner Lyonetia clerkella

#23 Apple Leaf Miner

#24 Marbled Piercer Cydia splendana

#25 Centre - Moth sp. and Right #17 - Small Mottled Willow Spodoptera exigua

#26 Heart & Dart Agrotis exclamationis 

#27 Square-spot Rustic Xestia xanthographa

#27 Another Square-spot Rustic Xestia xanthographa

#28 *Pale Mottled Willow Caradrina clavipalpis

#29 Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum

#29 Another Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum

#30 Vine's Rustic Hoplodrina ambigua 

#30 Another Vine's Rustic Hoplodrina ambigua 

#30 And another Vine's Rustic Hoplodrina ambigua 

#30 And one more Vine's Rustic Hoplodrina ambigua 

#31 Silver Y Autographa gamma 

#31 Another Silver Y Autographa gamma 

#32 *Feathered Ranunculus Polymixis lichenea

#32 Feathered Ranunculus

#33 **Cacao Moth Ephestia elutella 

#34 *Elbow-striped Grass-veneer Agriphila geniculea aka Chevron Grass-moth

#34 Another Elbow-striped Grass-veneer Agriphila geniculea

#35 Common Daisy Moth Dichrorampha acuminatana

#36 *Orange Swift Triodia sylvina

#36 Another Orange Swift Triodia sylvina

#36 Orange Swift

#37 Dark Sword-grass Agrotis ipsilon

#38 Mullein Wave Scopula marginepunctata

#39 Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella

#40 Barred Marble Celypha striana

#41 Marbled Green Nyctobrya muralis

#42 Starry Pearl Cynaeda dentalis

#42 Starry Pearl

#43 Buff Ermine Spilosoma lutea

#43 Buff Ermine

#44 Scalloped Oak Crocallis elinguaria

#44 Scalloped Oak

#45 Common Wainscot Mythimna pallens

#46 *Hummingbird Hawk-moth Macroglossum stellatarum, spotted in the garden as I was returning indoors from logging the moths in the trap. Also noted were my first Yellow Wagtails of the year as three birds flew south over Wakeham.

More on:

#4    Wormwood Pug Eupithecia absinthiata UK Moths here and Dorset Moths here.

#6    Rolled Grass-moth Pediasia contaminella UK Moths here and Dorset Moths here.

#14  White-fronted Straw Neocochylis hybridella UK Moths here and Dorset Moths here.

#33  Cacao Moth Ephestia elutella UK Moths here and Dorset Moths here.

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Also in the trap were 3 wasps, a beetle and 2 lacewings.

Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris

Ichneumon wasp Netelia sp.

Parasitoid wasp Braconidae sp.

Ground Beetle Ophonus ardosiacus. It doesn't have a common name, but in Holland it is called the Grote blauwe halmklimmer, which translate into English as Large Blue Runner.

Common Green Lacewing Chrysoperla carnea

Another Common Green Lacewing Chrysoperla carnea