A few migrant moths today.

Wednesday 5th October 2022.

Three brown jobs! From left to right: Turnip Moth, Dark Sword-grass and Large Yellow Underwing. 

I put the moth box on overnight despite knowing that there were blustery winds, though I knew it wasn't going to rain, which is always a bonus. Rain is due sometime late morning today and so I was out checking the moth box just after 7am this morning. Yet again, there was nothing new within the moth box, but at least there was a variety and a few migrant moths as well.

The micro moth Clepsis consimilana.

A total of 33 moths of 17 moths were present this morning including the migrant moths Dark Sword-grass, 2 Turnip Moths and a Rusty-dot Pearl. A late Apple Leaf Miner was a surprise.

Moths present this morning included the following:

• 4 Double-striped Pug
• 1 Shuttle-shaped Dart
• 1 Dark Sword-grass
• 1 L-album Wainscot
• 2 Turnip Moth
• 2 Feathered Ranunculus
• 2 Lesser Yellow Underwing
• 6 Large Yellow Underwing
• 1 Square-spot Rustic
• 1 Pale Mottled Willow
• 1 Lunar Underwing
• 1 Box Tree Moth
• 3 Clepsis consimilana
• 4 Light Brown Apple Moth
• 1 Apple Leaf Miner
• 1 Rusty-dot Pearl