File:(1914) Dusky Thorn (Ennomos fuscantaria) (9624929843).jpg

Last night I ran the trap again as it appeared to be alot warmer with a decent amount of cloud cover present at dusk. I have often said this but I am so glad I did,because the morning I had a huge catch of moths which were mostly brown and grey but amongst them were some delights such as Small Square-spot (a moth I see relatively frequently at wetland sites, so nice to add to the garden list this year again) Coxcomb Prominent was a late new one for the garden, and the Micro Nephopterix angustella was also new and a very good record, only being my second record for this species (my 1st was from Essex in 2010) Plenty of migrant action, with another better conditioned Udea ferrugalis.

Below I have just listed moths that came to the trap, that did not feature the night before.

Catch Report - 28/08/13 - Back Garden Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson trap

Macro Moths

1x Coxcomb Prominent [NFG] 1x Dusky Thorn [NFG] 1x Svensson's Copper Underwing (Underside of hindwing checked)[NFG] 1x Small Square-spot [NFY] 3x Light Emerald 5x Silver-Y 2x Centre-barred Sallow 1x Copper Underwing 1x Cabbage Moth 1x Double-striped Pug 1x Red Twin-spot Carpet 1x Maiden's Blush 1x Common Wainscot

Micro Moths

1x Nephopterix angustella [NFG] 1x Caloptilia robustella [NFG] 1x Bactra sp [NFY] 1x Carcina quercana 1x Cameraria ohridella 1x Eudonia mercurella 1x Agonopterix alstromeriana 5x Plutella xylostella 1x Archips podana 1x Acleris variegana 3x Amblyptilia acanthadactyla