19th June 2018

I'm picking up some interesting micros this year and this continued with these three new for the garden:

[420] Hawthorn Moth
[421] Exoteleia dodecella
[422] Epermenia chaerophyllella

I've recorded Hawthorn Moth just once before (June 2014):

Hawthorn Moth Scythropia crataegella

I needed some help in identifying the E. dodecella possibly as it doesn't feature in the plates of Stirling &Parsons. It's yet another Scots Pine species that's fairly local in East Anglia:

Exoteleia dodecella

While E. chaerophyllella was a little easier to identify:

Epermenia chaerophyllella

Another good micro was this Phycitodes binaevella which I get in very small numbers most years:

While Beautiful Hook-tips are continuing their upturn, with several trapped so far this year:

Beautiful Hook-tip Laspeyria flexula

One of the most common grass moths is Crambus pascuella, which are turning up now:

Crambus pascuella