21st July 2018

I rarely trap on consecutive nights but on this occasion the forecast convinced me that I should. A reward of six new species for the garden including one of my most wanted species, Peach Blossom, justified it somewhat.

[454] Zelleria hepariella
[455] Phalonidia manniana
[456] Eucosma conterminana
[457] Peach Blossom
[458] Small Wainscot

Peach Blossom didn't disappoint after a nine year wait for one in Cottenham

Peach Blossom Thyatira batis

Zelleria hepariella is a distinctive but rare micro - not sure how many records there have been in VC 29 but its not likely to be many:

Zelleria hepariella

This totricid took a little more work before I settled on its identity:

Phalonidia manniana

Small Wainscot has never been regular in Cottenham and this was a fresh individual:

Small Wainscot Denticucullus pygmina

I was a little surprised that on looking up records that I had recorded A. subpropinquella just once previously in the village:

Agonopterix subpropinquella

After the previous nights influx Horse Chestnut Leaf miners were down to a sorry 50, while Blastobasis adustella are also commoner than they ever have been with >20 recorded each night currently:

Blastobasis adustella

Of other interest was a 'proper' looking Argyresthia albistria after the odd looking individual last month:

Argyresthia albistria

While Bryotropha affinis is regular in small numbers:

Bryotropha affinis