From the 24th to 27th May I've seen at least one new species of moth every day - you would think that after more than 20 years the lifers would begin to dry up.
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A Purple Patch!
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ALL PHOTOS ARE OF ADULTS UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED
SPECIES IN GREEN ARE NEW TO ME
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2026
May 27th: Red Twin-spot Carpet (70a)
May 27th: Green Silver-lines (74)
May 27th: Coleophora albicosta (37b)
May 27th: Scorched Wing (70e)
May 26th: Gem (70a)
May 25th: Caloptilia robustella (15a)
May 24th: Prolita sexpunctella (35)
May 24th: Light Knotgrass (73a)
May 24th: Northern Eggar- larva (66)
May 22nd: Mompha langiella (40)
May 2nd: Syndemis musculana (49a)
Apr. 28th: Carnation Tortrix (NO PHOTO)
Apr. 24th: Pammene argyrana (49g)
Apr. 17th: Tawny Pinion (73e)
Apr. 17th: Elachista rufocinerea (38)
Apr. 17th: Eriocrania sparrmannella (2)
Apr. 17th: May Highflyer (70b)
Apr. 17th: Coleophora paripennella - mines + case (37b)
Apr. 9th: Autumn Green Carpet (70b)
Mar. 26th: Argyresthia albistria - larva (20)
Mar. 9th: Acleris cristana (49b)
Mar. 9th: Satellite - orange form (73e)
Mar. 8th: Acleris ferrugana (49b)
Mar. 8th: Agonopterix alstromeriana (32)
Mar. 8th: Oak Beauty (70e)
Mar. 4th: Ling Pug - recently split from Wormwood (70d)
Jan. 15th: Coleophora artemisicolella - feeding signs (37b)
2025
Dec. 18th: Mottled Umber - male (70f)
Nov. 13th: Fomoria septembrella - mines (4d)
Nov. 6th: Stigmella tityrella - mine (4b)
Nov. 6th: Carcina quercana - larva + feeding signs (31)
Oct. 31st: Stigmella speciosa - mine + larva (4c)
Oct. 30th: Phyllonorycter stettinensis - mine (15e)
Oct. 21st: Ectoedemia intimella - mine + larva (4d)
Oct. 16th: Coleophora anatipennella - mines (37b)
Oct. 12th: Stigmella oxyacanthella - mine + larva (4b)
Sept. 30th: Hummingbird Hawk-moth (69)
Sept. 25th: Stigmella sakhalinella - mine + larva (4a)
Sept. 16th: Stigmella aceris - mines + larva (4a)
Sept. 9th: Heliozela resplendella - mine (6)
Sept. 3rd: Red Underwing (72c)
Aug. 19th: Stigmella trimaculella - mine (4b)
Aug. 19th: Hawthorn Moth - mines + larvae (25)
Aug. 16th: Coleophora alcyonipennella (37a)
Aug. 16th: Old Lady (73b)
Aug. 16th: Catoptria falsella (63b)
Aug. 12th: Antispila metallella - mines (6)
Aug. 8th: Stigmella incognitella - mine (4c)
Aug. 8th: Coleophora discordella - case, larva + mines (37a)
Aug. 2nd: Pale Mottled Willow (73b)
Aug. 2nd: Acrobasis consociella (62)
Aug. 2nd: Acleris aspersana (49b)
Aug. 2nd: Oak Nycteoline (74)
July 15th: Phyllonorycter roboris - pupa (15b)
July 15th: Notocelia roborana (49f)
July 12th: Varied Coronet (73g)
July 12th: Pied Rabbit Moth (17)
July 11th: Phyllonorycter nicellii (15e)
July 8th: Stigmella floslactella - mine (4b)
July 4th: Small Rivulet (70c)
July 3rd: Red-tipped Clearwing (52)
July 2nd: Parornix devoniella (15b)
July 2nd: Scarce Silver-lines (74)
July 2nd: Box-tree Moth (63a)
June 30th: Argyresthia pygmaeella (20)
June 30th: Short-cloaked Moth (74)
June 29th: Zelleria oleastrella (16)
June 29th: Athrips mouffetella (35)
June 29th: Celypha striana (49c)
June 29th: Barred Yellow (70b)
June 29th: Parornix finitimella (15b)
June 29th: Mompha lacteella (40)
June 26th: Stigmella plagicolella - mines (4b)
June 21st: Ancylis achatana (49d)
June 19th: Yellow-legged Clearwing (52)
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