About 300 moths last night of approx 78 species with a nice little haul of migrants. As hoped for, the migrants that arrived in the south west and tightly on the local coast recently seem to have now moved inland a bit- seems to be the pattern here, where we get migrants a day or two after the initial arrival.
22 Elephant Hawkmoths in the trap too! Also single Poplar and Eyed Hawkmoth.
Garden moth list now on 535 and 363 for the year.
Bordered Straw (above) and Small Marbled (below)- nice to get some better shots of these two scarce species
Scarce Spindle Ermine, Yponomeuta irrorella. I photographed this as an unsual ermine this morning and noticed it was a good match for irrorella in Steling et al but it was only when I saw that Steve Nash had one last night and there had been several records in the latest moth migrant wave that I was confident enough it was one after I checked with Steve Nash by sending him this photo. According to the Sussex moth website there's been about 18 previous records in Sussex but waiting to hear from the CMR team for confirmation on status. A lifer.
Gem
Small Mottled Willow- three of these
Dark Sword Grass- conspicious by it's recent abscence, nice to get one . So total migrants (or suspected migrants) for the night were singles of Bordered Straw, Small Marbled, Dark Sword Grass, Angle Shades, Gem, Nutmeg and 2 Dark Spectacle and 10+ Yponomeuta sp. Very surprisngly not a single Rusty-dot or Diamond-back.
A pale looking Nutmeg so presumably something from the south/ deserts
Looks like a White Birch Tortrix, Acleris logiana. Not a migrant but a new for garden
Dark Spruce Knot-horn, Assara terebella- new for garden
Feeston- getting one or two of these a night. Cracking little moth.
Oatmeal our Guard Goose is coming along well
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