Its been a good spell this week for the garden mothing with several new species recorded. Im always amazed how the list just continues onwards and upwards after 17 years regular trapping here.
I find the main cause is weather. After a week long heatwave of record breaking temperatures down south in June I'm sure moths disperse widely. On a local level this occurs too. If we get a warm day inland with a westerly breeze, I think it lifts moorland moths higher into the air and they drift out towards the coast where my trap is waiting.
Here are the new additions other than the Scarlet Tiger -
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| Wood Sage Plume Capperia britanniodactylus |
Wood Sage Plume only has one other Northumberland record when 30 larvae were found in the Cheviot Hills in 2024.
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| Isotrias rectifasciana |
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| Monochroa lucidella 2 of these. |
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| Epinotia abbreviana, an elm feeder. We have a small elm I planted beside the trap that is now 7 feet tall, maybe that has pulled it in? |
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