SUN 2 NOV

Cloudy, breezy, shower o/night, mild by dawn , total of 32 moths of 17sp

NFY- Brindled Ochre

Migrants -6sp

3 White-speck, Turnip, Radfords Flame Shoulder, Silver Y, 

Rush Veneer, 2 Rusty dot Pearl

Also-

5 Large Wainscot, 3 Black Rustic, 2 Lunar U/wing, 2 Large Yellow U/wing, 3 Double Striped Pug, Feathered Ranunculus, Common Marbled Carpet

2 LBAM, Eudonia angustea

Photos Added

SAT 1 NOV 

Another poor night, windy, cooler 7 showers - Traps unattended- only 10 moths of 8 sp

Migrant -

Silver Y

Also-

2 Large Wainscot, 2 Ferathered Ranunculus, Large Yellow U/wing, 

Black Rustic, Dark Chestnut

LBAM, Dep. daucella

FRI 31 OCT

Gales, showers but mild - only 9 moths of 6 sp from 3 traps - record low catch for Oct.

Migrant - White-speck 

Also- 

4 Lunar U/wing, Singles of - Green-brindled Crescent., Feathered 

Ranunculus, Black Rustioc, Large Wainscot 

WED 29 OCT 

Cooler night , traps unattended, Total of 22 moths of 10sp 

Migrants -4sp

2 White-speck, Gem, Rusty Dot Pearl, Turnip 

Also- 

5 black Rustic, 4 Dark Chestnut, 3 Large Wainscot, 3 Lunar U/wing, 2 Feathered Ranunculus 

An Philosepedon sp of Moth Fly - not seen before - very small 

Photos added

TUES 28 OCT 

Cloudy Milder Light Shower early

Traps on 18.30 - little activity by 22.30- good o/night , finished with a total of 52 moths of 18 sp

Possible Migrants- 5sp

6 Rusty Dot Pearl, 2 Silver Y, Rush Veneer, 2 Turnip, White- point

Also - 

10 Lunar U/wing, 6 Large Wainscot, 4 Black Rustic, 3 Green-brindled Crescent, 4 Feathered Ranunculus, 3 Large Yellow U/wing

Lesser Yellow U/wing, Willow Beauty, 2 Dark Chestnut, 2 Double-striped Pug, Square-spot Rustic,M Muslin Moth - very late record, 

LBAM 

SAT 25 OCT 

Cool, light NW breeze , showers. Traps on 18.30, by 22.30 only 5 moths, better/night as finished with 42 moths of 15sp

Migrants -3sp

Small Marbled , White-speck, Rusty Dot Pearl 

Also-

12 Large Wainscot, 6 Lunar U/wing, 4 Large yellow U/wing, 5 Feathered Ranunculus, Green-brindled Crescent, Black Rustic, 

2 Dark Chestnut, Chestnut, Double-striped Pug, 2 Red-line Quaker

2 LBAM, Common Plume

THURS 23 OCT

Cooler, windy, Showers resulted in only 15 moths of 10sp

Migrants -2sp

White-speck, Rusty Dot Pearl 

Also-

4 Lunar U/wing, 2 Large Yellow U/wing, 2 Large Wainscot

Green-brindled Crescent, Feathered Ranunculus, Black Rustic, Pinion -streaked Snout

LBAM 

TUES 21 OCT 

Unexpectedly good night , cooler , light breeze, cloudy, dry 

Total of 90 moths of 32 sp

NFG - Blair's Shoulder - knot, 

Migrants - 9sp

Small Marbled - 4th site record this year, Gem, Vestal - dark stripe, 

Radford's Flame Shoulder, Angle Shades, Turnip, Scarce Bordered Straw, 3. Rusty Dot Pearl,  5 Rush Veneer

Of Interest -

M Muslin Moth - fresh- first site record for October, Swallow-tailed Moth - latest record, 11 Feathered Ranunculus - site record, 3 Green-brindled Crescent, 16 Lunar U/wing, 10 Large Wainscot, 

5 Black Rustic, 2 Chestnut, Dark Chestnut, 2 Red-line Quaker, 

Shuttle-shaped Dart, 

Also-

Large Yellow U/wing, 4 Double-striped Pug, 2 Setaceous Hebrew Character, 3 Common Marbled Carpet, Garden Carpet, 

pinion - streaked Snout

3 LBAM, 2 Common Plume, Acleris notana -agg, Eudonia angustea,

Tachystola acroxantha, Dep. daucella 

photos added 

MON 20 OCT 

Still fairly mild , showers early evening, breezy , total of 36 moths of 16sp

Only migrant- 2 Silver Y

Also-

Yellow Underwing- 4 Large, 2 Lesser, 8 Large Wainscot, 5 Lunar U/wing, 2 Green-brindled Crescent, 2 Red- line Quaker, Feathered Ranunculus, Dark Chestnut, Square-spot Rustic, 2 Double-striped Pug, Common Marbled Carpet

2 LBAM, Carcena quercana, DEp.daucella, Common Plume

SUN 19 OCT 

Heavy rain , gale force winds o/night just 29 moths of 14 sp

Migrants-4sp

2 Rusty Dot Pearl , 2 Rush Veneer, Turnip , Vestal 

Also- 

7 Large Wainscot, Crescent Dart, Black Rustic, Buff Footman, Vines Rustic, 5 Lunar U/wing, Lesser Yellow Underwing/wing, 2 Double striped Pug

2 Clepsis consimilana, 2 Dep. daucella

Update on Thurs 9 OCT 

A Phycitodes sp trapped on 9 Oct could not be readily identified'

after posting a photo it was suggested that it needed to be dissected , which Chris Vincent agreed to do - tonight he has confirmed it is a F Homoesoma nebula- Clouded Knot-horn ,

this is only the 3rd record for Devon - first was on 1 Sept 1987,

second a few days before mine trapped by Chris Vincent

Undoubtedly the rarest moth trapped in my Thurlestone garden

FRI 17 OCT 

Parly cloudy , dry, stiff ESE breeze- total of 126 moths of 32 sp 

NFG - Crocidosema plebejana 

Possible migrants -9sp

Another 11 White-point - running total since last Sat 72

9 Rusty Dot Pearl, White-speck, 2 Delicate, Vestal, Dark Spectacle, 

Radfords Flame Shoulder, Dark Sword Grass, 1 F Four Spotted Footman 

Of Interest- 

Yellow U/wing- 19 Large, 3 KLesser

Wainscot - 26 Large, Common 

Buff Footman, 2 Swallow-tailed Moth, Blood- vein, Chestnut, 

3 Feathered ranunculus, 3 Black Rustic, Red-line Quaker, Shuttle-shaped Dart 

Also-

12 Lunar U/wing, 2 Straw Dot, Willow Beauty, Setaceous Hebrew 

Character, Square-spot Rustic, 3 Common Marble & a Garden Carpet, 2 Double Striped Pug 

9 LBAM - most for a while, 2 Carcena quercana

photos added 

THURS 16 OCT 

Cloud dispersed resulting in a cooler evening, light E breeze, shower at dawn , total of 161 moths of 36sp

Migrants -10 sp 

Another 13 White-point, 1 White-speck, Scarce Bordered Straw, 

8 Rusty Dot Pearl, 3 Rush Veneer, 2 Radfords Flame Shoulder, 2 Angle Shades, Palpita Vitrealis, 1 F Four Spotted Footman 

Of interest-

Yellow U/wing - 45 Large, 6 Lesser

Wainscot- 25 Large, 1 Common 

Buff Ermine, Blood-vein, Crescent Dart, Swallow- tailed Moth, 

Pale Mottled Willow, Willow Beauty, 2 Feathered Ranunculus, Red-line Quaker, Beaded Chestnut, 3 Black Rustic , Drinker - larval

Also - 14 Lunar U/wing, 6 Setaceous Hebrew Character, Straw Dot, 6 Double Striped Pug, 2 Square-spot Rustic, Garden Carpet, 3 Common Marbled Carpet

Common & Beautiful Plume, Carcena quercana, LBAM 

WED 15 OCt

212 moths of 41 species - 

Migrants -11sp

White-point-19 a new site record record. 10 Rusty Dot Pearl, 2 Rush Veneer, 5 Angle Shades, 2 Silver Y, Dark Spectacle tackle, 4 Turnip, Delicate, Scarce Bordered Straw, Pearl U/wing, Radford's Flame Shoulder

Of Interest-

Yellow U/wing- 63 Large, 9 Lesser

Wainscot- 34 Large - highest day total since 53 on 10 Oct 2021

Common

Merveille du Jour-fresh, 2 Feathered Ranunculus, 2 Green-brindled Crescent, Blood-vein, Dark & Beaded Chestnut, Brimstone, Vine's Rustic, 5 Black Rustic, Shuttle-shaped Dart, Frosted Orange, 8 CommonMerveille Marbled Carpet, Flame Shoulder, Red-line Quaker, 

Also-

5 Double-striped Pug, 10 Lunar U/wing, 4 Setaceous Hebrew Character, 3 Square-spot Rustic, 2 Garden Carpet, Pinion -streaked Snout, Ruby - larval

Rosy Tabby, Tachystola acroxantha , + 3 sp micro

TUES 14 OCT 

Another record night with 176 of 38 sp, Cloudy, fairly mild dry but f3 ENE breeze 

NFG - Clancy's Rustic - a scarce Devon migrant only 6 records in last 3 years

Migrants - 11 sp 

8 White-point, 8 Rusty Dot Pearl, 3 Rush Veneer, 3 Silver Y, 

3 Angle Shades, 2 Turnip, 2 L-album Wainscot, Vestal, Pearly U/wing, Radford's Flame Shoulder

Of Interest -

Yellow U/wing - 40 Large, 8 Lesser, Broad-bordered ( first Oct record )

23 Large Wainscot, 6 Feathered Ranunculus, Green Brindled Crescent., Frosted Orange, Blood-vein, Pink-barred Sallow, 2 Crescent Dart, Buff Footman, 2 Common Marbled Carpet, Common Carpet, 7 Black Rustic, Dark & Beaded Chestnut, Ruby Tiger - larval

Also 

20 Lunar U/wing, 5 Double -striped Pug, 6 Setaceous Hebrew Character, 6 Square- spot Rustic, Straw Dot, 2 Pinion Streaked Snout

Beautiful Plume + 3 sp micros 

photos added

MON 13 OCT 

Best Oct night i can remember with 162 moths of 34 sp, still mid , cloudy brisk F3/4 ENE breeze, light shower o/night 

NFY - Merveille du Jour

Possible migrants - 11 sp

Site record count of 12 White-point, running total of 24 over last 3 nights.5 Rusty Dot Pearl, 6 Silver Y, 4 Angle Shades, Vestal, Pearly Underwing, Rush Veneer, L-album Wainscot, 1 F Four Spotted Footman, Dark Sword Grass, Radford's Flame Shoulder 

Special interest - 

Yellow-tail- new latest Devon record - previous was 4 Oct 2018.

Swallow- tailed Moth - latest site record 

Of Interest-

55 Large Yellow & 5 Lesser Yellow Underwing - highest count this year- possible migrants ?

12 Large Wainscot, Uncertain, 3 Black Rustic, Burnished Brass,

Buff Footman, Dark Chestnut, Beaded Chestnut, 2 Feathered Ranunculus, Crescent Dart

Also- 

17 Lunar U/wing, 4 Double Striped Pug, 3 Common Marbled Carpet,

8 Square -Spot Rustic, 4 Setaceous Hebrew Character 

Eudonia pallida + 3 sp of micros

Photos added

SUN 12 OCT 

A night of contrasts - cloudy , dry, with a F3/4 E breeze, by 22.30 only 19 pots - Overnight very good finished with a total of 92 moths of 26 sp

Possible Migrants-11 sp

6 White-point-site record, 2 Rusty Dot Pearl, 2 Rush Veneer, 

3 Turnip, Pearly Underwing, 2 Silver Y, Angle Shades , 

Palpita Vitrealis, L-album Wainscot, Scarce Bordered Straw, 

1F FOUR SPOTTED FOOTMAN.

Of interest- 9 Large Wainscot, Shuttle-shaped Dart, 2 Red-line Quaker, Feathered Ranunculus, 2 Common Marbled Carpet, 

2 Pinion -streaked Snout, 4 Black Rustic, Burnished Brass

Als0-

22 Lunar Underwing, 19 Large Yellow & 2 Lesser Yellow U/wing, 3 Straw Dot, Double striped Pug, Square-spot Rustic.

Common Plume

SAT 11 OCT 

Less mild, cloudy, light NE breeze, dry produced 90 moths of 25sp

Migrants -6sp

10 Rusty Dot Pearl, 4 Rush Veneer, 3 White-point, 1M 1F Four Spotted Footman, Dark Sword Grass , L-album Wainscot 

Of Interest- 

24 Lunar U./ wing, 6 Black Rustic, Buff Arches - latest site record,

Swallow-tailed Moth, Feathered Ranunculus, 6 Large Wainscot

Also-

8 Large Yellow & 3 Lesser Yellow U/wing, 2 Square-spot Rustic, 

2 Straw Dot, 2 Pinion Streaked Snout, Garden & Common Marbled Carpet, Setaceous Hebrew Character

4 sp of Micro

Photos added

THURSDAY 9 OCT 

Cloud cover, milder , dry & just a light breeze produced a good evening with a total of 87 moths of 34 species Including, inc a lifer!

NFG - Dewick's Plusia - migrant & a lifer

NFY -Grey Pine Carpet 

Migrants - 8 sp-

3 Rusty Dot Pearl, 2 Rush Veneer, Palpita Vitrealis, 2 Vestal, 

2 F 1 M Four Spotted Footman, Silver Y, 2 Radfords Flame Shoulder

Of Interest-

3 Black Rustic, 8 Large Wainscot, 2 Feathered Ranunculus, 

Green Brindled Crescent, Dark Chestnut, 2 Small Fan-footed Wave, 

4 Pinion Streaked Snout, Garden Carpet, 4 Common Marbled Carpet, Ruby Tiger- larval

Also -

11 Double Striped Pug, 3 Large Yellow & 3 Lesser Yellow U/wing, 

8 Lunar U/wing, 3 Willow Beauty, Setaceous Hebrew Character, Styraw Dot, 

Clepsis Consimilana, Eudonia angustea, Agonopterix Yeatiana + sp 

Photos added

WED 8 OCT

Full moon, coolest night of autumn -so far, dry , calm -nothing on sheets in morning. Total of 47 moths of 23 sp

NFY - Red-line Quaker

Migrants -3sp

3 Rusty Dot Pearl, Rush Veneer, Radfords Flame Shoulder

Of interest-

2 Green Brindled Crescent, 2 Feathered Ranunculus, 3 Small Fan-footed Wave, Black Rustic, Blood-vein -worn , 6 Large &1 Common

Wainscot, 2 Pinion-streaked Snout, 2 Straw Dot, Ruby Tiger-larval

Also-

5 Double Striped Pug, 3 Lunar U/wing, 2 Large Yellow U/wing, 

3 Common Marbled Carpet, Willow Beauty, 2 Square-spot Rustic, 

Setaceous Hebrew Character

2 Common Plume, Dep.radiella

photos added

TUES 7 Oct

Bright harvest moon , cooler, resulted in only 36 moths of 17sp

Possible migrants -

Pearly U/wing, Radfords Flame Shoulder, Rush Veneer

Of Interest-

4 Large & 1 Common Wainscot, Feathered Ranunculus, 2 Black rustic, Blood-vein, 6 Common Marbled Carpet 

Also- 

6 Lunar U/wing, Large Yellow U/wing, Square-spot Rustic, Willow Beauty, 5 Double-striped Pug 

DEp radiella & daucella, 2 LBAM 

Photo added

MON 6 OCT

An evening of 2 contacts- mild & cloudy until 21.30 , after cloud disperser temp dropped , no breeze, total of 68 moths of 30sp 

Possible migrants -6sp

2 Delicate, 2 Silver Y, 3 Rusty Dot Pearl, 2 Rush Veneer, 4 M Four Spotted Footman -? Migrants 

Of Interest-

Light Emerald, Brussels Lace, Black Rustic, Crescent Dart-fresh, Burnished Brass, Flame Shoulder, Blood-vein, Beaded Chestnut-fresh, 8 Common Marbled Carpet, $ Pinion Streaked Snout,

2 Large & 2 Common Wainscot

Also- 6 Double Striped Pug, 6 Lunar U/wing, 6 Large Yellow U/wing, 2 Square-spot Rustic. 2 Setaceous Hebrew Character, Willow Beauty

Tachystola acroxantha, Carcena quercana, Eudonia angustea, Tina semifulvella + 2 sp

Sun 5 OCT 

Milder, dry, cloudy , light breeze , total of 70 moths of 30sp 

NFY - Feathered Ranunculus

Migrants - 10sp 

Clifden Nonpareil - 2nd site record this autumn, 6 Rush Veneer, 

2 Rusty Dot Pearl, Delicate, White-speck, Silver Y, Turnip, L-album Wainscot, Four -spotted Footman-M

Of interest-

Swallow-tailed moth -worn, Brussels Lace, Beaded Chestnut, Crescent Dart - different to yesterdays, Black Rustic, Small FRan-footed Wave, DFark-barred Twin-spot Carpet, 3 Pinion-streaked Snout, Straw Dot 

Also-

10 Square-spot Rustic, 10 Large Yellow U/wing, 6 Lunar U/wing, 10 Double-striped Pug, Setaceous Hebrew Character, Common Marbled Carpet

Agonopterix yeatiana, Carcina quercana+2sp

Photos added

SAT 4 Oct 

Very windy , traps on unattended at 22.30- only 32 moths of 16sp

Migrants-4sp

White-speck, 2 Radfords Flame shoulder, Silver Y, Rush Veneer 

Of interest-

2 Crescent Dart - not many Oct records, 4 Large & 2 Common wainscot, Black Rustic, 2 Beaded Chestnut, 2 common Marbled Carpet 

Also-

3 Lunar U/wing, Setaceous Hebrew Character, 2 double-striped pug, 6 Square-spot Rustic, 

Clepsis consimilana, LBAM

THURSDAY 2 OCT

Very wet & breezy evening- sheets blown down O/night, 

only 44 moths of 22 sp 

Possible migrants- 4sp

Small Mottled Willow, Angle Shades, 2 Rush Veneer, Rusty Dot Pearl

Of interest - Small blood-vein - only 1 later Devon Oct record in recent years-4th , Large Ranunculus, 2 Four Spotted Footman-M, 

Common Carpet, Common Marbled Carpet, Mottled Rustic, Large Wainscot, Pinion-streaked Snout

Also-

15 Square-spot Rustic, 2 Large & 1 Lesser Yellow U/wing, 

2 Lunar U/wing, Straw Dot, Willow Beauty, Setaceous Hebrew Character, 5 Double-striped Pug

Dep. Radiella, 2 Common Plume

1 OCT 

A fantastic start to the month - just 65 moths of 25 sp

NFG - Sombre Brocade- migrant - a scarce moth in Devon 

NFY - Large Ranunculus 

Special interest -

Tawny Pinion - very few October records in Devon - this is my 3rd site record , Bloxworth Snout 

Migrants - only 4 Rush Veneer 

Interesting - Four Spotted Footman-M, Brussels Lace, Burnished Brass, 3 Large Wainscot, 4 Black Rustic, Beaded Chestnut, 

Rosy Rustic , 2 Pinion -streaked Snout

Also-

9 Large Yellow 7 3 Lesser Yellow U/wing, 3 Lunar Underwing, 9 Double-striped Pug, 5 Square-spot Rustic, 3 Setaceous Hebrew Character, 5 Willow Beauty

Garden Rose Tortrix, LBAM, Blastobasis lacticolella, Common Plume, 2 Dep daucella 

TUES 30 SEPT

Last trap for September, less cold, dry , calm, cloudy later , total of 52 moths of 27sp 

Migrants- 6sp

Blair's Mocha- 3rd this month, Vestal, 2 L-album Wainscot, 

Rusty Dot Pearl, Rush Veneer, Angle Shades

Special interest - Bloxworth Snout 

Interest- 6 Large &1 Common Wainscot, Garden Carpetr, Common Marbled Carpet, Burnished Brass, 2 Light Emerald, Ruby Tiger-larval 

Also-

6 Large & 1 Lesser Yellow U/wing, 8 Lunar U/wing, 2 Willow Beauty, Setaceous Hebrew Character, Brimstone, Straw Dot, 3 Square-spot Rustic, 4 Double Striped Pug 

Blastobasis lacticolella, LBAM , Common Plume 

Photos added

MON 29 SEPT 

Cooler , dry & calm conditions produced 39 moths of 18 sp. 2 Traps had no moths at 07.00

recorded-

Radfords Flame Shoulder, Dark Sword Grass, 2 Rusty Dot Pearl, 

Black Rustic, Burnished brass, 4 Large Wainscot, Pinion Streaked Snout, 2 Lunar Underwing, 6 Square-spot Rustic, 3 willow Beauty, 

2 Setaceous Hebrew Character, 4 Double Striped Pug

Garden Rose tortrix & 3sp of micro 

SUN 28 SEPT

Cooler evening but dry & calm, Traps unattended due to watching the golf.

NFY - Pink-barred Sallow

Migrants- 5sp

4 Rusty Dot Pearl, Rush Veneer, Angle Shades, Delicate, Turnip 

Of Interest- 4 Black Rustic, Swallow-tailed Moth (fresh ), 

Large Wainscot, Vines Rustic, 2 Light Emerald, Pinion Streaked Snout

Also-

11 Large Yellow U/wing, 3 Lunar U/wing, 4 Setaceous Hebrew character, Square-spot Rustic, Common Marbled Carpet, Willow Beauty, Brimstone, 5 Double Striperd Pug

2 Clepsis consimilana, Eudonia angustea, Acleris laterana & 4sp

photos added

SAT 27 SEPT 

Heavy rain evening could only attend traps from 23.20 for 10 min , o/night good - all in traps Total of 82 moths of 29species-

NFY - Green Brindled Crescent 

Migrants-6sp

4 Rusty Dot Pearl, 7 Rush Veneer, 2 L-album Wainscot, 3 Vestal, 

3 Radfords flame Shoulder, Dark Spectacle

Of Interest - Lunar Underwing, Beaded Cheastnut, Flounced Rustic, 

Vines Rustic, 2 Small Fan-footed Wave, 3 Light Emerald, 3 Large Wainscot

Yellow U/wing- 13 Large, 5 Lesser., 1 Lesser Broad Bordered

Also-

11 Square-spot Rustic, 3 Common Marbled Carpet, 2 Willow Beauty, Setaceous Hebrew Character, 2 Brimstone, 5 Double Striped Pug 

Acleris laterana, LBAM, Eudonia angustea, Common Plume +2sp

FRI 26 SEPT

Lights on 20.00- unattended, cooler, dry & a light breeze, total of 45 moths of 22sp

NFY- Beaded Chestnut

Possible migrants- 5sp

2 Radfords Flame Shoulder, 3 Rush Veneer, 2 Rusty Dot Pearl, 

L-album Wainscot, Angle Shades

Of interest-

2 Black Rustic, 4 Large Wainscot, 2 Lunar Unerwing, Riband Wave -

( site latest record ), 2 Straw Dot, Light Emerald 

Also-

Yellow U/wing - 6 Large, 3 Lesser, 

5 Square-spot Rustic, Willow Beauty, Double Striped Pug, Common Marbled Carpet, Brimstone 

3 sp micro

Photos added

WED 24 Sept 

Milder evening, dry, calm partly cloudy , lights on at 20.00 

total of 72 moths of 8 sp

Possible migrants - 7sp

Rusty Dot Pearl, 3 Rush Veneer, L-album Wainscot, Delicate, 

Pearly Underwing, Turnip, Four-spotted Footman-M

Of interest-

Swallow-tailed Moth - fresh- not many Devon Sept records, 

Blood-vein, 2 Large Wainscot, Common Wainscot, Lunar Underwing, 

Shuttle-shaped Dart, 4 Light Emerald, Brussels Lace, Ruby Tiger 

Also-

Yellow Underwing- 14 large, 2 Lesser, 9 Square-spot Rustic, 

4 straw Dot, Flame Shoulder, 2 Setaceous Hebrew Character, 

2 willow Beauty, 2 Brimstone, 6 double Striped Pug, 4 Common Marbled Carpet, 

3 Common Plume +1

Photos added

SUN 21 SEPT

Cooler conditions resulted in only 31 moths of 18 sp- only 8 moths o/night 

Possible Migrants-5sp

2 Rush Veneer, Rusty Dot Pearl, Vestal, 2 L-album Wainscot, 

Pearly Underwing, 

Also-

3 Large & 1 Lesser Yellow U/wing, 2 Pinion Streaked Snout, 5 Square -spot Rustic, Flame Shoulder, 4 Double-striped Pug, Early Thorn, Large Wainscot, Brimstone, Setaceous Hebrew Character, 

Eudonia angustea, Epinotia nisella, Agriphila genicula

Time for a few nights off 

SAT 20 SEPT 

Much cooler evening, dry , cal clear sky resulted in only 27 moths of 16sp

Possible migrants - 3sp

2 L-album Wainscot, Radford's flame Shoulder, Rush Veneer 

Of interest-

Crescent Dart, Lunar U/wing, Cypress Pug, 4 Large Wainscot, Flounced Rustic 

Also-

Yellow U/wing- 5 Large, Lesser Broad Bordered

Straw Dot, Flame Shoulder, 3 Square-spot Rustic, Setaceous Hebrew Character, 2 Common Plume

FRI 19 SEPT

Mild, cloudy, light breeze- rain showers o/night. Total of 148 moths of 43sp

NFY- Black Rustic, Epinotia nisella

Migrants -7/8 sp 

8 Rush Veneer, Rusty Dot Pearl, 4 L-album Wainscot, 2 Radfords Flame Shoulder, 2 Silver y, Turnip, Birch's Mocha - photos confirm a different one to yesterdays, Four Spotted Footman ? Migrants 

Of Interest-

Yellow-tail -not many Sept records in recent years, 2 Snout, Pinion -streaked Snout, Mullein Wave, Ruby Tiger, 3 Large, 4 Common & 1 Smoky Wainscot, 3 Frosted Orange, 4 Light emerald, Shuttle-shaped Dart 

Also-

Yellow U/wing-25 Large, 3 Lesser, 1 lesser Broad Bordered

6 Willow Beauty,3 Common Carpet, 3 Common Marbled Carpet, 3 Straw Dot, 17 Double Striped Pug, 2 flame Shoulder, 2 Brimstone, 

3 Rosy rustic, Setaceous Hebrew Character

Eudonia angustea, Carcina quercana, 6 Common Plume, 6 agriphila geniculea, 3 Clepsis consimilana 4 LBAM, 2 Twenty plume, Yponomeuta sp

THURS 18 SEPT 

A very mild evening, cloudy, dry Light breeze at Thurlestone.

Total of 138 of 41 species 

NFY - Blair's Mocha - migrant 

Migrants - total 11 sp 

Striped Hawkmoth - 4th this tear- only 2 previous September Devon records since 2016. Convolvulus Hawkmoth- 14th this year, Turnip, White-speck, 6 Rusty Dot Pearl, Rush Veneer, 4 L-album Wainscot, 

3 Angle Shades, Radfords Flame Shoulder, Dark Spectacle.

Yellow U/wing- 25 Large , 5 Lesser,

Carpet- 6 Common, 7 Common Marbled, Green 

Wainscot - 6 Common, 3 Large

Of interest-

Shuttle Shaped Dart, Snout, Flame Shoulder, Frosted Orange, Bright-line Brown-eye.

Also-

14 Square-spot Rustic, Flounced Rustic, 4 Rosy Rustic, Small Square-spot, 2 Single Dotted Wave, 5 Setaceous Hebrew Character, 

2 Straw Dot, 5 Willow Beauty, 9 Double Striped Pug, Brimstone 

6 Common Plume, 3 Agriphila geniculea, Carcina quercana, LBAM, Dep.daucella

Photos added

WED 17 SEPT 

Wet, windy but milder night- total of 73 moths of 29sp

NFY-

Fen Wainscot - only 1 previous Sept Devon record - 13/9 2021in my garden .

Possible migrants - 9sp

Rusty Dot Pearl, Radfords Flame Shoulder, 2 Turnip, 4 L-album Wainscot, Delicate, Rush Veneer, Angle Shades, Dark Sword Grass, Dark Spectacle 

Yellow U/wing- 21 Large, 2 Lesser, Broad Bordered

Rustic - 13 Square-spot, Rosy, Flounced , Mottled

Of Interest-

Cabbage, Snout, Pinion-streaked Snout, Light Emerald, 3 Common Wainscot

Also-

2 Setaceous Hebrew Character, 2 Willow Beauty, Small Square-spot, 

3 Common Marbled Carpet, Common Carpet, 2 double Striped Pug

TUES 16 Sept 

Dry & light breeze early evening , wet & windy O/night , 2 sheets blown down . Total of 96 moths of 31sp

Possible Migrants -10sp

Another 2 Convolvulus Hawkmoth, now 13 for the year, 

5 Turnip, 3 Rusty Dot Pearl, 4 Rush Veneer, 3 L-album Wainscot, 2 Silver Y, Dark Spectacle, Radfords Flame Shoulder, Delicate, Angle Shades 

Yellow Underwing- 18 Large, 3 Lesser, broad Bordered , Lesser Broad Bordered

Wainscot- 4 Large, 3 Common

Carpet - 3 Common, 2 Common Marbled, 2 Dark-barred Twin-spot

Of interest-

Chinese Character, Single Dotted Wave, 

Also-

Snout, 9 Square-spot Rustic, 2 Rosy Rustic, 6 Setaceous Hebrew Character, 4 Willow Beauty, C Rustic-agg, 2 Flounced Rustic, 4 Double Striped Pug, 

2 micros 

MON 15 SEPT 

Despite the very windy conditions put 2 traps on at 20.30, by 23.00 only 14 pots, O/night v good finished with a total of 64 moths of 26 sp

NFY- Lunar Underwing, Carcena quercana

Migrants - 6 sp

4 L-album Wainscot, 4 Radfords Flame Shoulder, 3 Rush Veneer, 2 Dark Sword Grass, Pearly U/wing, Silver Y

Of interest- 3 Common Wainscot, Large Wainscot, Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet, Common Marbled Carpet, Snout, Single Dotted Wave 

Also- 

19 Large Yellow U/wing, 2 Lesser Yellow U/wing, 5 Square-spot Rustic, 2 Bright -line Brown -eye, Straw Dot, Willow Beauty, Brimstone, Flounced Rustic, 4 Setaceous Hebrew Character

2 Agriphila geniculea, Common Plume

SAT 13 SEPT 

Surprisingly calmer evening, showers, cloudy, cooler , lights on 22.35 Total of 122 moths of 37sp

NFY - Cypress Pug ( not recorded last year )

Possible migrants -12sp

Convolvulus Hawkmoth moth- 11th this year, 9 Rush Veneer, 6 Rusty Dot Pearl, 6 L-album Wainscot, Turnip, Palpita Vitrealis, 

White-speck, Cosmopolitan, Vestal, Silver Y, Radfords Flame Shoulder, Angle Shades

-Of interest-

3 Frosted Orange, Peach Blossom, 4 Straw Dot, 10 Willow Beauty, 8 Square-spot Rustic, Mullein Wave, Rosy Rustic, 2 Flounced Rustic, Purple Bar, Light Emerals, Red Twin-spot Carpet

Also-

19 large Yellow Underwing, 2 Lesser Yellow U/wing, 9 Setaceous Hebrew Character, Garden Carpet, 2 Common Marbled Carpet,

3 Bright-line Brown-eye, Snout, early Thorn, 3 Brimstone, 2 Common Rustic-agg

Common Plume, LBAM, 2 Agriphila geniculea

Photos added

Thursday 11 SEPT 

Despite the F5/6 W wind put 2 traps on last night - unattended

Only 26 moths of 17 species -2 surprises !

Migrants - 2 Convolvulus Hawkmoth, - in separate traps at 07.00 this morning, 9th & 10 th this year, 2 L-album Wainscot, Dark Sword Grass 

Of interest-

Shore Wainscot - recorded every month since May.

Common Wainscot, Early Thorn, 2 Flounced Rustic

Also-

4 Large Yeloow U/wing, 2 Red Twin-spot Carpet, Straw Dot, 2 Setaceous Hebrew Character, Brimstone, 2 Double Striped Pug

2 micros 

Photos added

TUES 9 SEPT

Decided 2 light up 2 traps- sheltered , heavy rain & windy o/night and.No sheets and unattended, 35 moths of 16sp this morning 

NFY- Gem-migrant - don't expect them until early Oct

Other migrants - 6 Rusty Dot Pearl, 4 L-album Wainscot 

Of Interest - 

Small Blood-vein, 2 Snout, Pinion Streaked Snout, 3 Common Wainscot, 2 Flounced Rustic, rosy Rustic 

Also-

6 Large Yellow U/wing, Straw Dot, 2. Willow Beauty, 2 Double Striped Pug, Bright-line Brown -eye

Photos added

MON 8 SEPT 

Autumnal weather- showery & cooler , just 71 moths of 27sp 

Unusual record - Obscure Wainscot- Previos latest Devon record was 2 Aug 2017. 4th site record this year- 3rd was on 4 Aug 

2 Convolvulus Hawkmoths were still were still in the hedge where i released them yesterday morning- checked they were alive !

Migrants - 5 sp

4 Rusty Dot Pearl, 7 L-album Wainscot, 2 Rush Veneer, White-speck, 2 Dark Sword Grass 

Of interest-

Frosted Orange, 3 burnished Brass, Small Blood-vein, 5 Common wainscot, Mullein Wave, Canary Shoulded Thorn,3 Flounced Rustic , 2 straw dot 

Also-

14 large Yellow Underwing, 5 Bright-line Brown-eye, 5 Willow Beauty, Rosy rustic, 2 garden Carpet, Common Marbled Carpet, Square-spot Rustic, Vines Rustic, 2 Setaceous Hebrew Character, 

Small Fan Footed Wave, Single Dotted Wave 

Garden Pebble

photos added

SUN 7 Sept 

Heavy rain at 21..00 for 30mins, light breeze.Autumnal numbers now with 115 moths of 34sp 

Migrants - 11 sp

2 Convolvulus Hawkmoth- 7th& 8th this year- first arrived during the heavy rain in the trap, 2nd was on a sheet this morning 

9 -L-album Wainscot, 10 Rusty dot Pearl, 2 Rush Veneer, 9 Dark Sword Grass, 2 Turnip, Pearly U/wing, Dark spectacle, Radfords Flame Shoulder, White-speck, European Corn Borer.

Of Interest - 5 Common Wainscot, 2 Burnished Brass, 2 Ruby Tiger, 3 Early Thorn, 7 Flounced Rustic, Mullein Wave, Dark-barred Twin Spot Carpet, 2 Chinese Charactere, Light emerald 

Also-

20 Large Yellow &a Lesser Broad bordered Yellow U/wing, # Brimstone, 6 Bright-line Brown-eye, 6 Setaceous Hebrew Character, 

Vines Rustic, Rosy Rustic, 5 willow Beauty, 2 Garden Carpet, Common Caarpet, 2 Flame Shoulder, 2 Double Striped Pug, LBAM

Photos added

SAT 6 SEPT

Late start 22.45, vey windy-F5/6 SE , dry mild anticipated migrants did not arrive- only 102 moths of 27sp

NFY - Large Wainscot

Migrants -7sp

7 Rusty Dot Pearl, 6 L-album Wainscot, 7 Dark Sword Grass, 

5 Rush Veneer, 2 European Corn Borer, 2 Turnip, White-speck 

Wainscot - 3 Common, Smoky, 

Yellow U/wing - 25 Large, 3 Lesser Broad Bordered

Of Interest- 

Burnished Brass, 2 Snout, Pinion-streaked Snout, Cabbage, 

3 Chinese Character

Also- 

7 Setaceous Hebrew Character, 8 Bright-line Brown-eye, 4 Brimstone, 2 Single Dotted Wave, Common Carpet, Willow Beauty, 

Double Striped Pug 

Photos added

FRI 5 Sept

Slightly cooler but dry & calm produced 196 moths of 48 sp, evidence of migration 

NFG - Another to add to the garden list - White-line Snout

Migrants -11sp

14 Rusty Dot Pearl, 7 Rush Veneer, 9 Dark Sword Grass, 6 L-album Wainscot, 3 Turnip, 2 Angle Shades, 2 Silver Y, 2 Delicate, 2 Cosmopolitan, 2 Radfords Flame Shoulder, Pearly Underwing 

Wainscot - 7 Common, 

Wave- 4 Single Dotted, Common

Carpet- 2 Common Marbled, 2 Common, Garden 

Yellow U/wing - 46 Large , 4 Lesser Broad Bordered, Lesser

of Interest-

2 Burnished Brass, Buff Footman, 2 Cabbage, 2 Snout, Pinion -streaked Snout, Small Blood-vein, 2 Square-spot Rustic, 3 Flounced Rustic, 

Also- 24 Setaceous Hebrew Character, 5 Brimstone, Heart & Dart, 

Vines Rustic, 3 Bright-line Brown-eye, 2 Small Square-spot, Chinese Character, Early Thorn, 4 Double Striped Pug 

Anania crocealis, Agonopterix yeatiana, Pyrausta despicata +5sp

Photos added

THURS 4 Sept

Surprisingly good night , dry, mild, light breeze, high cloud producing 176 moths of 42 sp

NFG - Evergestis Extimalis- migrant - scarce- only single records in Devon in 2024 & 2022

Migrants - total of tackled​12 Dark Sword Grass, 14 Rush Veneer, 3 Dark Spectacle, 3 L-album Wainscot, 6 Rusty Dot Pearl, Convolvulus Hawkmoth - 6th this year, 2 Pearly Underwing, 2 Turnip, Angle Shades, Cosmopolitan, Scarce Bordered Straw, Portland ribbon Wave

Wainscot- 4 Common, Carpet- Purple Bar, 3 Common, Common Marbled, Garden, Red Twin-spot

Yellow U/wing - 30 Large, Lesser Broad Bordered

Special note - micro- Lobesia abscisana- 2nd this year- only devon record last year was on 30/8 in my garden

of interest- 10 Bright-line Brown-eye, 12 Willow Beauty, 2 Mullein Wave, 2 Chinese Character, Cabbage, Burnished Brass, 2 Frosted Orange

Also- 20 Setaceous Hebrew Character, 8 Brimstone, 4 Square-spot Rustic, Early & Canary Shouldered Thorn, 2 Flounced Rustic, 2 Flame Shoulder, 6 Double Striped Pug 

4 Common & 1 Beautiful Plume.

Note there is anew photo page from today

WED 3 SEPT

Very windy F 5/6 heavy rain o/night - 2 sheets blown down just 66 moths of 27sp

NFY - Pearly Underwing - migrant 

Migrants- 2 Rusty Dot PEARL, 3 Rush veneer, Cosmopolitan, 2 Dark Spectacle, Radfords Flame Shoulder, Dark Sword Grass, Angle Shades 

Wainscot-4 Common

Yellow U/wing - 15 Large, Lesser

Of interest - 2 Small Blood-vein, 2 Burnished Brass, Rosy Rustic, 2 Flounced Rustic, Heart & Club, Straw Dot

Also- 

5 Flame Shoulder, 4 Brimstone, 5 Setaceous Hebrew Character, 4 Bright-line Brown-eye Willow Beauty, Common Carpet, 2 Square-spot Rustic

Acleris sparsana 

Photo added

MON 1 SEPT 

Quiet start to the month - breezy, just 147 moths of 42 sp

Migrants - 8 sp

Convolvulus Hawkmoth- 5th this year, flew onto the sheet at 22.00,

5 Rusty Dot Pearl, 5 Rush Veneer, Dark Spectacle, L-album Wainscot, 3 Dark Sword Grass, Silver Y, 2 Turnip 

of interest-

12 Common Wainscot, Four Spotted Footman

Carpet- 2 Common Marbled, Common, Garden, Red Twin-spot

Yellow U/wing - 25 Large, 3 Lesser Broad Bordered

Of interest- Snout, Spectacle, 2 Burnished Brass, 3 Frosted Orange, Straw Dot, 2 Cabbages, Oak Eggar-F, 8 Flounced Rustic, Rosy Rustic, Square-spot Rustic 

Also- 6 Brimstone, 16 Setaceous Hebrew Character, 5 Flame Shoulder, 7 Vines Rustic, 3 Small Square Spot, 4 Bright-line Brown-eye, Early & Dusky Thorn, Common Wave, Double Striped Pug, Small Dotted Wave

3 Garden Pebble, 4 LBAM, Common Plume, Celphya lacunana, 7 Agriphila tristella

Photos added

SUN 31 AUG 

Windy -F5+ evening , heavy o/night rain , 2 sheets blown down,

autumn has definitely arrived at Thurlestone. Only 56 moths of 23 sp- a poor end to a fantastic month 

NFY - Small Rivulet

Migrants - 4 sp

9 Dark Sword Grass, 2 Rusty Dot Pearl, Radfords Flame Shoulder, Cosmopolitan 

Of Interest-

Burnished Brass, Spectacle, Single dotted Wave, 2 Flounced Rustic, 

3 Small Square Spot

Also-

10 Large Yellow U/wing, 10 Setaceous Hebrew Character, 2 Flame Shoulder, 2 Vines Rustic, 2 Brimstone, 2 Common Carpet, Double Striped Pug, Bright-line Brown -eye 

LBAM, Eudonia Pallida

Fri 29 AUG

Cloudy, dry- shower o/night, NW breeze, 200 moths of 54sp 

NFG- Acleris hastiana- gen diet req'd

NFY - Svensson's Copper U/wing- rear of u/wing confirmed

Migrants - 11 sp 

Convolvulus Hawkmoth - 3rd this week , 11 rusty Dot Pearl, 

13 Rush Veneer, 2 Angle Shades, 6 Dark Sword Grass, 2 Radfords Flame Shoulder, 2 L-album Wainscot, European Cornborer, Scarce Bordered Straw, White-speck, Palpita Vitrealis 

Wainscot- 10 Common, Shore

Footman -1 F Four Spotted 

Yellow U/wing- 21 Large., 4 Lesser Drod Bordered

Dart - Shuttle Shaped, 2 Hear & Dart

Carpet- Common Marbled, Dark Red Twin-spot, Garden, 3 Common, Yellow- barred Brindle

Of Interest-

Peach Blossom, Frosted Orange, Cabbage, Rosy Rustic, Flounced Rustic, 2 Snout, Spectacle, Pebble hook-tip, Flame

Also- 

10 Flame Shoulder, 25 Set Shebrew Character, 9 Vines Rustic, 

12 Bright -line Brown-eye, 5 Brimstone, 2 Chinese Character, 

4 Double Striped Pug, 3 Willow Beauty, 3 Small Square-spot,

2 Early Thorn, 2 Dusky Thorn

Garden Pebble, Agonopterix yeatiana, Agriphilla geniculea, +6 sp

WED 27 AUG 

Mild, clear sky, light breeze dry - heavy rain 04.30, total of 242 moths of 60sp

NFY - Clifden Nonpareil - migrant - 2nd site record - 12. 9.2021

Other migrants - 

Convolvulus Hawkmoth -  from photo different to yesterdays, 

8 Rusty Dot Pearl, 4 Rush Veneer, 4 Palpita Vitrealis, 6 Dark Sword Grass, Radford's Flame Shoulder, Scarce Bordered Straw, 

2 L-album Wainscot, Angle Shades, 2 Dark Spectacle, European Cornborer, Portland ribbon Wave 

Wave- 2 Common, 2 Small Dusty, Mullein, 2 Single Dotted

Wainscot - 5 Common, 2 Shore, 

Footman - Dingy, Four Spotted-M

Yellow U/wing - 9 Large, 7 lesser Broad Bordered

Dart- 2 Heart 7 Dart, 2 Shuttle Shaped

Carpet - 3 Green, 2 Common, 3 Garden

Of Interest-

Old Lady ( 3rd record this year ), Buff Ermine, 4 Cabbage, 4 Spectacle, 3 Flame , Pebble Hook-tip, 4 Burnished Brass, 8 willow Beauty, Snout, Copper U/wing-agg, Light Emerald 

Also-

18 Flame shoulder, 30 Setaceous Hebrew Character, 13 Vines Rustic, 2 Early Thorn, 10 Brimstone, 3 rosy Rustic, 12 Bright-line Brown-eye, 5 Small Square-spot, Common Rustic -agg, Flounced Rustic, 3 Rosy Rustic, Square-spot Rustic, 8 Double Striped Pug, 2 Chinese Charecter, Knot Grass, 

Eudonia pallida+ 6sp of micro

TUES 26 Aug 

Mild , partly cloudy, increasing SW breeze, rain o/night . Total of 212moths of 58sp

An outstanding night - first time i have been able to photograph 2 of my favourite Hawkmoths together - Striped & Convolvulus- both migrants.

NFY - Striped Hawkmoth 

Other migrants -

Convolvulus Hawkmoth, 9 Rusty Dot Pearl, 2 L-album Wainscot, Rush Veneer, 2 Dark Sword Grass, 2 European Cornborer, White-speck, Turnip

Wave- Single Dotted, Common

Wainscot- 9 CommonWainscot, 2 Shore- cannot remember having 2 before

Footman - Four Spotted, Dingy

Yellow U/wing- 9 Large, 8 Lesser Broad Bordered

Dart- Shuttle Shaped, Crescent, Heart & Dart

Carpet- CommonWainscot Marbled, CommonWainscot, GardenOf, Green

Of interest- Oak Eggar, Copper U/wing -agg, Ruby Tiger, 2 Light Emerald, 2 Frosted Orange, Cabbage, 4 Rosy rustic, Canary-shouldered Thorn, 5 ERarly Thorn, Burnished Brass, 3 Chinese Character

Also-

38 Set Hebrew Character, 11 Vines Rustic, 13 Flame Shoulder, 6 Brimstone, 8 Small Square-spot, 11 Bright-line Brown-eye,

2 Snout, 2 willow beauty, Square-spot Rustic

Brown House Moth, 2 Common Plume, Acleris literana, 

Celphy lacunana, +7 more micros 

MON 25 AUG 

Mild, cloudy calm, rain o/night - 261 moths of 60 sp 

NFG - Pyrausta purpuralis, Parornix torquillella - needs gen det.

Migrants - 9 sp

25 Rusty dot Pearl, 2 Rush Veneer, 4 Silver Y, 2 Palpita Vitrealis, 

2 White-point, 4 European Cornborer, 3 Dark Sword Grass, L-album Wainscot, Cosmopolitan 

Wave- 2 Single Dotted, Satin, 2 Common

Wainscot- 7 Common, Shore, 8 Small Rufous

Footman - Dingy, Four Spotted-M

Yellow U/wing - 11 Large, 17 Lesser Broad Bordered

Of interest-

Blood-vein, 7 Cabbage, 8 Rosy Rustic, 2 Light Emerald, Poplar Hawkmoth, Spectacle

Also- 31 Setaceous HBW Chtr, 15 Flame Shoulder, 7 Brimstone, 6 Bright-line Brown -eye, 20 Vines Rustic, 2 small Square Spot, 

2 Square-spot Rustic, Knot Grass, 3 willow Beauty, Snout, 2 Early &1 Dusky Thorn, Flounced Rustic, Heart & Dart, Flame, Orange Swift, Common Carpet, 2 shuttle Shaped Dart, Common rustic -agg 

Beautiful Plume, Agapeta hamana, Eudonia pallida, Agriphila geniculea, Agonopterix subropinquella

SUN 24 AUG 

Big increase in temps resulted in more moths particularly migrants 

Total of 380 of 81sp 

NFG - Water VEneer

NFY - Orange Swift 

Migrants - 14 sp recorded compared with only 4 on Sat night 

31 Rusty Dot Pearl, 2 European Cornborer, 3 Turnip, 2 L-album Wainscot, 2 Rush Veneer, 5 Dark Sword Grass, 2 White-point, 2 Angle Shades, Cosmopolitan - 2nd this year, 2 Scarce Bordered Straw, 2 Palpita Vitrealis, Only 1 Silver Y, Radfords Flame Shoulder

Dark Spectacle 

Wave- Riband, 6 Common, Mullein, Small Dusty, Satin, Single Dotted

Wainscot- 12 Common, 2 Small Rufous

Footman - Hoary, 2 Dingy

Carpet- Red Twin-spot, Common Marbled, Common, 

Yellow U/wing - 22 Large, 25 Lesser Broad Bordered

Thorn - 2 Early, 2 Dusky, Canary- shoulded

Of Interest-

Burnished Brass, Frosted Orange, Oak Eggar, Waved Umber, Grey Dagger-agg, Nutmeg, Jersey & Ruby Tiger, 5 Flounced Rustic, Dark Arches, Yellow-barred Brindle, Lychnis, 3 Chinese Charcter, 

7 Cabbage, Rosy Rustic, Knot Grass, Buff Ermine, 3 Spectacle,

Light Emerald \

Also-

24 Brimstone, 40 Setaceous Hebrew Character, 31 Flame Shoulder, 2 Flame, 5 Snout, Pinion Streaked Snout, 4 Heart & Dart, 16. Vines Rustic, 6 Small Square-spot, 5 Square -spot Rustic, 12 Bright-line Brown-eye, 2 Shuttle Shaped Dart, Brussels Lace, 6 Willow Beauty

14 Double Striped Pug 

13 sp of micro

SAT 23 AUG

Another cool evening resulting in only168 moths of 50sp

NFG - Lobesia littoral is, Cochylimorpha straminella 

Migrants poor just 4 sp

13 Rusty Dot Pearl, 5 Dark Sword Grass, 2 Angle Shades, Dark Spectacle 

Wave- Satin, Common, 2 Mullein, 2 Single Dotted

Wainscot- 10 Common

Yellow U/wing- 10 Large, 7 Lesser Broad Bordered

Footman - Hoary, Dingy

Carpet- Common, Garden

Of Interest-

Yellow-tail, 3 Light Emerald, 3 Flounced Rustic, Pebble Prominent, 2 Spectacle, Brussels Lace, 3 Cabbage, Buff Ermine, Peach Blossom, 2 Chin ESE Charecter ter, Canary-shouldered Thorn, Dark Thorn, Snout

Also-

16 Bright-line Brown-eye, 25 Setaceous Hebrew Chtr, 8 Vines Rustic, 8 Flame Shoulder, Heart & Dart, 3 Small Square-spotty, Willow Beauty, 2 Brimstone 4 Double Striped Pug

Twenty Plume, 3 Common Plume, Tinea semifulvella + 7sp

FRI 22 AUG

Much cooler nights resulting in reduction in moths trapped - 225 of 51sp

Migrants - 7 sp

16 Rusty Dot Pearl, 8 Dark Sword Grass, 2 Vestal, 2 Turnip, 2 Scarce Bordered Straw, European Cornborer, Angle Shades

Wave- Mullein, Small Dusty, Common

Wainscot- 16 Common, 2 Small Rufous, Small

Yellow U/wing- 12 Large, 11 Lesser Broad Bordered

Carpet- Purple Bar, 2 Common, 2 Garden

Of interest-

18 Bright-line Brown-eye, 2 White & 1 Buff Ermine, Small Blood-vein, Maiden's Blush (v worn ), Little Emerald, Canary-shouldered Thorn, M Four Spotted Footman, Cabbage, Jersey Tiger, Flounced Rustic, Rosy Rustic, Iron Prominent, Pebble Prominent, Spectacle, 3 Chinese Characyer

Also- 

50 Setaceous Hebrew Character, 20 Vines Rustic, 8 Flame Shoulder, 11 Double striped Pug, Heart & Dart, 3 Small Square Spot, 2 Willow Beauty, Snout, Dusky Yhorn 

7sp of micros 

THURS 21 AUG

Much cooler night, clears sky, dry with a light wind, total of 301 moths of 58sp 

NFG - Crocidosema plebejana

Migrants- 12sp recorded

40 Rusty Dot Pearl, 7 Rush Veneer, Silver Y, 2 L-album Wainscot, 6 Dark Sword Grass, Vestal, White-speck, 2 Angle Shades, Palpita Vitrealis, Turnip, Jersey Mocha, Scarce Bordered Straw

Wave- 3 Common, Single Dotted

Wainscot- 14 Common, Shore Southern, Small

Yellow U/wing- 14 Large, 17 Lesser Broad Bordered, Lesser

Carpet- 3 Common, Scorched, Garden, Purple Bar

Of interest-

2 Light Emerald, 3 Blood-vein, Clay, 3 Cabbage, Flounced Rustic, Flame, Four Spotted Footman-1M, Waved Umber, Duskt Thorn, Chinese Charecter, Fern, Jersey Tiger, 2 Yellow-barred Brindle 

Also- 

10 Brimstone, 18 Flame Shoulder, 19 Vines Rustic, 63 Set. Hbw.CHtr

10 Bright-line Brown-eye, Pinion Streaked Snout, 2 Small Sq -spot

4 Willow Beauty, 13 Double Striped Pug, Peach Blossom, 

6sp of micros

WED 20 AUG

Cooler eveningbut dry , some cloud , 310 moths of 61sp recorded

NFY - Blastobasis adustella

Migrants - 14 sp

32 Rusty Dot Pearl, 4 Rush Veneer, Bordered Straw, 8 Scarce Bordered Straw- site record , 6 European Corn Borer- site record

6 Dark Sword Grass, Turnip, Small Mottled Willow, Angle Shades, Radfords Flame Shoulder, Delicate, Palpita Vitrealis, 2 L-album Wainscot, 2 Silver Y 

Wave- 3 Common, Small Dusty

W#ainscot- 12 Common, Shore

Yellow U/wing- 25 Lesser Broad Bordered, 8 Large

Carpet- 2 Purple Bar, 3 Common, Common Marbled

Of Interest-

Crescent, 4 Cabbage, Peach Blossom, White Ermine, Ruby Tiger, 

Blood-vein, Small Blood-vein, Swallow Prominent, 2 Spectacle, Clouded Silver, 2 Yellow-barred Brindle, Fern, Copper U/wing-agg, Sharp angled Peacock, Poplar Hawkmoth, Lychnis,

​Also- 73 Setaceous Hebrew Chtr,  28 Flame Shoulder, 20 Vines Rustic, 2 Heart & DArt, 2 Willow Beauty, 5 Brimstone, 5 Bright-line Brown-eye, 2 Shuttle Shaped Dart, 6 Small Square-spot, Flame, 

Common Rustic=-agg

2 LBAM, 4 Garden Pebble, Bird Cherry Ermine, Pyrausta despicata

TUES 19 Aug 

Cloudy, mild , dry with a breeze, busiest night of the year with 450 moths of 70 sp logged.

NFY -Lobesia abscisana ( only 1 Devon record in 2024- my garden )

2 Portland Ribbon Wave- migrant 

Migrants - 12 sp-

Ni Moth. - 2nd record this year- 18/6., 64 Rusty Dot Pearl, 4 Rush Veneer, 5 Scarce Bordered Straw, 2 European Corn Borer, 1o Dark Sword Grass, 3 White=point, 6 Silver Y, 4 Palpita Vitrealis, Small Mottled Willow, Jersey Mocha

Wave- Maiden's Blush, 2 Mullein, 2 Common, 3 Small Dusty, Small Fan- footed, Jersey Mocha

Wainscot- 14 Common, Small, Shore, 2 Small Rufous

Footman-!m Four Spotted, Rosy

Thorn- 2 Early, Canary-shoulded

Yellow U/wing- 12 Large, 55 Lesser Brod Bordered

Carpet- REd TWin-spot, 3 Common, Garden, Yellow- barred Brindle

Of interest-

Poplar Hawkmoth, 2 Blood-vein, 2 Small Blood-vein, Small Fan-foot, 2 Snout, 5 Cabbage, 3 Swallow Prominent, Peach Blossom, Crescent, Grey Dagger-agg, Burnished Brass, 6 Spectacle, Rosy Rustic, Jersey Tiger, Ruby Tiger, 4 Waved Umber, White Ermine, 

Also- 25 Flame Shoulder, 72 Setaceous Hebrew Character, 12 Brimstone, 32 Vines Rustic, 5 Common Rustic-agg, 2 Shuttle Shaped Dart, Willow Beauty, 6 Heart & Dart, 2 Small Square Spot, 2 Straw Dot

Mother of Pearl, 3 LBAM, 2 Pyrausta despicata +3sp

Photos added

MON 18 Aug

After a wet & windy day traps on at 21.10 - around 120 moths by 23.20, o/night fantastic , final total of 389 moths of 62 species 

Outastanding record was a site 2nd- Rosy Underwing - migrant 

a very scarce Devon moth- first was 17.9.2023

Other NFY - Jersey Mocha- migrant, Eupoecillia Augusta , Nephopterix angustea, Aleimma loefingiana

Migrants - 14 sp

20 Rusty Dot Pearl, 3 Rush Veneer, 2 Palpita vitrealis, Angle Shades, 2 L-album Wainscot, 3 White-point, Dark spectacle, Turnip, Small Mottled Willow, 2 SilverY, 2 Scarce Bordered Straw, 9 Dark Sword Grass , also a possible F Four Spotted Footman.

Wave- Mullein, 2 Common, Single Dotted 

Hawkmoth- Poplar

Wainscot- 19 Common

Yellow U/wing- 13 Large , 32 Lesser Broad Bordered, Lesser

Of interest-

2 Rosy Rustic, 2 Peach Blossom, 5 Spectacle, Chinese Character, 

10 Cabbage, 4 Flounced Rustic, Flame, Swallow Promionent, White Ermine, Marbled Green, Burnished Brass, Grey Dagger-agg, Yellow-barred Brindle 

Also-

90 Setaceous Hebrew Character- site day record, 45 Flame Shoulder, 27 Vines Rustic, 7 Heart & Dart, 3 Shuttle Shapoed Dart, Common Rustic-agg, Small Square Spot, Dusky Thorn, Knot Grass, 

Snout, Pinion Streaked Snout, 4 Common Carpet, 2 Double Striped Pug

3 Garden Pebble, 4 Common Plum

Photos added

SUN 17 AUG

Very windy ESE F5+ resulted in much lower catch.10 migrant sp 

NFG - Ancylosis oblitella- scarce Devon moth only 10 previous records, 5 were in 2022

Migrants -

6 Rusty Dot Pearl, 6 Silver Y, 2 Rush Veneer, 2 Dark Sword Grass,

Scarce Bordered Straw, 2 Small Mottled Willow, Angle Shades, European Corn Borer, White-point, Vestal- very pale 

Wainscot - 4 Common, Shore

Yellow U/wing -1 Large, 20 Lesser Broad Bordered

Of interest -  Flame, 4 Snout, Ruby Tiger, Spectacle, Small Dusty Wave, Marbled Green, 

Also-

19 Setaceous Hebrew Character,10 Bright-line Brown -Eye, 31 Vines Rustic, 32 Flame Shoulder, 6 Heart & Dart, 6 Shuttle Shaped Dart, 

Flounced Rustic, 4 Brimstone, Double Striped Pug, Pinion Streaked Snout, Common Carpet

Photos added

FRI 15 AUG 

Very busy night with 414 moths of 80sp, started dry, calm, mild - wind increased o/night 

THe 80W MV is really pulling the moths in 

NFY- Frosted Orange, Nutmeg 

Migrants - plenty of them 

22 Rusty Dot Pearl, 20 Rush Veneer, 10 Silver Y, 3 Palpita Vitrealis, 

3 Scarce Bordered Straw, Bordered Straw, 4 Small Mottled Willow ,

Dark Sword Grass, Small Marbled, Vestal, Dark Spectacle 

Hawkmoth- Poplar

Wave- 2 Mullein, 2 Single Dotted, Small Fan- footed, 7 Common

Footman - 4F 1M Four Spotted Footman, 3 Hoary, Scarce, Common

Dingy, 2 Rosy

Wainscot- 11 Common, 2 Small, 6 Small Rufous, Southern

Thorn - Canary-shouldered, 3 Dusky

Yellow U/wing-28 Lesser B-road Bordered. 10 Large

Tiger -5 Jersey

Carpet- Flame, 4 Garden, Scorched, Purple Bar, 3 Common 

Of interest-

Fern, 3 blood -vein, 6 Snout, 9 Knot Grass, 4 Cabbage, 5 Spec tackle, 3Flounced Rustic, 2 Crescent, Gold Spot, 2 Waved Umber, Pebble Prominent, Yellow-tail, Yellow Barred Brindle, 6 Sharp Angled Peacock 

Photos added

THURS 14 AUG 

Cooler evening, clear sky dry, Total of 244 moths of 65 sp

NFG - White-line Snout, Eupoecillia angustea

NFY-Flounced Rustic ,

Migrants -8 Rusty Dot Pearl, 7 Rush Veneer, 2 Small Mottled Willow, Angle Shades

Hawkmoth -4 Poplar

Wave- 4 Common, 3 Mullein, Single Dotted

Footman -2F 5M Four Spotted, 5 Dingy, Hoary, 2 Rosy

Wainscot- 7 Common, , Small, Small Rufous, 2 Southern 

Thorn - 3 Dusky, Canary Shouldered

Yellow U/wing- 17 Lesser Broadbordered, 10 Large, 

Tiger- 2 Jersey, 2 Ruby

Carpet- Oblique, Pretty Chalk, Common Marbled, Purple Bar, 3 Garden, 

Of interest- 

2 Waved Umber, 4 Knots Grass, 3 Rosy Rustic, Crescent, 4 Cabbage, 4 Snout, Sallow Kitten, Yellow Tail, Pebble Prominent, White Ermine, Spectacle, 4 Blood-vein, Oak Eggar

WED 13 AUG

Mild, cloudy, calm- rain o/night. Much less activity than 2 previous nights- 297 moths of 75sp

NFY - September Thorn 

Migrants- 16 Rusty Dot Pearl, 10 Rush Veneer, 2 Small Mottled Willow, Vestal, White-point, Angle Shades, Radford's Flame Shoulder.

Wave- 9 Common, 3 Small Fan-footed, 2 Mulleion, Satin, Small Dusty, 3 Single Dotted

Hawkmoth- Poplar

Wainscot- 12 Common, Shore, Small, Southern, 3 Small Rufous

Footman- 3F 2M Four Spotted, 4 Dingy, Rosy

Thorn - 3 Dusky, Early, Canary Shouldered

Yellow U/wing- 18 Lesser Broad Bordered, 10 Large, Least 

Tiger - 2 Jersey, 3 Ruby

Carpet- 2 Purple Bar, Pretty Chalk, 4 Garden, Red Twin- spot, Flame

Of Interest - Oak Eggar, Marbled Green, Grey Dagger-agg, Burnished Brass, White & Buff Ermine, Clay Triple Lines, Clouded Border, 2 Yellow-barred Brindle, 2 Cabbage, Turnip, 3 Blood-vein, 3 Waved Umber, Cream -bordered Green Pea, 2 Snout, 5 Rosy Rustic,V Pug, 

TUES 12 AUG 

V mild night, light breeze, cloudy & dry. Used my 80w MV for first time- made a big difference. Total of 433 moths of 83sp

NFG - Death's Head Hawk moth- Star moth of the year

NFY - Convolvulus Hawkmoth, White Spotted Pug 

Migrants -

22 Rusty Dot Pearl, 16 Rush Veneer, 8 Silver Y, Radfords Flame Shoulder, Bordered Straw, Small Marbled, Vestal, Palpita Vitrealis, Dark Sword Grass, 2 Small Mottled Willow

Wave- 2 Mullein, 4 Common, 2 Common White, Satin, 4 Small Fan-footed, 3 Single Dotted, 

Wainscot - 20 Common, 10 Small Rufous, 2 Smoky

Hawkmoth - Elephant, Poplar

Footman - 9F 5 M Four Spotted, 6 Dingy, 2 Rosy, Buff

Tiger- 12 Jersey, 2 Ruby

Thorn - 6 Dusy, EArly

Yellow U/wing- 13 Large, 17 Lesser B-road Bordered, 2 Lesser

Carpet- Oblique, 2 Galium, 2 Garden , Flame, 2 Garden 

Of Interest -

2 Oak Eggar, 3 Grey Dagger-agg, Small Angle Shades, 2 Marbled Green, 2 Spectacle, 3 Waved Umber, 7 Cabbage, Turnip, Clouded Border, Peach Blossom, White Ermione, Small Blood-vein, 3 Blood-vein, 8 Sharp Angled Peacock, Cream Bordered Green Pea

MON 11 AUG 

V mild after an afternoon of rain, cloudy but a F4/5 ESE wind did not help . 

Total of 236 moths of 58sp, evidence of migrant activity 

NFY - Old World Webworm - migrant - 2nd site record- 10.09.2023

Scarce Bordered Straw- migrant 

Other migrants -

14 Silver Y, 6 Rush Veneer, 13 Rusty Dot Pearl, 3 Small Mottled Willow, Vestal, Dark Sword Grass, Diasemiopsis ramburialis _ 2d record this year, White-speck, 2 Angle Shades 

Wave -4 Common, Common White, Mullein, Satin

Wainscot - 6 Common, Small, 

Footman - 3M 2 F Four Spotted, Rosy, 3 Dingy

Tiger- 8 Jersey

Yellow U./wing -9 Lesser Broad Bordered , 5 Large 

Carpet - 2 Purple Bar, 2 Common, Galium, 2 Red Twin-spot

Of Interest 

3 Cabbage, 2 Burnished Brass, 4 Sharp Angled Peacock, 3 Knot Grass, Snout, Spectacle, Dusky Thorn, Yellow-barred Brindle, 

Grey Dagger-agg, Rosy Rustic, Crescent, Black Arches , Small Blood -vein, 5 Shuttle Shaped Dart

photos added

Photos below of 3 scarce Devon migrants

SUN 10 AUG 

Family still visiting so lights on at 22.00 - unattended. O/night total of 109 moths of 40sp

Migrants - 10 Rush Veneer, 9 Rusty Dot Pearl, 3 Silver Y, Dark Sword Grass.

Wave - Mullein, Common, Small Fan-footed

Footman- 2 M 2 F Four Spotted, Dingy, Scarce, 

Tiger- 3 Tiger

Yellow U/wing- 7 Lesser Broad Bordered, Least, Large 

Of Interest- 8 Sharp Angled Peacock- ( day site record ), 

Iron Prominent., Turnip, 2 Dusky Thorn, Crescent, Crescent Dart, Black Arches , 3 Shuttle Shaped Dart, 3 Heart & Dart

THURS 7 AUG

Lights on 21-45- 23.15, high cloud, light breeze, dry ( after a wet day), just 143 moths of 52 sp

Migrants - 7 Rusty Dot Pearl, 2 Rush Veneert, Dark Sword Grass, Silver Y, Angle Shades

Wave- Common, Mullein, Riband, 3 Small Fan-footed

Wainscot - 5 Common, Small Rufous

Footman - 2 Four Spotted, 4 Dingy, Buff, Rosy

Tiger - 6 Jersey, 6 Ruby 

Yellow U/wing - 3 Large, 3 Lesser Broad Banded

Of Interest - 2 f Oak Eggar, Crescent, 3 Cabbage, Knot Grass, Lychnis, Magpie, Grey Dagger-ag, Blood -vein, 2 Sharp- angled Peacock, 2 Waved Umber, Rosy Rustic

Garden Pebble, 2 Celphya lacucana, Acrobasis advenella

TUES 5 AUG 

Cooler evening resulted in fewer moths in flight recorded 131 of 54sp

Migrants - 11 Rusty Dot Pearl, 9 Rush Veneer, 2 Dark Sword Grass, 

Silver Y, Small Mottled willow.

Footman- 3 Four Spotted, 4 Dingy, Hoary

Wainscot- 3 Common, 2 Southern, Small

Wave- 2 Common White, Mullein, 2 Small Fan-footed

Yellow U/wing - 4 Large, 3 Lesser Broad Bordered

Of Interest - 2 F Oak Eggar, Yellow-tail, Iron Prominent, Nut-tree Tussock, 2 Waved Umber, Marbled Green, Snout, 2 Cabbage, Herald, 5 Blood-vein, Magpie, 4 Rosy Rustic., Vines Rustic, 2 Spectacle

Ruby Tiger, Knot Grass

photos added

MON 4 Aug 

After a stormy wet day put2 traps on at 22.00- unattended until this morning , total of 86 moths of 41 species 

Migrants - Radfords Flame Shoulder, 2 Rusty Dot Pearl, Small Mottled Willow, 5 Silver Y, Dark Sword Grass, 3 Rush Veneer 

Hawkmoth - Poplar

Footman - 4 M Four Spotted, Hoary, Dingy, Scarce, 

Wainscot- 5 Common, Obscure

Tiger - 2 Jersey, 3 Ruby

Yellow U/wing- 4 Large, Lesser Broad Bordered

Of Interest- F Oak Eggar, Crescent, 2 Marbled Green, Rosy Rustic, Blood-vein, 3 Spectacle, Cabbage, Small Phoenix, Pyrasauta despicata

Photos addeed

SUN 3 AUG 

Cloudy mild evening, damp o/night recorded Total of289 moths of 70sp - uneventful 

Migrants -16 Silver Y, 5 Rusty Dot Pearl, 5 Rush Veneer, Angle Shades

Hawkmoth - 3 Poplar

Wave- 7 Small Fan-footed, Single Dotted Wave, 2 Common, Riband

Wainscot- 5 Small Rufous, 3 Common

Footman- 11 M 5F Four Spotted, 10 Dingy, 5 Rosy, Hoary, Scarce

Yellow U/wing - 19 Large, 2 Lesser, 2 Lesser Broad Bordered

Tiger- 11 Ruby, 7 Jersey

Of Interest- 

4 Waved Umber, 3 Peach Blossom, Rosy Rustic, Grey Dagger-agg, Poplar Grey, Crescent, Magpie, Scalloped Oak, Small Phoenix, 2 Marbled Green, Flame Carpet, V Pug, 7 Straw Dot

2 Pyrausta despicata, 2 Beautiful Plume, 

SAT 2 AUG 

Less cool, clear sky, dry, cloudy o/night recorded 197 moths of 55 sp

NFY - F Bulrush Wainscot - 2nd site record this year- 9 /08/2021

Migrants - 13 Rush Veneer, 9 Rusty Dot Pearl, Scarce Bordered Straw, Dark Sword Grass 

Wave- 2 Mullein, 2 Small Fan-footed

Prominent- Pebble. Plain 

Tiger - 4 Jersey, 3 Ruby

YEllow U/wing - 19 Large, Lesser Broad Bordered

Footman - 15 M 3 F Four Spotted, 14 Dingy, 4 Rosy, Hoary, Buff

Also - 5 Setaceous Hebrew Character, 2 rosy Rustic, 3 Vine's Rustic, Crescent, Brussels Lace, Blood-vein, 3 Knot Grass, PoplarWave Grey, 3 Spectacle, Yellow Tail, Peach Blossom, Marbled Green, 

9 sp of Micro inc Pyrausta despicata

Photos added

Fri 1 AUG

Much cooler evening, late start-22.40, breezy , not many moths in flight. Recorded 119 moths of 50sp

NFY - Clay Triple-lines ( 2nd brood ), Dark -barred Tortrix, Blastobasis adustella

Migrants - 2 White-point, Small Mottled Willow, 8 Silver Y, 14 Rush Veneer, 3 Rusty Dot Pearl

Hawkmoth - Poplar

Wave - Mullein, 2 Small Fan-footed, 2 Riband, Common, 

Footman - 6M Four Spotted, 7 Dingy,  Scarce,

Yellow U/wing- 6 Large, 2 Lesser Broad-bodied

Of interest-

Blood-vein, Rosy Rustic, 2 Pebble Prominent, Chinese Character,

Clay, Small Rufous, Sallow Kitten, White Spotted Pug

Pyrausata despicata

photos added

Thursday 31 July

Cooler evening , clear sky, calm recorded 273 moths of 67 sp

Very interesting Moths - White- speck ( early migrants - 2nd record this year -first was on 4 Jan )

Webb's Wainscot - 3rd record for July

Migrants - 14 Silver Y, 13 Rusty Dot Pearl, Small Mottled Willow, 12 Rush Veneer

Hawkmoth - 2 Poplar

Wave- 12 Small Fan-footed, 2 Single Dotted, Mullein

Wainscot- 3 Southern, Common, Small Rufous

Footman -15M 6 F Four Spotted , 3 Rosy, 20 Dingy, 2 Hoary, 3 Buff

Tiger- 9 Ruby, 3 Jersey

Yellow U/wing- 30 Large, Lesser, Lesser Broad Bordered

Of interest-

6 Waved Umber, Sallow Kitten, Black Watches, Pebble Hook-tip, 

Copper U/wing-agg, Lackey, Cream-bordered Green Pea, Ringed China Mark

WED 30 July 

Another very mild, cam, cloudy evening - recorded 395 moths of 78 sp

NFG - Pyrausata despicata

NFY - Shoulder- striped Wainscot 

Migrants - 11 Rush Veneer,. 10 Silver Y, 3 Dark Sword Grass, ,

7 Rusty Dot Pearl

Hawkmoth -2 Poplar

Wave- 9 Small fan-footed, Mullein, 2 Common, Single Dotted

Wainscot - Devonshire ( 3rd record this year ), Smoky, 3 Common, Southern, 4 Small Rufous

Footman - 29 M 5 F Four Spotted, 26 Dingy, Hoary, 8 Rosy, Round-winged Muslin

Tiger - 16 Ruby, 4 Jersey

Yellow U/wing - 51 Large, 6 Lesser Broad Bordered, Lesser, Least

Of interest-4 Drinker, 7 Waved Umber, Campion, Cabbage, Yellow- tail, Grey Dagger-agg, Black Arches, 2 Pretty Chalk Carpet, Small Phoenix, Sallow Kitten, 

Photos added

TUES 29 July

V mild evening, clear sky, dry with a light breeze. V busy with a total of 325 moths of 75 sp.

NFY - Box -tree Moth, Least Yellow U/wing, Square-sp[ot Rustic, Small Wainscot, Agriphilla straminella 

Migrants -

2 Small mottled Willow ( first for July ), 3 Rusty dot pearl, 2 Dark Sword Grass, 9 Rush Veneer, 11 Silver Y

Wave- 5 Small Fan-footed, 3 Single Dotted, Riband, Common, Common White

Wainscot- Webb's - 2nd this month, 3 Small Rufous, Common

Footman - 23 dingy, 8 Rosy, 6 Buff, Hoary, 26 Four Spotted -7F

Tiger - 15 Ruby, 5 Jersey

Yellow U/wing- 50 Large, 4 Lesser, 2 Lesser Broad- bordered 

Of Interest- 6 Waved Umber, Rosy Rustic, Small Square Spot, 4 Drinker, Marbled Green, Crescent, Sallow Kitten, 3 Blood-vein, Peach Blossom, White Erminbe, Lesser Swallow Prominent, Iron Prominent, 3 Spectacle, cabbage, Scorched Carpet, Elephant Hawk Moth 

12 sp of micro

Photos added

MON 28 July 

Milder calm evening, clear sky, damp O/night , 211 moths of 52 sp recorded.

NFY - Oak Eggar- F ( a beautiful moth ), Dusky Thorn, Lesser Swallow Prominent, Small Phoenix ( garden )

Migrants - 8 Rush Veneer, 8 Silver Y, 3 Rusty Dot Pearl, 3 Dark Sword Grass

Footman- 32 Dingy, 7 Rosy, 3 Buff, Hoary, 13 Four Spotted ( 2 F )

Prominent- Iron, Swallow, Pebble 

Tiger - 6 Jersey, 5 Ruby, 

Carpet- Pretty Chalk, Scorched, 3 Red Twin-spot

Yellow U/wing- 31 Large, 2 Lesser Broad Bordered, Broad Bordered

Of Interest -Bordered Beauty, Nut Tree Tussock, 2 Peach Blossom, Black Arches, Yellow-tail 

Photos Added

SUN 27 JULY

Cooler evening, dry , light NW breeze resulted in only 108 moths of 41sp but good quality

NFG - Barred Red

NFY- Sallow Kitten, Ear Moth -AGG, Marbled Green 

Migrants - 2 Rush Veneer, Silver Y, Rusty Dot Pearl, Dark Sword Grass, Radford's Flame Shoulder

Footman- 14 Four Spotted (all M ), 13 Dingy, 2 Common, 2 Rosy, 

2 Buff, 

Tiger - 4 Jersey, 4 Ruby

Large Yellow U/ wing-22

Of Interest - 2 Clay, Lackey, Waved Umber, Canary Shouldered Thorn , Yellow-tail, 2 Pebble Prominent

Photos added

SAT 26 JULY

Plenty of Moths on a mild cloudy dry evening - total of 306 of 70 sp

NFY - Rosy Minor

Migrants - 10 Silver Y, 8 Rusty Dot Pearl, 8 Rush Veneer, 7 Dark Sword Grass

Footman - Just 16 Four Spotted ( 4 F ), 10 Rosy, 25 Dingy, Common, Hoary, 2 Buff , Round -winged Muslin

Carpet- Pretty Chalk, Purple Bar, 2 Common, 4 Red Twin-spot, Garden 

Tiger- 6 Jersey, 5 Ruby 

Yellow U/wing- 35 Large, 3 Lesser Broad Bordered, Broad Bordered

Of interest-

3 Waved Umber, 3 Clay, Rosy Rustic, Cabbage, Yellow -tail, Dot Moth, Crescent Dart, Gold Spot, 2 Canary Shouldered Thorn, 2 Sharp Angled Peacock, Golden Rod Pug , Small Magpie, 3 Magpie

FRI 25 July

Late start - lights on 23.15 , total of 151 moths of 46 sp. The Four .Spotted Footman invasion continues .

NFY - 2 Vestal - migrants 

Migrants - 3 Rush Veneer, 8 Silver Y

Wave- 8 Small Fan-footed, Riband, Mullein, Common 

Wainscot- singles of  Southern, Smoky, Small Rufous

Footman - 37- Four Spotted ( 10 F - site record ), 7 Rosy,

16 Dingy, Common, Hoary, Round-winged Muslin

Prominent,- Pale, Swallow, Pebble

Yellow U/wing - 9 Large, Broad Bordered, 2 Lesser Broad Bordered

Of interest-

2 Purple Bar, 2 Rosy Rustic, 2 Blood-vein, Gold Spot, Magpie, 2 Cloaked Minor, White-spotted Pug, Spectacle, 

Photos addeed

THURS 24 JULY

Milder, dry, light breeze, clear sky total of 339 moths of 72 sp

NFG- Devon Carpet- confirmed by our CMR

Migrants - 7 Rusty Dot Pearl, 7 Rush Veneer, 3 Silver Y, 2 Dark Sword Grass, Turnip

Hawkmoth - Poplar

Wave- 9 Small Fan footed, @ Common, Common White, 2 Riband

Wainscot- 7 Southern, 2 Small Rofous

Footman - 50 Dingy, 21 Rosy, 2 Common, 4 Buff, Hoary, 30 Four Spotted -( 1 F )

Tiger- 4 Jersey, 4 Ruby

Prominent - Pebble, P{lain, Iron

Yellow U/wing - 55 Large ( big increase ), 2 Lesser, 3 Lesser Broad Bordered

Of Interest- 12 Brimstone, 3 Lackey, Clay, Spectacle, 2 Crescent, 2 Crescent Dart, Drinker, Swallow-tailed, Little Emerald, Yellow-tail, Cloaked Minor, Black Arches, Double Lobed, 2 EWaved Umber, 2 Nut Tree Tussock, 3 Gold Spot, 3 Knot Grass, Wormwood Pug

Beautiful Plume, Pyrausta despicata, Double Striped Tabby, Rosy Tabby 

Photo added

WED 23 JULY

Much cooler evening resulted in only 198 moths of 61sp

NFG - Mouse Moth

NFY - Hoary Footman, Agapeta zoegana

Migrants - 3 Dark Sword Grass, 3 Rusty Dot Pearl, 5 Rush Veneer, 

2 Silver Y, Radfords Flame Shoulder

Hawkmoth - 2 Elephant, 2 Poplar

Wave - 2 Mullein, 6 Small Fan-footed, Single Dotted

Wainscot- Smoky, Southern, Small Rufous

Footman- 30 Dingy, Common, 4 Buff, 19 Four Spotted ( 1 F ), 4 Rosy

Tiger - Jersey, 12 Ruby 

Of interest-

 lesser Yellow Underwing, Rosy Rustic, 3 Crescent, 2 Crescent Dart, Lackey, Clay,Yellow-tail, 3 Drinker, 3 EWaved Umber, Rivulet, 2 Canary-shouldered Thorn, 

Photos added

TUES 22 JULY - 

Mild, calm cloudy evening, damp o/night 

305 moths of 67 sp recorded

NFY - Beautiful Plume, Acleris literana 

Hawkmoths-2 Elephant

Wave - Mullein, Common, 2 Riband, Small Fan-footed, Single Dotted

Wainscot- 4 southern, 3 Smoky, 3 Common, 2 Small Rufous 

Footman - Invasion !- 72 Dingy, 5 Buff, Common, 19 Rosy, 42 Four Spotted ( 11 F )- site day record 

Tiger- 4 Jersey, 12 Ruby 

Of Interest -

2 Crescent Dart, 2 Crescent, Sharp Angled Peacock, Blood-vein, 

Gold Spot, Drinker, Snout, Pinion -streaked Snout, 2 Cloaked Minor, Herald, 2 Early Thorn, Canary-shouldered Thorn, 3 Waved UmberPebble & Pale Prominent

Double Striped tabby, 4 Common Plume, Agapeta hamana

photos added

MON 21 JULY 

Windy - WNW F3/4, cloudy but dry at Thurlestone, recorded 190 moths of 65 sp

Milestone night for this year - Total of species recorded 401- took until 15 Nov in 2023 & 4 Oct in 2024- confirms how good this year has been so far 

NFG - Haworth's Minor - 400th specie this year. ( only 1 Devon record in 2024 )

NFY - Ringed China Mark 

Migrants - 8 Silver Y, 7 Rush Veneer, Radfords Flame Shoulder, Rusty Dot Pearl, 

Hawkmoths - 3 Elephant

Wave - 4 Small Fan-footed, 2 Single Dotted

Wainscot- 4 Southern, 2 Smoky, 2 Common

Footman - 14 Dingy, Common, 3 Buff, 3 Four Spotted ( 1 F )

Tiger- 12 Ruby, 2 Tiger 
Prominent- 3 Pebble, Pale, Swallow

Of Interest-

Bordered Beauty, 2 Crescent, 2 Drinker, 2 Blood-vein, 2 Waved Umber, Swallow-tailed Moth, Pinion Streaked Snout, Purple Bar 

Agonopterix yeatiana, Garden Pebble, 3 Mother of Pearl

Photos addeed
 

SUN 20 JULY

After a night off due to wind and V heavy rain a cooler evening, cloudy , dry and calm, only 219 moths of 56 sp

Migrants - 3 rush Veneer, 3 silver y, 3 dark sword Grass

4 rusty Dot Pearl

Hawkmoth- 3 Elephant, Poplar, 

Wave- 2 single Dotted, 6 Small Fan-footed, Riband 

Wainscot- 4 Southern, 3 smoky

Footman - 45 Dingy, 4 Common, 5 Buff, 19 Rosy, 9 Four spotted (all M ), Round -winged Muslin

Tiger - 5 Ruby, 2 Jersey

Of interest - 14 Brimstone, 5 Knot Grass, 3 Drinker, 3 Magpie, Small Magpie, Crescent Dart, Shuttle shaped Dart, 3 spectacle, Lackey, Double lobed, Gold Spot, Liome-speck Pug 

Photos added

FRI 18 JULY 

A V Good night , mild, calm , cloudy, damp o/night, Total of 405 moths of 89 sp 

NFY - Webb's WEainscot, 2 Small Rufous, Canart Shouldered Thorn, 2 Saltern Egg-agg, Black Arches, Gold Spot, Haworths Pug Double Striped tabby

Migrants - 4 Dark sword Grass, Silver y, 4 Rusty dot pearl, 7 Rush Veneer

Hawkmoths - 3 Elephant, Poplar, 

Wave- 19 Small Fan-footed, 2 Riband, Common White, Single Dotted 

Wainscot- 5 Southern, 4 Smoky, Common 

Footman -341 Rosy, 62 Dingy, 13 Common, 3 Buff, 23 Four spotted ( 4 F ), 7 Round -winged Muslin

Yellow U/wing - 40 Large, 5 Lesser Broad Bordered, 4 Broad bordered

Pugs- 3 Double striped, Tawny speckled, Foxglove, V

Of interest-

11 ruby Tiger, 2 Drinker, Clay, Lychnis, Coronet, 3 Crescent, Crescent Dart, Nut Tree Tussock, Peach Blossom, Blood-vein, 4 Early Thorn, Sharp Angled Peacock, Waved Umber, Kent Black ArchesSmall Fan-foot

16 Sp of micro

Photos addeed

Thursday 17 July

Mild , high cloud, calm, damp o/night , Total 344 moths of 78 sp- 

A Footman garden party with 149 recorded

NFY - Brown -veined wainscot -  last site record 3 /8 /2022- only4 Devon records in 2024 , none in 2023

Crecent, Willow Ermine 

Migrants - 4 Rush Veneer, 3 Radford's Flame shoulder, Dark Sword Grass

Hawkmoths - 6 Elephant

Wave- 15 Small Fan-footed, Sin gle Dotted, Small Yellow, Common

Wainscot- 9 Southern, 5 Smoky, 4 Common

Footman- 78 Dingy, 32 Rosy- site record, 8 Common, Buff, 

20 Four spotted- (3 F ), 10 round-winged Muslin

Yellow U/wing- 9 Large, 2 lesser, 2 lesser Broad bordered

Of interest-

7 ruby Tiger, 2 Clay, Crecent Dart, 6 Knot Grass, 3 Spectacle, 

Pebble Prominent, Iron Prominent, Clouded border, Yellow Tail, Grey Dagger-agg, 2 Drinker, Waved Umber, Rivulet, 

2 Rosy Tabby, 2 Garden Pebble, 4 Common Plume, Äther rubigana

Photos added

WED 16 JULY

Rain until 21.45 then mist and drizzle all night, calm .

Total of 236 moths of 61 sp

NFY - White Spotted Pug

Migrants - 

3 Rusty Dot Pearl, 2 Radford's Flame Shoulder, 2 Silver Y, Dark Sword Grass

Hawkmoths - 4 Elephant, 2 Poplar

Wave- 14 Small Fan- footed, Single Dotted 

Footman- 33 Dingy, Buff, Common, 17 Four Spotted ( 4 F )

Wainscot - Devonshire, Smoky, 3 Southern 

Yellow U/wing - 12 Large, 4 Lesser Broad Bordered, Lesser

Tiger- 9 Ruby, Garden, Jersey 

Of Interest - Crescent Dart, 4 Shuttle Shaped Dart, Swallow-tailed, 3 Peach Blossom, 2 Peppered, 2 Spectacle, Small angle Shades, Drinker, 2 Waved Umber, Cabbage, Double lobed. 2 Knot Grass, 4 Clay, Lime speck Pug, Buff-tip

6 Mother of Pearl, 2 Small Magpie

MON 14 July

Windy evening - F4/5, mild , high cloud, dry- less moths  just 64 sp from216 moths 

NFG - Sulpher Pearl - new for 10km square

NFY - Jersey Tiger, Rosy Rustic, Silky Wainscot, Cydia splendana

Migrants - 2 Silver Y, Radford's Flame Shoulder, 2 Rusty dot Pearl, 

Rush Veneer, Diamond Back Moth

Hawkmoths - 10 Elephant, 

Wave- 7 Small Fan-footed, 2 Single Dotted, Common

Footman - 16 Dingy, 7 Four Spotted ( all M ), 2 Rosy, 3 Common

Wainscot - 13 Southern, Smoky, Common

Yellow U/wing - 9 Large, 4 Lesser Broad Bordered, Broad Bordered

Also-

3 swallow-tailed, 8 Brimstone, 20 Flame Shoulder, 2 shuttle -shaped Dart, Heart & Dart, Crescent Dart, Brussels Lace, Leopard, Coronet, Double Lobed, 2 ruby Tiger, Magpie, 7 Lackey, 2 Dun-bar, 

5 Knot Grass, Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet

Garden Rose Tortrix, Aethes rubigana

Photos added

SUN 13 JULY

Back from a week away- Humid evening , cloudy, dry & calm ,total of 410 moths of 94 sp

NFG - Mocha, 

NFY- Leopard, Dwarf Cream Wave, Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix, Anania lancealis

Migrants - 2 Silver Y, 6 Rusty Dot Pearl, Turnip, 20 Four Spotted Footman ( 9F )- record day count 

Hawkmoths - 11 Elephant

Wave- 15 Small Fan- footed, 2 Single Dotted, 2 Common, Riband 

Footman - 45 Dingy, 20 Common, 4 Rosy, 2 Scarce, 3 Orange, 12 Round-winged Muslin

Wainscot- 10 Southern, 2 Common, Smoky

Also - 28 Large Yellow U/wing, Lesser Yellow;low U/wing, 10 Lesser Broad Bordered Yellow U/wing.5 Swallow-tailed Moth, 7 Dark arches, 2 Buff Arches, 18 Ruby Tiger _ day Record, Garden Tiger, 2 Clay, 3 double Lobed, 2 Grey dagger-agg, Polar Grey,

6 Knot Grass, Lychnis, 2 Bordered Beauty, Pebble Hook-tip, 

Pale Prominent, 2 Peppered, Dot Moth, Coronet, Pale mottled willow, 3 Waved Umber, 2 Nutp-tree Tussock, Yellow Tail, 3 Drinker, Early Thorn, 2 Dark Spectacle, 4 Spectacle, 2 Scalloped Oak, 2 Bush-tip, 7 Lackey, Crescent Dart, Sandy Carpet, Red Twin-spot Carpet

5 Mother of Pearl, 2 Aethes rubigana, Eudonia lacustrata.LBAM

Phots to be added

SAT 5 JULY

Wet evening & night , mild produced223 moths of 69 sp

NFY- July Highflyer

Migrants - 6 Rusty Dot Pearl, Dark Spectacle, 2 Silver Y, Small Mottled willow Dark Sword Grass

Hawkmoths - 9 Elephant, 

Wave- 3 Riband, 3 Common, Small Fan-footed, Cream Dwarf 

Footman- 9 Rosy, 11 Common, 16 Dingy, 5 Four Spotted, 3 Buff, 

Orange, 4 Round Winged Muslin

Wainscot- 4 Southern, 3 Smoky, Shore, Smoky

Of interest- 2 Lesser Yellow U/wing, 5 Swallow-tailed Moth, Crescent Dart, 3 Spectacle, 2 Double Lobed, 3 Grey dagger-agg, 

Sycamore, Yellow-tail, 3 Drinker, 2 Ruby Tiger, F Ghost Moth, Clay, Sandy Carpet

Rosy Tabby, Anania coronata, Agapeta hamana, Common Plume

Last post until 15 July 

Photos added

FRI 4 July 

Mild , cloudy. Dry, light breeze produced 265 moths of 75 sp

NFY - Least Yellow U/wing, Eudonia delunella

Migrants -Radford's Flame Shoulder, 2 Dark Sword Grass, Silver Y, 

2 Rusty dot Pearl, Diamond-back Moth

Hawkmoth- 8 Elephant

Wave- 4 Riband, Dwarf Cream, 5 Small Fan-footed

Footman- 8 Common, 23 Dingy, 3 Orange, 4 Buff, 5 Rosy, Muslin, 3 Four Spotted, 8 Roun d Winged Muslin

Wainscot- 5 Southern, Common, Shore, Smoky, L-album 

Also- 2 Lesser Yellow U/wing, 2 Buff Arches, 9 Lackey, 5 Swallow-tailed, 2 Peppered3 Scalloped Oak, Coronet, Knot Grass, 3 Drinker, 4 Spectacle, 2 Barred Straw, Crescent Dart, 2 Snout, 2 Grey Dagger-ag, Royal Mantle, 2 Plain Golden Y

White Plume, Agapeta hamana, Rosy Tabbey, 2 Twenty Plume

Photos added

THURS 3 July

Another cool evening with a clear sky at Thurlestone, dry & calm. 208 moths of 71 species recorded

NFY- Copper Underwing ( fresh- an early record for here )

Oustanding - Bloxwich Snout, Fern, Bordered Beauty, Old Lady

Hawkmoths - 10 Elephant, 2 Privet

wave- 7 Riband, 4 Dwarf Cream, 2 Single Dotted, 2 Mullein

Footman - 18 Common, 8 Dingy, Orange, Four Spotted, Rosy, 

2 Muslin, 2 Round Winged Muslin

Wainscot- 4 Southern, 2 Smoky

Also- 14 Large Yellow U/wing, 6 DFark Arches, 20 Buff Ermine, 

3 Buff Arches, 4 Lackey, Iron Prominent, Pebble Prominent, 2 Spectacle, Snout, Pebble Hook-tip, Drinker, Sycamore, Nut tree Tussock, Swallow -tailed Moth, 

2 Rosy Tabby 

photos added

WED 2 JULY 

Cooler evening , clear sky, calm, dry - total of 271 moths of 70 sp 

Migrants - A small Small Marbled- looks worn, 2 Dark Sword Grass

2 Rusty Dot Pearl 

Hawkmoths - 2 Elephant, 2 Privet

Wave - 10 Riband, 8 Dwarf Cream, 3 Single Dotted

Wainscot- 5 Southern, 2 Smoky, 2 Common

Footman- 29 Common ( big increase ), 10 Dingy, 2 Dose, Buff, 2 Four Spotted, 2 Muslin, 2 Round Winged Muslin

Interest - big increase in Buff Ermine to 30.2 Lesser Yellow Underwing, Lesser Broad Bordered Yellow U/wing, 2 Buff Arches, 6 Buff-tip, 3 Scalloped Oak, 2 Peppered, Burnished Brass, Sycamore, Grey Dagger-agg, Clay, 2 Garden Tiger, Ruby Tiger, Yellow Shell, 2 Double lobed, 4 Spec tackle, 3 Swallow-tailed Moth, Pebble Prominent

Photos added

Death's - head Hawkmoth - 29 June 

 Excepionally rare immigrant moth found in a poly tunnel at Mill Farm South Milton . To my knowledge this is the first record  for our area of Devon - no records in Devon in2024

Tuesday 1 July 

V mild-18c @ 23.00, cloudy calm dry conditions produced record day totals of 405 moths of 102 sp

NFG - Vapourer, Hedya salicella -1 Devon record in 2024

NFY- Lesser Broad Bordered Yellow U/wing, Dusky Brocade, Pebble Hook-tip, Scarce Footman, Epiblema foenella, Aethes rubigana

Migrants - 10 Silver Y, Radford's Flame Shoulder, Dark Sword Grass, 

5 Rusty Dot Pearl, Rush Veneer

Hawkmoths -14 Elephant, Eyed, 

Wave- 8 Riband, 14 Dwarf Cream, 4 Common, 5 Small Fan-footed, Mullein

Footman- 5 Common, 30 Dingy, 2 Four Spotted, 4 Buff, 6 Rosy, 

2 Muslin, 11 Round Winged Muslin

Wainscot- 5 Southern, Smoky

Also - 46 Large Yellow U/wing, Lesser Yellow U/wing, 6 Swallow-tailed Moth, 11 Buff Arches, 4 Magpie, 2 Buff -tip, 3 Early Thorn, 3 Grey Dagger-agg, 4 Sycamore, 9 Lackey, 2 Coronet, Nut Tree Tussock, Garden Tiger, 2 Double Lobed, Plain Golden Y, Barred Straw, 2 Lychnis, Knot Grass, 2 Pebble Prominent, 4 Small Blood-vein, Kent Black Arches, Clay, Peppered2 DrinkerCrescent Dart

Rosy Tabby, 2 Anania Coronata, 4 Common Plume, Spilonota ocellana, Small Magpie, Agapeta hamana, Blastobasis lacticolella

Photos added

MON 30 JUNE

The end of a fantastic moth for moths- Mist from 20.00 , mild calm ,dry produced 306 moths of 79 species 

NFY- Achroia grisella

Migrants - 6 Silver Y, Radfords Flame Shoulder ( 2nd this year ),

2 RUSTY dot PEARL, Rush Veneer

Hawkmoths - 13 Elephant, Privet, Poplar

Wave- 5 Riband, 8 Dwarf Cream, 2 Fan-footed

Footman- 12 Dingy, 10 Common, 4 Rosy, Muslin, 5 Round Winged, 2 Four Spotted -1F

Wainscot- 3 Common, 2 Smoky, 3 Southern

Also- 27 Large Yellow U/wing, 30 Dark Arches, 8 Swallow-tailed Moth, 

Of interest-

3 Buff Arches, 3 Buff -tip, 5 Lackey, Drinker, Garden Tiger, Plain Golden Y, Clay, Early Thorn, Peppered , Royal Mantle, 2 Sycamore, 3 Grey Dagger-agg, 2 Small Angle Shades, Peach Blossom,Kent Black k Arches, 2 Dot Moth, 3 Small Blood-vein, 2 Double Lobed, Chinese Character,Pebble Prominent

5 V Pug, Wormwood Pug

Rosy Tabby, Anania crocealis, Garden Pebble, Small Magpie

Photos added

Sun 29 June

First night with a lease a sky for a while, little cooler, calm, Misty & damp o/night 

Total of 209 moths but 80sp redcorded

NFG - Small Emerald, Brachmia blundella

NFY - Ghost Moth- one of my favourites missed out last year, 

Garden Rose Tortrix, Udea Olivalis, Crambus perlella, Anania crocealis

Migrants - Small mottled Willow, Silver Y, 2 Rusty DOT PEARL, Dark sword Grass

Hawkmoths - 5 Elephant, 2 Privet, Eyed

Wave- 7 Riband, 7 Dwarf Cream, Small Fan-footed

Footman - big increase- 15 Common, 12 Dingy, Buff, 2 Rosy, Muslin,

5 Round Winged Muslin, Four Spotted

Also - 12 Large Yellow U/wing, 1 Swallow-tailed, Green Arches, 4 Scalloped Oak, 3 Buff-tip, 2 Buff Arches, 4 Early Thorn, 2 Spectacle, 2 Dot Moth, Nut Tree Tussock, Shears, 6 Lackey, Pebble Prominent, 2 Chinese Character, Smoky wainscot, Bordered Beauty, Peppered, Double Lobed, Drinker, 2 Ruby Tiger4 Fan-foot, 2 Kent Black Arches

Photos added

SAT 28 June 

V mild, calm dry conditions produced 256 moths of 81 sp

NFY- Yellow- tail, GREEN ARCHES

Hawkmoth- 20 Elephant

Migrants- 2 Small Mottled Willow, Silver Y, 4 Rusty Dot Pearl

Wave- 2Riband, 4 Dwarf Cream, Single Dotted, Common

Footman- Four Spotted, 4 Dingy, 4 CommonFootman, Buff, 4 Round Winged Muslin

Wainscot- Shore, Smoky, 2 Southern, Common

Special - Bloxworth Snout, 2 Dolicharthria punctalios

Of Interest - 11 Swallow-tailed Moth, 3 Buff Arches, 4 Buff-tip, 

3 Peppered, 2 Scalloped Oak, 8 Lackey, 4 Small Angle Shades, Early Thorn, Crescent dart, 2 Dot Moth, Burnished Brass, Kent Black Arches, Double Lobed, 2 Coronet, 2 sandy Carpet, Pretty chalk Carpet, Rivulet, Cabbage, 3 Small Blood-vein, Plain Golden Y

2 Garden Pebble, White Plume, Crescent Plume2 Agapeta hamana

Photos added later

27 June 

Cloudy breezy, mild, damp o/night- total of 272 moths of 76 sp

NFG - Mompha epilobiella, Aethes cnicana

NFY- Bordered Beauty, Coronet, Golden-rod Pug, Wax moth, Crescent PLUME, Dolicharthria punctalis

Migrants- 5 Silver Y, 3 Rusty Dot Pearl, 3 Small Mottled Willow, Rush Veneer

Hawkmoths - 27 Elephant (a herd ? ) 2 Privet

Wave- 3 Dwarf Cream, Riband, Single Dotted

Footman- 4 Dingy, Common, Buff

EWainscot - Common, Smoky, Southern, Obscure

Also- 

19 Large &2 Lesser Yellow U/wing, 12 Swallow-tailed Moth, 22 Dark Arches, Grey Arches, 6 Buff Arches, 7 Lackey, 2 Drinker, Peach Blossom, 5 Buff-tip, 3 Early Thorn, 2 Scalloped Oak, Crescent dart

Clay, Burnished Brass, 5 Grey Dagger-agg, Sycamore, Double Lobed, Garden Tiger, Pretty Chalk Carpet, Galium Carpet, Cream-bordered Green Pea

Garden Pebble, 3 Anania coronata

Photos added

Thursday 26 June 

295 moths of 80 sp in very favourable weather conditions

Traps attended 22.15- 00.30 + o/night 

NFG - Caloptilia stigmatella 

NFY - Garden Tiger, Plain Golden Y, Old Lady- fresh, 2 Dot Moth

Migrants- Silver Y, Turnip, Small Mottled Willow, L-album Wainscot, 

2 Rusty Dot Pearl

Hawkmoths - 14 Elephant, 2 Privet, Poplar Eyed

Waves- 7 Riband, 3 Small Fan-footed, 3 Dwarf Cream, Common, Single Dotted, Small Yellow

Wainscot- Shore, Smoky, 2 Southern, 2 Common

Carpet- Sandy, Galium, 2 Garden, Common

Footman- 5 Rosy, 8 Dingy, Orange, 6 Common, 5 Round Winged Muslin

Pugs- 2 Lime -speck, 12 Double Striped, 9 V , Green, Foxglove 

Of interest - 7 Swallow-tailed Moth, 7 Buff Arches,  Clouded Border, 8 Lackey, Clay, Peach Blossom, 5 Grey Dagger- ag, Miller , Early Thorn, 2 Spectacle, Double Lobed2 Barred Yellow, 3 Buff-tip

Photos added

WED 25 June

Mild cloudy cam conditions until 00.10 when rain arrived- & o/night . Recorded252 moths of 66 sp

NFY- Lesser Yellow U/wing, Poplar Grey, Yellow Shell, Cloaked Minor, European Corn Borer, Agriphila tristella

Migrants - 2 Small Mottled Willow, L-album Wainscot, 4 Rusty Dot Pearl

Hawkmoths - 21 Elephant, 6 Poplar

Footman- Four Spotted, 6 Dingy, Buff , 2 Round Winged Muslin

Of Interest- Drinker, 8 Swallow-tailed Moth, 2 Barred Straw, 4 Buff Arches, 2 Spec tackle, Scalloped Oak, Grey Dagger, Miller, 6 Lackey, 2 Small Blood-vein, Sandy Carpet, 3 V Pug, Green Pug, Wormwood 

Pug

Rosy Tabby, Garden Pebble

Photos added

Tuesday 24 June

humid early night, cloudy, dry, calm  produced 204 moths of 77 sp

Some interesting records-

NFY- Cosmopolitan-Second record of this scarce migrant- Oct 2023

Campion - another second record - previously 8/2021.

Fern, Round Winged Muslin, Pretty Chalk Carpet, Drinker, Mother of Pearl

Migrants - Cosmopolitan, Silver Y, Turnip, 5 Rusty Dot Pearl

Hawkmoths - 17 Elephant, 

Waves- 6 Small Fan-footed, Single Dotted, 2 Riband, Common

Wainscot- southern, Smoky, Common

Footman- 2 Four Spotted, Orange, Rosy, 3 Dingy

Of Interest- 4 buff -tip, 4 Swallow-tailed Moth, Barred Straw, 5 Common Emerald, 3 Sycamore, Lychnis, Marbled Coronet, Scalloped Oak, Scorched Wing, Beautiful Hook-tip, Double Lobed, Small Angle Shades, Small Blood-vein, 4 Small Fan-foot, 3 V Pug, Green Pug, 

Wormwood Pug

Anania coronata, 2 White plume, Garden pebble, 3 Bee moth

Mon 23 June

Cloudy, light breeze, mild evening, total of 197 moths of68sp

Second record this year of a migrant Striped Hawkmoth- found this morning in the bucket trap

NFG - Bordered Sallow., Acrobasis advenella

NFY-Cochylis molliculana

Migrants - Striped Hawkmoth, L-album Wainscot

Hawkmoths - Striped, Privetr, Poplar, 8 Elephant

Waves- 8 Riband, Dwarf Cream, 3 Small Fan-footed, Single Dotted Common

Of Interest- 5 Swallow-tailed Moth, 2 Crescent Dart, 2 Small Angle Shades, 3. Buff Arches, 6 Lackey, Dun-bar, 4 Sycamore, 3 Grey Dagger-ag, Early Thorn, 2 Snoput, 2 Fan-foot, 2 Buff-tip, 4 Common Emerald, Common wainscot, Galium Carpet, 2 Sandy Carpet, 

2 Plum Tortrix, Anania coronata, Garden Pebble, 2 Bee Moth, White Plume

Sun 22 June

Big change in weather- back to more normal fare- Brisk W wind, cloudy, Rain from 23.15- Total of 197 moths of 60 sp

NFY- Orchard Ermine, Blastobasis lacticolla

Migrants - Silver Y, 4 Rusty Dot Pearl, Rush Veneer

Hawkmoths - 10 Elephant, Small Elephant, 2 Privet, 2 Poplar

Footman- Four Spotted, 3 Dingy, Common, 2 Buff

Of Interest-

Peppered, Clay, 2 Grey Dagger-agg, Sycamore, Barred Straw, Kent Black Arches, 4 Lackey, Dun-bar, 4 Swallow-tailed Moth, 

Pinion Streaked Snout, 

Sat 21 June

Another fantastic night of trapping with 334 moths of 90 sp.

NFG - Minor Shoulder-knot - only 1 records last tear in VC3 last year

NFY- Broad Bordered Yellow U/wing, Buff Footman , Grey Arches, 

Clepsis consimilana

Migrants - Another Small Marbled- that's 5 in last 7 days- yesterdays 2 are sill in the fridge.

2 Silver Y, Palpita Vitrealis, 6 Rusty Dot Pearl, Diamond -backed Moth, 

Hawk Moths - 7 Elephant, 2 Poplar, 2 Privet

Waves - 15 Riband, 2 Common, Common White, 2 Dwarf Cream, Small Fan- footed, , single dotted, 

Footman- 2 Four spotted, Rosy, Muslin, 2 Common, 4 Dingy

Selected-  4 Swallow-tailed, 4 Buff-tip, Peach Blossom, Buff Arches, Clay, 2 Double Lobed, 3 Lackey, 2 Miller, Grey Dagger-agg, Marbled Coronet, Kent black Arches, Shore Wainscott, Sandy Carpet,

Galium Carpet, 4 Small Angle Shades.

Oak eggar - larval

Anania coronata & crocealis, Rhodophaea formosa

Photos added - new page heading

Fri 20 June

Records are there to be broken- last night a total of 435 moths of 98 sp- evidence of migrant activity

NFG - White Satin

NFY- Dwarf Pug, Maidens Blush, Dun-bar, Palpita Vitrealis - migrant, Double Lobed, Mompha ochroceela 

Migrants - 2 Small Marbled, Dark Sword Grass, Small Mottled Willow

7 Rusty Dot Pearl, 2 Rush Veneer, 2 Diamond-back Moth

Hawkmoths - 18 Elephant, 5 Privet, Poplar , Eyed

Waves- 12 Riband, 5 Single Dotted, 6 Common, Small Fan-footed , Dwarf Cream

Of Interest-

86 Large Yellow U/wing, 4 Swallw-tailed Moth, 9 Common Emerald, 

4 Crescent Dart2 Four spotted footman, Rosay Footman, Muslin Footman, Tawny Shears, Lychnis, Cabbage, 5 Lackey,Peach Blossom, Buff Arches, Early Thorn, Pebble prominent, Miller, 2 Grey Dagger-agg, V Pug, 6 Green PugBarred Straw, Cream-bordered Green Pea

!3sp of Micros

Photos to be addeed

Thursday !9 June

Fantastic weather conditions resulted in record catches of 403 moths of 95 sp

Whatever happened to the expected migrants ?

NFG - Common Bagworm

NFY- Crecent Dart, Broad-barred WHITE, Royal mantle, May Highflyer, Small Emeralds, Common Rustic-at, Satin Wave, Bird-cherry Ermine, Spillonota Ocellana 

Migrants- A lot less than expected-

9 Rusty Dot Pearl, Silver Y, Bordered straw, White-point

Hawkmoths- 18 Elephant, 1 Small Elephant, 1 Privet

Wave- 4 Riband, Common White, Common, 2 Dwarf Cream, 2 Single Dotted, 2 Small Fan-footed, Small Yellow, 

Of interest- 5 Four Spotted, 2 Buff-tip, Buff Arches, 2 Peach Blossom, Clay, Shears, Tawny Shears, Miller, 3 Grey Dagger-agg, 2 Lackey, Beautiful Hook-tip, 5 Cabbages,  Cream- bordered Green Pea, 2 Swallow-tailed Moth, Galium Carpet 

Photos will be added later

WED 18 June 

Weather conditions continue to produce lots of moths total of 222 of 74 species 

Outstanding moth was my first record of NI MOTH-300th garden species for 2025 and a lifer . Only 1 Devon record since 2017

NFY- Light Emerald, Southern Wainscot, Beautiful Plume 

Migrants - 2 Silver Y, Small Mottled Willow, Rush Veneer, 3 Rusty dot pesrl

Hawkmoths - 3 Elephant, Privet

Wainscot- Common, Shore

Wave- 11 Riband, Common White, Common, Single Dotted, 4 Small Fan-footed, Small Yellow, 7 Dwarf Cream 

Footman- 2 Dingy, 2 Four Spotted, 4 Muslin

Of interest- 5 Swallow-tailed Moth, 4 Magpie, Snout, Fan-foot, 4 Small Fan-foot, 2 Pinion Streaked Snout, Peppered, Spectacle, Buff Tip, Barred Yellow, Shears, 2 Sandy Carpet,Grey Dagger-ag, 

Common Plume, 2 White plume 

Photos added

Tuesday 17 June

Very busy evening, mild calm high cloud dry conditions resulted in 202 moths of 70 species.

NFY -  Scallop Shell, Devonshire Wainscot, Smoky Wainscot, 

4 White Plume Moth, 2 Single Dotted Wave, Small Fan-footed Wave, Bryotropha terrella

Migrants - not as many as expected- 3 Small Mottled Willow, Rusty Dot Pearl, 2 Diamond-back moth, 3 Rush Veneer

Of interest-

6 Swallow-tailed Moth, Buff-tip, 4 Common Emerald, 3 Magpie, 3 Spectacle, 2 Small Angle Shades, Scalloped Oak, Turnip, 2 Four Spotted Footman, Beautiful Hook-tip, Kent Black Arches, 2 Knot Grass, 17 Riband Wave, 5 Dwarf Cream Wave, Small Blood-vein, Blood Vein, 2 Fan-foot, 3 Small Fan-foot, Rosy Tabby

Photos added

Mon 16 June

Cooler evening, dry calm clear - only 105 moths of 46sp

NFY - Kent Black Arches, Anania crocealis, Agriphila geniculea

Migrants - 3 Small Mottled Willow, 3 Rusty Dot Pearl, 2 Four Spotted footman, Diamond-back moth

Hawkmoths - Elephant, Privet

Of interest- 2 Sweallow-tailed Moth, 18 Buff Ermine, 1 White Ermine, 9 Heart & Club, Snout, small Fan-foot, Blood-vein, 4 Riband Wave, Common emerald, Buff -tip, Beautiful Hook-tip, Muslin Footman, Rosy Footman, Lime-speck Pug

Photos added

SUN 15 June

Very busy night- Cloudy, calm, mild, dry - total of 227 moths of 74 species recorded to- highest totals this year

NFG- Little Emerald, Pyrausta despicata

NFY - Small Fan-foot, Wormwood Pug, Dwarf Cream Wave, Lackey, 

Barred Yellow, Beautiful Hook-tip, Rosy Footman, Ypomomuta sp

Migrants -

A 2nd Small Marbled- yesterdays still in fridge, 5 Four Spotted Footman, Silver Y, Portland Ribbon Wave, 7 Small Mottled Willow, Bordered. Straw, 2 Diamond-back moth, 4 Rusty dot Pearl, 

2 Rush Veneer

Hawkmoths - 7 Elephant, Privet

Of Interest-

2 DoubleSquare-spot, 2 Common Emerald, 2 fan-foot, 2 Snout, Knot Grass, Sycamore, Grey Dagger-ag, Plain Golden Y, Pebble Prominent, Ingrailed Clay, Small Angle shades, Scalloped Oak, 

Small Blood-vein, 6 Riband wave, 2 Sandy Carpet, Cream-bordered Green Pea, 2 Thistle Ermine

Photos added

SAT 14June

High cloud, less mild, dry, light breeze. Late start-23.05

Total of 165 moths of 58 species- 2 lifers and migrants 

NFG - Small Marbled- migrant from  S France/ N africa, very scarce

Diasemiopsis ramburlais - migrant 

NFY - Plain Golden Y, Dingy Footman, Grey Arches, Acleris sparsana

Migrants -

7 Four spotted footman- all female, 6 Rusty Dot Pearl, 3 Rush Veneer, L-album wainscot, Silver Y , Small mottled Willow, Diamond- back moth

Hawkmoths - 7 Elephant, 1 Priovet, 1 Poplar

Of interest- 6 white Ermine, 11 Buff Ermine, 4 Large Yellow U/wing, 9 Bright-line Brown-eye, Double Square-spot, Obscure Wainscot, Spec tackle, 2 Straw Dot, Grey Dagger -agg, 2 Common Footman, Peach Blossom.,2 Magpie, 2 Peppered, Sharp-angled Peacock, 5 Riband Wave, Sandy Carpet, Early Thorn, 2 Cream-bordered Green Pea, 2 Green Pug 2 Foxglove Pug 

Photos added

FRI 13 JUNE

Very mild, cloudy - heavy rain stopped at 21.30, light breeze.

Total of 173 moths of65 sp

NFY - Small Magpie, Common Lutestring, Common Footman, Cochylis molliculana, Eudonia mercurella 

Migrants - 6 Rusty Dot Pearl, 6 Diamond-back moth, 2 Four Spotted Footman, Small mottled willow, 3 Silver Y, 2 Rush Veneer 

Hawkmoths - 7 Elephant 

Of interest-

Magpie, 2 Peppered, Pale Tussock, Orange Footman, Brussels Lace, 2 Snout, 2 Small Angle Shades, Sharp Angled Peacock,Early Thorn, Shore Wainscot, Turnip, 3 Common Emerald, Common swift, 2 Grey Dagger-ag, Cream -bordered Green Pea, Green Pug, 6 Foxglove Pug

Photos added

Thursday 12 June

S breeze caused problems last night - little shelter, cloudy mild and dry, total of 150 moths of 60 sp

NFG - Phycitodes maritima, 

NFY- Common Emerald, Four Spotted Footman-M, 2 Small Mottled Willow -M, Small Yellow Wave, Magpie

Migrants - 3 Silver Y, Bordered straw, Rush Veneer, 2 Rusty Dot Pearl, 3 Diamond -back Moth

Hawkmoths - 10 Elephant

Of interest- Common Swift, Burnished Brass, Turnip, Double square-spot, Ingrailed Clay, Cream Bordered Green Pea, Dark spe ctacle, Blood-vein,Brussels Lace , Mottled Beauty, Obscure Wainscot, Rivulet, Flame Carpet, Pale mottled willow, 2 Green Pug

Photos added

WED 11 June

Mild night, very breezy-ENE, cloudy, rain from 22.45 - very heavy o/night. Highest totals this year with 204 moths of 64 species , 

despite 1 trap being lost due to 6ins of rain water in it

NFY - Swallow-tailed moth, Clay, Lobster Moth, Anania coronata

Migrants - 5 L-album Wainscot, 2 Bordered Straw, Delicate, 4 Silver Y

Hawkmoths - 6 Elephant 

Of Interest-

11 Large Yellow U/wing, 21 Flame, 24 flame shoulder,4 Uncertain, 4 Heart & Club, 14 Heart & Dart, Brown Rustic, 3 Snout, Cabbage, Figure of Eighty, Miller, Dark Spec tackle, 3 Blood-vein, 2 Riband wave, Iron Prominent, Shears, Small Angled Shades Shades,

Scorched carpet, Lime-speck Pug

Photos added

TUES 10 June

Expected weather conditions changed last- ended up with a clear sky, full moon, temp dropped, calm and dry. Total of 114 moths of 41sp- including a rare moth

NFG - Barrett's Marbled Coronet- scarce coastal moth in South Devon only 2 records in 2024- a lifer 

NFY- Single Dotted Wave, Tawny Speckled Pug , Delicate ( migrant )

Celypha striana, Eudonia laccustrata

Hawkmoths - 2 Elephant, 1 Privet

Wainscots- Obscure, Common 

Migrants - Dark Sword Grass

Day site record -26 Buff Ermine

Also=

White Ermine, Sallow Kitten, Fox Moth, 5 Clouded border, 5 Heart & Club, 5 mottled Rustic, Buff-tip, Spectacle, Straw Dot, Double Square Spot, 2 Riband wave, Common White Wave, 7 Willow Beauty, Grey Dagger-agg, Blood-vein, Broken Barred Carpet, 

Lime-speck Pug

Cyclamen Tortrix, Plum Tortrix, Eudonia angustea, 3 Eucosma cana

Photos Added

MON 9 JUNE

Cloudy evening, breezy, dry- produced 126 moths of 51sp

NFG - Eupoecilia angustea, Bryotropha Terrella, Nomatopogon

swammerdella

NFY- Barred Straw, Scalloped Oak, Turnip

Hawkmoths - 3 Elephant, Poplar

Wainscot- 4 L-album, 2 Shore, 1 Obscure

Migrants- White-point

Of interest- 2 Heart & Club, 9 Buff Ermine, Brussels Lace, Pale Tussock, Spectacle, Pebble prominent, 2 Riband Wave, Satin Wave, 2 common Wave, Knot Grass, Scorched Wing, Grey Dagger-agg, Peppered, 2 clouded border, 2 Green Pug

3 Plum Tortrix Eucosma cana

Photos added

SUN 8 June

Milder , cloudy light breeze and dry produced 170 moths of 56 sp

NFG - Epiblema scutulana

N FY- Cinnabar ( 2nd record first- June 2022 first ), Fan-foot, Rosy Tabby 

Migrants- Dark Sword Grass, 4 l-album Wainscot 

Hawkmoths - 7 Elephant, Small Elephant, Privet

Wainscot- 4 Common, Obscure, Shore

Of interest - 25 Flame, 11 Flame Shoulder, 8 Clouded silver, 2 Clouded border, Small Dusty Wave, 4 Heart & Club, 2 Uncertain, Figure of Eighty, Small Angle shades, 2 Straw dot, Peppered, Iron Prominent, Peach Blossom, 2 Buff -tip, Snout, 3 Brussels Lace, 

3 Green Pug, 5 Grey Pug, 2 Foxglove Pug, 

2 Common P{lime, 2 Eucosma cana

Photos added

SAT 7 JUNE 

After 2 nights off , traps on at 22.25- clear sky, breeze, dry, cooler 

Total of 80 moths of 38 species 

NFY_ Scorched Wing & Fryer's Pug- both are 2nd garden records, 

Uncertain, Double Square-spot, Eyed Hawkmoth 

Of interest - 12 Flame, 4 Flame Shoulder, 5 Buff Ermine, 8 Heart & Dart, Heart & Club, 4 Mottled Rustic, 4 Brimstone, Willow Beauty, 

Elephant Hawkmoth, Riband wave, Common Wave, 2 Clouded Border, 2 Clouded Silver, Large Yellow U/wing, Common Wainscot, Purple Bar, Green Pug, 3 Foxglove Pug, Lime-speck Pug, 

Garden Pebble, Common Plume

Photos added

WED 4 JUNE 

Cloudy, mild , breezy, dry until 00.30- v wet o/night.

Total of 130 moths of 45 sp

NFY - Coronet

Possible migrants - Dark Sword Grass, Silver Y

Hawkmoths -5 Elephant, 2 Small Elephant, 2 Poplar 

Wainscot- 2 Obscure, 2 Common 

Of interest- 

Burnished Brass, Peach Blossom, Figure of Eighty, Peppered, Lychnis, Small Clouded brindle , Yellow- barred brindle, Snout, 3 Grey Dagger-agg Straw Dot, Lime-speck Pug, Current Pug

Photos added

TUES 3 JUNE 

Cloudy, breezy, dry 98 moths of 41sp- previous night power failure 

NFY - White-point ( migrant ), Sycamore, Current Pug , Thistle Ermine

Migrants - 3 L -album Wainscot, Rusty dot Pearl

Of interest - Shore wainscot, 4 Elephant & 1 Privet Hawkmoth,

10 Flame ,8 Flame Shoulder, 9 Heart & Dart, 1 Heart & Club, 

4 Dark Arches, Peppered, 4 Clouded Border, Ingrailed Clay, 

5 Buff Ermine, White Ermine, Middle-barred Minor, Dark Spectacle, 

2 Setaceous Hebrew Character, Purple Bar

Photos added

SUN 1 June

Cooler evening, clear sky , light breeze- back to more normal numbers with 94 of 51 species 

NFY - Heart & Club, Fox Moth, Muslin Footman, Small Elephant Hawkmoth, Rhodophea formosa

Migrants - None

Of Interest-

Hawkmoths- 3 Elephant, Private & Poplar

3 Buff Ermine, 3 White Ermine, 2 Brussels Lace, Buff Tip, Middle-barred Minor, 2 Mottled Rustic, Clouded border, Dark Arches, 

2 Common Wainscot, 2 Large Yellow U/wing, Riband Wave, satin Wave, Mullein Wave, 2 Sharp-angled Peacock, Orange Footman, Blood-vein, Scalloped Hazel, Dark spectacle, Flame Carpet, Green Pug, Foxglove Pug

Tinea semifulvella, Common Plume 

Photos to be added later

Sat 31 May

high level of activity continues 170 moths of 57 sp

NFY- Brown Rustic, Riband Wave, Privet Hawkmoth, Ingrailed Clay, Phycitodes saxicola

Migrants - L-album Wainscot, Angle Shades

Also -19 Flame Shoulder, 12 Flame, 14 Willow Bty, Brussels lace,8 Brimstone, 9 Buff ERMINE, 4 WHITE ERMINE, 5 Vines Rustic, Mottled Rustic, 6 Heart & Dart, 2 Small Square-spot, Cream -spot Tiger, 2 Elephant Hawkmoth, Lime Hawkmoth, 2 Peppered,

2 Peach Blossom, 3 SHEARS, 3 Dark Arches, 3 large Y U/wing, 5 Marbled Minor-agg, 6 Clouded Silver, Light Emerald, Common Quaker, 2 Spec tacle ,dark spectacle, 2 Buff Tip, 4 common Wainscot, Obscure Wainscot, 2 Bright-line Brown eye, 2 Grey Dagger-agg, Knot Grass, Sharp-angled Peacock, Pale Tussock, 

Small Angle Shades, Pinion -streaked Snout, 2 Green Carpet, Rivulet, Purple Bar, 5 Common Marbled carpet, Yellow-barred brindle, Flame Carpet, 2 Grey Pug, 2 Foxglove Pug

Plum Tortrix, LBAM, Blastobasis lacticolella +2

FRI 30 May

V mild night, cloudy, calm - misty o/night. Largest catches of the year with 168 moths of 61 species

NFY- Buff Arches, Brussels Lace, Cream-bordered Green Pea, Mottled pug, Small Angle Shades, Small Dusty Wave, Lime Hawkmoth, Obscure Wainscot

Agapeta hamana, Blastobasis lacticolella, Nematopogon metaxella, 

Notocelia trimaculana, Phycitodes binavella, Coleophora sp, Tinea semifulvella

Migrants - Dark Sword Grass, Rusty Dot pearl

Of interest-

4 Elephant Hawkmoth, 3 Large yellow U/wing, 2 pale tussock, Puss moth, Spectacle, Dark Spectacle, Cream-spot Tiger, Figure Of Eighty, Engrailed, Scalloped hazel, 2 Peach Blossom, 3 Peppererd 

2 Shears, Mullein Wave, Satin Wave, 2 Pebble prominent, 

Ruddy Carpet, 5 Pinion Streaked snout, Green Pug, Common Wainscot

Photos will be added later- ran out of space

 Thursday 29 May

Cloudy with drizzle & light Rain, mild breezy, calm. Great night trapping with 96 moths of 52 species, 11 NFY 

NFY - Striped Hawkmoth ( 3rd record after 2 in 2023 ) , Bordered Straw,3 Shore Wainscot, Satin Wave, 2 Small Blood-vein, 

Marbled White-spot, Tawny Marbled Minor, Bactria cancealana, 

Eucosma Cana, Notocelia rosaecolana, Notocelia uddmannia a.

Migrants - Dark Sword Grass, L- album Wainscot, Angle Shades

Also-

3 Elephant Hawkmoth, 4 Pale tussock, 3 Buff Ermine, 4 White Ermine, 9 Treble Lines, 5 Heart & Drt, 3 Vines Rustic, Shuttle s-shaped Dart, Sharp-angled Peacock, 5 Flame, 4 Flame Shoulder, 

Figure of Eighty, Cabbage, Brimstone, Snout, Set Hebrew Character, 

Brown Silver-line, Bright-line Brown-eye, Clouded Border, 

3 Clouded Silver, Common White Wave, Mottled rustic, 2 Willow Beauty, 2 Common Wainscot, Peppered, 3 Marbled MINOR-AGG, GREEN CARPET, COMMON MARBLED CARPET, 2 SILVER- GROUND carpet, Purple Bar, 3 Yellow-barred Brindle, Double-striped Pug,

 Plum Tortrix, Garden Grass Veneer, Pseudoswammerdania 

combinella

photos added

Wednesday 28 MAY

Mild, light breeze, dry _rain o/night. Total of 105 moths of 45 species 

NFY- Mottled Beauty, Dark Arches, Ruddy Carpet, Flame Carpet, 

Green Pug, 

Migrants - Silver Y, Rusty Dot Pearl, Portland Ribbon Wave ( 2nd this year )

​7 Elephant Hawkmoth, 12 Heart & Dart, 5 Vines Rustic, 4 Treble Lines, Mottled Rustic, 2 Small Square-spot, 4 White Ermine, 3 Brimstone, Snout, 3 Marbled Minor -agg, 2 Dark spectacle, 4 Bright - line Brown-eye, Cabbage Moth, Peach Blossom, Knot Grass, Clouded Silver, Scalloped Hazel, Sharp-angled Peacock, 2 Common Wave, 2 Flame, 4 Flame Shoulder, Pinion -streaked Snout, Cream-spot Tiger, 

2 Clouded Border, 2 Yellow-barred Brindle, 3 Green Carpet, Common Marbled Carpet, Rivulet, 2 Purple Bar, 2 Common Wainscot, 

12 Willow Beauty, Common Pug, 2 Double -striped Pug, Small Clouded Brindle

Plum Tortrix, Phycitodes -sp, 

photos added

MON 26 May

Mild, very windy and wet, 2 Traps placed in sheltered spots, unattended, total of 30 moths of 125 species.

NFY- 1 Common Swift.

Migrant - 1 Silver Y

\Also- 5 Treble Lines, 5 Vines Rustic,. 2 Small Square Spot, 3 Heart & Dart, 1 Shears , 2 Flame shoulder, Knot Grass, Blood-vein, 4 Buff Ermine, Light Emerald, Common Wave, 1 Common Marbled Carpet,

1 Lime-speck Pug

photos added

SUN 25 MAY

Back after 9 days away, traps set up, attended 22.20-23.40 

Cloudy, mild breezy , rain o/night . Total of 70 moths of 35 species 

NFG - Figure of Eighty, Bryotropha terella

NFY - Middle- barred Minor, L-album Wainscot , Straw Dot 

Migrants - 2 Silver Y

Also-

11 Treble Lines, 5 Flame Shoulder, 2 Flame, 2 Light Emerald, 

3 Elephant Hawkmoth, 2 Buff Ermine, 1 White Ermine, Mullein, 

2 Marbled Minor-agg, 4 Heart & Dart, 3 Vines Rustic, Small Square Spot, Shears, Spectacle, Clouded Border, 2 Clouded Silver, Pebble Prominent, Shuttle-shaped Dart, Mottled Rustic, Scalloped Hazel, 2 Willow Beauty,  Small Clouded Brindle, 2 Bright-line Brown-eye, 

6 Common Marbled Carpet, 2 Common Carpet, 1 Purple Bar, Grey Pug, Common Pug,

Dep .radiella

photos added

Thursday 15 May

Another night of clear sky, Dry, cooler 

Total of 82 of 37sp

NFY_ Large Yellow Underwing, Small Clouded Brindle.

Migrants - 5 Rusty Dot Pearl, 1 Diamond-back moth

Also-

20 Treble Lines, 5 Flame Shoulder, 5 Clouded Border, 5 White Ermine , 2 Buff Ermine,  Buff-tip, Common wainscot, Cream-spot Tiger, Poplar Hawkmoth, Dark spectacle, Knot Grass, 2 Lychnis, 

Brimstone, Iron Prominent, Least Black Arches, Willow Beauty, Pinion- streaked Snout, Peach Blossom, 2 Vines Rustic, Mottled Rustic, Small square-spot, Shuttle-shaped Dart, Bright-line Brown-eye, 3 Common Marbled Carpet, Purple bar, 4 Common Pug, Grey Pug, Double-striped Pug, V Pug 

2 LBAM, Tachystola acroxanthe, Phycitodes-sp, Agonopterix arenella

Photos added

WED 14 May

 Another clear sky night , calm & dry  Less than expected - 21.35-23.45 total of 107 of 37sp

NFY - Orange Footman ( garden ), Homoeosoma sinuella

Migrants - Rush Veneer, 2 Rusty Dot Pearl, 3 Diamond -back Moth

Also-

25 Treble Lines ( highest day count this year ), 8 Willow Beauty, 8 Flame shoulder, 4 Clouded Border, 4 White Ermine, 4 Buff Ermine, 

3 Hebrew Character, 2 Vines Rustic, 2 Common Quaker, Shuttle-shaped Dart, 2 heart & Dart, 3 Least Black arches, Shears, 2 Knot Grass, 2 Pale Tussock, Ruby Tiger, Cream-spot Tiger, Spectacle, 

Scalloped Hazel, Pebble Prominent, Buff -tip, 2 Common Wave, 2 Mullein Wave, 3 Green Carpet, Garden Cpt, Common Marbled Cpt, 

May Highflyer, Pinion -streaked Snout, 7 Common PUg, 2 double-striped Pug, Foxglove Pug,

Agonopterix arenella

Photos added

TUES 13 May

Mild, dry, calm, high cloud Traps attended 21.45- 23.45 + O/night 

Total of 121 Moths of 46 sp 

NFY - Sallow Kitten ( garden ) , Common wainscot, Silver Ground Carpet, Notocelia cynosbatella, Celphy lacunana

Migrants - 3 Rusty Dot Pearl, Silver Y, 6 Diamond-back moth

Also-

20 Treble Lines, 7 Brimstone, 7 Willow Beauty, 6 Flame Shoulder, Muslin, 4 Marbled Minor-agg, 4 White Ermine, 3 Buff Ermine, 2 Buff-tip, Common Quaker, Vines Rustic, 2 Shuttle-shaped Dart, 2 Heart & Dart, Shears, Early Grey, Scalloped hazel, Iron Prominent, 

2 Clouded Border, 3 Common wave, 2 Knot Grass, 2 Least Black Arches, Bright-line Brown-eye, Spectacle, Mullein Wave, Blood-vein, 6 Common Marbled Cpt, Red Twin-spot Cpt, 2 garden Cpt, Green Cpt Common Cpt, Rivulet, Yelloe-barred brindle, 8 Common Pug, 4 Double Striped Pug, V Pug, Twenty Plume

Plum Tortrix, Pseudoswammerdamia combinella

Photos added

MON 12 May

Cloudy, mild & dry ,breezy from 23.00, total of 132 of 55 sp 

NFY- Tawny Shears , Burnished Brass

Migrants - 4 Rusty Dot Pearl, 3 Diamond-back, Angle Shades

also-

15 Treble Lines, 11 Brimstone, 10 Flame Shoulder, 2 Flame, 3 White Ermine, 1 Buff Ermine, 3 Buff-tip, Muslin, Pale Pinion, 2 Clouded Silver, Clouded BORDER, COMMON WHITE WAVE, 3 COMMON WAVE, WHITE PINION SPOTTED, 2 Chinese Character, Cream-spot Tiger, Elephant Hawkmoth, Vines Rustic, Common Quaker, Hebrew Character, 3 Shuttle Shaped Dart, Heart & Dart, 2 Knot Grass, 3 Spectacle, Dark Spectacle, Peppered, Alder Moth, Grey Dagger-agg, 6 Common Marbled Cpt, 4 Green Cpt, 3 Common Cpt, Scorched Cpt, Garden Cpt, Purple bar, Marbled Minor-agg, 9 Double striped Pug, 3 Common Pug, 3 Grey Pug, Oak-tree Pug, V Pug, Foxglove Pug 

SUN 11 May

Mild , cloudy, calm, rain from 23.45

Very productive night with 156 moths of 55 sp , 8 NFY

NFY-

Small Dusty Wave, Elephant Hawkmoth, Small Square Spot, 

Light Emerald, Sharp-angled Peacock, Broken-barred Carpet, 

Cyclamen Tortrix, Plum Fruit Moth

Migrants - 15 Diamonds-back moth, 3 Rusty Dot Pearl, 1 Silver Y

Also-

11 Treble Lines, 8 Willow Beauty, 5 Clouded Border, 6 Brimstone, 

5 White Ermine, 3 Buff Ermine, 3 Buff-tip, 4 Vines rustic, 1 Mottled Rustic, 2 Hebrew Character, 3 Common Quaker, Shuttle-shaped Dart, 3 Muslin, Spectacle, 2 Waved Umber, Knot Grass, Cream- spot Tiger, 2 Ruby Tiger, 2 Common White Wave, Common Wave, 

Iron Prominent, 2 Least Black Arches, 5 Flame Shoulder, 

Carpets- 3 Common Marbled, 4 Common, 5 Green, 2 Garden, RedTwin-spot, 3 Sandy, 

2 Purple Bar, Streamer, 2 Yellow-barred brindle

Pugs- 14 Double-striped, 5 Foxglove, 2 Grey, 1 Common, 1 Oak-tree, 1 V 

2 Bee Moth, 3 LBAM, Twenty plume, 3 Eudonia angustea, Dep radiella

Photos added

SAT 10 May

Mild evening , rain from 23.50, traps on from 22.35, total of 110 moths of 44 sp, 4 NFY

NFY - Pretty Chalk Carpet, Shears, Alder Moth, Pale mottled Willow

Migrants - Silver Y, Rusty dot Pearl, 5 Diamond- back Moth

Also - 20 Treble Lines, 6 Flame Shoulder, 6 Brimstone, 3 White Ermine, 3 Buff Ermine, 5 Buff -tip, 4 Common Qkr, 2 Vines rustic, 2 Shuttle-shaped Dart, 2 Spectacle, 2 Muslin, Puss Moth, 2 Pebble Prominent, Lychnis, 4 Least Black Arches, Common Wave, Common White Wave, 2 Clouded Silver, Clouded Border, 5 Common Marbled Carpet, 3 Red Twin-spot Carpet, 2 Garden Carpet, Green Carpet, 

Common Carpet, Purple Bar, 2 Willow beauty, Grey Pug, 

Oak-tree Pug, 3 double -striped Pug, 3 Foxglove Pug, Brindled Pug, 

2 Common Pug, 

Plum Tortrix, 2 LBAM, Dep daucella, DEp radiella, Agonopterix 

arenella

New Photos added

FRI  9 MAY

Another cool evening with clear skies, dry & calm . 66 moths of 33 sp

NFY - Radfords Flame Shoulder, Garden Pebble, Oak Eggar ( larval )

had one on 4 May 2024

Migrants - 2 Diamond Back Moth, 2 Rusty dot Pearl

Also-

17 Treble Lines, 4 Brimstone, 2 Muslin, 3 Buff Ermine, 1 Buff-tip, 3 Vines Rustic, 1 Mottled Rustic, 1 Common Qkr, Shuttle Shaped Dart, 3 Clouded border, 2 Spectacle,  ERarly Grey, Marbled Coronet, 

2 Flame Shoulder, Common Wave, Common White wave, Knot Grass, 2 Willow Beauty, Dark-barred Twin Spot Carpet, Garden Carpet, 2 Green Carpet, Sandy Carpet, Yellow-barred Brindle, Snout, Grey Pug, Brindled Pug, 2 Common Pug, 

Phycitodes sp

New photos added

THURS 8 MAY

Still cool, dry , clear sky at Thurlestone, light breeze- 70 moths of 32 sp

First moth potted at 21.35 was a Cream- spot Tiger ( 2nd record this year )

NFG - White -pinion Spotted

NFY - Snout 

Migrants - 3 Rusty Dot Pearl, 2 Diamond -back Moth

Also -

19 Treble Lines, 6 Flame Shoulder, 3 Muslin, 3 Buff-tip, 3 Common Wave, Common White Wave, Common Quaker, 2 Hebrew Character, 2 Vines Rustic, Mottled Rustic, 2 Buff Ermine, White Ermine, KLnot Grass, Pebble Prominent, Brimstone, Clouded Border, Bright-line Brown-eye, Green Carpet, 3 Common Marbled carpet, Rivulet, Purple bar, Yellow-barred Brindle, Grey Pug, Common Pug, Double -striped Pug, Foxglove Pug

2 LBAM 

Photos added

WED 7 MAY

Still cool, cloudy dry conditions recorded 50 moths of 26sp

NFY - Mottled Rustic, Scalloped Hazel, Rivulet

Migrants - Rusty Dot Pearl, 4 Diamond-back moth

Also- 

11 Treble Lines, 4 Common Qkr, Willow Beauty, 2 Muslin, Puss Moth, Pale Tussock, 2 Brimstone, 2 Knot Grass, Common Wave, Green Carpet, Common Marbled carpet, Garden Carpet, 2 Buff Ermine, Flame Shoulder, Bright-line Brown-eye, Pebble prominent, 

Least Black Arches, 4 Common Pug, 

2 LBAM, Large Fruit-tree Tortrix

Photos added

TUES 6 MAY

Much colder evening, clear sky , dry , light NE breeze.

Very little in flight only 28 moths of 13sp

Migrants - 6 Diamond- back, 1 Rusty Dot Pearl

Also-

6 Treble Bar, 4 Muslin, 2 Flame Shoulder, 2 Least Black arches, 

Shuttle Shaped Dart, Buff-tip, Lychnis, Clouded border, Common Qkr, Double-striped Pug 

LBAM

Big trap behind the chalet held 1 Moth O/night!

MON 5 MAY

Cloudy , dry , light NE breeze. Good traps 100 months of 36 species

NFG- Dichrorampha accumilatena

NFY - Cream-spot Tiger, Yellow -barred Brindle, Mullein Wave, Pinion -streaked Snout, Plum Tortrix, Heart & Dart

Migrants - 2 Silver Y, 4 Rusty Dot Pearl, 21 Diamond-back moth

Also-

15 Muslin, 10 Treble Lines, 4 Shuttle Shaped Dart, 5 Brimstone, 3 Least Black Arches, 3 Flame shoulder, 2 Clouded Border, 2 Garden Carpet, Common Marbled carpet, Green Carpet, Buff Tip, White Ermine, Waved Umber, Common Qkr, Common Pug, 2 Grey Pug, Double-striped Pug, V Pug, Foxglove Pug, Oak-tree Pug, Twenty Plume

4 LBAM, Dep radiella, 2 Eudonia angustea

New Photos added

Sat 3 MAY

Another mild clear night produced some interesting moths , 57 sp recorded

NFG- Agononopterix subpropinquella

NFY_ Setaceous Hebrew Character, Poplar Hawk-moth, Oblique Carpet ( scarce moth in Devon only 4 records in 2024 ), Lime-speck Pug, Silver Y, Clouded Silver, Flame, 

Migrants - 27 Diamond -back Moth, Rush Veneer, 2 Rusty Dot Pearl, 

Also -

6 Flame Shoulder, 8 Treble Lines, 3 Hebrew Character, 6 Muslin, 3 Marbled Minor-agg, 2 Common Quaker, 1 Powdered Quaker, 

1 Spectacle, 1 Dark Spectacle, 5 Brimstone, Shuttle Shaped Dart, 

2 Nuit -tree Tussock, 1 Pale Tussock, Knot grass, Lychnis, Brown Silver -lines , Lunar Marbled Brown, 2 Least Black Arches, 3 Pebble Prominent, Peppered, White Ermine, 2 Buff Ermine, Clouded Border, 2 Waved Umber, 3 Willow Beauty, 1 Early Thorn, Bright-line Brown -Eye, Common Wave, 

Carpets- Red-green, 5 Red Twin-spot, Common, Common Marbled Carpet,Purple bar 

Pugs - 3 Common, 1 Oak tree, 3 Double - striped, 2 Grey, 2 V , 

2 Twenty Plume

5 sp of Micros

Photos added

FRI 2 MAY

 Cooler, dry ,cam & clear sky .Total of 100 moths of 36 species

NFY - Portland Ribbon Moth- very few Devon records before this date, Brown Silver-line, Vines Rustic, Toadflax Pug, Narrow-winged Pug, Dark -barred Red Twin-spot Carpet.

Migrants - 24 at least  Diamond-back Moth (record site count )

Angle Shades

Also- 

13 Treble Lines, 5 Brimstone, 4 Flame Shoulder, 5 Common Quaker, 6 Muslin, 2 Hebrew Character, 3 Willow Beauty, 1 Brindled Beauty,

Green Carpet, Red Twin Spot Carpet, 2 Red Chestnut,  Garden carpet, Knot Grass,  Common White Wave, Common Wave, 

Small White Wave, May Highflyer, Iron Prominent, 2 Nut -tree Tussock, 4 Double -striped Pug, 4 Common Pug, V Pug, Least black Arches, Shuttle Shaped Dart, 

3 Twenty Plume, Agonopterix arenella, Tachystola acroxantha,

Brown House Moth

Photos to be added

Thursday 1 May

V Good weather conditions , cloudy cam, light rain from 23.15

produced the best Spring trap ever with 183 moths of 61 sp, 12NFY

NFY- 2 Spruce Carpet, Common Marbled carpet, Galium Carpet, 

Flame Carpet, Sandy CarpetPurple Bar, Peppered. Blood Vein, 

3 Willow Beauty, Phycitodes - AGG 

Migrants - Dark Sword Grass, 2 Angle shades, Rusty Dot Pearl, Diamond-back Moth, 

Also -

14 Treble Lines, 16 Brimstone, 18 Double -striped Pug, 4 Foxglove Pug, 1 Common Pug, V pug,2 Grey Pug, 9 Common Qkr, 5 Muslin, 5 Hebrew character, 4 Knot Grass, 4 Buff Tip, 5 Rd Twin-spot Carpet, 3 Green Carpet, 4 Garden carpet, 2 Common Carpet, Early Tooth- striped, 2 Hearald, 2 Brindled Beauty, 5 Flame shoulder, 5 Waved Umber,  Chinese Charcter, 3 Ruby Tiger, 3 Nut -tree Tussock, Pale Tussock, Small White wave, 3 Common White wave, Common wave, Red Chestnut, Spectacle, Pebble prominent, 2 Shuttle Shaped dart, 

Peach Blossom,2 White Ermine, Lychnis, 2 Early Thorn, 2 Lunar Marbled Brown, 4 Least Black Arches 

6 Twenty Plume +5 sp of Micro 

Lots of photos to add later

WED 30 APRIL

Finished off a fantastic April - mild , clear sky, calm & dry

Unattened traps at Thurlestone produced 62 moths of 29 sp  , 4 NFY 

NFY - Pebble Hook-tip, Grey Dagger-agg, Brindled Pug, Red- green Carpet

also- 

6 Brimstone, 9 common Quaker, 4 Knot Grass., 4 Flame Shoulder, 

7 Treble Lines, 2 Angle Shades, 2 Common Carpet, 2 Pebble Prominent, 3 Muslin, 1 Waved Umber, 1 Lunar Marbled Brown, 

1 Early Grey, 1 Chinese Character, 1 Red Chestnut, 1 Mullein, 

1 Shuttle Shaped dart, 1 HebrewCharacter, 1 Spectacle, 1 Lychnis, 1 Common Pug, 

3 LBAM, 2 Despararia radiella, 1 Tachystola acroxantha

Avon Mill Garden Centre- Spent from 20.00 - 00.15 with Dave Pakes and Andy Trout

first visit to this site- fantastic results- p[ots I returned with and caught on site 74 moths of 36 sp, 2 NFor Me & 9 VFY 

New For Me - Marbled Brown, Small White Wave, 

NFY - Peach Blossom, 3 Miller ( early record for Devon ), Common White Wave, Orange Footman, Marbled Minor -agg, 4 Small Phoenix, 

Flame, Sallow Kitten, Sandy Carpet

Also-

1 Brimstone, 6 Nut -tree Tussock, 2 Pale Tussock, 2 Flame Shoulder, 1 Iron Prominent, 1 Pale Prominent, 2 Great Prominent, 5 Pebble Prominent, 1 Swallow Prominent, 3 Brindled Beauty, 1 White Ermine, 3 Common Quaker, 2 Early thorn, 2 Ruby tiger, 1 Knot Grass, 4 May Highflyer, 1 Hebrew character, 1 V Pug, 3 Frosted Green, 4 Brindled Beauty, 1 Rush Veneer, 2 LBAM

Photos to be added later

TUES 29 APRIL

21.15-23.15-42pots, total 91 moths of 34 sp

NFY - Dark Spectacle, Cabbage Moth, Shoulder Stripe 

Also-

23 Flame Shoulder, 7 Hebrew Character, 6 Common Quaker, 3 Brimstone, 3 Muslin, 3 Shuttle Shaped Dart, 3 Treble Lines, 5 Garden Carpet, 2 Green Carpet, 1 Red Twin- spot Carpet, 1 Dotted Border, 1 Spectacle, 2 Mullein, 1 Marbled Coronet, 2 Nut-tree Tussock, 1 Clouded Border, 1 Powdered Quaker, 1 Lychnis, 1 Early Grey, 1 Early Thorn, ! Iron Prominent, ! Knot Grass, 2 Bright-line Brown -eye, 1 Common Pug, 1 Grey Pug, 1 Double-striped Pug, 

1 Rusty Dot Pearl, 2 Common Plume, 5 LBAM, 4 Eudonia angustea, 1 Dep radiella

MON 28 APRIL 

milder night , clear sky, light NE breeze- tied the 80W MV trap - far too bright.21.15- 23.40 32 pots , total of 61 moths of 27 sp

NFY- 2 Spectacle, The Lychnis, Clouded Border, Tawny Pinion ( 100 sp for 2025 ), Bright-line Brown-eye, Large Fruit-tree Tortrix

Migrants - Rusty Dot Pearl, Diamond -back Moth

Also - 

8 Common Quaker, 1 Clouded Drab, 7 Muslin, 5 Flame Shoulder, 4 Treble Lines, 6 Brimstone, 3 Shuttle Shaped Dart, 2 Early Grey, 2 Hebrew Character, Waved Umber, Streamer, Nut-tree Tussock, 

Pebble Prominent, Green Carpet, Common Pug, Double Striped Pug, 

3 LBAM, 3 Eudonia angustea, Agonopterix heracliana-agg 

SUN 27 APRIL

Cooler ( after a warm day ), clear sky, dry & calm. After a slow start total of 53 moths of 26 sp, 5 NFY

NFY - Puss moth, Pine Beauty ( 2nd garden record )White Ermine, Pale Tussock, Common Wave

Migrants - Angle Shades, 2 Rusty dot Pearl, 

also-

 13 Muslin , 4 Hebrew Character ter, 3 Treble Lines, 2 Brimstone, 

2 Buff Tip, 2 Flame Shoulder, 2 Early Grey, 2 Dotted Border, 

2 Early Thorn, 2 Knot Grass, Waved Umber, Common Quaker, 

Shuttle Shaped dart, Water Carpet, Common Pug, 

LBAM, Twenty Plume, 3 Eudonia angustea, Dep radiella

SAT 26 APRIL 

Cooler, clear dry & calm - late start- 22.35, poor total of 30 moths of 15 sp 

NFY - Buff Ermime

Migrant - Rusty Dot Pearl

Also-

7 Muslin, 3 Common Quaker, 2 March Moth, 2 Early Grey, 2 Treble Lines, 2 Brimstone, 1 Knot Grass, 1 Red Twin-spot Carpet, 1 Garden carpet, 1 Hebrew Character, 1 Flame Shoulder, 1 Shuttle Shaped Dart, 1 Early Thorn 

4 Eudonia angustea

FRI 25 APRIL.

Rain from 21.30- o/night, total of 60 moths of 30 sp

NFY- Swallow Prominent, Chinese Charecter, May Highflyer, 

Oak-tree Pug, Tachystola acroxantha

Migrants - 2 Rusty Dot Pearl, Rush Veneer 

also-

3 Buff Tip, 4 Brimstone, 6 Flame Shoulder, 5 Common Quaker, 4 Hebrew Character, 5 Garden Carpet, Water carpet, Red Twin-spot Carpet, 3 Early Grey, 2 Lunar Marbled Brown, Knot Grass, Early thorn, Least Black Arches, Brindled Beauty, Muslin, Pebble Prominent, Common Pug, Common Pug, 7 Double Striped Pug

3sp Micros 

THURS 24 APRIL 

cooler with a clear sky, dry & calm , total of 42 moths of 23 sp[ 

NFY - Great and Pale Prominent, Green Carpet 

Migrant - Rush Veneer

Also-

6 Brimstone, 2 early Thorn, 5 Garden Carpet, 2 Scorched carpet, 3 Hebrew Character, 1 Red Chestnut, 1 Shuttle Shaped Dart, 

Pebble prominent, Waved Umber, Brindled Beauty, 2 Common Quaker, 2 Early Grey, 3 Muslin, Mullein, Flame shoulder, Grey Pug 

Micros-

3 Eudonia angustea, Agonopterix heracliana, Epinotia immundana

New photos added

WED 23 APRIL 

Cloudy evening, mild , dry & calm produced a total of 74 moths of 30 sp, 2 NFG, 6 NFY 

NFG - Streamer, Epinotia immundane

NFY - Treble Lines, Jersey Mocha, Scorched Carpet, Ruby Tiger, Grey Pug, Clepsis consimilana

Migrants - 2 Diamond Back Moth

Also -

19 Brimstone, 7 Hebrew Character, 5 Muslin Moth, 3 Common Quaker, 2 Flame Shoulder, 2 Lunar Marbled Brown, 1 Brindled Beauty, 1 Waved Umber, 1 Pebble Prominent, 1 March Moth, 

1 Early Grey, 2 Garden Carpet, 2 V Pug, 1 Common Pug, 

1 Double -striped Pug, 5 Twenty - plume moth

3 Agonopterix yeatiana, 1 Agonopterix heracliana, 1 Agonopterix 

alstromeriana, 2 Depressaria radiella, 1 LBAM

new photos added

MON 21 APRIL

Clear cooler but dry evening- only 39 moths of 18 sp

Migrants?- Angle Shades , Diamond -back Moth

Also -

5 Muslin Moth, 4 Common Quaker, 6 Brimstone, 6 Flame Shoulder, 3 Hebrew Character, 2 Early Grey, 2 Garden Carpet, 1 March Moth, 

1 Lunar Marbled Brown, 1 Shuttle Shaped dart, 1 Double -striped Pug, 1 V Pug, 1 Twenty Plume,

1 Agonopterix alstromeriana +2sp

SUN 20 APRIL 

Cloudy, light rain, calm & mild - conditions produced my best Aptril totals of 73 moths of 28 species, 8 NFY, 4 sp of Pugs & no Carpets !

NFY _ -

Marbled Coronet, Common Plume, Pebble Prominent, Iron Prominent, Lunar- marbled Brown, Oak-tree Pug, Common Pug, 

Eudonia pallida 

Migrant - 1 Diamond- back moth

Also-

16 Brimstone, 11 Common Quaker, 3 Powdered Quaker, 3 Waved Umber,her, 2 March Moth, 1 Dotted Border, 4 Hebrew character,

3 Flame Shoulder, 1 Least Black Arches, 3 Early Grey, 3 Muslin Moth, 

1 Nut-tree Tussock, 3 Double -striped Pug,1 V Pug

@ Eudonia angustea, 3 Depressairea radiella, 1 Twenty Plume, 

1 Agonopterix heracliana

new photos added

SAT 19 APRIL

Milder evening, cooler at dawn, dry light breeze.

Total of 36 moths of 19 species

NFY- Foxglove Pug, Agonopterix Arabella 

Also-

7 Brimstone, 5 Hebrew Character, 1 Oak Beauty, 1 Muslin Moth, 

2 Flame Shoulder, 3 Early Grey, 2 Waved Umber, 1 Buff Tip (2nd 2nd April record this year ), 1 Double striped Pug, 1 Common Quaker, 

1 Knot Grass

 @ LBAM, 1 Rusty dot pearl, 2 Twenty- plume, 1 Depressaria radiella, 1 Agonopterix heracliana-agg, 1 Agonopterix alstromeriana

new photos added

Thursday 17 APRIL

Very wet night, lots of soggy boxes, total of 36 moths of 18 species 

NFY - Shuttle-shaped Dart, Mullein, Least Black Arches, 

Acleris hastiana

Also -

9 Brimstone, 4 Hebrew Character, 4 Early Grey, 2 Common Quaker, 2 Brindled Beauty,1 Waved Umber, 1 Muslin Moth, 1 Dotted Border, 1 Garden Carpet, 1 March Moth 

2 LBAM ,2 Agonopterix heracliana, 1 Eudonia angustea, 1 Depressaria radiella

new photos added

WED 16 APRIL 

Cloudy, milder, dry and calm , traps on 20.45 - o/night , total of 46 moths of 16 species.

NFY - Buff-tip ( not many Devon records in April ), Engrailed

Also-

10 Brimstone, 6 Common Quaker, 1 Small Quaker, 1 Knot Grass, 6 Early Grey, 3 Waved Umber, 3 March Moth, 3 Hebrew Character, 2 Flame Shoulder, 1 Garden Carpet, 3 Muslin Moth, 1 Pale Pinion, 

1 Eudonia angustea, 3 Agonopterix heracliana

new photos added

MON 14 APRIL

Very wet evening & O/night, calm,milder. Only 20 moths of 14 species-

2 Common Quaker, 1 Small Quaker, 1 Powdered Quaker, 2 Hebrew Character, 1 Muslin Moth, 3 Early Grey, 1 Beimstone, 1 Flame Shoulder, 1 Water Carpet, 1 Early Thorn, 1 Double Striped Pug, 2 Waved Umber, 1 Eudonia angustea, 1 Rush Veneer-NFY

SUN 13 APRIL 

DARTMOOR VISIT - unfortunately rained most of the afternoon.

did find 2 Emperor Moths near Trendlebere Down

Traps on 20.30 - poor catch , weather cool, dry but breezy, 

Only 15 moths of 11 species 

2 Early Grey, 2 Flame Shoulder, 1 Dotted Border, 1 Hebrew Character, 1 Common Quaker, 1 Brimstone, 1 Nut-treee Tussock, 1 Waved Umber

SAT 12 APRIL

 Milder and cloudy  resulted in some good moths , total of 52 of 22 species 

NFG - Streamer 

NFY- Early Tooth- striped, Common Carpet 

Also- 

10 Brimstone, 7 Common Quaker, 1 Powdered Quaker, 5 Hebrew Character, 2 Early Grey, 2 Early Thorn 2 Waved Umber, 1 Red Chestnut, 2 Garden Carpet, 1 Knot Grass, 1 V Pug, 6 Double Striped Pug, 1 Twenty Plume

1 Depressaria daucella, 1 Depressaria radiella, 1 Diamond -back Moth, 2 Agonopterix alstromeriana, 2 LBAM, 1 Pseudoswammerdamia combinella

new photos added

FRI 11 APRIL 

Weather conditions unchanged- only 15 moths of 9 species

4 Garden Carpet, 1 Early Thorn, 1 Flame Shoulder,3 Hebrew Character, 2 March Moth, 1 Knot Grass, 1 Red Chestnut, 

1 Muslin Moth, 1 Twenty Plume

THURS 10 APRIL 

Cold evenings continue, only 19 moths of 8 species at Thurlestone, but included 2 surprises 1 NFG ( don't get many of those now )

& 1 NFY

NFG- Pseudoswammerdamia combinella

NFY- Red Twin-spot Carpet

Also - 7 Common Quaker, 4 Early Grey, 3 Hebrew Character, 

1 Red Chestnut, 1 Muslin Moth

1 Agonopterix heracliana-agg

new photos added

WED 9 APRIL 

Cool nights continue, still calm & dry .Traps on 20.30-o/night 

22 moths of 11 species

1 Waved Umber, 1 Flame shoulder, 7 Common Quaker, 4 Hebrew Character, 2 March Moth, 2 Early Thorn, 1 Early Grey, 1 Muslin Moth 

! LBAM, 1 Depressaria daucella, 1 Eudonia angustea

TUES 8 APRIL 

Another cool,clear,dry & calm evening. Traps on 20.30 - o/night , 

only 22 moths of 10 species 

Migrant - 1 Diamond-back moth

Also-

8 Hebrew character, 2 Early Thorn, 3 Early Grey, 2 Common Quaker, 1 Powdered Quaker, 1 Small Quaker, 2 Dotted Border, 1 Muslin Moth, 1 Knot Grass

MON 7 APRIL 

Clear sky, cool, dry with just a light breeze- better traps with 27 moths of 9 species

NFY- Knot Grass ( earliest record by 3 weeks ), Muslin Moth, Frosted Green, 

Also- 

1 Oak Beauty, 7 Hebrew Character, 6 Early Grey, 6 Common Quaker, 1 Powdered Quaker, 1 Agonopterix heracliana

New photos added

SUN 6 APRIL

Another poor trap only 17 moths of 8moths

migrant - 1 Diamond Back Moth

Also- 5 Early Grey, 3 Hebrew Character, , Double Striped Pug,

Common Quaker, Powdered Quaker, Waved Umber.

Agonopterix heracliana

FRIDAY 4 APRIL

Clear night, dry but F5/6 E wind- poor trap 

17 moths of 9 species 

NFY- V- Pug, Nut-tree Tussock

Also- 5 Early Grey, 3 Hebrew Charactere, Early Thorn, 2 Common 

Quaker, 2 Waved Umber, 1 Double Striped Pug,1 Powdered Quaker

THURSDAY 3 APRIL

Wet evening until 19.45, stiff F5/6 E wind, traps on at 20.15, by 21.45 i had 1 pot !, o/night very good finishing with a total of 40 moths of 12 species 

NFY - Oak Beauty, Herald, Flame Shoulder 

Also -

1 Brindled Beauty, 2 Early thorn, 9 Early Grey, 8 Common Quaker, 

2 Powdered Quaker, 1 small Quaker, 12 Hebrew character, 

1 Waved Umber, 1 Dotted Border

No micros 

Photos added

MON 31 MARCH 

Cool, clear, dry but a brisk SE wind resulted in only 19 moths of 6 species- a disappointing end to March 

8 Early Grey, 6 Common Quaker, 1 Small Quaker, 2 Hebrew Character, 

1 Agonopterix Heracliana- agg , 1 Depressaria daucella.

SUN 30 MARCH 

A clear, dry @ calm evening , first "summertime "trap.Traps on 20.00- o/night total of 29 moths of 9 species

7 Common Quaker, 1 Small Quaker, 6 Hebrew Character, 7 March Moth, 4 Early Grey, 1 Water Carpet, 

1 LBAM, 1 Depressaria daucella, 1 Agonopterix heracliana-agg

new photos added

SAT 29 MARCH

Cloudy evening, brisk SW breeze, heavy rain 20.00-22.00

no pots by 22.00, final total 22 moths of 10 species

Migrant- 1 Angle Shades

Also-

2 Common Quaker, 2 Powdered Quaker, 3 Dotted Border, 5 Hebrew Character, 4 Early Grey, 1 March Moth, 1 Brimstone, 

! LBAM, 2 Eudonia angustea

FRI 28 MARCH

A clear sky, dry & calm , frost at dawn . 3 traps from 19.15-o/night

Poor up to 22.00 only 6 pots , total of 30 moths of 12 species.

NFY - Pale Pinion 

Migrant - Dark Sword Grass

Also-

9 Hebrew Character, 8 Early Grey, 5 Common Quaker, 1 Small Quaker, 1 Early Thorn, 1 March moth, 1 Dotted Border 

Micros-

1 Depressaria daucella, 1 Eudonia angustea

photos added

THURSDAY 27 MARCH 

Cloudy evening brisk breeze, showers/rain o/night total of.Poor total of 29 moths of 13 species.

NFY -1 Angle Shades 

Possible migrant - 1 Dark Sword Grass

8 Hebrew Character, 3 Early Thorn, 3 Early Grey, 2 Common Quaker,

1 Chestnut, 1 Clouded Drab, 1 March Moth, 3 Double Striped Pug

micros -

2 Depressaria daucella, 2 Agonopterix heracliana-agg, 

1 Eudonia angustea

photos added

WED 26 MARCH 

A clear, dry calm evening - cold o/night .3 traps on 19.15-o/night 

total of 44 moths of 13 species at Thurlestone.

NFY - Oak Nycteoline , Agonopterix scopariella

10 Hebrew Character, 8 Common Quaker, 4 Early Grey, 4 Early Thorn, 2 March Moth, 1 Clouded Drab

micros-

4 Eudonia angustea, Agonopterix heracliana-agg, Agonopterix 

yeatiana, 4 Depressaria daucella, 1 Depressaria radiella

TUES 25 MARCH 

Clear sky, dry calm mild - 3 traps on from 19.00-o/night-poor by 22.00 only 121 pots 

total of 42 moths of 10 species , 1 NFY

NFY- 1 Twenty-plume moth 

13 Hebrew Character, 9 Common Quaker, 5 Early Grey, 7 March Moth,1 Dotted Border

Micros-

2 Depressaria daucella, 1 LBAM, 2 Eudonia angustea, 1 Agonopterix heracliana-agg

21 MARCH 

DRY, cloudy evening light E breeze until,3 traps on 19.00-o/night- Unattended.41 moths of 10 species

NFG- 1 Blossom Underwing- scarce in Devon 

NFY- 1 Brimstone, 1 Diamond Back Moth

Also-

15 Common Quaker, 1 Twin Spotted Quaker, 9 Hebrew Character,

1 Red Chestnut, 2 Early Grey, 2 Early Thorn 

8 Depressaria daucella

Blossom Underwing - first record for both 1 & 10 KM square. Only 9 records in Devon in last 5 years

THURS 20 MARCH 

A cloudy evening, F5 E breeze until 21.00, showers from 22.00

3 traps 19.00-o/night, total of 57 moths of 15 species

NFY- Brindled Beauty, Early Moth , Garden Carpet

10 Common Quaker, 2 Red Chestnut, 3 Early Grey, 3 March Moth, 

8 Hebrew Character, 3 Early Thorn, 1 Water Carpet, 1 Waved umber

Micros-

19 Depressaria daucella, 2 Agonopterix heracliana- agg, 1 Agonopterix yeatiana, 1 Eudonia angustea

new photos added

WED 19 MARCH

milder, clear,dry, light Ebreeze, 3 traps on 19.00-o/night, 

best night of the year- 55 moths of 15 species 3 NFY

NFY- 1 Waved Umber, 2 Small Quaker, 1 Water Carpet

also- 11 Common Quaker, 1 Twin Spotted Quaker, 6 Early Grey, 

2 Red Chestnut, 7 Hebrew Character, 2 March Moth, 1 Early Thorn, 

Micros-

13 Depressaria daucella, 4 Agonopterix heracliana-agg, 

1Agonopterix yeatiana, 2 Diurnea fagella,1 Eudonia angustea

new photos added

Tuesday 18 March 

Clear, dry light E breeze, 2 traps on 19.00-22.00, 8 moths of 4 species 

NFY- 1 Red Chestnut

        1 Diurnea fagella

Also- 4 Common Quaker, 2 Depressaria daucella

MON 10 MAR 

Still mild last night, cloudy, dry , NE breeze from 20.00 

53 moths of only 7 species -

2 Hebrew Character, 4 Common Quaker, 1 Dark Chestnut, 4 Double-stripped Pug 

micros -

36 Depressaria daucella, 5 Agonopterix heracliana-agg , 

1 Agonopterix yeatiana 

SUN 9 MAR 

Cloudy, dry evening with a brisk NE breeze - 2 traps 18-15- o/night 

52 moths of only 7 species 

NFY - Clouded Drab 

2 Double Striped Pug, 1 Common Quaker, 1 Early Thorn, 1 Hebrew Character 

Micros - 45 Depressaria daucella, 1 Agonopterix heracliana-agg 

FRI 7 MAR 

MILD SPELL OF evening weather continues- more S breeze but cloudy and dry 

2 traps 18.15- o/night , total of 55 moths of 9 species -

NFY - Chestnut 

Possible migrant - Dark Sword-Grass 

also - 3 Common Quaker, 4 Hebrew Character, 1 Double Striped Pug

Micros - 

Only 41 Depressaria daucella, 1 Depressaria radialla, 

1 Agonopterix yeatiana, 2 Agonopterix heracliana-agg 

photos added 

THURS 6 MAR 

A mild cloudy evening, light showers from 19.00-20.00 

largest catch of the year , 117 moths but only 10 species-

Possible migrant - 1 Dark Sword Grass 

Macros - 2 Early Grey, 2 Hebrew Character, 1 Common Quaker, 

2 Double Striped Pug 

Micros - A record day count of 93 Depressaria daucella, 10 Agonopterix heracliana-agg , 4 Agonopterix yeatiana, 1 Depressaria 

radiella , 1 Eudonia angustea 

photos added 

WED 5 MAR 

After a period of wet and then frosty weather an evening with temp at 7c - result moths . 2 traps on 18.00-o/night total of 33 moths of 7 species - 3 NFY 

NFY -

2 Early Grey, Twin- spotted Quaker , Dark Chesnut 

Also - 2 Double Striped Pug , 

micros - 25 Depressaria daucella, Agonopterix heracliana-agg

Agonopterix alstromeriana 

photos added 

TUES 25 FEB 

2 traps 18.00-22.00 , cool clear dry, F4 NW breeze, only 11 moths of 4 species 

NFY - Dotted Border 

1 Hebrew Character 

8 Depressaria daucella 

1 Agonopterix heracliana-agg 

MON 24 FEB 

2 traps 18.00-22.00 , clear early , cloudy with rain later , cool 

17 moths of 4 species -

NFY - 1 March Moth , 1 Early Thorn 

also 14 Depressaria daucella 

1 Agonopterix heracliana-agg 

SAT 22 FEB 

Cooler, clear, dry, light breeze - 2 traps 18.00- 22.00 

disappointing- only 14 moths of 3 species- all micros 

Depressaria daucella- 12 

1 Agonopterix yeatiana 

1 Agonopterix heracliana/ciliella 

FRI 21 FEB 

Mild evening , cloudy, dry , light breeze, 2 traps 18.00- o/night 

9 moths of 3 species -

NFG - Epermenia chaerephyllella 

NFY - Hebrew Character 

7 Depressaria daucella 

WED 19 FEB 

Milder , wet, F6 S wind 

1 trap on 18.00

5 moths of 2 species -

NFY - Depressaria radiella 

4 Depressaria daucella 

WED 5 FEB 

2 traps on from 17.30-20.00 , overcast at first, clear sky later .

6 moths of 5 species 

NFY - Bloxworth Snout - last year not recorded until August, likely to be a moth hibernating , Common Quaker 

Also-

 Winter Moth, 

Agonopterix yeatiana, Depressaria daucella -2 

TUES 4 FEB - 

No traps but a Winter Moth on House window 

THURS 16 JAN 

Cloudy - until 21.00 then a clear moonlight sky , dry calm 

2 traps from 17.00-22.00 , 8 moths of 5 species 

NFY - Rusty Dot Pearl 

Also - White -speck - presumed to be the same as on 14 Jan 

4 Winter Moth 

1 Agonopterix heracliana/ciliella 

1 Agonopterix alstromeriana 

TUES 14 JAN 

Started cloudy , dry and calm , after 20.30 clear sky bright moon and colder 

2 traps on until 22.00, 8 moths of 5 species 

surprise of the year was a fresh White-speck found on a sheet at 19.00-there is only 1 previous Devon record for January- 22/1/2016, the next earliest is 24 June- on Obs I'd there are 2 records  for Jan 2025 in Spain 

finished with 8 moths of 5 species -

NFY - 1 Agonopterix alstromeriana, 4 Depressaria daucella 

Also- 1 LBAM, 1 Winter Moth

MON 13 JAN

Cloudy , light breeze, dry 

17.00-22.00 - 5 moths of 3 species

1 LBAM . 1 Agonopterix yeatiana, 3 Winter Moth 

SUN 12 JAN 

Dry clear sky, 2 traps 17.00-22.00, just 2 moths of 2 species -

1 Dark Sword Grass, 

1 Agonopterix heracliana/ciliella 

SAT 11 JAN 

First trap of the year produced 5 moths of 4 species ,traps on 17.00-22.00 

2 Winter Moth, 1 December Moth, 1 Double Striped Pug , 

1 Eudonia angustea