Garden Catch 01/07/18 - Jolly start to July! Onwards I march with my slightly out of date records! July started with a bang, ad a whole host of new additions to the garden year list were noted, but more notably 4 new for garden macro moths, 3 of which were totally unexpected and just not on my radar at all.

Not 1 but 2 migrant Four-spotted Footman (males) were both in the trap, I literally couldn't believe my eyes. Also Larch Pug is only my second in 12 years and despite being worn, a Green Arches was a little out of it's usual habitat zone of damp carr woodland.

Scarce Silver-lines was also good to add, but it was a bit bitter-sweet, with it found dead and rolled up in a spider's web, this isn't the first time that this has happened with garden firsts, with both my garden first Eyed Hawk-moth and Early Moth found in a similar state.

Garden species count for 2018 now upto 295.

Here are the new for year species.

Catch Report - 01/07/18 - Back Garden - Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap

Macro Moths

Four-spotted Footman [NFG] Larch Pug [NFG] Scarce Silver-lines [NFG] Green Arches [NFG] Marbled Beauty Phoenix Satin Beauty Scalloped Oak Scorched Carpet Small Rivulet

Micro Moths

Argyresthia brockeella