Moth Traps – Derbyshire

I ran my 2 x 20W Actinic Moth Trap from my garden in Melbourne, overnight on 2th September 2026. Results as follows:   Sunday, 27 Sep 2026 Observer/s: Tony Davison Hours Run: 10hrs 8pm – 6pm Weather: Partly Cloudy | Temp: 11°C | Speed: 4mph | From: SSE Moon Phase Waning Gibbous | Illumination: 99.00%

Friday, 11 Sep 2026 Observer/s: Tony Davison Hours Run: 10hrs 8:00pm- 6pm Weather: Partly Cloudy | Temp: 11-14c°C | Speed: 13mph | From: WSW Moon Phase New Moon | Illumination: 0.00% Location: Melbourne (Derbyshire) , England Trap: Skinner | Light: MV — 160W Blended MV Habitat: Garden Total: 78 moths of 23 species ID Checklist Scientific Name Common Name Qty NFY NFL 18217 49.038 BF994 Clepsis consimilana Rufous Tortrix 1 N N 18210

I ran my 20W Actinic moth trap overnight on 26th August 2026 from my garden in Melbourne. Results as follows:Wednesday, 26 Aug 2026 Wednesday, 26 Aug 2026 Observer/s: Tony DavisonHours Run: 9hrs 8:30 – 05:30Weather: Cloudy | Temp: 18°CLocation: Melbourne (Derbyshire) , EnglandTrap: Skinner| Light: Actinic — 2 × 20W BL368 ActinicHabitat: GardenTotal: 165 moths of 41 species ID Checklist Scientific Name Common Name Qty NFY

I ran my 20W actinic moth trap from my garden in Melbourne, South Derbyshire overnight on 17th August 2026 – results as follows: Monday, 17 Aug 2026 Observer/s: Tony DavisonWeather: Rain | Temp: 14°CLocation: Melbourne (Derbyshire) , EnglandTrap: Skinner | Light: ActinicHabitat: GardenTotal: 201 moths of 51 species ID Checklist Scientific Name Common Name Qty NFY NFL 18022 3.001 BF0015 Triodia sylvina Orange Swift 2

I ran my 20W Actinic moth trap in my garden at Melbourne, South Derbyshire overnight on 15th August 2026 – Results as follows: Saturday, 15 Aug 2026 Observer/s: Tony DavisonWeather: Clear | Temp: 14°CLocation: Melbourne (Derbyshire) , EnglandTrap: Skinner | Light: ActinicHabitat: GardenTotal: 84 moths of 34 species ID Checklist Scientific Name Common Name Qty NFY NFL 17970 25.001 BF450 Scythropia crataegella Hawthorn Moth 1

I ran my 20W actinic moth trap from my garden in Melbourne overnight on 12th August 2026 – results were as follows: Wednesday, 12 Aug 2026 Observer/s: Tony DavisonWeather: Clear | Temp: 20°CLocation: Melbourne (Derbyshire) , EnglandTrap: Skinner | Light: ActinicHabitat: GardenTotal: 328 moths of 71 species ID Checklist Scientific Name Common Name Qty NFY NFL 17930 12.033 BF247 Tinea trinotella Triple-spotted Nest Moth 1

I ran my 20W actinic Skinner Trap from my garden in Melbourne, Derbyshire overnight on 9th August 2026. Results are as per list below: Sunday, 09 Aug 2026 Observer/s: Tony DavisonWeather: Cloudy | Temp: 12°CLocation: Melbourne (Derbyshire) , EnglandTrap: Skinner | Light: ActinicHabitat: GardenTotal: 126 moths of 56 species ID Checklist Scientific Name Common Name Qty NFY NFL 17873 16.001 BF424 Yponomeuta evonymella Bird-cherry Ermine

I ran my 20W actinic moth trap overnight on 7th August from my Melbourne garden. Results as follows: –  ID Checklist Scientific Name Common Name Qty NFY NFL 17801 3.001 BF0015 Triodia sylvina Orange Swift 1 Y N 17805 16.001 BF424 Yponomeuta evonymella Bird-cherry Ermine 3 N N 17814 16.005 BF428 Yponomeuta rorrella Willow Ermine

I ran my 20W Actinic overnight on 24th July in my Melbourne garden – results as follows in no particular order – Light Brown Apple Moth 1; Mint Moth 3, Chrysoteuchia culmella 3, Small Dusty Wave 1, Poplar Hawk-moth 1, Least Yellow Underwing 1, Large Yellow Underwing 2, Marbled Minor agg, Pale Mottled Willow 1,

I ran my 20W actinic light from my garden in Melbourne overnight on 28th June 2026. Results are as follows in no particular order – Riband Wave (12); Swallow-tailed Moth (2); Large Yellow Underwing (1); Pine Hawk-moth (1); Elephant Hawk-moth (1); Least Carpet (1); Dusky Sallow (1); Common Footman (7); Scalloped Oak (2); Uncertain-Rustic agg

I ran my 20w actinic moth trap overnight on 20th June 2026 in my Melbourne garden – results are as follows in no particular order – Large Yellow Underwing (4); Riband Wave (7); Willow Beauty (8); Chrystoteuchia culmella (Common Grass Moth) (1); Crambus pasquella (White-banded Grass Moth) (8); Short-cloaked Moth (6); Scarce Footman (1); Common Footman

I ran my 20 actinic moth trap from my garden in Melbourne, Derbyshire overnight. Results are, in no particular order, as follows – Star moth was a Small Marbled (5th record for Derbyshire, (with another trapped in Belper this am); Varied Coronet; Silver Y (2); Epiphyas Postvittana (Light Brown Apple Moth); Plutella xylostella (Diamond-back Moth)

I ran my 20W Actinic moth trap from my garden in Melbourne overnight on 26th May, results are as follows in no particular order – Common Swift – female (1); Buff-tip (1); Small Elephant Hawk-moth (1); Marbled Minor agg (3); Middle-barred Minor (3); Ruby Tiger (2); Vine’s Rustic (4); Shuttle-shaped Dart (1); Heart and Dart

I ran my 20W actinic moth trap in my garden in Melbourne from 21:30hrs to mid-night on 24th May 2026. The results in no particular order were as follows – Aphomia sociella (Bee Moth) (4);Epiphyas postvittana (6); Mint Moth; Heart and Dart; Iron Prominent; Pale Tussock; Common Pug; Brindled Pug (2) Common Wainscot; Turnip Moth;

I ran my 20W Actinic Moth Trap overnight on 22nd May in my Melbourne garden – Results were in no particular order – Brimstone Moth (2); Epiphyas postvittana (Light Brown Apple Moth) (7), Common Pug (3), Lime-speck Pug (2), Plutella xylostella (Diamond-back Moth( (3), Shuttle-shaped Dart (6), Flame Shoulder (2); Heart and Dart (3), Vine’s

May has been a particularly cold month with overnight temperatures fluctuating between 5℃ – 8℃ on most nights, which of course has lead to much reduced moth trapping and numbers of moths being recorded. I put my 20w Actinic out for the first time in May and recorded only two moths between 21:45 and 23:45

I ran my 20W Actinic moth trap in my garden overnight 16th April 2026 in Melbourne. Results were as follows: Psychoides filicivora (Common Fern Moth) (NFG, NFY) (2); Purple Thorn (NFY) (1); Waved Umber (NFY) (1); Streamer (1); Brindled Pug (1); Common Pug (NFY) (1); Hebrew Character (1). 8/7

The Derbyshire Moth Team have taken on a new challenge. We have been invited by the National Trust Rangers at Hardwick Hall to help them conduct moth surveys, within the grounds of the Hardwick Estate, throughout 2026. The first session took place last night (10th April 2026) when the “Hardwick Hall Moth Team” ran three

I ran my 20W Actinic moth trap overnight 7th April 26 from my garden in Melbourne – Results were Pine Beauty 1; Least Black Arches 1; Early Tooth-striped 1; Streamer 1; Oak-tree Pug 2; Brindled Pug 1 were all NFY, also Double-striped Pug 8; Hebrew Character 4; Common Quaker 3; Early Grey 2 Brindled Beauty

I ran my Actinic moth trap in my Melbourne garden overnight 31st March 2026 – results as follows – Brindled Beauty (3); Early Grey (1) (NFY); Common Plume (1) (NFY); Small Quaker (1); Hebrew Character (1);  7/5.