Light Brocade Lacanobia w-latinum - None. I caught 10 here between 2015 and 2017 but that's 3 consecutive years now without catching any here.
Pale-shouldered Brocade Lacanobia thalassina - 2 worn individuals at Carsaig (Mull) on 11th and 13th June 2019 but none at home in either year. As with the previous species that's now 3 consecutive blank years here, after 5 caught between 2015 and 2017.
Pale-shouldered Brocade, Carsaig (Mull), 11th June 2019
Pale-shouldered Brocade, Carsaig (Mull), 13th June 2019
Dog's Tooth Lacanobia suasa - None. I've never caught this species locally but there are a few records in mid Norfolk so I may get it round here sometime.
Bright-line Brown-eye Lacanobia oleracea - Totals of 21 in the garden between 16th May and 1st August 2019 and 16 between 3rd June and 23rd July 2020 - my worst years so far (average annual total over 6 years is 39). Elsewhere one next door, 3 at the meadows, one at Bintree Wood, 4 at Hellesdon and one at Brancaster.
Bright-line Brown-eye, North Elmham, 16th May 2019
Bright-line Brown-eye, North Elmham, 4th June 2020
Dot Moth Melanchra persicariae - Just a single record each year in the garden, on 7th July 2019 and 26th June 2020. I've never come so close to a nil return before - I only caught 3 in 2017 but in other years I've had between 14 and 28. Elsewhere one at Weybourne on 5th July 2019.
Dot Moth, North Elmham, 26th June 2020
Broom Moth Ceramica pisi - 6 on Mull including 4 from 9th to 12th June 2019 at our accommodation at Carsaig and 2 at other sites on 13th June. That doubled the total number I've ever seen. In Norfolk this species seems to be commonest in the Brecks and I've not recorded it locally - however there are quite a few records from the other moth-trapper in my road (none very recent) so I hope to get it here eventually. None in 2020.
Broom Moth, Carsaig (Mull), 9th June 2019
Broom Moth, Carsaig (Mull), 11th June 2019
Shears Hada plebeja - 5 in the garden between 20th May and 7th June 2019 - my worst year here so far (but I was away for a week during their flight period) - and 9 between 20th May and 14th June 2020. I average 11 a year here. Elsewhere singles at Carsaig (Mull) on 10th and 11th June 2019.
Shears, North Elmham, 20th May 2019
Shears, Carsaig (Mull), 10th June 2019
Shears, Carsaig (Mull), 11th June 2019
Shears, North Elmham, 20th May 2020
Cabbage Moth Mamestra brassicae - 4 caught here between 12th August and 3rd September 2019 but none here (or anywhere) in 2020. 4-6 a year here is normal though I had a blank year for them before, in 2017. Elsewhere in 2019, 2 next door and one at Weybourne on 5th July.
Campion Sideridis rivularis - Singles trapped in the garden on 10th and 23rd August 2019 and 8th and 14th July 2020. I didn't catch any here in 2014-2016 but have had 1-2 each year since.
Campion, North Elmham, 10th August 2019
Campion, North Elmham, 8th July 2020
Broad-barred White Hecatera bicolorata - One in the garden moth trap on 9th August 2020, the first I've seen since I caught one here in 2015. They're quite lovely...
Broad-barred White, North Elmham, 9th August 2020
Small Ranunculus Hecatera dysodea - None. I've never seen this species; it's a recent re-colonist in Norfolk but until the last year or two nearly all the records were from the Norwich area. A few very recent records from other parts of Norfolk suggest that it might be spreading but so far there haven't been any round here.
Lychnis Hadena bicruris - An unexpected blank year here in 2019 followed by 6 between 21st May and 17th August 2020. I had never had less than 4 in a year here before and I caught 27 here in 2015, so 2019's nil return came as a surprise. However they were out locally - I caught one at the meadows and one next door. Another at the meadows in 2020 and one at Carsaig (Mull) in June 2019.
Lychnis, Carsaig (Mull), 10th June 2019
Lychnis, North Elmham, 21st May 2020
Lychnis, North Elmham, 11th July 2020
Varied Coronet Hadena compta - None. After 2 here in 2015 I hoped the species would prove regular here, but I haven't seen one here (or anywhere) since.
Marbled Coronet Hadena confusa - One in the garden on 29th June 2019. This was my second record here following one in 2016. This species is generally very scarce in Norfolk away from the north coast.
Marbled Coronet, North Elmham, 29th June 2019
Tawny Shears Hadena perplexa - None. I've only ever seen one of these and never any locally. They're much less common round here than they are along the north coast but not so rare that I might not catch one here someday.
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