ELEPHANT HAWK MOTH

 Always great to catch 30th May 2026

FRIDAY 29th MAY 2026

TORTRIX VIRIDANA-GREEN OAK TORTRIX

 Another new Tortrix for the Garden 29th May 2026

LIGHT EMERALD

 Second one of the year 29th May 2026

MIDDLE BARRED MINOR

 Single last night 29th May 2026

NOTOCELIA TRIMACULANA-HAWTHORN SHOOT MOTH

 Another one to trap 29th May 2026

MARBLED MINOR

 Four last night 29th May 2026

EYED HAWK MOTH

 First Garden record of this stunning Hawk Moth 29th May 2026

CRAMBUS LATHONIELLUS-MEADOW GRASS MOTH

 Single in trap this morning 29th May 2026

BROWN SILVER LINES

 Another new species for Garden 29th May 2026

HOFMANNOPHILA PSEUDOSPRETELLA-BROWN HOUSE MOTH

 Common around my Garden 29th May 2026

NOTOCELIA TRIMACULANA-HAWTHORN SHOOT MOTH

 Single in last nights trap 29th May 2026

PALE TUSSOCK

 Single in last nights trap 29th May 2026

SYCAMORE

 Second in two days 29th May 2026

THURSDAY 28th MAY 2026

Another good night in the increasingly hot weather, unprecedented numbers of Moths on the wing, i caught a total of 61 Species 12 new for the year and 4 New for the garden taking year list to 162 and the Garden list to an incredible 348 New moths for the year were a Spectacle and a beautiful Peppered Moth and a single Sycamore and Light Emerald, two Crambus lathoniellus-Meadow Grass moth a single Clouded bordered Brindle, two Agapeta Hamana-Garden Straw and a single Scythropia crataegella-Hawthorn Moth

NEW FOR GARDEN

Small Mottled Willow

Obscure Wainscot

Bordered Straw

Clepsis spectrana-Cyclamen Tortrix

OBSCURE WAINSCOT

 A really good Moth to catch, first for the Garden 28th May 2026

CLEPSIS SPECTRANA-CYCLAMAN TORTRIX

 A new Tortrix for the Garden 28th May 2026

SCYTHROPIA CRATAEGELLA-HAWTHORN MOTH

 A very small Micro and the first of the year, 28th May 2026

SPRUCE CARPET

 Second for the Garden in two days, a different and in better condition than the one i caught the night before, 28th May 2026