May Moths

We put out the moth trap last week on a couple of occasions.  The first time there was a nearly full moon which always makes the catch smaller, but we did get around 12 species including the magnificent Puss moth and the other-worldly Pale Prominent pictured.  The second occasion, only a few days later - but the moon didn't rise until later in the night, we had a whopping 37 species.  The most notable were the Pebble and Oak Hook-tips that we'd not seen before, and the large number - more than 10 - of Cinnabar moths.  See the photos and species list below.

Puss Moth - Cerura vinula

Pale Prominent - Pterostoma palpina

Cinnabar - Tyria jacobaeae

15 May 2014Bright-line Brown-eye Brimstone Common Marbled Carpet Flame Shoulder Light Brown Apple Moth (Micro) Maiden's Blush Muslin Moth Pale Prominent Puss Moth Treble Lines Waved Umber Willow Beauty

Oak Hook-tip - Watsonalla binaria

18 May 201420-plume Moth Alder Moth Buff-tip Chinese Character Cinnabar Clouded Silver Common Carpet Common Pug Common Quaker Coronet Flame Shoulder Foxglove Pug Garden Carpet Garden Rose Tortrix (Micro) Least Black Arches Light Emerald Lime-speck Pug Oak Hook-tip Orange Footman Pale Prominent Pebble Hook-tip Peppered Moth Poplar Grey Poplar Hawkmoth Red Twin-spot Carpet Scalloped Hazel Scorched Carpet Setaceous Hebrew Character Shuttle-shaped Dart Small Angle Shades Snout Waved Umber White Ermine White-pinion Spotted Willow Beauty Yellow-faced Bell (Micro)