ACLERIS VARIEGANA-GARDEN ROSE TORTRIX

 A regular Tortrix Moth in Garden, 25th August 2026

SQUARE SPOT RUSTIC

 Nine last night, 26th August 2026

STRAW UNDERWING

 Thirteen last Night, 26th August 2026

TUESDAY 25th AUGUST 2026

BURNISHED BRASS

 Fifth Garden record all this year first was in June, 25th August 2026

EARLY THORN

A really smart looking Moth, and this one from the second Generation this year, New for Garden in March then a second in April, next one caught was the Third in July and finally a fourth which was the last of the year, 25th August 2026

OAK HOOK TIP

New for Garden this year and the thirteenth caught, 25th August 2026

 

LIGHT EMERALD

 Seventeen caught this year, Eleven in 2025, 25th August 2026, a nice fresh one with the Red flash at wing tip.

COMMON WAINSCOT

 Common Garden Moth, 25th August 2026

LESSER YELLOW UNDERWING

 Common Garden Moth, 25th August 2026

SMALL DUSTY WAVE

 Common, 25th August 2026

BRIMSTONE

 Common garden Moth, 25th August 2026

STRAW UNDERWING

 Slowing down now with only Nine in last nights Trap, 25th August 2026

SQUARE SPOT RUSTIC

 Only three caught last night of this Common garden Moth, 25th August 2026

MONDAY 24th AUGUST 2026

 Only slightly better last night with 130 caught of 26 Species

Year List 420 Garden List 484

Highlights of 24th August 2026

Flounced Rustic-38
Cydia fagiglandana-3rd Garden Record
Cochylichroa atricapitana-4th Garden Record
Ringed China Mark-1
Straw Underwing-10
Lesser Broad Bordered Yellow Underwing-5
Vine's Rustic-13
Pale Mottled Willow-2
Cydia pomonella-1
Grapholita funebrana-1
Small Ranunculus-1

COCHYLICHROA ATRICAPITANA-BLACK FRONTED STRAW

 Third one this year and Fourth Garden record with the one caught in 2025, 24th August 2026

CYDIA FAGIGLANDANA-BEECH MAST PIERCER

 Third Garden record, all this year, 24th Auguste 2026

RINGED CHINA MARK-PARAPOYNX STRATIOTATA

 Has been regular in Garden this summer, 24th August 2026

SQUARE SPOT RUSTIC

 Very Common Garden Moth, five caught last night, 23rd August 2026

SMALL DUSTY WAVE

 Very Common in Garden, 24th August 2026

LESSER YELLOW UNDERWING

 Common Garden Moth two last night 24th August 2026

SUNDAY 23rd AUGUST 2026

 Another slow night with 132 Caught of 24 Species.

Highlights for 23rd August 2026

Small Dusty Wave-2
Yellow Shell-1
Brimstone-1
Square Spot Rustic-11
Flounced Rustic-30
Straw Underwing-10
Small Mottled Willow-2
Pyrausta aurata-1
Spectacle-1

BOX TREE MOTH-CYDALIMA PERSPECTALIS

 Melanic form, four caught three normal colour, 23rd August 2026

COMMON PLUME MOTH-EMMELINA MONODACTYLA

 Commonest of the Plume Moths in my Garden, 23rd August 2026

SMALL MOTTLED WILLOW

 Two in last nights trap, were the 85th and 86th of the year only a new moth in my Garden this May, 23rd August 2026

SPECTACLE

 Last of the season, eight caught last year, a record 29 this year, 23rd August 2026

NUTMEG

 Another common Garden Moth caught in good numbers some nights, 23rd August 2026

SMALL DUSTY WAVE

 Common in Garden two last Night 23rd August 2026