Tuesday 2nd August 2022.
My first morning back in the UK from holiday and it was back to the moths first thing this morning as I had set the alarm for 5.30am. Though a little later than normal ,it was a good call as there were no sign of any Sparrows by the moth box and with it being quite mild overnight, there was a reasonable selection of moths to go through, including my first Garden Tiger moths of the year. Fortunately for me, these moths are regular here around this time of year and I can get some impressive numbers of them plus the occasional Jersey Tiger.
There were two new micro moths that were not only new for the year, but also new for my life list: Epinotia nigella and Cochylis hybridella, which was a nice bonus and the Tiger Moths outnumbered all the other moth species. Autumn is just around the corner and with 6 Turnip moths present, there was evidence of that. A couple of Flame Shoulders were also new for the year, a species I surprisingly never got in my garden last year. All in all, a nice selection today. Two more micros I have yet to get identified will be added later today. A total of 82 moths of 26 species were recorded this morning.
The Goldfinches were feeding among the local House Sparrows and Starlings this morning while I was checking the moths and although no Swifts were seen this morning, there was plenty of them calling last night outside my front window.
The following moths were present this morning:
- 10 Garden Tiger (NFY)
- 5 Brimstone Moth
- 6 Shuttle-shaped Dart
- 1 Bright-line Brown-eye
- 3 Pale Mottled Beauty
- 2 Flame Shoulder (NFY)
- 6 Turnip Moth
- 3 Lime-speck Pug
- 3 Willow Beauty
- 4 Cabbage Moth
- 1 Marbled Green
- 2 Common Rustic agg.
- 2 Double-striped Pug
- 1 Straw Dot
- 7 Common Plume
- 2 Beautiful Plume
- 7 Blastobasis adustella
- 2 Blastobasis rebeli
- 1 Chestnut Tortrix
- 2 Apple Leaf Miner
- 1 Agriphila straminela
- 3 Pyrausta aurata
- 5 Light Brown Apple Moth
- 1 Clepsis consimilana
- 1 Eudonia mercurella
- 1 Epinotia nigella (NFY + LIFER)
- 1 Cochylis hybridella (NFY + LIFER)
- 1 Rusty-dot Pearl
- 1 White-shouldered House Moth
- 1 Bloxworth Snout
- 1 Apodia bifractella (NFY)
- 1 Firethorn Leaf Miner
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