Satellite Eupsilia transversa - In 2019 one caught in the garden on 9th February and then singles on 5th and 26th October. In 2020 singles on 17th March and 1st April and 3 between 20th October and 25th November. I average about 6 a year here and have never had less than 3. At the meadows singles on 4th October 2019, 29th September 2020 (my earliest ever autumn record) and 8th November.
Satellite, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 4th October 2019
Satellite, North Elmham, 17th March 2020
Satellite, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 29th September 2020
Satellite, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 8th November 2020
Olive Ipimorpha subtusa - None. Apparently some people catch these regularly but I've only ever caught one, here in 2018.
Lesser-spotted Pinion Cosmia affinis - Singles in the garden on 4th August 2019 and 1st August 2020, my first ever records of this species anywhere.
Lesser-spotted Pinion, North Elmham, 4th August 2019
Lesser-spotted Pinion, North Elmham, 1st August 2020
Dun-bar Cosmia trapezina - At least 10 between 12th and 31st July 2019 (not counted on one night but unlikely to have been much more than one) and 20 between 10th July and 10th August 2020. 2019 was my worst year here for this species - on average I catch around 28 a year. Elsewhere singles at the meadows on 3 dates and one at Bintree Wood.
Dun-bar, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 26th July 2019
Dun-bar, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 7th August 2020
Lunar-spotted Pinion Cosmia pyralina - Singles trapped in the garden on 16th and 24th July 2019. I've caught exactly 2 here in 4 out of the 6 years I've lived here (but none in 2017 or 2020).
Centre-barred Sallow Atethmia centrago - 2019 was my worst year for this species with just 2 singles caught on consecutive nights 2nd and 3rd September; 7 in 2020 between 5th and 15th September. The average annual tally is 9-10. Elsewhere 10 at Whitwell Street on 3rd September 2020 and one at the meadows.
Centre-barred Sallow, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 8th September 2020
Minor Shoulder-knot Brachylomia viminalis - None. I had never recorded this species anywhere until 2018 and still haven't found it locally, which is surprising given the large numbers that occur in Foxley Wood, for example (which had a direct line of sight to my light when I lived in Bawdeswell). Surely it will turn up here sometime...
Suspected Parastichtis suspecta - None. I caught this species twice when I lived in Bawdeswell but so far haven't found it here in North Elmham.
Dingy Shears Apterogenum ypsillon - One in the garden on 10th July 2019, the 5th I've caught here in 5 years but none here in 2020. Elsewhere one at Weybourne on 5th July 2019 and one at the meadows on 18th July 2020.
Dingy Shears, Weybourne, 5th July 2019
Dingy Shears, North Elmham, 10th July 2019
Dingy Shears, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 18th July 2020
Merveille du Jour Griposia aprilina - 5 trapped in the garden between 16th October and 2nd November 2019 and 14 between 11th and 22nd October 2020 including a record count of 4 on the last date. I average 9-10 a year
Merveille du Jour, North Elmham, 16th October 2019
Merveille du Jour, North Elmham, 23rd October 2019
Merveille du Jour, North Elmham, 11th October 2020
Merveille du Jour, North Elmham, 16th October 2020
Merveille du Jour, North Elmham, 19th October 2020
Brindled Green Dryobotodes eremita - None in 2019 but 3 here on consecutive nights from 18th to 20th October 2020 (they appeared to all be different individuals, certainly the first two were). This species is surprisingly scarce here - before 2020 I'd only caught 4 in 6 years. I used to get more when I lived in Bawdeswell. Elsewhere one at the meadows on 8th September 2020.
Brindled Green, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 8th September 2020
Brindled Green, North Elmham, 18th October 2020
Deep-brown Dart Aporophyla lutulenta - None. I've never seen this species and records in mid Norfolk are few and far between. Not out of the question that I could find one round here though.
Black Rustic Aporophyla nigra - Totals of 17 in the garden between 25th September and 1st November 2019, my worst year since 2014, and 28 between 15th September and 22nd October 2020 (during which period I was away for a week). I've averaged 32-33 a year here. Elsewhere one at the meadows on 4th October 2019 and 32 in Cornwall.
Black Rustic, North Elmham, 25th September 2019
Feathered Ranunculus Polymixis lichenea - None in 2019; 42 at Tresidder in Cornwall between 3rd and 9th October 2020. I've never seen this species in Norfolk and as it's almost only found at the coast and in the Norwich area I don't particularly expect to find one locally. But there have been a couple of records not all that far away (e.g. Stibbard) so maybe there are a few knocking around this part of Norfolk too...
Feathered Ranunculus, Tresidder (Cornwall), 3rd October 2020
Feathered Ranunculus, Tresidder (Cornwall), 6th October 2020
Large Ranunculus Polymixis flavicincta - None. Some people catch these regularly but I've only ever caught one here in North Elmham, in 2016, and just a small number elsewhere.
Dark Brocade Mniotype adusta - This must be one of the most widespread moths in Norfolk to have avoided me - there's even been a record in my road. But until 2019 I'd never seen one, and I've still not found one in Norfolk. It's perhaps a bit commoner on Mull where I caught 3 at Ceann Chnocain on 13th June 2019.
Dark Brocades, Ceann Chnocain (Mull), 13th June 2019
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