I ran my 20W Actinic moth trap overnight on 8th March 2025 in my garden, Melbourne, South Derbyshire. Results as follows – Oak Beauty (6); Hebrew Character (2); Early Grey (1), Emmelina monodactyla (Common Plume) (1); Acleris schalleriana (1); Epiphyas postvittana (Light-brown Apple Moth) (1); Agonopterix heracliana/ciliella agg (2), were all NFY, plus March Moth […]
I ran my 20W Actinic moth trap overnight on 6th March 2025 from my garden in Melbourne, Derbyshire, results were – 1 Yellow Horned (New for the garden); 1 March Moth; 1 Common Quaker; 1 Agonopterix heracliana/ciliella agg:
I ran my 20W Actinic Moth Trap in my garden overnight on 22nd February 2025, results were – 1 Agonopterix heracliana; 2 Dotted Border, 1 March Moth, 1 Common Quaker.
I ran my garden 20w actinic light trap overnight on 30th November 2024 – results were 1 December Moth, 2 Epiphyas postvittana (Light-brown Apple Moth) 1 Acleris schalleriana:
I ran my 20w Actinic Moth Trap from my garden in Melbourne, overnight on 4th November 2024 – results were my very first garden Merveille du Jour; 3 Red-green Carpet, 1 Epiphyas postvittana (Light-brown Apple Moth); 1 Spruce Carpet; 1 Beaded Chestnut; 1 Acelris variegana (Garden Rose Tortrix):
I ran my 20w Actinic light trap from my garden in South Derbyshire overnight on 20th September – results as follows – Lesser Treble-bar (1) (NFG); White-point (2); Short-cloaked Moth (1); Brimstone Moth (6); Box Tree Moth (9); Large Yellow Underwing (19); Lesser Yellow Underwing (4) Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing-female (1); Willow Beauty (2) – male
I ran my 20w actinic garden moth trap overnight on 16th September 2024. Overnight temperature dropped and by 11pm it was quite cold. Results were – Large Yellow Underwing 3; Box Tree Moth 3; Pale Mottled Willow 2; Brimstone Moth 1; Small Blood-vein 1; Small Dusty Wave 1; Light Emerald 1; Dusky Thorn 1; Stigmella
I ran my 20w actinic light trap from my garden overnight on 9th September 2024 – Results as follows – A cool and windy night affected numbers – Flounced Rustic (NFY) (1); Setaceous Hebrew Character (3); Lesser Yellow Underwing (3); Large Yellow Underwing (5); Epiphyas postvittana (Light-brown Apple Moth (1):
On the evenings of 26th & 28th August 2024 Dave Evans ran his light trap from his Belper garden and managed to record the superb Pyralid moth, Palpita vitrealis (Olive-tree Pearl) a species that is most common in the southern Mediterranean. These two individuals represent the 6th & 7th records for VC57 & Derbyshire.
I ran my usual garden light trap overnight on 27th August 2024 in Melbourne, South Derbyshire. Whilst processing the trap on the morning of 28th August I discovered an unfamiliar Olethreutinae species. I managed to pot it and put it to one side for viewing later. I had a second Olethruetinae species, this time one
I ran my 20W Actinic Moth Trap from my garden, overnight on 28th August 2024 – Results as follows – Subject to verification a Thaumatotibia leucotreta (False Codling Moth) a potential first record for VC57 & Derbyshire of this Afrotropical species; Brimstone Moth (12); Copper Underwing agg (4); Epiphyas postvittana (Light-brown Apple Moth) (3); Dusky
I ran my 20W Actinic Moth Trap from my garden, overnight on 23rd July 2024 – Results as follows – Dusky Sallow (1); Leopard Moth (1); Pale Prominent (1); Small Phoenix (1); Riband Wave (18); Chinese Character (1); Marbled Beauty (4); Common Carpet (2); Brimstone Moth (1); Common Rustic agg (2); Uncertain/Rustic agg (3); Scalloped
I ran my 20W Actinic Moth trap from my garden, overnight on 19th July – Results as follows – Scarce Silver-lines (1); Uncertain (3); Riband Wave (6); Marbled Beauty (6); Chinese Character (1); Common Footman (4); Scarce Footman (1); Dingy Footman (3); Willow Beauty (1); Least Carpet (1); Common Carpet (3); Yellow Shell (1); Dark
I ran my 20W Actinic Moth Trap from my garden, overnight on 16th July, the results as follows – Silver Y (1); Common Footman (3); Buff Ermine (1); Uncertain agg (9); Uncertain (1); Heart & Dart (1); Riband Wave (1); Common Rustic agg (2); Dark Arches (2); Spectacle (1); Plutella xylostella (Diamond-back Moth (3); Crambus
I ran my 20W Actinic Moth Trap from my garden, overnight on 7th July 2024 – Results as follows – Scalloped Oak (3); Brimstone Moth (2); Buff Ermine (1); Uncertain/Rustic agg (4); Elephant Hawk-moth (2); Pine Hawk-moth (1); Spectacle (1); Willow Beauty (2); Scarce Footman (1); Common Footman (1); Dingy Footman (1); Heart & Dart
I ran my 20W Actinic Moth Trap from my garden, overnight on 25th June 2024 – Results as follows – Box-tree Moth (4); Brimstone Moth (1); Short-cloaked Moth (1); Riband Wave (10 inc 3 f. aversata); Poplar Hawk-moth (1); Uncertain (5); Buff Ermine (1 male); Willow Beauty (2); Heart & Dart (3); The Snout (1);
I ran my 20W Actinic Moth Trap from my garden overnight on 22nd June 2024 – Results as follows – Swallowtail Moth (1) Bright-line Brown-eyes (1); Willow Beauty (2); Heart & Dart (2); Dark Arches (1); Buff Ermine (1); Riband Wave (1); Uncertain (1); Aphomia sociella (Bee Moth) (4); Pyralis farinalis (Meal Moth) (1); Eudonia
I ran my 20W Actinic Moth Trap from my garden, overnight on 3rd June, the results, in no particular order, are as follows – Lime Hawk-moth (1); Sallow Kitten (1); Heart & Dart (1); Setaceous Hebrew Character (1); Large Yellow Underwing (1); Marbled Minor agg (3); Freyer’s Pug (2); Light Emerald (1); Riband Wave (1);
I ran my 20W Actinic Moth Trap from my garden, overnight 27th/28th May 2024 – Results, in no particular order, as follows – Turnip Moth (1); Sandy Carpet (1) NFG; Silver Y (1); Foxglove Pug (1); Common Pug (1); Pale Mottled Willow (1); Endrosis sarcitrella (White-shouldered House Moth) (1); Bryotropha affinis (Dark Moss Moth) (1);
I ran my 20W actinic light trap from my garden, overnight on 10-11th May 2024, results as follows: Pale Tussock(1); Garden Carpet(1); Brimstone Moth(1); Green Carpet(2); Cinnabar(1); Oak-tree Pug(1); Common Pug(1): Aphomia sociella (Bee Moth) (5) – 13/8species.
I ran my 20W actinic light trap from the garden on 6-7th May 2024. Results as follows: Muslin Moth(1); Ruby Tiger(1); Waved Umber(1); Aphomia sociella (Bee Moth)(1); Epiphyas postvittana (Light-brown Apple Moth)(3); Shuttle-shaped Dart(2); Tachystola acroxantha(Australian Orange-tip). 2 x Cockchaffer & 1 x Sexton Beetle.
I ran my 20W garden actinic light trap overnight on 4th May 2024, results are as follows – Poplar Hawk-moth(1); Least Black Arches (1); Yellow-barred Brindle(1); Epiphyas postvittana (Light-brown Apple Moth(2); Early Grey(1); Waved Umber(1); Brindled Beauty(1); Oak-tree Pug(1): 9/8
I ran my 20W Actinic light trap in my garden overnight on 11th April – Results as follows: Lunar Marble Brown (1); Brindled Beauty (2); Common Quaker (1); Hebrew Character (2); Twenty Plumed Moth (1).
I ran my 20W actinic light trap in garden overnight on 5th April 2024 – Results as follows: 1 male Brindled Beauty; 1 Oak-tree Pug; 1 Grey Shoulder-knot (NFG); 1 Chestnut; 4 Hebrew Character; 1 Clouded Drab; 1 Common Quaker:
I ran my 20W actinic trap in my garden overnight on 30 March 2024 – results as follows: – Early Grey 2; Clouded Drab 1; Small Quaker 1; Hebrew Character 3; Common Quaker 2:
