That Was A Lot Of Moths

The moth trap this morning was absolutely full to the brim 173 moths of 45 species, which included 6 lifers and 2 firsts for the year.

  *First for year
**Lifers

2026 Moth List Here.

Moths recorded:

#1       Jersey Tiger Euplagia quadripunctaria x1

#2       Portland Ribbon Wave Idaea degeneraria x2

#3       Small Mottled Willow Spodoptera exigua x18

#4       Lime-speck Pug Eupithecia centaureata x2

#5       Marbled Piercer Cydia splendana x1

#6       Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana x11

#7       Rush Veneer Nomophila noctuella x3

#8    **Tree-lichen Beauty Cryphia algae x2

#9       Codling Moth Cydia pomonella x2

#10     Rusty Dot Pearl Udea ferrugalis x3

#11  **Small Marbled Eublemma parva x1

#12     Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua janthe x8

#13     Satin Wave Idaea subsericeata x1

#14     Common Wainscot Mythimna pallens x3

#15     Marbled Green Nyctobrya muralis x3

#16     Cloaked Minor Mesoligia furuncula x2

#17     Black-headed Conch Cochylis atricapitana x6

#18     Vine's Rustic Hoplodrina ambigua x10

#19     Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella x6

#20     Square-spot Rustic Xestia xanthographa x8

#21     Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta x15

#22     White-point Mythimna albipuncta x5

#23   *Starry Pearl Cynaeda dentalis x1

#24     Double-striped Pug Gymnoscelis rufifasciata x3

#25     Turnip Moth Agrotis segetum x4

#26     Common Rustic Mesapamea secalis x2

#27     Chinese Character Cilix glaucata x1

#28     Dingy Footman Eilema griseola x2

#29  **Treble-bar Aplocera plagiata x1

#30    *Scalloped Oak Crocallis elinguaria x1

#31      Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba x7

#32   **Common Marbled Straw Aethes smeathmanniana x1

#33      Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum x5

#34      Buff Ermine Spilosoma lutea x1

#35      Heart & Dart Agrotis exclamationis x6

#36      Spotted Knot-horn Phycitodes binaevella x1

#37      Coleophora sp. x2

#38      Toadflax Pug Eupithecia linariata x1

#39    **Hemlock Moth Agonopterix alstromeriana x1

#40       Tree-mallow Tortrix Crocidosema plebejana x1

#41       Rosy Knot-horn Oncocera semirubella x1

#42       White-shouldered House-moth Endrosis sarcitrella x6

#43     **Dark Seedhead Moth Apodia martinii x1

#44       Common Plume Emmelina monodactyla x1

#45       Bright-line Brown-eye Lacanobia oleracea x10

#1 Jersey Tiger Euplagia quadripunctaria

#2 Portland Ribbon Wave Idaea degeneraria

#2 Another Portland Ribbon Wave Idaea degeneraria

#3 Small Mottled Willow Spodoptera exigua

#3 Another Small Mottled Willow Spodoptera exigua

#4 Lime-speck Pug Eupithecia centaureata

#5 Marbled Piercer Cydia splendana

#6 Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana

#6 Another Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana

#7 Rush Veneer Nomophila noctuella 

#8 **Tree-lichen Beauty Cryphia algae

#9 Codling Moth Cydia pomonella

#9 Another Codling Moth Cydia pomonella

#10 Rusty Dot Pearl Udea ferrugalis

#11 **Small Marbled Eublemma parva

#12 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua janthe

#12 Another Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua janthe

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

#13 Satin Wave Idaea subsericeata

#14 Common Wainscot Mythimna pallens

#14 Another Common Wainscot Mythimna pallens

#15 Marbled Green Nyctobrya muralis

#15 Two more Marbled Green Nyctobrya muralis

#16 Cloaked Minor Mesoligia furuncula 

#17 Black-headed Conch Cochylis atricapitana.

#17 Black-headed Conch aka Ragwort Crown-boring Moth.

#18 Vine's Rustic Hoplodrina ambigua

#19 Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella 

#19 Another Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella 

#20 Square-spot Rustic Xestia xanthographa

#20 Another Square-spot Rustic Xestia xanthographa with a Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta above it.

#21 Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta

#21 Another Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta

#22 White-point Mythimna albipuncta 

#22 Another White-point Mythimna albipuncta 

#23 *Starry Pearl Cynaeda dentalis

#24 A very worn Double-striped Pug Gymnoscelis rufifasciata

#25 Turnip Moth Agrotis segetum

#25 Another Turnip Moth Agrotis segetum

#26 Common Rustic Mesapamea secalis

#27 Chinese Character Cilix glaucata 

#27 Chinese Character

#28 Dingy Footman Eilema griseola

#28 Another Dingy Footman Eilema griseola

#29 **Treble-bar Aplocera plagiata

#30 *Scalloped Oak Crocallis elinguaria

#31 A Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba with the much smaller Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua janthe on the right.

#32 **Common Marbled Straw Aethes smeathmanniana aka Yarrow Conch

#33 Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum

#33 Another Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum

#34 Buff Ermine Spilosoma lutea 

#35 Heart & Dart Agrotis exclamationis with a Small Mottled Willow Spodoptera exigua on the left.

#36 Spotted Knot-horn Phycitodes binaevella

#37 Coleophora sp.

#37 Another Coleophora sp.

#38 Toadflax Pug Eupithecia linariata

#39 **Hemlock Moth Agonopterix alstromeriana aka Poison Hemlock moth

#39 Hemlock Moth aka Poison Hemlock moth

#39 Hemlock Moth

#40 Tree-mallow Tortrix Crocidosema plebejana

#41 Rosy Knot-horn Oncocera semirubella with the Tree-mallow Tortrix behind it.

#42 White-shouldered House-moths Endrosis sarcitrella

#43 **Dark Seedhead Moth Apodia martinii aka Dark Fleabane Neb

#44 Common Plume Emmelina monodactyla

#44 Common Plume

#45 Bright-line Brown-eye Lacanobia oleracea

More on:

#8    Tree-lichen Beauty Cryphia algae UK Moths here and Dorset Moths here.
#11  Small Marbled Eublemma parva UK Moths here and Dorset Moths here.

#29  Treble-bar Aplocera plagiata UK Moths here and Dorset Moths here.

#32  Common Marbled Straw Aethes smeathmanniana UK Moths here and Dorset Moths here.

#39  Hemlock Moth Agonopterix alstromeriana UK Moths here and Dorset Moths here.
#43  Dark Seedhead Moth Apodia martinii UK Moths here and Dorset Moths here.

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Also in the trap were a couple of flies, ladybirds, a water bug and a wasp.

A Fever Fly Dilophus febrilis. aka Blossom fly.

Knapweed Ghost fly Acanthiophilus helianthi. aka Safflower fly and Capsule fly.

A Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis - form succinea.

Another Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis - form succinea.

And another Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis - form succinea takes off.

It took awhile to get this Water Bug back up the right way. Not that it helped..........

..............with identifying which water boatman species it could be.

Obsidentify gave it 83% Lesser Water Boatman Corixa punctata. Here are a few other Corixidae on Nature Spot to choose from.

Parasitoid wasp sp.