26th August 2018

One of my most wanted micros finally turned up, the exquisitely marked Ypsolopha sequella (AKA Pied Smudge)

[476] Ypsolopha sequella

Mid to late August normally coincides with a dramatic loss in diversity of catches and so it transpired with less than 35 species recorded. There are plenty of individual moths about though, it is just dominated by a handful of species such as:

Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba

Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum

Common Wainscot Mythimna pallens