It figures...

Figure of Eight

Turnip Moth

Rusty Dot Pearl.

Between 11 and 9 degrees last night.

Figure of Eight was my third record and Turnip Moth only my second. Another 6 Rusty Dot Pearls on to the total, and an even later Green Carpet (previous nights moths released well off site).

Taxa
0648 White-shouldered House Moth (Endrosis sarcitrella) 1
1041 Acleris sparsana 1
1048 Garden Rose Tortrix (Acleris variegana) 4
1395 Rusty-dot Pearl (Udea ferrugalis) 6
1764 Common Marbled Carpet (Chloroclysta truncata) 1
1769 Spruce Carpet (Thera britannica) 4
1776 Green Carpet (Colostygia pectinataria) 1
1795x November Moth agg. (Epirrita dilutata agg.) 1
2020 Figure of Eight (Diloba caeruleocephala) 1 NFY
2087 Turnip Moth (Agrotis segetum) 1 NFY
2245 Green-brindled Crescent (Allophyes oxyacanthae) 4
2247 Merveille du Jour (Dichonia aprilina) 1
2258 Chestnut (Conistra vaccinii) 1
2259 Dark Chestnut (Conistra ligula) 2
2262 Brick (Agrochola circellaris) 1
2263 Red-line Quaker (Agrochola lota) 3
2306 Angle Shades (Phlogophora meticulosa) 1
2361 Rosy Rustic (Hydraecia micacea) 4
2441 Silver Y (Autographa gamma) 14
2477 Snout (Hypena proboscidalis) 1

Plus an unidentified micro in the Howick gallery...

54 moths of 21 sp.

Late Edit - The plume below and the one on 4th are both Amblyptilia punctidactyla, not acanthadactyla, a new species for the garden list! Thanks to Mark Skevington for the new additions....

Love this name - Amblyptilia acanthadactyla punctidactyla

Rusty Dot Pearl, is that a euphimism...

8 degrees again, mainly clear.
My second Rusty Dot Pearl was the highlight, hardly Convolvulous, but a migrant all the same...

Taxa
0648 White-shouldered House Moth (Endrosis sarcitrella) 1
1048 Garden Rose Tortrix (Acleris variegana) 1
1395 Rusty-dot Pearl (Udea ferrugalis) 1 NFY
1738 Common Carpet (Epirrhoe alternata) 1
2107 Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba) 3
2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character (Xestia c-nigrum) 1
2134 Square-spot Rustic (Xestia xanthographa) 1
2265 Flounced Chestnut (Agrochola helvola) 1
2266 Brown-spot Pinion (Agrochola litura) 2
2270 Lunar Underwing (Omphaloscelis lunosa) 1
2299 Mouse Moth (Amphipyra tragopoginis) 1
2361 Rosy Rustic (Hydraecia micacea) 10
2364 Frosted Orange (Gortyna flavago) 2
2441 Silver Y (Autographa gamma) 1

27 moths of 14 sp.

New Migrant

Rusty Dot Pearl

Such a nice name for a tiny non descript moth.

Rusty Dot Pearl is new for me, a smaller moth than I imagined? The Epirrita sp was a nice well patterned specimen, better than those big grey things I usually get...

Taxa
Epirrita species (Epirrita sp.) 1 possibly Autumnal Moth?
1395 Rusty-dot Pearl (Udea ferrugalis) 1 new
1795x November Moth agg. (Epirrita dilutata agg.) 1
2240 Blair's Shoulder-knot (Lithophane leautieri) 1
2258 Chestnut (Conistra vaccinii) 3
2259 Dark Chestnut (Conistra ligula) 1 very distinctive against the Chestnuts. I'll get a photo tomorrow.
2263 Red-line Quaker (Agrochola lota) 1
2264 Yellow-line Quaker (Agrochola macilenta) 2
2361 Rosy Rustic (Hydraecia micacea) 1

12 moths of 9 species

The forecast for next week isn't looking good for mothing. Frosts and cold northerlies might put paid to that.

A good show at the work halogen light this morning - 1 November Moth agg, 2 Blair's shoulder Knot, 1 Angle Shades and a Barred Red. Seems late for this latter species...

Barred Red update, Previous latest in the county was 25th September. This one was on 14th October...