New moon and cloudy warm night I decided on giving the moth trap a night out wit the hope a catching a few new species. Before bed I had a quick look and saw the trap was attracting a lot of Light brown apple Moths so a good start.
Early morning rise and straight out to the trap and I could see I was in for a few surprises with a couple of nicely col0ured moths in the trap. This is what I had
- Brimstone Moth (1) [which wasn’t hanging around for a photo and was soon in the next doors garden]
- Bright-line Brown-eye (1) [A new species]
- Cabbage Moth (1) [New Species]
- Clouded bordered Brindle (1) [New Species]
- Common Carpet Moth (1)
- Garden Carpet (1)
- Marbled Minor aggregate (1) [Aggregate due to this species being difficult to split from other minors, can only be certain with a dissection]
- Scalloped Hazel (3) [New Species]
- Small Magpie (1) [New Species}
- White Ermine (1) [New Species]
Not a lot on numbers but some very nice moths….here’s a few pictures (and more of the catch can be seen at my Flickr HERE)
Scalloped Hazel
White Ermine
Common Marbled carpet
Huddsbirder 