A new insect species for my garden.

Friday 5th September 2025.

Large Yellow Underwing moths easily were the most numerous species this morning.

This morning got off to a beautiful start with a clear blue sky, hardly any wind and relatively mild temperatures around the 14 degree mark. However, with clear skies came fewer moths, but there were some nice moths to be seen and a few insects around the Moth Box too. Pembroke Road this morning, though busy as usual with traffic, was sunny and bright and the nice weather continued throughout the morning.

My Moth Box:

One of two Flounced Rustics this morning.

There were just 28 moths of 15 species this morning, but sadly, nothing new for the year again. Two Flounced Rustics and two Square-spot Rustics were typical for this time of year and Large Yellow Underwings are increasing in numbers. Yes, fairly quiet for this time of year, but hopefully will improve as the month goes on.

This Square-spot Rustic was a little more challenging to ID.

The Moths recorded this morning included the following:

MACRO MOTHS	MICRO MOTHS
Square-spot Rustic x2	Chevron Grass-moth x3
Flounced Rustic x2	Common Plume x3
Vine’s Rustic x1	Ruddy Streak x1
Large Yellow Underwing x5	Rusty-dot Pearl x5
Lesser Yellow Underwing x1	Box Tree Moth x1
Lime-speck Pug x1	Light Brown Apple Moth x1
Willow Beauty x1
L-album Wainscot x2
Bright-line Brown-eye x1

There were a few interesting insects around the Moth Box today that included a Tiger Crane Fly. I have never heard of this species before and so I can never complain about something I have never seen before. Several Cinnamon Caddisfllies were in and around the egg trays and a few Leafhoppers on the white sheet.

A new insect species for me; a Tiger Cranefly. 

Pembroke Road, Old Portsmouth:

One of the Cruise Liners going past the Royal Garrison Church out of Portsmouth Harbour this morning.

The gorgeous weather continued into my first shift in Pembroke Road this morning and a total of 13 species of birds were noted (a bit better than yesterday) that included a pair of Great Spotted Woodpeckers that flew high over my head and headed northbound over the houses. A list of species seen this morning are below. Hopefully, a few more might be added this afternoon.

• Great Black-backed Gull
• Herring Gull
• Black-headed Gull
• Wood Pigeon
• Feral Pigeon
• Carrion Crow
• Magpie
• Great Spotted Woodpecker
• Robin
• Starling
• Great Tit
• Blue Tit
• Wren