18th July 2017

The forecast predicted a heavy shower or two when in fact it rained continuously from around 11pm onwards - I decided to rescue the trap at 02:30 which wasn't too much fun. Happily, there were still some good moths left in the morning while one or two were potted before the deluge. There were  six additions to the garden including two not recorded in Cottenham before:

[358] Garden Rose Tortrix

[359] Catoptria pinella

[360] Pediasia contaminella

[361] Donacaula forficella

[362] Small Phoenix

[363] Twin-spotted Wainscot

Pediasia contaminella was the first completely new one for me, its distinctive resting posture giving it away:

Pediasia contaminella

Small Phoenix is one thats avoided my trap until now:

Small Phoenix Ecliptopera silaceata

There were three Twin-spotted Wainscots all looking subtedly different to each other. I think I recorded this species only twice at Corbett Street:

Twin-spotted Wainscot Lenisa geminipuncta

The Donacala forficella was a disnctive male and quite an interesting moth:

Donacaula forficella

I was somewhat shocked to find that Garden Rose Tortrix was new for the garden; its normally a common species with an extensive flight season. Not sure why it went missing last year:

Garden Rose Tortrix Acleris variegana

Scorched Carpet seems to be getting to be getting a little more regular here - this is the 3rd in 2 years after only being recorded once in the previous 6:

Scorched Carpet Ligdia adustata