A couple of trapping nights recently haven't been very productive and they are somewhat of a comedown from the highs in July. Abundant species (Setaceous Hebrew Character, Yellow underwings, Common Wainscot etc) have remained, well, abundant but the more interesting moths have been hard to come by.
One new moth has come about though, a long awaited species that brings up the 550 for the garden:
[550] Six-striped Rustic
There was the second garden record of Aproaerema anthyllidella and the first one I've photographed properly:
Also a garden 2nd was a Grapholita compositella, I had assumed that the individual recorded last year was a one off. Looks like there could be a small population of this locally rare moth nearby.
A couple of underappreciated species that I haven't deemed exciting enough to post photos of before are the following:
One new moth has come about though, a long awaited species that brings up the 550 for the garden:
[550] Six-striped Rustic
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| Six-striped Rustic Xestia sexstrigata |
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| Aproaerema anthyllidella |
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| Grapholita compositella |
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| Cabbage Moth Mamaestra brassicae |
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| Brown House Moth Hoffannophila pseudospretella |
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