Another good moth show.

Thursday 18th August 2022.

The micro moth Dichrorampha acuminatana was only my second ever.

Thankfully, another cooler night and that did not affect the moth numbers this morning with a total of at least 104 moths of 32 species. The only new moth for the year was the micro moth, Dichrorampha acuminatana, which was only my second ever; the last being 5 years ago! Nearly 25% of the total were made up of Lime-speck Pugs and Double-striped Pugs and there were probably more around the garden too.

The second generation of Vines Rustic are arriving now. 

Migrant moths included another Langmaid’s Yellow Underwing, Silver Y and a few Rusty-dot Pearl. Annoyingly, yesterday's rain showers managed to find its way into my moth box and most of the egg trays were a bit sodden, but it seemed it did not affect the moth numbers. Visible migration has gone quiet this week, with nothing but a flock of Starlings to report.  

Moths present this morning included the following:

• 8 Garden Tiger
• 5 Brimstone Moth
• 1 Bright-line Brown-eye
• 9 Pale Mottled Willow
• 2 Garden Carpet
• 11 Double-striped Pug
• 20 Lime-speck Pug
• 4 Vines Rustic
• 4 Marbled Beauty
• 1 Willow Beauty
• 1 Yellow-barred Brindle
• 2 White Ermine
• 1 Shuttle-shaped Dart
• 1 Langmaids Yellow Underwing
• 6 Small Dusty Wave
• 1 Silver Y
• 1 Turnip Moth
• 1 Cabbage Moth
• 8 Common Plume
• 2 Agriphila inquinatella
• 1 Agriphila geniculea
• 1 Garden Pebble
• 1 Pyrausta aurata
• 2 Box Tree Moth
• 2 White-shouldered House Moth
• 1 Celypha striana
• 1 Tachtstola acroxantha
• 1 Apple Leaf Miner
• 1 Dichrorampha acuminatana (NFY)
• 2 Rusty-dot Pearl
• 1 Anania coronata
• 1 Hawthorn Moth