Recent New Moths

Copper Underwing

Pebble Hook-tip

Angle Shades

Wasps
Here some pics of some recent new moths caught and a picture of the problem I can have with wasps.

More Moths

Tree-lichen Beauty

Maiden's Blush

I managed to run the moth trap over the last 4 days and have still been getting vast quantities of yellow underwings (60+ of the 3 yellow underwing species - Large, Lesser and Lesser Broad-bordered). The highlight, following on, from the White Point the other day was a poor specimen Tree-lichen Beauty, which is listed as an immigrant. Other highlights included a Maiden's Blush - another new moth for me.

I've since learnt from learned colleagues from the Kent Moth Group that both Tree-lichen Beauty and White Point are resident in Kent in suitable habitat but not known in Tunbridge Wells, so my records were more of local population movements rather than immigrants from the Continent. Just shows that some moth distributions are frequently changing and literature can soon go out of date.

Moth Trap

Iron Prominent

I ran the moth trap Saturday night for the first time and despite some overnight rain some 60+ moths of 16 species were caught. Most noteable of which was an Iron Prominent and several Copper Underwings. There were also good numbers of Large Yellow Underwings and Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwings. Also present were an Oak Bush Cricket, Shieldbugs and several wasps which proceeded to dismember and fly off with some of the smaller moths.