Rosy Minor Litoligia literosa - None. I've only ever seen this species at the coast but there are quite a few records locally including some very nearby, so it must be high up on the "next most likely new moth for the garden" list.
Cloaked Minor Mesoligia furuncula - At least 13 in the garden between 7th July and 21st August 2019 (not counted on 2 nights but unlikely to have been many more than singles). That was about average (then 15 a year) but in 2020 I caught a record 53 including a peak count of 12 on 31st July, 3 times my previous highest count. Elsewhere recorded next door on 4 consecutive nights in 2019, one at the meadows in 2019 and 11 there in 2020 over 2 nights.
Cloaked Minor, North Elmham, 14th July 2019
Cloaked Minor, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 3rd August 2020
Cloaked Minor, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 7th August 2020
Marbled Minor Oligia strigilis - Totals of 10 confirmed in the garden between 26th May and 25th June 2019 and 12 between 20th May and 25th June 2020. I'd been thinking that I wouldn't bother confirming all the Marbled Minor aggs. from 2019 to save time (and moths) but there were so few I only let one go unconfirmed in the end. The average annual tally here is 17-18. Also 4 at the meadows in 2019.
male Marbled Minors, North Elmham, 1st June 2019
male Marbled Minor, North Elmham, 5th June 2019
male Marbled Minor, North Elmham, 18th June 2019
female Marbled Minor, North Elmham, 30th May 2020
male Marbled Minor, North Elmham, 17th June 2020
Tawny Marbled Minor Oligia latruncula - 6 caught in the garden between 7th June and 18th July 2019 and 8 between 20th May and 27th June 2020. 2019 was my worst year to date for this species - I catch 14 a year on average.
male Tawny Marbled Minor, North Elmham, 27th June 2019
male Tawny Marbled Minor, North Elmham, 4th July 2019
male Tawny Marbled Minor, North Elmham, 14th July 2019
male Tawny Marbled Minor, North Elmham, 20th May 2020
male Tawny Marbled Minor, North Elmham, 3rd June 2020
male Tawny Marbled Minor, North Elmham, 27th June 2020
Rufous Minor Oligia versicolor - Singles trapped and confirmed at home on 15th and 21st July 2019 - my third consecutive year of recording 2 here (following 5 in 2015 and 10 in 2016). Better in 2020 when 5 between 26th June and 13th July. Also one at the meadows on 7th July 2019.
male Rufous Minor, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 7th July 2019
male Rufous Minor, North Elmham, 15th July 2019
male Rufous Minor, North Elmham, 21st July 2019
male Rufous Minor, North Elmham, 26th June 2020
female Rufous Minor, North Elmham, 9th July 2020
Marbled Minor agg. Oligia strigilis agg. - In addition to those detailed above, 3 at home, 4 at the meadows and 2 at Weybourne. The following chart shows the relative flight times of the 3 species based on records here from 2015 to 2020. Throughout this time I identified all individuals throughout their flight periods, with the exception of the a few random individuals that got away.
Middle-barred Minor Oligia fasciuncula - Totals of 28 trapped at home between 1st and 28th June 2018 and just 4 between 21st May and 23rd June 2020. I started with 59 in 2015 and each year since has been worse than or the same as the year before, but the 4 in 2020 was especially lame. Elsewhere 6 at the meadows on 4 dates (including a later one on 7th July 2019).
Middle-barred Minor, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 23rd June 2019
Middle-barred Minor, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 23rd June 2020
Orange Sallow Tiliacea citrago - One at the meadows on 15th September 2019; none in 2020. I've caught 4 of these in the garden, in 2014, 2017 (2) and 2018.
Orange Sallow, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 15th September 2019
Barred Sallow Tiliacea aurago - 6 in the garden between 30th September and 11th October 2019 and just one in 2020, on 16th October. I've had up to 21 in a year here and never less than 6 before (the poor total in 2020 may have been partly down to me being away in Cornwall for a few days during its peak flight period). Also one on Ivy at the meadows on 4th October 2019.
Barred Sallow, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 4th October 2019
Pink-barred Sallow Xanthia togata - 12 caught in the garden between 28th September and 7th October 2019 and 7 between 22nd September and 14th October 2020. Excluding 2020 when I was away for a few days during the peak flight period, the annual average here is 15-16. Elsewhere 2 on Ivy at the meadows on 4th October 2019 and 4 in Cornwall in early October 2020.
Pink-barred Sallows, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 4th October 2019
Sallow Cirrhia icteritia - Totals of 18 trapped in the garden between 21st September and 15th October 2019 and 21 between 15th September and 16th October 2020 (during which flight period I was away for a few days). The annual average here is about 22. Elsewhere 2 on Ivy and blackberries at the meadows and one in Cornwall.
Sallow, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 4th October 2019
Sallow, North Elmham, 18th September 2020
Sallow, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 28th September 2020
Dusky-lemon Sallow Cirrhia gilvago - None. I'm still missing this species here in North Elmham, despite having had 3 to light in my bedroom in Bawdeswell before moving here.
Pale-lemon Sallow Cirrhia gilvago - None. I've only ever caught one of these, in my garden soon after moving here, in September 2014.
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