JulyMoth Review

July is invariably the busiest moth month and so it proved again this year. In total, 2,652 moths were trapped, with the total on 1st August being 4210, made up of 199 macro species and 183 micro species.
In amongst this pile of moths were many new for parish record moths:

Micros:
Latronympha strigana, Epinotia rubiginsana, Anania perlucidalis, Aglossa pinguinalis, Coleophora flavipennella, Syncopcama larseniella, Hedya salicella, Eudonia pallida, Epinotia signatana, Anacampsis populella, Mompha ochraceella, Coleophora paripennella, Oidaematrophorous lithidactyla, Endothenia genitianaena, Lobesia abscisana, Helcystogramma rufiscens, Catalysta lemnata, Stigmella trimaculella, Tinea trinotella

Macros:
Small dotted buff, Mullein wave, Leopard moth, Brown veined wainscot, Olive,

Added to these there were 144 new for year records, so a most successful month. I trapped in the garden with the 125W Skinner every night apart from the 1st and 2nd as we were away and also ran the portable  15W battery Heath trap at:

Suffyldes Wood (03.07.16, 25.07.16,)
Valley Fields (07.07.16)
Ash Valley Golf Course public footpaths (10.07.16)
Little Hadham Place (13.07.16,)
Westland Green (14.07.16)
Hoecroft Lane (17.07.16,)
Alder Wood (19.07.16,)
Chapel Lane (21.07.16,)
Hadham Hall (27.07.16,)
Brick Kiln Hill (29.07.16)
Pigs Green (30.07.16)
Also spent time out with head torch and net at various sites. Now looking forward to a busy August with the first flush of the autumnal moths to add a little variety to the daily counting of common footman and riband wave. Now Common rustic and straw underwing will be the most regular visitors to the trap, but still plenty of time to find new for the parish records.

Brown veined wainscot

Camararia ohridella

Catalysta lemnata

Tinea trinotella

Leopard moth