SUNDAY 9th AUGUST 2026

 An exceptional night Mothing with 279 caught of 64 Species 4 New for Year and all 4 New for Garden including a Tortrix new for VC53 South Lincs.
Year List has broke the 400 Barrier my target for year, Year List 402, Garden List 471

NEW FOR GARDEN

Beautiful Golden Y
Lesser Swallow Prominent
Fern
Crocidosema plebejana-New for VC53 South Lincs

Best of the Rest from last night 9th August 2026

Campion-2
Centre Barred Sallow-1
Straw Underwing-21
Pale Prominent-1
Lime Spec Pug-3
Spectacle-1
Miller-1
Small Ranunculus-1
Small Mottled Willow-1
Tree Lichen Beauty-1
Poplar Hawk Moth-1
Elephant Hawk Moth-1     100th For Garden
White Point-1
Dark Sword Grass-1
Canary Shouldered Thorn-1
Calamotropha paludella-1
Celypha lacunana-1
Neocochylis molliculana-1
Monopis crocicapitella-1
Hawthorn Moth-6
Garden Pebble-1
Common Wave-1

FERN

 NEW FOR GARDEN

Last of four new Moths for Garden the stunning FERN, i have never caught this moth before so was pleased when i found it in trap, 9th August 2026

LESSER SWALLOW PROMINENT

 FIRST FOR GARDEN

A long awaited addition for Garden i have caught this Moth before 4 in 1996 at Boultham Mere and a single in 2000 at Shakespeare Street my old Garden, 9th August 2026

BEAUTIFUL GOLDEN Y

 FIRST FOR GARDEN

Another new species for Garden, 9th August 2026

CROCIDOSEMA PLEBEJANA-TREE MALLOW TORTRIX

 FIRST RECORD FOR VC53 SOUTH LINCOLNSHIRE

FIRST FOR GARDEN

Another new Tortrix for Garden and a South Lincs First, 9th August 2026

POPLAR HAWK MOTH

Single last year this is the third this year, 9th August 2026

 

TREE LICHEN BEAUTY

 Nine trapped this year, Eight in 2025, 9th August 2026

MILLER

 Seventh for Garden all this year, 9th August 2026

NEOCOCHYLIS MOLLICULANA-TAWNY FRONTED STRAW

 Fifth Garden record, 9th August 2026

WHITE POINT

 Fifth one this year, 9th August 2026

STRAW UNDERWING

 Another large number in trap last night, 21 in all, 9th August 2026

HOMOEOSOMA NEBELELLA-CLOUDED KNOT HORN

 Least common of the two Homoeosomas i catch, six this year 9th August 2026

HOMOEOSOMA SINUELLA-TWIN BARRED KNOT HORN

 Has been frequent this year, 3 last night  9th August 2026

EVERGESTIS FORFICALIS-GARDEN PEBBLE

 Single last night was the fourteenth this year, 9th August 2026

CENTRE BARRED SALLOW

 Second one for Year, 9th August 2026

COMMON PLUME MOTH-EMMELINA MONODACTYLA

 A Common Plume Moth in Garden, two last night, 9th August 2026

ELEPHANT HAWK MOTH

 Last one of the season in what's been an incredible year for this species, Eight caught last year but that was equaled on two nights when i caught 8 all together, Garden total for this Moth is exactly 100 with this one an unprecedented 92 caught this year on 38 Nights, 9th August 2026

CALAMOTROPHA PALUDELLA-BULRUSH VENEER

 A record two caught last night, eight this year only a single in 2025, 9th August 2026

AGRIPHILA GENICULEA-CHEVRON GRASS MOTH

 Many hundreds for Garden a Common Moth, 9th August 2026

SATURDAY 8th AUGUST 2026

 A really good night with some great Moths caught, 284 Moths in trap of 72 Species with 1 new for year, Year list at 398, two off my Target , Garden List 467, Best of the night listed below

Snout, First for year
Marbled Beauty 2
Vestal 3rd Record
Common Wave 3
Cydia splendana
Neocochylis molliculana 2
Willow Beauty 12
Common Wainscot 5
Brimstone 5
Pale Prominent
Rosy Rustic
Small Ranunculus 2
Miller
Straw Underwing 20
Spectacle 2
Anania perlucidalis 4th Record
Cydia pomonella 6
Acleris variegana 2
Buff Tip
Varied Coronet

VESTAL

 Best Moth of the night and 3rd Garden record, all this year 8th August 2026