Big Moth Night

A muggy night at the Beddington Farmlands light trap produced the biggest night of the year so far with 77 species. A few highlights below.

Painted Ladys are undergoing an invasion at the moment with large numbers on the south coast and penetrating into Surrey and London. I'm seeing ones and twos more or less everywhere. The invasion is occurring right across Eurasia to at least as far East as the Caucasus. 

Spent most of the day working through the moths and also did a bit in the Obs garden. 

 Blue-bordered Carpet

 Silky Wainscot 

 Obscure Wainscot 

 Reddish Light Arches 

 Bulrush Veneer, Calamtropha paludella 

 Diamond-back Marble, Eudemis profundana (above and below) 

 Marbled Bell, Eucosma campoliliana

 Poplar Shoot, Gypsonoma oppressana ?No it's  Epinotia tenerana- thanks Billy Dykes once again !

Hawthorn Cosmet , Blastodacna hellerella

 Broad-barred White 

Common Yellow Conch,  Agapeta hamana

 Bud Moth, Spilonota ocellana 

 The Actinic set up last night 

 Viper's Bugloss outside the obs 

 Mints and Lavender in the obs garden 

Salvias, Snapdragons and wild Cut-leaved Cranesbill in the Obs garden