Due to the proximity of the houses we had lots of interested fol coming over to see what was going on and to see the potted moths. As usual, the macros: light emerald, willow beauty, garden carpet, marbledcarpet were of more interest until we passed over a micro and a hand lens.
Two police cars arrived to inquire as to what we were up too and, whilst not being over friendly, went away satisfied with our genuine reasons.
By midnight the prospect of hauling all the kit out meant we stopped the jennies and checked the contents. Not too much on offer and less in the battery driven actinics but a haul of, in total, 36 moths of 21 species.
Of particular note were for me Ash pug, Nemapogon cloacella and Swammerdamia pyrella which were all new for me with the latter also being new for Graeme.
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| Monopsis obviella |
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| Kit unloaded. Reserve behind the railings and only 3 yards wide |
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| Nemopogon cloacella (Cork moth) |
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| Phyllonorycter platani, female that required dissection. |
- 3 Small dusty wave
- 3 willow beauty
- 3 light emerald
- 1 garden carpet
- 1 Common marbled carpet
- 1 brimstone
- 1 Large yellow underwing
- 1 snout
- 3 common pug
- 1 Ash pug
- 3 Memaopogon cloacella (cork moth)
- 2 Monopsis weaverella
- 2 Endrosis sacritella (white shouldered house moth)
- 2 Epiphyas postvittana (Light brown apple moth)
- 1 Clepsis consimilana
- 1 Phyllonorycter platani
- 3 Bee moth (Aphomia sociella)
- 1 Swammerdamia pyrella
- 1 Monopsis obviella
- 1 Large yellow underwing
- 1 common swift
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