An even bigger haul of moths!

Saturday 17th June 2023.

The smart micro moth Double-striped Tabby (Hypsopygia glaucinalis), which was a new moth for the year. 

I awoke again very early this morning to check out another large haul of moths waiting for me today. It was overcast first thing this morning, though still relatively mild with temperatures around 12 degrees and hardly no wind at all. My highest total of moths so far this year,  108 Moths of 33 species, were recorded and with at least 6 moths still in their pots, which I shall ID and photograph later today; that total could be even higher.

The micro moth, Notocelia rosaecolana was also new for the year.

There were just three new moths for the year that included just one macro moth, the Common Emerald and two micro moths: the impressive Hypsopygia glaucinalis (Double-striped Tabby) and Notocelia rosaecolana. My second Maiden’s Blush of the year in my garden was present on one of the outside egg trays and there were double figures of both Willow Beauty and Riband Wave.

The only new macro moth for the year was this Common Emerald.

Moths present this morning included the following:

• 17 Willow Beauty
• 7 Lime-speck Pug
• 3 Common Pug
• 3 Double-striped Pug
• 10 Riband Wave
• 2 L-album Wainscot
• 5 Garden Carpet
• 1 Common Emerald (NFY)
• 1 Maiden’s Blush
• 4 Dark Arches
• 4 Heart & Dart
• 2 Common Marbled Carpet
• 2 Bright-line Brown-eye
• 1 Marbled Minor
• 4 Common Plume
• 7 Ephestia woodiella
• 5 Bee Moth
• 4 Garden Grass Veneer
• 3 Light Brown Apple Moth
• 1 Celypha striana
• 2 White-shouldered House Moth
• 2 Apple Leaf Miner
• 3 Mompha subbistrigella
• 1 Meal Moth
• 3 Diamond-back Moth
• 1 Eudonia mercurella
• 3 Tachystola acroxantha
• 1 Brown House Moth
• 1 Notocelia rosaecolana (NFY)
• 1 Aleimma loeflingiana
• 1 Blastobasis lacticolella
• 1 Box Tree Moth
• 1 Hypsopygia glaucinalis (NFY)