Friday 24 June 2016

22nd June 2016

A muggy night so a good bunch of moths, the pick of which was my first Red-necked Footman. A very smart an usual species although this individuals was found wet and upside down in the trap and consequently looked a bit worn even after recovering in the fridge.

Red-necked Footman Atolmis rubricollis
A nice selection of other moths new for year / garden meaning that 100 species barrier was broken:

[93] Ghost Moth

[94] Scoparia basistrigalis
[95] Agapeta hamana
[96] Clepsis consimilana
[97] Epinotia bilunana
[98] Acrobasis consociella
[99] Ringed China-mark
[100] Riband Wave
[101] Foxglove Pug
[102] Green Pug
[103] Clouded Silver
[104 Figure of Eighty 
[105] Red-necked Footman
[106] Heart and Club
[107] The Nutmeg
[108] Grey / Dark Dagger agg.
[109] Small Fanfoot


Figure of Eighty Tethea ocularis


Epinotia bilunana


Clepsis consimilana


Clouded Silver Lomographa temerata


Foxglove Pug Eupithecia pulchellata


Ghost Moth Hepialus humuli
Green Pug Pasiphila rectangulata

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