First half of September

Rather tedious with a list for each night that was effectively the same, dominated by common brown stuff though in good numbers, with the monotony broken with a selection of my regular carpets (Green, Garden, Common and Common Marbled).
The only real highlight was a garden first, Feathered Gothic, which was trapped on 4th and 6th... and was brown.

 Feathered Gothic - garden first, trapped 4th and 6th

Silver Y - numerous this year, trapped on majority of nights in August and still around on 15th Sept

Old Lady - a common visitor throughout August and September

Toadflax Pug - tiny beastie, one on 2nd Sept was third for garden, previous two in July 2011 and 2012

August / September change-over

It's been a quiet week at Wychwood Moths with nothing around that attracts a "scarce" tag and none of the autumn specials yet for the yearlist. Close to half the catch this week has been Large Yellow Underwings, so just a couple of catch-up pics and a quick pug quiz for todays post.

Red Underwing - just the one so far this year

Old Lady - getting a couple of these each night

Angle Shades

Straw Underwing - missed the peak of these by being away most of August this year

Flounced Rustic - not so numerous as last year

Un-ID medium pug (trapped on 27th July)

Un ID large Pug (trapped 27th August)

An early September selection

Starting the new blog with a selection of images of moths caught in the first few days of September.

Old Lady ( at least two of these been around for last two weeks)

Red Underwing (opening up nicely in a pot)


Red Underwing returned to camouflage on a fence post


Lime Speck Pug

Dark Sword Grass (a garden first out the trap on 1st Sept)