[1931] Peppered Moth (Biston betularia)

Poor year....but that is more like it!

 

 

By recent standards, a superb selection of moths greeted me this morning at 5.30am, with 9 new for the year and 6 of them new for the garden, a grand total of 29 moths of 21 species was quite frankly overwhelming!

Best moth of the night was undoubtedly Epermenia chaerophyllella which is only my second record of this rather non-descript moth. My last record was on the 3rd of April 2008 in Essex so this is my first Hertfordshire example of this supposed 'common' moth?

Other than that all of the other species were to be expected.

Clouded Drab was nearly my first June example.....

 

Catch Report - 31/05/13 - Back Garden Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson trap

 

Macro Moths

 

1x Peppered Moth [NFG]

1x Mottled Pug [NFG]

1x Rustic Shoulder-knot [NFG]

1x Silver-ground Carpet [NFG]

2x Common Swuift [NFY]

1x Vine's Rustic [NFY]

1x Green Carpet [NFY]

3x Shuttle-shaped Dart

2x Red Twin-spot Carpet

1x Orange Footman

4x Brimstone Moth

1x Yellow-barred Brindle

1x Clouded Drab

1x Pebble Prominent

1x Flame Shoulder

1x Angle Shades

1x Nut-tree Tussock

1x Garden Carpet

 

Micro moths

 

1x Epermenia chaerophyllella [NFG]

2x Syndemis musculana [NFG]

1x Adela reamurella

Done