18th Oct 2013 ... Juniper Carpet

A second Juniper Carpet was a good record, this one in better condition.
There are quite a few cultivated conifers in the surrounding gardens which could explain why I get this uncommon moth quite regularly.
A year first Feathered Thorn was also found on the patio door near one of the traps.
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0998 ... Epiphyas postvittana x 3
1760 ... Red-green Carpet

Red-green Carpet

1771 ... Juniper Carpet

Juniper Carpet

1795x . November Moth agg.
1923 ... Feathered Thorn ... YF

Feathered Thorn ( male )

2107 ... Large Yellow Underwing
2109 ... Lesser Yellow Underwing x 2
2126 ... Setaceous Hebrew Character x 2
2199 ... Common Wainscot
2232 ... Black Rustic x 2
2240 ... Blair's Shoulder-knot x 4
2256 ... Satellite
2389 ... Pale Mottled Willow
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It's been a record breaking year for garden moths so far and if you add the 16 Butterfly species, I have passed the 500 mark for lepidoptera, which is amazing for a town garden measuring 16 x 13 metres
On the waterfront, there are still Pond Skaters on my little garden pool ...

Garden Moths ... 14/15/16th Oct 2013

The last 3 nights have produced a nice variety with a few newbies for the garden year list...
14th Oct... Early evening rain - clearing
1041 ... Acleris sparsana ... YF

1041 ... Acleris sparsana

1342 ... Eudonia angustea
1524 ... Emmelina monodactyla
1937 ... Willow Beauty
2091 ... Dark Sword-grass
2107 ... Large Yellow Underwing
2126 ... Setaceous Hebrew Character
2240 ... Blair's Shoulder-knot x 2
2267 ... Beaded Chestnut
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15th Oct ... Cold, clear, calm. 4.8 deg C
A Brimstone Moth was a late record
0998 ... Epiphyas postvittana x 2
1524 ... Emmelina monodactyla x 3
1771 ... Juniper Carpet ... YF

1771 ... Juniper Carpet

1795x . November Moth agg. ... YF

1795X ... November Moth agg.

1906 ... Brimstone Moth
1937 ... Willow Beauty x 2
2107 ... Large Yellow Underwing
2126 ... Setaceous Hebrew Character x 2
2240 ... Blair's Shoulder-knot x 2
2263 ... Red-line Quaker ... YF

2263 ... Red-line Quaker

2264 ... Yellow-line Quaker
2267 ... Beaded Chestnut x 2
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16th Oct ... warmer, gusty winds
0464 ... Plutella xylostella

464 ... Plutella xylostella ... Diamond-back Moth

0998 ... Epiphyas postvittana
1524 ... Emmelina monodactyla x 3
1764 ... Common Marbled Carpet
1728 ... Garden Carpet
1937 ... Willow Beauty
2107 ... Large Yellow Underwing
2109 ... Lesser Yellow Underwing
2126 ... Setaceous Hebrew Character
2240 ... Blair's Shoulder-knot x 2
2267 ... Beaded Chestnut x 2
2375 ... Large Wainscot

2375 ... Large Wainscot

2441 ... Silver Y

2441 ... Silver Y

Some larvae from this morning 17th Oct, if anyone wants to hazard an ID

21st Oct. 2012 ...Foul night, new garden macro !

Early rain eased to a misty drizzle for the night but still a good variety of moths about, including a year first November Moth (agg) and a garden first Juniper Carpet.
Thanks Captain Trappings (Matt) for spotting it straight away, and Beds county recorder Melissa Banthorpe for the confirmation.
There are a lot of ornamental coniferous trees in the nearby gardens which may explain its presence.......

Juniper Carpet, Thera juniperata a Dells garden first.

Trap results:-
1 .. 0998 .. Epiphyas postvittana
2 .. 1524 .. Emmelina monodactyla
1 .. 1764 .. Common Marbled Carpet

Common Marbled Carpet, Chloroclysta truncata

1 .. 1771 .. Juniper Carpet, garden first
1 .. 1795X November Moth agg. year first (below)

1 .. 1937 .. Willow Beauty
1 .. 2107 .. Large Yellow Underwing
1 .. 2109 .. Lesser Yellow Underwing
4 .. 2126 .. Setaceous Hebrew Character
1 .. 2237 .. Grey Shoulder-knot
1 .. 2259 .. Dark Chestnut
1 .. 2384 .. Vine's Rustic
1 .. 2389 .. Pale Mottled Willow
1 .. 2434 .. Burnished Brass, (below)

20th Oct

Two Acleris moths, one from my trap and one from a friends house, a mile and a half away, that flew in as I walked in the front door....
.... both Acleris schalleriana I reckon but I will get confirmation....

1) From my trap

2) From my mate Sam's hallway ceiling !