Friday, 16 August 2013

Moths and More Moths

Warmer weather and a baby arrival has meant that I have been able, and been at home to run the moth trap lots, I have been here and there between trapping but haven't had a lot of time to do anything else, running the moth trap is useful as its working whilst I am sleeping (well at least trying to). Here comes a massive update on all the moths trapped, with photos of the highlights/new moths.

I think I shall do this in stages, the period below was using a trap with a 'normal' light I then switched to a UV light and got some amazing moths which will be on the next post.

But in no particular order and using common name. Caught using trap, ran all night, unless stated and all in the garden.

This is a summary of one month from 29th June to 28th July during this time I logged 1076 moths, 809 Micro moths and 276 Macro, Garden Grass-veneer was by far the most numerous with 522 logged which is nearly half of all the moths logged.


Out of the 1076 moths that were logged I had 83 different species 52 Macro and 31 Micro. During the period I added 58!!! new species for the Garden.

Each day in detail below - enjoy.

29th June 2013 - 10 Species including 6 New, 4 Macro, 6 Micro,

Common Pug 1
Garden Carpet 4
Small Magpie 1
Bee Moth 1
Straw Dot 1 (NEW)

Common Marble 1 (NEW)


Grass-veneer 1 (NEW)

Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix 2 (NEW)

Treble Lines 1 (NEW)


Garden Grass-veneer 3 (NEW)


30th June 2013 - 10 Species including 5 New, 7 Macro, 3 Micro,

Common Pug 1
Heart and Dart 1
Yellow Shell 1
Small Magpie 1
Garden Grass-Veneer 5
Tawny Marbled Minor 1 (NEW)

Treble Brown Spot 1 (NEW)

Flame Shoulder 1 (NEW)

Green Pug 1 (NEW)

London Dowd 1 (NEW)


1st July 2013 - 8 Species including 1 New, 5 Macro,  3 Micro,

Common Pug 1
Garden Carper 1
Green Pug 1
Large Yellow Underwing 2
Straw Dot 1
Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
Light Brown Apple Moth 3
Cypress Tip Moth 1 (NEW)


4th July 2013 -  21 Species including 8 New, 14 Macro, 7 Micro,


Common Marbled Carpet 1
Common Pug 5
Garden Carpet 2
Green Pug 1
Heart and Dart 1
Large Yellow Underwing 2
Ringed China-mark 1
Codling Moth 1
Rosy Tabby 1
Small Magpie 1
Light Brown Apple Moth 6
Grass-veneer 9
Garden Grass-veneer 11
Mottled Pug 1 (NEW)

Mottled Rustic 1 (NEW)

Snout 1 (NEW)

Tawny Shears 1 (NEW)

Varied Coronet 1 (NEW)

Brown Rustic 1 (NEW)

Buff Ermine 1 (NEW)

Cabbage Moth 1 (NEW)


5th July 2013 - 8 Species including 1 New, 3 Macro, 5 Micro,

Cabbage Moth 1
Green Pug 1
Heart and Dart 1
Common Grey 1
Light Brown Apple Moth 3
Grass-veneer 6
Garden Grass-veneer 5
Smoky-barred Marble 1 (NEW)


6th July 2013 - 8 Species including 0 New, 4 Macro, 4 Micro,

Buff Ermine 1
Dark Arches 2
Garden Carpet 1
Mottled Rustic 1
Bee Moth 1
Light Brown Apple Moth 3
Grass-veneer 5
Garden Grass-veneer 8

7th July 2013 - Observed by day

Brimstone Moth 1
Dark Arches 2
Large Yellow Underwing 1
Yellow Shell 1
Common Emerald 1 (NEW)


13th July 2013 - 21 Species including 7 New, 17 Macro, 4 Micro,

Common Emerald 7
Common Marbled Carpet 1
Common Pug 3
Fan-foot 1
Garden Carpet 1
Green Pug 2
Riband Wave 1
Treble Brown Spot 3
Uncertain 1
Yellow Shell 1
Bee Moth 2
Light Brown Apple Moth 3
Grass-veneer 23
Garden Grass-veneer 34
Common Carpet 1 (NEW)

Common White Wave 1 (NEW)

Double Square-spot 1 (NEW)

Flame 1 (NEW)


Freyer's Pug 1 (NEW)

Gothic 1 (NEW)

Small Dusty Wave 1 (NEW)



14th July 2013 - 13 Species including 2 New, 5 Macro, 8 Micro,

Brown-tail 1
Buff Ermine 1
Dark Arches 2
Riband Wave 3
Yellow Shell 2
Common Marble 1
Cypress Tip Moth 1
London Dowd 2
Small Magpie 2
Grass-veneer 11
Garden Grass-veneer 37
Bramble Shoot Moth 1 (NEW)

Pearl Veneer 1 (NEW)




16th July 2013 - 15 Species including 5 New,  6 Macro, 9 Micro,

Buff Ermine 1
Large Yellow Underwing 2
Tawny Marbled Minor 1
Yellow Shell 2
Pearl Veneer 1
Bee Moth 1
Codling Moth 1
Light Brown Apple Moth 3
Grass-veneer 14
Garden Grass-veneer 51
Common Plume 1 (NEW)

Grey Dagger 1 (NEW)

Small Blood-vein 1 (NEW)

Barred Marble 1 (NEW)

Yellow Oak Button 2 (NEW)


17th July 2013 - 22 Species including 2 New,  9 Macro, 13 Micro,

Buff Ermine 1
Common White Wave 2
Fan-foot 1
Mottled Rustic 1
Riband Wave 1
Small Blood-vein 1
Snout 1
Treble Brown Spot 1
Yellow Shell 3
Yellow Oak Button 1
Ringed China-mark 1
Barred Marble 2
Common Plume 2
Common Grey 2
Barred Fruit Tree Tortrix 2
Diamond-back Moth 2
Pearl Veneer 3
London Dowd 3
Grass-veneer 9
Garden Grass-veneer 47
Brown House Moth 1 (NEW)

Beautiful Plume 2 (NEW)


18th July 2013 - 17 Species including 5 New,  9 Macro, 8 Micro,


Dark Arches 1
Large Yellow Underwing 3
Mottled Rustic 1
Riband Wave 1
Small Dusty Wave 1
Treble Brown Spot 1
Yellow Shell 1
Yellow Oak Button 1
Pearl Veneer 1
Diamond-back Moth 5
Grass-veneer 5
Garden Grass-veneer 53
Bright-line Brown-eye 1 (NEW)

Double-striped Pug 1 (NEW)

Dark Groundling 1 (NEW)

White Plume 1 (NEW)

Elder Pearl 1 (NEW)


19th July 2013

Brimstone Moth 2
Buff Ermine 2
Common Footman 2
Fan-foot 2
Garden Carpet 1
Large Yellow Underwing 1
Riband Wave 4
Small Blood-vein 3
Tawny Marbled Minor 1
Treble Brown Spot 2
Willow Beauty 2
Common Plume 1
Yellow Oak Button 2
Barred Marble 3
Pearl Veneer 4
Common Grey 4
Grass-veneer 6
Garden Grass-veneer 51
Single-dotted Wave 1 (NEW)

Rufous Minor 1 (NEW)


21st July 2013  - 8 Species including 0 New,  5 Macro, 3 Micro,

Common Footman 1
Mottled Rustic 1
Riband Wave 4
Small Blood-vein 2
Uncertain 2
Grass-veneer 1
Diamond-back Moth 12
Garden Grass-Veneer 42

22nd July 2013 - 20 Species including 4 New,  12 Macro, 8 Micro,

Common Emerald 1
Common Footman 1
Mottled Rustic 1
Riband Wave 1
Scalloped Oak 1
Single-dotted Wave 1
Small Blood-vein 5
Snout 1
Treble Brown Spot 2
Uncertain 1
Common Grey 1
London Dowd 1
Pearl Veneer 1
Grass-veneer 5
Diamond-back Moth 8
Garden Grass-Veneer 41
Clouded Silver 1 (NEW)

Dingy Footman 1 (NEW) (Right next to common footman for comparison)

Dingy Dowd 1 (NEW)

Bud Moth 2 (NEW)


24th July 2013 - 20 Species including 4 New, 11 Macro, 9 Micro,

Common Footman 2
Fan-foot 1
Foxglove Pug 1
Mottled Rustic 1
Riband Wave 4
Silver Y 10
Small Blood-vein 2
Small Dusty Wave 1
Snout 2
Willow Beauty 2
London Dowd 1
Bud Moth 1
Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
Brown House Moth 1
Pearl Veneer 3
Diamond-back Moth 4
Garden Grass-Veneer 44
Swallow-tailed Moth 1 (NEW) (Photo not taken in Garden as it got away, but luckily I saw one on the train the next day)

Common Grass-veneer 1 (NEW)

Yarrow Case-bearer 1 (NEW)



25th July 2013 - 27 Species including 2 New, 15 Macro, 12 Micro,

Buff Ermine 1
Fan-foot 2
Flame 1
Mottled Rustic 2
Riband Wave 2
Scalloped Oak 2
Silver Y 22
Single-dotted Wave 1
Small Blood-vein 1
Snout 1
Swallow-tailed Moth 1
Uncertain 2
Yellow Shell 1
Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
Brown House Moth 1
Bud Moth 1
Small Magpie 1
Yarrow Case-bearer 1
Grass-veneer 2
Light Brown Apple Moth 2
Diamond-back Moth 3
Pearl Veneer 3
Smoky-barred Marble 3
Common Grass-veneer 4
Garden Grass-veneer 41
Barred Straw 1 (NEW)

Light Arches 1 (NEW)


28th July 2013 - 19 Species including 3 New, 9 Macro, 10 Micro,

Bright-line Brown-eye 1
Clay 1
Common Footman 1
Double Square-spot 2
Riband Wave 5
Silver Y 11
Single-dotted Wave 2
Yellow Shell 2
Bee Moth 1
Rosy Tabby 1
Common Grass-veneer 3
Common Grey 3
Grass-veneer 4
Pearl Veneer 8
Diamond-back Moth 10
Garden Grass-veneer 49
Early Thorn 1 (NEW)


Hook-marked Straw Moth 1 (NEW)

Maple Button 1 (NEW)




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