Moth Night

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

1. Brimstone Moth (1) [which wasn’t hanging around for a photo and was soon in the next doors garden]
2. Bright-line Brown-eye (1)  [A new species]
3. Cabbage Moth (1)  [New Species]
4. Clouded bordered Brindle (1) [New Species]
5. Common Carpet Moth (1)
6. Garden Carpet (1)
7. Marbled Minor aggregate (1) [Aggregate due to this species being difficult to split from other minors, can only be certain with a dissection]
8. Scalloped Hazel (3) [New Species]
9. Small Magpie (1) [New Species}
10. 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