September only brought 10 new Moths to the Garden although I suppose that from now on I will get less and less as I continue to trap but the expectation still brings a bit of a thrill as I lift the substrate out of the trap and look down trying to recall which furry brown thing is which and when you eventually figure it out you have to write it down eg ana/c is Acleris laterana/comariana (in my world) but if you ever get stuck there is an encyclopedia resident in Tynemouth called Tom
5 September 2016
15.043 Phyllonorycter oxyacanthae
6 September 2016
17.013 Ypsolopha vittella
15.034 Phyllonorycter harrisella
15.089 Horse Chestnut Leaf Miner Cameraria ohidella
7 September 2016
70.134 Barred Rivulet Perizoma bifaciata
11 September 2016
49.071 Acleris emargana
15.066 Phyllonorycter strigulatella
13 September 2016
12.036 Skin Moth Monopis laevigella
16 September 2016
72.017 Vapourer Orgyia antiqua
21 September 2016
15.053 Firethorn Leaf Miner Phyllonorycter leucographella
Other Notables caught this month for the garden included:
73.281 Lychnis (Hadena bicruris) - my 2nd ever
49.249 Epinotia ramella - my 2nd ever
49.228 Epinotia sordidana - my 2nd ever and the 11th for Northumberland
