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Catch up mothing! I've had a busy last 3 weeks resulting in my blogging absense, apologies!

This catch was on a windy and wet but quite mild night back on the 02nd of August and my last home trapping effort before I went away on the 8th of August to SW France.

I'm glad I ran my trap actually as I was rewarded with 2 good but regular migrants for my garden, both Dark Sword-grass and White-point adding to the year list.

A second Vapourer for the year was most welcome as was the unusual looking Epermenia chaerophyllella, another second example for the garden year list.

Catch Report - 02/08/17 - Back Garden - Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap

Macro Moths

1x Dark Sword-grass [NFY] 1x White-point [NFY] 1x Black Arches 3x Brimstone Moth 5x Common Rustic 1x Copper Underwing 1x Dark Arches 1x Dingy Footman 6x Double-striped Pug 2x Dun-bar 1x Dusky Thorn 1x Flame Shoulder 1x Green Carpet 1x Grey Dagger 2x Large Yellow Underwing 5x Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 2x Maiden's Blush 1x Scarce Footman 1x September Thorn 3x Shuttle-shaped Dart 1x Spectacle 7x Straw Underwing 1x Vapourer Moth 1x Yellow-barred Brindle

Micro Moths

1x Acentria ephemerella 2x Agriphila tristella 5x Agriphila straminella 1x Argyrotaenia ljungiana 10x Blastobasis adustella 1x Blastobasis lacticolella 1x Chrysoteuchia culmella 1x Clepsis consimilana 1x Cochylimorpha straminea 1x Cydia splendana 4x Emmelina monodactyla 1x Emmetia marginea 1x Epermenia chaerophyllella 1x Eudonia mercurella 1x Evergestis forficalis 1x Hypatima rhomboidella 1x Oegoconia sp 3x Pammene aurita 1x Pandemis corylana 7x Pleuroptya ruralis 1x Spilonota ocellana