August moths

Lots of moths this month; 104 species! I travelled around a bit and so I’ve separated the list in terms of location. I spent a week on Bardsey and went through a moth trap or two every day which has really boosted my still ropey Moth ID skills! The Convolvulus Hawkmoth was especially exciting as she was a resident of North Africa and was blown to North Wales by strong winds!

Ceiriog Valley

Angle Barred Pug - Eupithecia innotata (f. unicolor)

Antler moth - Cerapteryx graminis

August Thorn - Ennomos quercinaria

Brimstone - Opisthograptis luteolata

Barred Red - Hylaea fasciaria

Black Arches - Lymantria monacha

Buff Footman - Eilema depressa

Buff tip - Phalera bucephala

Burnished Brass - Diachrysia chrysitis (f. juncta and f. aurea)

Clouded Border - Lomaspilis marginata

Common Footman - Eilema lurideola

Common Rustic - Mesapamea secalis

Copper Underwing - Amphipyra pyramidea

Dark Arches - Apamea monoglypha

Dark Marbeled Carpet - Chloroclysta citrata citrata

Dingy Footman - Eilema griseola

Double Square Spot -  Xestia triangulum

Dun-bar - Cosmia trapezina

Dusky Thorn -  Ennomos fuscantaria

Engrailed - Ectropis bistortata

Foxglove Pug - Eupithecia pulchellata pulchellata

Flame Shoulder - Ochropleura plecta

Flame Carpet - Xanthorhoe designata

Flounced Rustic - Luperina testacea

Gold Spangle - Autographa bractea

Grass Emerald -  Pseudoterpna pruinata atropunctaria

Grey Pug - Eupithecia subfuscata

Heart and Dart  - Agrotis exclamationis

July Highflyer - Hydriomena furcata

Large Yellow Underwing -  Noctua pronuba

Least Yellow Underwing - Noctua interjecta caliginosa

Lesser Broad Bordered Yellow Underwing - Noctua janthe

Lesser Swallow prominent - Pheosia gnoma

Lesser Yellow Underwing - Noctua comes

Magpie - Abraxas grossulariata

Marbeled minor - Oligia strigilis

Plain Golden Y - Autographa jota

Plain Wave - Idaea straminata

Ribaned Wave - Idaea avesata

Rosy Rustic - Hydraecia micacea

Scalloped Oak - Crocalis elinguaria

Scarce Footman - Eilema griseloa

Shaded Broad Bar - Scotopteryx chenopodiata

Silver Y - Autographa gamma

Shuttle Shaped Dart - Agrotis puta puta

Small Dotted Buff - Photeded minima

Small Square Spot - Diarsia rubi

Square Spot Rustic - Xestia xanthographa

Straw Dot - Rivula sericealis

Svensson’s Copper Underwing - Amphipyra berbera svenssoni

Tawny Speckled Pug - Eupithecia icterata subfulvata

Thyme Pug - Eupithecia distinctaria constrictata

True Lover’s knot -  Lycophotia porphyria

Triple Spotted Clay - Xestia ditrapezium

Willow Beauty - Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Yellow Tail - Euproctis similis

Lesser Broad Bordered Yellow Underwing

True Lover's Knot

Black Arches

Common Footman

Shaded Broad Bar

Least Yellow Underwing

Dusky Thorn

Micros

Agriphila straminella

Agriphila tristella

Bird Cherry Ermine -  Yponomeuta evonymella

Chequered Fruit Tree Tortrix - Pandema corylana

Dark Fruit Tree Tortrix - Pandemis heparana

Gold Triangle - Hypsopygia costalis

Mother of Pearl - Pleuroptya ruralis

Spindle Ermine - Yponomeuta cagnagella

Somerset only

Autumnal Rustic - Eugnorisma glareosa

Blood Vein - Timandra comae

Broad Bordered Yellow Underwing - Noctua fimbriata

Brussels Lace - Cleorodes lichenaria

Buff Ermine - Spilosoma lubricipeda

Cabbage Moth - Mamestra brassicae

Coxcomb Prominent - Ptilodon capucina

Dark Sword Grass - Agrotis ipsilon

Ingrailed Clay - Diarsia mendica mendica

Light Feathered Rustic - Agrotis cinerea

Lime Speck Pug - Eupithecia centaureata

Oak Eggar - Lasiocampa quercus

Orange Swift - Hepialus hecta

Pebble Hook-tip - Drepana falcataria falcataria

Pebble Prominent - Notodonta ziczac

Purple Bar - Cosmorhoe ocellata

Rosy Footman - Miltochrista miniata

Ruby Tiger - Phragmatobia fuliginosa fuliginosa

Rustic - Hoplodrina blanda

Straw Underwing - Thalpophila matura

Yellow Shell - Camptogramma bilineata bilineata

Pebble Hook-tip

Blood Vein

Pebble Prominent

Brussels Lace

Oak Eggar

Oak Eggar Face

Male (R)  and Female (L) Oak Eggars 

Micros

Garden Pebble - Evergestis forficalis

Pammene aurita

Pyrausta purpuralis

Small Magpie - Eurrhypara hortulata

Pyrausta purparalis

Abernethy only

Barred Straw - Euliithis pyraliata

Common Wainscot - Mythimna pallens

Green Carpet - Colostygia pectinataria

Juniper Pug - Eupithecia pusillata pusillata

Neglected Rustic - Xestia baja

Northern Spinach - Eulithis pupulata

Plain Pug - Eupithecia simpliciata

Twin Spot Carpet - Perizoma didymata didymata (Wigtownshire and Ross Shire specimens)

Welsh Wave - Venusia cambrica

Barred Chestnut

Northern Spinach

Micros

Acleris laterana

Scoparia ancipitella

Bardsey only

Convolvulus Hawkmoth - Agrius convovuli

Drinker - Euthrix potatoria

Garden Tiger - Arctia caja

Swallow-tailed Moth - Ourapteryx sambucaria

Drinker Moth

Convolvulus Hawkmoth

Convolvulus Hawkmoth

Northern Eggar

Swallow Tailed Moth