Case-bearing Clothes Moth Tinea pellionella - A total of 10 here in 2019, all indoors I think, between 19th May and 10th August. An above average year for me but topped by a record year in 2020 when I found 24 indoors between 19th April and 22nd December. Also recorded at a couple of sites in Norwich in 2019 (again, indoors) including one where in addition to several adults, an occupied case was found in the toilet facilities where no fabrics are kept (except for toilet paper which is regularly changed).
Case-bearing Clothes Moth Tinea pellionella, North Elmham, 14th June 2019
larva and case of Case-bearnig Clothes Moth Tinea pellionella, Norwich, 9th July 2019
Case-bearing Clothes Moth Tinea pellionella, North Elmham, 19th April 2020
Fulvous Clothes Moth Tinea semifulvella - A total of 9 caught in my moth trap between 29th June and 15th September 2019, my best year here although I had a slightly higher total once or twice in Bawdeswell. This was promptly followed by a poor year in 2020 with just 3 at home: one on 12th June and 2 on 5th July. Also one found during the day at the meadows on 22nd May 2019 and one to light at Weybourne in July 2019 and one at Hills and Holes on 21st May 2020.
Fulvous Clothes Moth Tinea semifulvella, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 22nd May 2019
Bird's-nest Moth Tinea trinotella - Recorded on 25 nights at home between 25th May and 12th September 2019, making it my best year to date (although only a little better than 2018). 48 over 21 nights between 8th May and 17th August 2020 was probably a further improvement in terms of numbers although I can't compare accurately as I didn't count them on a couple of nights in 2019. Peak counts of 6 on 23rd July 2019 and 8th May 2020. Also one at Weybourne in 2019 and 2 at the meadows in 2020.
Bird's-nest Moth Tinea trinotella, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 8th September 2020
Brown-dotted Clothes Moth Niditinea fuscella - None. Although only one was confirmed, I thought I had this species a few times at Bawdeswell so I expected to find it regularly here in North Elmham too. So in my first autumn here I wasn't too worried about getting a likely candidate gen detted (this was just before I started doing my own gen dets) but since then I've only had one more contender and that one escaped. I'm therefore still waiting to add this species to the house/garden list.
Skin Moth Monopis laevigella - One at Weybourne on 5th July was the only one I identified in 2019 making it my second consecutive blank year here (although in 2018 a strong contender escaped before I could confirm it). Just one in 2020, found in my home on 8th May. Ideally I prefer to dissect this species to confirm them as they can closely resemble weaverella, especially when worn, but this one escaped before I had a chance. However it was a very fresh individual with strong irroration and virtually no tornal spot (and was also a very large individual) so I think the ID is safe enough.
Skin Moth Monopis laevigella, North Elmham, 8th May 2020
Carrion Moth Monopis weaverella - In contrast to the previous species 2019 was my best year for this one, with 27 individuals recorded in my garden on 17 nights. Only 2 were in the first flight period (26th May and 1st June) the rest being between 22nd July and 26th August. 2020 was even better with 40 over 26 nights, 6 between 8th and 23rd May and 42 between 4th July and 21st August (including a record 5 on 14th August). Also 4 at the meadows over the 2 years, one at Swanton Great Wood in 2019, one on Mull in 2019 and one at Hills and Holes in 2020. I am happy to record the more obvious examples without gen det but any that aren't at all clear go under the scalpel to be confirmed.
male Carrion Moth Monopis weaverella, North Elmham, 26th May 2019
male Carrion Moth Monopis weaverella, North Elmham, 8th May 2020
Yellow-backed Moth Monopis obviella - Singles in my garden trap on 29th June 2019 and 30th and 31st July 2020. I'd only recorded 2 prevously, both in 2017.
male Yellow-backed Clothes Moth Monopis obviella, North Elmham, 29th June 2019
Pale-backed Moth Monopis crocicapitella - One at the meadows on 31st May and one caught in my garden trap on 1st June 2019. Very probably one here again on 20th May 2020 but unfortunately it escaped before I was able to confirm it. Excluding 2020 when the only record wasn't confirmed, I have recorded this species here annually since moving in in 2014.
female Pale-backed Clothes Moth ]Monopis crocicapitella, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 31st May 2019
Drab Clothes Moth Haplotinea insectella - None in 2019 but 3 in the garden moth trap in 2020, on 24th June and 4th and 17th July. I've now recorded 8 of these once-rare moths here, but only in 3 of the 6 years I've been trapping (2 in 2015 and 3 in 2018).
female Drab Clothes Moth Haplotinea insectella, North Elmham, 24th June 2020
male Drab Clothes Moth Haplotinea insectella, North Elmham, 17th July 2020
Hart's-tongue Smut Psychoides verhuella - My search for the larvae of this species at the meadows had been unsuccessful but instead led to the discovery of a population of aphids of a species that was not previously known to exist outdoors in Britain and northern Europe. Then in turn, when looking to check if the aphids were still present I discovered an adult verhuella sitting on the underside of a Hart's-tongue leaf, on 15th June 2019, a new moth for me and only the 10th record for Norfolk. I have now found both species of Psychoides on Hart's-tongue growing here.
male Hart's-tongue Smut Psychoides verhuella, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 15th June 2019
Fern Smut Psychoides filicivora - I've already written about the 2 adults that emerged in February 2019 from larvae collected from the Cathedral Meadows in November 2018, so won't repeat myself here (you can read that here). Back at home I trapped an adult in my garden on 2nd June 2019 which was only the second I have caught here (and the first one I saw alive as the one in 2017 was found dead in the bottom of the trap). Then in 2020 one netted in the garden during the day on 9th May was followed by a total of 4 attracted to pheremone lure trap for Currant Clearwing between 15th and 27th May.
male Fern Smut Psychoides filicivora, North Elmham, 2nd June 2019
male Fern Smut Psychoides filicivora, North Elmham, 15th May 2020
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