Hackney Mothing

Small dusty wave

Aphomia sociella (Bee moth)

Ephestia parasitella unicolrella

Blastobasis lacticolella

Bright line brown eye

Prays fraxinella

Haworth's pug

Enarmonia formosana

Graeme Smith and I had been invited to run several moth traps at east Bank West Bank NR in Stamford Hill, Hackney. This reserve is a thin strip of land several hundred yards long on either side of the railway line out of Liverpool Street. Only 3 yards wide and heavily vegetated. Plenty of privet, sycamore and plane.
Traps set by 9.30 and we began netting. Mainly micros with a few small fan foots and small dusty wave.
By 10.45 the sky blackened and an electric storm brought a rapid end to the event. We were packed by 11.45 with a list of 65 moths of 28 species, including Prays fraxinella, 3 Ephestia unicolorella, Enarmonia formosana and Acentria ephemerella. Pretty good micros.
All photo credits: Graeme J. Smith who also carried out necessary dissections.
Full List:

Classification	Vernacular	Latin	Number taken
Micro
216	Cork Moth	Nemapogon cloacella	1
228		Monopsis weaverella	1
449	Ash bud moth	Prays fraxinella	1
464	Diamond back moth	Plutella xylostella	2
644		Borkhausenia fuscecens	1
647	Brown house moth	Hoffmannophila pseudospretella	1
819		Scrobipalpa costella	1
874		Blastobasis lacticolella	3
994		Clepsis consimilana	10
998	Light brown apple moth	Epiphyas postvitanna	8
1011		Pseudargyrotoza conwagana	2
1216	Cherry bark moth	Prays fraxinella	1
1301		Crambus lathionellus	3
1331	Water veneer	Acentria ephemerella	1
1361	Mint moth	Pyrauta aurata	3
1376	Small magpie	Anania hortulata	2
1428	Bee moth	Aphomia sociella	6
1474		Ephestia parasitella unicolorella	3
Macros
0017	Common swift	Hepialis lupilinus	6
1702	Small fan-footed wave	Idaea biselata	1
1707	Small dusty wave	Idaea seriata	4
1711	Treble brown spot	Idaea trigimenata	1
1713	Riband wave	Idaea aversata	1
1742	Yellow Shell	Camptogramma bilineata	1
1813	Haworth’s pug	Eupithecia haworthiata	1
2089	Heart and Dart	Agrotis exclamationis	1
2160	Bright line brown eye	Lacanobia oleracea	1
2473	Beautiful hooktip	Laspeyria flexula	1