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20 September 2013

Summer moths


Angus uses a light trap at night to attracts moths. He records the species he finds while they rest in the trap during the day and then all the moths will fly off in the evening. He runs the trap once a week on a Friday as part of the garden moth recording scheme and occasionally on other days if the weather is very good. He has recorded over 600 moth species in our garden over the last 10 years. This year so far he has recorded 300 different species. Here are just a few photos of moths this year.

Oak Eggar

Mompha locupletella

Burnished Brass

 
 Also a Burnished Brass. There are often variations in the colors of the same species

Phycita roborella

Angus uses egg cartons in the traps as they offer plenty of resting nooks for the many moths.
On a good night in summer Angus could easily record 130 DIFFERENT species in one trap.
Some species occur in high numbers, for example the species Large Yellow Underwing peaked at more than one hundred in one trap in one night.

Buff-tip

Buff-tip
 
Dot Moth

Beautiful Golden Y.

Eudonia delunella

Buff Arches

Elephant Hawk-moth

Green Silver-lines.
Green Silver-lines