The Shark

A good catch in the garden MV moth trap last night with The Shark being the second new macro-moth of the year for the garden. I've now recorded 446 leps in the garden. Pale-shouldered Brocade and Small Clouded Brindle are both scarce in the garden too.

58 moths of 21 species to single 125W MV skinner
1392 Udea olivalis 1
1713 Riband Wave (Idaea aversata) ab. remutata 1
1991 Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor) 1
1994 Buff-tip (Phalera bucephala) 1
2060 White Ermine (Spilosoma lubricipeda) 1
2061 Buff Ermine (Spilosoma lubricipeda) 2
2089 Heart & Dart (Agrotis exclamationis) 17
2098 The Flame (Axylia putris) 1
2102 Flame Shoulder (Ochropleura plecta) 4
2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character (Xestia c-nigrum) 2
2158 Pale-shouldered Brocade (Lacanobia thalassina) 1
2160 Bright-line Brown-eye (Lacanobia oleracea) 2
2199 Common Wainscot (Mythimna pallens) 2
2205 Shoulder-striped Wainscot (Mythimna comma) 1
2216 The Shark (Cucullia umbratica) 1
2302 Brown Rustic (Rusina ferruginea) 2
2331 Small Clouded Brindle (Apamea unanimis) 1
2334 Rustic Shoulder-knot (Apamea sordens) 5
2337x Marbled Minor agg. (Oligia strigilis agg.) 9
2380 Treble Lines (Charanyca trigrammica) 2
2384 Vine's Rustic (Hoplodrina ambigua) 1

The Shark Cucullia umbratica


Elephant Hawk-moth Deilephila elpenor



Buff-tip Phalera bucephala


Pale-shouldered Brocade Lacanobia thalassina


Small Clouded Brindle Apamea unanimis


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