October was overall pretty good with most of the classic species turning up and a handful of new ones for the garden. An early Mottled Umber on the 6th was the first new species for the garden and just the third I have recorded in Cottenham:
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| Mottled Umber Erannis defoliaria |
Merveille du Jour is always a much anticipated October moth:
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Merveille du Jour Griposia aprilina
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Some other species that were new for the year in the first half of the month:
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Rhomboid Tortrix Acleris rhombana
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Large Wainscot Rhizedra lutosa
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Red-line Quaker Agrochola lota
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Yellow-line Quaker Agrochola macilenta
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Sallow Cirrhia icteritia
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[621] Mottled Umber
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