Autumn 2019

Autumn 2019 was so poor for mothing it has taken me over 6 months to write anything about it. There were a few moths early in the period though including one new for the garden:

[554] Elachista canapennella

Elachista canapennella

Elachista are always tricky and I caught three individuals. One though was a nicely marked female E.canapennella. The two others I suspect were males of the same species. This species is fairly common and mines on grasses - which gives you an idea of its diminutive size. It has a second generation in late summer / early autumn. 

Other wise the best moths were a second Pyrausta purpuralis, with a better photo grabbed this time:

Pyrausta purpuralis

Large Thorn is always a great moth to see:

Large Thorn Ennomos autumnaria

Centre-barred Sallow Atethmia centrago

20th August 2018

Happy to add Large Thorn to the garden list, my first trapped in the village since 2012:
[475] Large Thorn

Large Thorn Ennomos autumnaria

Just as surprising was a Barred Sallow - a regular enough moth in the autumn but this is incredibly early - my previous early date was 29th September!

Barred Sallow Xanthia aurago

Also present was the fairly common Small Dusty Wave, just a species I hadn't bothered to photograph before:

Small Dusty Wave Idaea seriata