Copper Underwing Amphipyra pyramidea - Totals of 11 trapped in the garden between 1st August and 22nd September 2019 and 16 between 26th July and 19th September 2020. I average about 10 a year here and 16 equalled my best total. Elsewhere 4 at the meadows, 3 at Whitwell Street and 3 in Cornwall.
Copper Underwing, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 22nd August 2019
male Copper Underwing, North Elmham, 7th August 2020
male Copper Underwing, North Elmham, 8th August 2020
Svensson's Copper Underwing Amphipyra berbera - One in the garden on 25th July 2019 and 4 between 15th August and 7th September 2020. I'd only caught 6 here previously and never more than 3 in a year. Also one next door on 7th August 2019.
Svensson's Copper Underwing, North Elmham, 25th July 2019
male Svensson's Copper Underwing, North Elmham, 15th August 2020
male Svensson's Copper Underwing, North Elmham, 23rd August 2020
male Svensson's Copper Underwing, North Elmham, 7th September 2020
Mouse Moth Amphipyra tragopoginis - Totals of 7 caught here between 24th July and 10th September 2019 and 5 between 14th August and 16th September 2020. This species is remarkably consistent here, with between 5 and 7 every year since 2014. Elsewhere one at the meadows and one at Bintree Wood.
Mouse Moth, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 4th August 2019
Sprawler Asteroscopus sphinx - Totals of 30 trapped in the garden between 20th October and 20th November 2019 and 34 between 16th October and 23rd November 2020, slightly below the average of 36.
Sprawler, North Elmham, 20th October 2019
Sprawler, North Elmham, 6th November 2020
Green-brindled Crescent Allophyes oxyacanthae - Totals of 17 caught in the garden between 24th September and 2nd November 2019 and 38 between 10th and 30th October 2020. I avereage 43 a year - 2019 was my worst year so far.
Green-brindled Crescent, North Elmham, 1st October 2019
Green-brindled Crescents, North Elmham, 10th October 2020
Green-brindled Crescent, North Elmham, 20th October 2020
Early Grey Xylocampa areola - Totals of 9 caught in the garden between 15th March and 9th May and 16 between 13th March and 26th April 2020. I've averaged 27 a year here and 2019's total was my worst yet.
Early Grey, North Elmham, 15th March 2019
Early Grey, North Elmham, 13th March 2020
Bordered Sallow Pyrrhia umbra - None. I'm still waiting for my first example of this species. Although most records are from the coast and it hasn't been recorded in this 10km square yet I think I've got a realistic chance of catching one someday as there have been a few records elsewhere in mid Norfolk.
Marbled Clover Heliothis viriplaca - None. Although a red data book species this is widespread in Norfolk and has been recorded just down the road at Worthing, including one in 2020. I await my first but feel like I missed a good chance in 2020 when there were much larger numbers than usual recorded around the county.
Bordered Straw Heliothis peltigera - None. Most years this migrant species is very hard to come by but in good years there's a chance I might catch one locally, though I didn't manage in the last good year, 2015. Indeed I've never found this species in the UK.
Scarce Bordered Straw Heliothis peltigera - None. Despite the name this species is considerably less scarce than the previous species in Norfolk. I've recorded it once in my garden, during the 2017 influx.
Tree-lichen Beauty Crypgia algae - This new colonist has only recently colonised Norfolk and records have sky-rocketed in 2018 and 2019. I caught my first at the meadows on 4th August 2019 followed by another in next door's garden on 8th August, but despite coming so close, I had to wait another year before catching one in my own garden - one on 15th August, the only one I caught in 2020.
Tree-lichen Beauty, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 4th August 2019
Tree-lichen Beauty, North Elmham, 8th August 2019
Tree-lichen Beauty, North Elmham, 15th August 2020
Marbled Beauty Crypgia algae - 3 in the garden trap between 20th and 29th July 2019 and 4 between 23rd July and 8th August 2020 - 3 a year is average here. I only ever saw 2 of these when I lived in Bawdeswell but prior to that when I lived in Norwich I recorded up to 10 in a night - and that was before I was really into moths and had no special equipment: I just tried to identify what came in to my bedroom through the open window when the light was on. Elsewhere one at the meadows on 26th July 2019, which is the first I've ever caught away from somewhere I live.
Marbled Beauty, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 26th July 2019
Marbled Green Nyctobrya muralis - None. I've never caught this species but there have been a few recent records at widespread localities and though none have been particularly close to here they don't seem to be specific to any special habitat, so must be a fair chance of getting one here.
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