Midsummer Moths

Four new moths in and around the trap on Sunday morning out of a total of 40 species, showing that there’s still plenty of new ones to catch - especially at this time of the year. All of these fly in a single generation in the summer.

Maiden’s Blush is a species favouring Oak woodlands, while Small Emerald is quite restricted in range on the chalk/limestone areas of southern England where its larval food-plant is Traveller’s Joy (Clematis vitalba). Blue-bordered Carpet and Common Groundling are fairly common and widespread in England, food-plants are Hawthorn & Blackthorn.

#939 Maiden's Blush (Cyclophora punctaria)

#940 Small Emerald (Hemistola chrysoprasaria)

#941 Blue-bordered Carpet (Plemyria rubiginata)

#942 Common Groundling (Teleiodes vulgella)