An early morning at Wigston Magna, Leicestershire - June 26, 2012

I put the moth trap out last night and caught thirty-six moths of twenty species.

The following were trapped: Willow Beauty [2]; Light Brown Apple Moth [1]; Pseudargyrotoza conwagana [1]; Chrysoteuchia culmella [1]; Crambus perlela [1]; Barred Yellow [1]; Poular Hawkmoth [1]; Elephant Hawkmoth [1]; White Ermine [1]; Buff Ermine [1]; Heart and Dart [7]; Flame [1]; Large Yellow Underwing [1]; Bright-line Brown-eye [1]; Common Wainscot [1]; Dark Arches [9]; Large Nutmeg [1]; Minor Sp. [1]; Uncertain [1] and Silver Y [1].

Pseudargyrotoza conwagana

Chrysoteuchia culmella

Chrysoteuchia culmella

Popular Hawkmoth

White Ermine

Heart and Dart

Large Yellow Underwing

Bright-line Brown-eye

Common Wainscot

Dark Arches