Since my last post on moths in the garden I have been setting the trap every week or two and each time I find moths I haven't seen before - apart from the latest time when the only thing in the trap was a crane fly. The species count is now over 100 although there are also several mid-sized greyish-brown jobs I am not sure about. The rest of them have been spectacular so here are few of the recent beauties I can identify fairly confidently.
Blood-vein,
Canary-shouldered Thorn,
and Centre-barred Sallow.
I joined the North East Garden Moth Scheme meeting in Gosforth Nature Reserve one evening and saw these three - Herald,
Devon Carpet, apparently a first record for the county,
and Small Phoenix.
Back in my garden - Pebble Hook-tip,
Silver Y,
Mother of Pearl (a micro-moth, but rather a large one),
Copper Underwing,
Dusky Thorn,
Shuffle-shaped Dart,
Angle Shades,
Rosy Rustic,
and Red-green Carpet.
The last is the second largest moth I have seen - a Red Underwing.
That's it until next year. I look forward to next spring to see what will turn up then.
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