Muggy night mothing

A couple of warm days were followed last night by cloud cover and still conditions. Ideal for mothing and indeed there were swarms of insects around the light so you couldn't get near it at times. I haven't seen it like that for a long time.

The result was 100 moths of 50 species with another 5 still to identify.

Ghost Moth Hepialus humuli, female


Elephant Hawk-moth Deilephila elpenor



Cream-bordered Green Pea Earias clorana


Burnished Brass Diachrysia chrysitis f.juncta


0247 Tinea trinotella 1
0014 Ghost Moth (Hepialus humuli) 1
0409a Argyresthia trifasciata 1
0647 Brown House-moth (Hofmannophila pseudospretella) 2
0765 Teleiodes vulgella 2
0779 Bryotropha affinis 2
0870x Oegoconia sp. 1
0985 Carnation Tortrix (Cacoecimorpha pronubana) 1
1083 Marbled Orchard Tortrix (Hedya nubiferana) 1
1174 Epiblema cynosbatella 1
1301 Crambus lathoniellus 1
1380 Phlyctaenia perlucidalis 1
1392 Udea olivalis 2
1421 Large Tabby (Aglossa pinguinalis) 1
1428 Bee Moth (Aphomia sociella) 4
1654 Figure of Eighty (Tethea ocularis) 3
1682 Blood-vein (Timandra comae) 1
1727 Silver-ground Carpet (Xanthorhoe montanata) 3
1738 Common Carpet (Epirrhoe alternata) 1
1764 Common Marbled Carpet (Chloroclysta truncata) 2
1776 Green Carpet (Colostygia pectinataria) 3
1819 Mottled Pug (Eupithecia exiguata) 1
1834 Common Pug (Eupithecia vulgata) 1
1887 Clouded Border (Lomaspilis marginata) 1
1931 Peppered Moth (Biston betularia) typical 3
1936 Waved Umber (Menophra abruptaria) 1
1937 Willow Beauty (Peribatodes rhomboidaria) 2
1958 Clouded Silver (Lomographa temerata) 1
1961 Light Emerald (Campaea margaritata) 2
1991 Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor) 1
1997 Sallow Kitten (Furcula furcula) 1
2040 Four-dotted Footman (Cybosia mesomella) 1
2060 White Ermine (Spilosoma lubricipeda) 4
2061 Buff Ermine (Spilosoma lubricipeda) 4
2063 Muslin Moth (Diaphora mendica) 1
2089 Heart & Dart (Agrotis exclamationis) 7
2098 The Flame (Axylia putris) 1
2102 Flame Shoulder (Ochropleura plecta) 2
2278 Poplar Grey (Acronicta megacephala) 1
2302 Brown Rustic (Rusina ferruginea) 1
2334 Rustic Shoulder-knot (Apamea sordens) 6
2337x Marbled Minor agg. (Oligia strigilis agg.) 7
2340 Middle-barred Minor (Oligia fasciuncula) 1
2380 Treble Lines (Charanyca trigrammica) 2
2418 Cream-bordered Green Pea (Earias clorana) 1
2434 Burnished Brass (Diachrysia chrysitis) 1
2450 The Spectacle (Abrostola tripartita) 2
2474 Straw Dot (Rivula sericealis) 5
2489 The Fan-foot (Herminia tarsipennalis) 2
2492 Small Fan-foot (Herminia grisealis) 2
Hawthorn Shieldbug (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale) 1