...........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
Interesting as the list in Luton has significant lower Set HC but similar hierarchy on most of the others and Deep-brown dart has not yet appeared in the garden at all !
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