7th June ... Garden Moths latest ...

On the chilly side last night with the minimum temp. at just under 8 degrees but with a fresh feel to it.
Plenty of moths though with 27 species recorded plus a year first Nettle-tap that was netted early evening.
My least favourite moth turned up on the Hebe bush flowers,Large Yellow Underwing, the Lepicockroach !
The haul:-
0385 Anthophila fabriciana, Nettle-tap x 1, year first (netted late pm)

Anthophila fabriciana, Nettle-tap

0464 Plutella xylostella, x 1
0647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella, x 2
0998 Epiphyas postvittana, x 3
1428 Aphomia sociella, x 1
1513 Pterophorus pentadactyla, x 1, year first

Pterophorus pentadactyla

1728 Garden Carpet, x 4
1764 Common Marbled Carpet, x 1
1781 Small Waved Umber, x 1
1819 Mottled Pug, x 1
1834 Common Pug, x 5
1860 Green Pug, x 1
1937 Willow Beauty, x 1
2043 Orange Footman, x 1, year first

Orange Footman

2087 Turnip Moth, x 3
2089 Heart and Dart, x 9
2092 Shuttle-shaped Dart, x 7
2102 Flame Shoulder x 1
2107 Large Yellow Underwing, x 1, year first

Large Yellow Underwing

2154 Cabbage Moth, x 1
2221 Mullein, x 1

The Mullein

2306 Angle Shades, x 1
2321 Dark Arches, x 1, year first

Dark Arches

2334 Rustic Shoulder-knot, x 1
2337x Marbled Minor agg. x 3 (prob. Tawny Marbled Minor)

2337x Marbled Minor agg.

2380 Treble Lines, x 1
2384 Vine's Rustic, x 6
2389 Pale Mottled Willow, x 1