Norfolk moths: Rockland St. Peter garden, 11 September 2013

Last night, 11 September, was forecast to be the only fine night for the next few days, so I decided to give the trap an airing. Between my setting it up at dusk (19h45) and my check on activity at 21h00, a light drizzle had wet the white groundsheet and peppered the perspex. But that was probably the only rain of a night which was cool (though a degree or two warmer than preceeding nights), darkly overcast and dead calm. The temperature on checking the trap at 05h15 was 12.5°C.

The catch was up on the previous one. I finally caught my first Nutmeg, and the other new one for the trap was the common Antler Moth.

The first Nutmeg Discestra trifolii.

Canary-shouldered Thorns always brighten up a dull morning - and they're good with people too...

The full macro list (21 spp.):-

Idaea seriata	Small Dusty Wave	2
Xanthorhoe fluctuata	Garden Carpet	1
Chloroclysta truncata	Common Marbled Carpet	1
Colostygia pectinataria	Green Carpet	1
Opisthograptis luteolata	Brimstone Moth	1
Ennomos alniaria	Canary-shouldered Thorn	3
Agrotis segetum	Turnip Moth	2
Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	5
Noctua comes	Lesser Yellow Underwing	1
Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character	11
Xestia xanthographa	Square-spot Rustic	1
Discestra trifolii	Nutmeg	1
Cerapteryx graminis	Antler Moth	1
Mythimna albipuncta	White-point	1
Mythimna pallens	Common Wainscot	2
Agrochola litura	Brown-spot Pinion	3
Amphipyra pyramidea	Copper Underwing	4
Gortyna flavago	Frosted Orange	1
Autographa gamma	Silver Y	1
Rivula sericealis	Straw Dot	1
Hypena proboscidalis	Snout	2