October Top 20..................

Here is a quick summary for October from my garden traps in Upper Caldecote. I didn't trap on 8 of the 31 days. It is no surprise that Setaceous Hebrew Character topped the league again as it did in September. A high count of 63 was recorded on 2nd. Also notable was the exceptional catch of Dark Sword-grass, a total of 22 caught this year so far after 3 in September.

2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character  208
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing  118
2267 Agrochola lychnidis Beaded Chestnut  117
2240 Lithophane leautieri Blair's Shoulder-knot  76
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow  44
2232 Aporophyla nigra Black Rustic  39
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing  39
2270 Omphaloscelis lunosa Lunar Underwing  35
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty  31
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass  19
1745 Larentia clavaria Mallow  19
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart  17
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades  15
0998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth  14
2264 Agrochola macilenta Yellow-line Quaker  12
2375 Rhizedra lutosa Large Wainscot  12
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet   11
1760 Chloroclysta siterata Red-green Carpet  9
2263 Agrochola lota Red-line Quaker  8
1524 Emmelina monodactyla  8

September Top 20.............

...........And considering I didn't undertake full counts between 2nd-6th including those dates, it's quite staggering. The vermin award for September goes to Setaceous Hebrew character, topping out on 24th with a count of 115. So out of the 3943 moths of 124 species recorded this one pest made up 22.9% of it!

2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 903

2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 680

2270 Omphaloscelis lunosa Lunar Underwing 499

2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 202

2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 174

2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 119

1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 118

2232 Aporophyla nigra Black Rustic 89

2240 Lithophane leautieri Blair's Shoulder-knot 88

2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 78

2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 64

1309 Agriphila geniculea 60

2231 Aporophyla lutulenta Deep-brown Dart 49

1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 42

2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 40

2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 40

2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 39

2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 36

1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 35

1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 27