Thursday 25th July 2024.
Despite watering the garden last night, I knew it was going to rain in the early hours of the morning and so I was quite prepared for a soggy start at dawn. More rain is forecast for the morning, but I knew I had a good load of moths to sift through. Micro moths easily outnumbered macro moths this morning and among them were this morning with a total of 55 moths of 31 species. There were SIX new moths for the year that included the Macro moths Marbled Green, Langmaids Yellow Underwing and an early Square-spot Rustic (though this individual looked a bit worn). New Micro moths for the year included a pristine Mother of Pearl, Tree-mallow Tortrix and a Dingy Concealer. I have noticed that a lot of vernacular names have changed on many of the Micro moths from last year. Why? Who knows!
The most numerous species was in fact the Black-banded Masoner, with 7 recorded; which last year, I believe, was called the Sussex Dowd! A Box-tree Moth of the dark form, was on the white sheet and it seems numbers of this particular species is a lot less than previous years. It was good to see my second Long-legged Tabby of the year too as they have been near absent from my garden over the past 5 years.
The moths present this morning included the following:
MACRO MOTHS:
- Common Emerald 3
- Lackey
- Dark Arches
- Langmaid's Yellow Underwing (New for Year)
- Marbled Green (NFY)
- Marbled Beauty
- Garden Carpet
- Least Carpet
- Riband Wave 2
- Brimstone Moth 4
- Lime-speck Pug 2
- Square-spot Rustic (NFY)
- Common Rustic
- Willow Beauty
- Dusky Sallow
MICRO MOTHS:
- Mother of Pearl (NFY)
- Barred Marble
- Tree-mallow Tortrix (NFY)
- Meal Moth
- Box-tree Moth
- Rosy Tabby
- Black-banded Masoner 7
- Carnation Tortrix 2
- Dingy Concealer (NFY)
- Beautiful Plume
- Rufous Tortrix
- Common Masoner
- Diamond-back Moth 3
- Light Brown Apple Moth 4
- Long-legged Tabby
- Common Plume 7
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