Mega Moth!

Above - Fen Wainscot, the first for VC68 and only the second for Northumberland after one was caught by Tom Tams at Tynemouth earlier this month.

Bulrush Wainscot

Pipped at the post! I was over the moon to find Northumberland's second (and VC68's first) 2377 Fen Wainscot (Arenostola phragmitidis) in the trap last night. Pity that  Tom beat me to a county first! One of these days eh...This record is about 100 miles north of the nearest colony at Saltholme Pools Teesside. For a moth that lives in phragmites beds, the nearest to me is about 6 miles away at Newton Pool...

Also as back up, a nice Bulrush Wainscot was my fourth garden record.

Taxa
0464 Diamond-back Moth (Plutella xylostella) 1
0873 Blastobasis adustella 1
1016 Cnephasia longana 2
1305 Agriphila tristella 3
1388 Udea lutealis 2
1405 Mother of Pearl (Pleuroptya ruralis) 3
1732 Shaded Broad-bar (Scotopteryx chenopodiata) 3
1738 Common Carpet (Epirrhoe alternata) 5
1777 July Highflyer (Hydriomena furcata) 1
2092 Shuttle-shaped Dart (Agrotis puta) 5
2107 Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba) 110
2109 Lesser Yellow Underwing (Noctua comes) 8
2111 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (Noctua janthe) 18
2112 Least Yellow Underwing (Noctua interjecta) 3
2123 Small Square-spot (Diarsia rubi) 3
2128 Double Square-spot (Xestia triangulum) 1
2130 Dotted Clay (Xestia baja) 1
2133 Six-striped Rustic (Xestia sexstrigata) 4
2134 Square-spot Rustic (Xestia xanthographa) 4
2199 Common Wainscot (Mythimna pallens) 1
2254 Grey Chi (Antitype chi) 1
2293 Marbled Beauty (Cryphia domestica) 1
2321 Dark Arches (Apamea monoglypha) 36
2343x Common Rustic agg. (Mesapamea secalis agg.) 26
2353 Flounced Rustic (Luperina testacea) 6
2361 Rosy Rustic (Hydraecia micacea) 2
2369 Bulrush Wainscot (Nonagria typhae) 1 NFY
2377 Fen Wainscot (Arenostola phragmitidis) 1 NEW
2434 Burnished Brass (Diachrysia chrysitis) 1
2441 Silver Y (Autographa gamma) 5

258 moths of 30 sp.