Moth Trap 27th-28th July 2026

I ran my Melbourne 20W garden light trap overnight on 27th July 2026. Results as follows in no particular order – Pyrausta aurata (Mint Moth) (8); Pleuroptya ruralis (Mother of Pearl (2); Chrysotuechia culmella (2); Lesser Broard-bordered Yellow Underwing (5); Tree Lichen Beauty (2) (lifer and NFG); Willow Beauty (3); Flame Shoulder (3); Straw Dot (2) Riband Wave (4); Agriphila straminella (Straw-grass Veneer) (3); Plutella xylostella (Diamond-back Moth) (2); Pine Hawk-moth (1); Dusky Thorn (1); Common Wainscot (1); Marbled Minor agg (1); Ruby Tiger (1); Cydia pomonella (Codling Moth) (2); Common Carpet (2); Large Yellow Underwing (1); Yellow Shell (1); Bryotropha terella (Brown Moss Moth) ( (3); Spectacle (1); Common Rustic agg (2); Blastobasis adustella (Common Masoner) (2); Hofmannophila psedospretella (Brown House Moth) (4); Silver Y (1); Small Dusty Wave (1); Epiphyas postvittana (Light Brown Apple Moth) (2); Millar (1); Water Veneer (6); Knot-grass (1); Euzopher pinguis (Ash-bark Knot-horn) (1); Bryotropha domestica (House Moss-moth(1); Coleophora alconypinella/mayrella agg  (2); Eudonia mercurella (Garden Grey) (2); Acrobasis advenella (Grey Knot-horn) (1); Oak Nycteoline (1); Ypsolopha scabrella (Tufted Scallop) (1); Yponomeuta evonimella (Bird Cherry Ermine) (3): 91/40

Tree Lichen Beauty (No:1) – ©Tony Davison
Tree Lichen beauty (No:2) – ©Tony Davison
Knot-grass – ©Tony Davison
Miller – ©Tony Davison
Spectacle – ©Tony Davison
Oak Nycteoline – ©Tony Davison
Cydia pomonella (Codling Moth) – ©Tony Davison
Dusky Thorn – ©Tony Davison
Scarlet Tiger – ©Tony Davison
Straw Dot – ©Tony Davison
Ypsolopha scabrella (Tufted Scallop) – ©Tony Davison

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