Summary:
Numbers of moths trapped in 2024 are significantly lower than in previous years due to sustained cold night time temperatures; the highest catches to date (19/06/24) were on 13th March.
First sightings dates for each species are listed; those in bold are new records for the site:
Acleris cristana - 17/03/24
Agapeta hamana - 02/06/24
Agonopterix arenella - 12/04/24
Agonopterix heracliana - 01/02/24
Agonopterix ocellana- 13/03/24
Angle Shades (Larva) - 28/01/24
Beautiful Golden Y - 10/06/24
Belted Grass-Veneer - 28/01/24
Blood-vein - 05/06/24
Brimstone Moth - 01/04/24
Brindled Beauty- 13/03/24
Brindled Pug - 13/03/24
Broken-barred Carpet - 13/05/24
Brown Silver-line - 16/04/24
Brussels Lace - 01/06/24
Buff Ermine - 18/05/24
Buff Tip 09/05/24
Chestnut - 28/01/24
Clouded-bordered Brindle
Clouded-bordered Brindle - 05/06/24
Clouded Border - 11/06/24
Clouded Drab - 08/03/24
Clouded Silver - 12/04/24
Common Footman - 23/06/24
Common Lutestring - 31/05/24
Common Marbled Carpet - 11/05/24
Common Pug - 09/05/24
Common Rustic agg - 24/06/24
Common Quaker - 08/03/24
Common Swift - 27/05/24
Common Wave - 29/05/24
Coxcomb Prominent - 04/06/24
Cream-spot Tiger - 03/06/24
Cream Wave - 30/05/24
Cydia ulicetana - 11/05/24
Dark Arches - 11/06/24
Dark Sword-grass - 10/04/24
December Moth - 04/01/24
Depressaria daucella - 11/03/24
Diurnea fagella- 13/03/24
Dotted Border - 04/01/24
Double Square-spot - 18/06/24
Double-striped Pug - 16/02/24
Early Grey - 08/03/24
Early Moth - 09/02/24
Early Thorn - 11/03/24
Early Tooth-striped - 30/03/24
Elachista atricomella - 29/05/24
Engrailed - 27/04/24
Eudonia delunella - 24/06/24
Flame - 10/06/24
Flame Carpet - 02/05/24
Flame Shoulder - 09/05/24
Foxglove Pug - 31/05/24
Garden Carpet - 03/05/24
Garden Grass-Veneer - 27/05/24
Garden Pebble - 10/06/24
Great Prominent - 07/05/24
Green Arches - 30/05/24
Green Carpet - 16/04/24
Green Pug - 22/06/24
Grey Shoulder-Knot - 28/01/24
Heart & Dart - 03/06/24
Hebrew Character - 14/02/24
Herald - 31/03/24
Incurvaria oehlmanniella - 01/06/24
July Highflyer - 24/06/24
Lackey (Larva) - 30/05/24
Large Yellow Underwing - 02/06/24
Least Black Arches - 17/04/24
Light Brown Apple Moth - 29/01/24
Light Emerald - 05/06/24
Lobesia reliquana - 11/05/24
Lobster Moth - 29/05/24
Lunar Marbled Brown - 12/04/24
Lychnis - 04/06/24
Marbled Coronet - 11/05/24
Marbled Minor agg. - 30/05/24
March Moth - 19/02/24
Mecyna asinalis - 24/06/24
Mottled Beauty - 13/05/24
Mottled Grey- 13/03/24
Mottled Umber - 29/01/24
Muslin Moth - 09/04/24
Myelois circumvoluta - 03/06/24
Netted Pug - 07/05/24
Notocelia rosaecolana - 03/06/24
Oak Beauty - 20/03/24
Oak Eggar (Larva) - 22/06/24
Oak-tree Pug - 06/03/24
Orange Footman - 27/05/24
Pale Pinion - 15/03/24
Pale Prominent - 03/05/24
Pale Tussock - 11/05/24
Peach Blossom - 09/05/24
Pebble Prominent - 15/05/24
Peppered Moth - 27/05/24
Phoenix - 24/06/24
Phtheochroa inopiana - 23/06/24
Pinion-streaked Snout - 31/05/24
Poplar Hawkmoth - 11/05/24
Powdered Quaker - 29/03/24
Privet Hawkmoth - 22/06/24
Pseudoswammerdamia combinella - 06/05/24
Purple Bar - 01/06/24
Red Chestnut - 16/02/24
Red Twin-spot Carpet - 01/04/24
Riband Wave - 16/06/24
Sandy Carpet - 11/05/24
Satin Wave - 03/06/24
Scrobipalpa costella - 11/05/24
Shears - 31/05/24
Shoulder Stripe - 19/03/24
Scalloped Hazel - 02/05/24
Seraphim - 07/05/24
Sharp-angled carpet - 05/06/24
Sharp-angled Peacock - 27/05/24
Silver-ground Carpet - 05/05/24
Silver Y - 12/04/24
Small Angle Shades - 30/05/24
Small Fan-Foot - 22/06/24
Small Fan-footed Wave - 24/06/24
Small Magpie - 10/06/24
Small Phoenix - 03/04/24
Small Square-spot - 27/05/24
Small Quaker - 05/03/24
Snout - 26/05/24
Speckled Yellow - 05/05/24
Spectacle - 26/05/24
Square Spot - 01/05/24
Small White Wave - 01/05/24
Stigmella aurella - 11/03/24
Straw Dot - 29/05/24
Streamer - 07/04/24
Tortricodes alternella - 13/03/24
Treble Lines - 11/05/24
Turnip Moth - 04/04/24
Twenty-Plume Moth - 25/01/24
Twin-spotted Quaker - 09/03/24
Udea olivalis - 03/06/24
Udea prunalis - 23/06/24
Uncertain - 24/06/24
V-Pug - 17/03/24
Water Carpet - 13/03/24
White Ermine - 06/05/24
White-marked - 17/03/24
White-shouldered House-moth - 26/04/24
Willow Beauty - 31/05/24
Winter Moth - 19/01/24
Yellow-barred Brindle - 07/05/24
149 species have been recorded in 2024 and 396 species since 2012.
Attracted to MV trap
ID Confirmed by County Recorder
Rare winter migrant
ID confirmed by County recorder
Found when setting up MV trap for tonight
ID confirmed by the County Recorder
ID confirmed by County recorder
New species; ID confirmed by County Recorder
Not Light Brown Apple Moth; wings held close and parallel to body
ID confirmed by County Recorder
ID confirmed by the County Recorder
Placeholder for 1st record of 2024; no photo - observed near moth trap at night
ID confirmed by County Recorder
ID confirmed by County Recorder