Currant Pug - quite similar to Wormwood Pug (and some others!) but I'm happy that's what it is.
Rhopobota naevana - or by it's English name Holly Tortrix.
Rhyacionia pinicolana - usually associated with pine woods and fairly well distributed over much of England.
The first, third and fourth photos were taken of moths which were in the house on the evening of the 19th August 2009 and are Square Spot Rustic, Small Dusty Wave and the micro Brown House Moth respectively. The second photo is also of a Square Spot Rustic and highlights the variability in this (and many other!) moths. It was taken at light in the garden (Paddock Wood) on the 15th August.
Treble Bar on top and Lesser Treble-bar underneath (probably!)
Straw Underwing - A relatively widespread and locally common species in England, shame it wouldn't pose to show it's hindwing.
Rosy Footman - like some of my ex-girlfriends, pretty but common!
Old Lady - a big old brute (55-65mm) found sheltering near the shed.
Grey Pine Carpet - common but quite variable.
Dusky Thorn - one of the more subtley coloured thorns.
Common Wainscot - I love the "texture" of this widely distributed moth.
Bulrush Wainscot - From UKMoths "Relatively common in suitable habitat throughout much of the British Isles, this is a large distinctive species, with a wingspan of up to 54mm. Flying from July to September, it occupies a range of damp or marshy habitats, but is sometimes found wandering away from these areas." This is a female and was a rather fortuitous catch as it was actually sitting in my net which I had left out overnight and keep to hand when emptying the trap.
Amblyptilia acanthadactyla - This moth is distributed widely over much of Britain and Ireland, and, since the 1990s, has become much more frequent, including in gardens (per UKMoths).
Pyrausta aurata - locally common in England and can be seen flying in the daytime.
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| Ni Moth (Trichoplusia ni), 13/8/09, St Margarets, Tony Morris |
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| Ni Moth. 3/8/06, Dungeness, Dave Walker |
Scallop Shell - not recorded that frequently in Kent and a nice easy moth to id! UKMoths says this about it "prefers open woodland with an undergrowth of bilberry, and marshy areas, and flies in a single generation from June to July. It occurs locally over a large part of the British Isles as far north as southern Scotland."
Pale Mottled Willow - quite common but took me some time to work out what it was. The black spots on the leading edge of the forewing and white spots around the kidney mark were good pointers which I chose to overlook for far too long!!
Hoary Footman - another odd one to get so far west into Kent (assuming I've id'd it correctly and it isn't Scarce Footman). From UKMoths "Paler and greyer than similarly patterned 'footmen', the range of this moth is more or less restricted to the south-west coasts of England and Wales, although occasional specimens do turn up further east along the coast, and sometimes inland."
Cypress Pug - it's late and I'm being lazy so from UKMoths (again!) "A relatively recent arrival in Britain, being first recorded in Cornwall in 1959. Since then it has spread along the south coast and northwards to the south Midlands."
