File:(2300) Old Lady (Mormo maura) (29136450400).jpg

Massive catch-up ensues I'm going to be brief because I am way behind! This is a catch from the 30th of July! With such a poor start to 2016 and into early summer things weren't much better. And then it all just happened and July and August has seen some fantastic quality of records for Hertfordshire. On the 30th of July I recorded some great species in my garden, with Recurvaria nanella, Piniphila bifasciana, Coleophora hemerobiella, Swammerdamia pyrella and Carpatolechia fugitivella all new moths for my garden and backed up by uncommon garden Macro species such as Dusky Sallow and Old Lady.

Catch Report - 30/07/16 - Back Garden - Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap

Macro Moths

Dusky Sallow 1 [NFY] Engrailed 1 [NFY] Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 3 [NFY] Magpie Moth 1 [NFY] Old Lady 1 [NFY] Bright-line Brown-eye 1 Brimstone Moth 2 Clay 1 Common Footman 1 Common Rustic 7 Dark Arches 6 Dot Moth 11 Double-striped Pug 1 Garden Carpet 2 July Highflyer 2 Large Yellow Underwing 3 Lesser Yellow Underwing 1 Maple Pug 2 Marbled Beauty 2 Nut-tree Tussock 2 Peach Blossom 1 Pebble Hook-tip 1 Riband Wave3 Rustic 2 Silver-Y 2 Small Fan-footed Wave 2 Straw Underwing 4 Square-spot Rustic 1 Tree-lichen Beauty 2 Willow Beauty 5

Micro Moths

Carpatolechia fugitivella 1 [NFG] Coleophora hemerobiella 1 [NFG] Piniphila bifasciana 1 [NFG] Swammerdamia pyrella 1 [NFG] Agapeta zoegana 1 [NFY] Argyresthia pruniella 1 [NFY] Cydia Pomonella 1 [NFY] Acentria ephemerella 2 Acleris forsskaleana 1 Acrobasis advenella 1 Agriphila tristella 3 Alucita hexadactyla 1 Anania hortulata 3 Blastobasis adustella 1 Blastobasis lacticolella 1 Chrysoteuchia culmella 1 Endotricha flammelis 5 Epiphyas postvittana 4 Eudonia mercurella 3 Pleuroptya ruralis 1 Plutella xylostella 10