Pine Carpet Pennithera firmata - Singles here on 24th September and 5th October 2019 and 1st August and 27th September 2020, making it 4 consecutive years that I've trapped 2 here (before that one in 2016 and none in 2014/15). Elsewhere singles at Swanton Great Wood and Row Heath (West Runton) on 27th and 31st August 2019 and one at Bintree Wood on 13th June 2020.
Pine Carpet, Swanton Great Wood, 27th August 2019
Pine Carpet, North Elmham, 5th October 2019
Spruce Carpet Thera britannica - Singles here on 23rd October and 2nd November 2019, 2 on 27th May and one on 18th October 2020. That's about average here. Elsewhere singles at Swanton Great Wood and Row Heath (West Runton) on 27th and 31st August 2019.
Spruce Carpet, North Elmham, 23rd October 2019
Spruce Carpet, North Elmham, 27th May 2020
male Spruce Carpet, North Elmham, 18th October 2020
Grey Pine Carpet Thera obeliscata - Despite having averaged about 7 a year I didn't catch any of these at home in 2019 and only 3 in 2020 (21st May and 14th and 15th August). A few elsewhere including one at the meadows on 22nd April 2019, one at Bintree Wood, 6 at Hills and Holes, 6 at Row Heath (West Runton), one in Cornwall and singles at 3 sites on Mull. One or two of the latter (shown below) were types that I find quite tricky to tell apart from Spruce Carpet - fortunately they were males enabling me to check their diagnostic antennae.
male Grey Pine Carpet, Carsaig (Mull), 13th June
male Grey Pine Carpet, Ceann Chnocain (Mull), 13th June - showing the diagnostic antenna
Grey Pine Carpet, Hills and Holes, 21st May 2020
Juniper Carpet Thera juniperata - None. This is a rare example of a moth that I caught regularly at my last house in Bawdeswell (25 in the bedroom between 2007 and 2013) but which I haven't caught at all since moving to North Elmham in 2014.
Blue-bordered Carpet Plemyria rubiginata - Singles in the garden on 23rd July 2019 (my latest ever record, though only by a day) and 24th June 2020. I just about record this here annually with a total of 9 since 2015.
Blue-bordered Carpet, North Elmham, 23rd July 2019
Blue-bordered Carpet, North Elmham, 24th June 2020
Barred Yellow Cidaria fulvata - 6 caught in the garden between 24th June and 5th July 2019 and then just 2 in 2020, on 22nd and 26th June. About 8 is average. Elsewhere one at the meadows, one at Weybourne and 4 at Brancaster.
Barred Yellow, North Elmham, 27th June 2019
Barred Yellow, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 30th June 2019
Barred Yellow, North Elmham, 22nd June 2020
Broken-barred Carpet Electrophaes corylata - None in 2019, my first blank year since moving here, and just 2 in 2020, on 18th and 20th May. I had caught 3-4 in the garden in each of the previous 4 years.
Broken-barred Carpet, North Elmham, 18th May 2020
Purple Bar Cosmorrhoe ocellata - 3 caught in my garden between 21st and 30th August 2019 and 6 between 30th July and 22nd August 2020. Also one next door, 2 at Bintree Wood and one at Sculthorpe Moor (26th April 2019). A fairly typical showing.
Phoenix Eulithis prunata - One in my garden trap on 26th July 2019 but none in 2020. I recorded 13 here in 2 years (2016-17) but none in 2018 so this species seems to be quite erratic in its occurrence here. Elsewhere one at Swanton Great Wood on 27th August 2019, my latest ever record.
Phoenix, North Elmham, 26th July 2019
Chevron Eulithis testata - None in 2019; one in the garden on 11th August 2020 was a first for the garden. The only other relatively local example that I've ever caught was one at my old house in Bawdeswell back in 2010.
Chevron, North Elmham, 11th August 2020
Spinach Eulithis mellinata -None. This was one of the biggest holes in my moth list until 2018 but it remains a gap in my garden list despite there being a record from the other moth-trapper in my street.
Barred Straw Gandaritis pyraliata - Totals of 61 in the garden between 22nd June and 14th July 2019 and 57 between 13th June and 12th July, including a record count of 9 on 5th July 2019. Despite the record the overall numbers were average. Elsewhere 9 at the meadows (5 nights), one at Bintree Wood and one at Hellesdon.
Barred Straw, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 30th June 2019
Barred Straw, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 7th July 2019
Barred Straw, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 18th July 2020
Small Phoenix Ecliptopera silaceata - Totals of 5 trapped at home between 21st July and 7th August 2019 and 3 between 26th May and 11th August 2020. Although I've recorded up to 8 in a year here, 2 out of 5 years were blank. Elsewhere one at the meadows on 31st May, one in Hellesdon and a total of 10 on Mull.
Small Phoenix, Carsaig (Mull), 10th June 2019
Small Phoenix, North Elmham, 7th August 2019
Small Phoenix, North Elmham, 26th May 2020
Small Phoenix, North Elmham, 23rd July 2020
Red-green Carpet Chloroclysta siterata - In the spring flight period one in the garden on 23rd May 2019 and one at the meadows a couple of nights later, then singles at home on 20th and 21st May 2020. In the autumn singles in the garden on 4th October and 26th November 2019 (my latest ever) and one at the meadows on 4th October, then 3 between 20th September and 20th October 2020 and 2 at the meadows on 8th November. After 13 here in my first autumn (2014) I thought this species was going to be commoner here but it must have been a good year as I've only had a total of 20 in 6 years since then (with none in 2018).
Red-green Carpet, North Elmham, 23rd May 2019
Red-green Carpet, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 4th October 2019
Red-green Carpet, North Elmham, 20th May 2020
Red-green Carpet, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 8th November 2020
Common Marbled Carpet Dysstroma truncata - In 2019, 9 in the garden between 1st and 15th June and then 5 between 7th and 28th September. In 2020, 11 between 21st May and 24th June and 11 between 8th August and 30th September. These were my worst showings so far - I was averaging 65 a year previously. Elsewhere 2 at the meadows, 2 at Swanton Great Wood, 2 at Whitwell Street, 2 on Mull and 26 in Cornwall.
Common Marbled Carpet, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 31st May 2019
Common Marbled Carpet, Swanton Great Wood, 27th August 2019
Dark Marbled Carpet Dysstroma citrataa - None. I have never seen this species, in fact I'm not convinced it exists in Norfolk...
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