A new moth for me Some better catches last week in the garden, and some nice surprises as well kept the interest up somewhat. On Monday night the weather was relatively mild in the evening and seemed like a good night to try for a few moths. Mottled Umber was new for the year, Brick had a great flurry with 3 individuals (not a common moth for me) and late mots continued to fly including Shuttle-shaped Dart and Carcina quercana. Bedellia somnulentella was a completely new moth for me, a Bindweed leaf-miner, and one I intially dis-regarded as a Caloptilia.

On Thursday it was mild again and by Friday moning a whole host of interesting moths graced the trap, Buff Footman was my latest ever record, and Orange Sallow was another garden first (albeit very worn) Lovely forms of Acleris sparsana and Chestnut were nice to photograph.

Two garden firsts in one week was definitely a reason to feel like it was all worth it.

Catch Report - 20/10/14 - Back Garden - Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap

Macro Moths

1x Mottled Umber [NFY] 1x Grey-pine Carpet 1x Red-line Quaker 1x Common Marbled Carpet 3x Brick 1x Willow Beauty 1x Chestnut 1x Feathered Thorn 1x Barred Sallow 1x Shuttle-shaped Dart

Micro Moths

1x Bedellia somnulentela [NEW!] 1x Acleris sparsana 1x Carcina quercana 2x Epiphyas postvittana 1x Plutella xylostella

Catch Report - 23/10/14 - Back Garden - Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap

Macro Moths

1x Orange Sallow [NFG] 1x Red-green Carpet 3x November Moth sp 1x Buff Footman 1x Red-line Quaker 3x Green-brindled Crescent 1x Common Marbled Carpet 2x Barred Sallow 1x Chestnut 2x Lesser Yellow Underwing 2x Satellite

Micro Moths

3x Epiphyas postvittana 2x Acleris schalleriana 1x Emmelina monodactyla