Moth trap reports 2026
Middlewich 29-30.6.26, weather overcast overnight, light breeze, trap out until 6am. 98/39
Apple Ermine - 6, Bird-cherry Ermine - 5, Borkhausenia fuscescens - 1, Box-tree Moth - 6, Bright-line Brown-eye - 1, Brown House-moth - 2, Buff Ermine - 2, Buff-tip - 2, Celypha striana - 1, Chrysoteuchis culmella - 4, Clepsis consimilana - 1, Common Footman - 8, Crambus pascuella - 4, Dark Arches - 3, Double Lobed - 1, Dun-bar - 2, Elephant Hawk-moth - 4, Eucosma campoliliana (Pied Tortrix) - 1, Garden Carpet - 1, Heart and Dart - 7, Herald - 1, Hypsopygia glaucinalis - 1, Large Yellow Underwing - 6, Marbled Orchard Tortrix - 1, Mother-of-Pearl - 1, Plain Golden Y - 1, Riband Wave - 6, Rustic - 3, Scalloped Oak - 3, Small Magpie - 1, Swallowtailed Moth - 1, Tachystola acroxantha - 1, The Clay - 1, The Flame - 1, Twenty-plume Moth - 1, Uncertain - 3, V-Pug - 1, White-shouldered House-moth - 1, Willow Beauty-2.
Apple Ermine - 6, Bird-cherry Ermine - 5, Borkhausenia fuscescens - 1, Box-tree Moth - 6, Bright-line Brown-eye - 1, Brown House-moth - 2, Buff Ermine - 2, Buff-tip - 2, Celypha striana - 1, Chrysoteuchis culmella - 4, Clepsis consimilana - 1, Common Footman - 8, Crambus pascuella - 4, Dark Arches - 3, Double Lobed - 1, Dun-bar - 2, Elephant Hawk-moth - 4, Eucosma campoliliana (Pied Tortrix) - 1, Garden Carpet - 1, Heart and Dart - 7, Herald - 1, Hypsopygia glaucinalis - 1, Large Yellow Underwing - 6, Marbled Orchard Tortrix - 1, Mother-of-Pearl - 1, Plain Golden Y - 1, Riband Wave - 6, Rustic - 3, Scalloped Oak - 3, Small Magpie - 1, Swallowtailed Moth - 1, Tachystola acroxantha - 1, The Clay - 1, The Flame - 1, Twenty-plume Moth - 1, Uncertain - 3, V-Pug - 1, White-shouldered House-moth - 1, Willow Beauty-2.
Middlewich 7-8.7.26, warm night, trap out until 4am. 77/29
Acleris forsskaleana - 1, Agapeta zoegana - 1, Bee Moth - 1, Box-tree Moth - 5, Brimstone - 1, Buff Ermine - 1, Buff-tip - 2, Chrysoteuchia culmella - 4, Codling Moth - 1, Common Footman - 8, Common Rustic - 1, Crambus pascuella - 6, Crassa unitella - 1, Cydia splendana - 3, Dark Arches - 3, Elephant Hawk-moth - 3, Euzophera pinguis - 1, Grapholita janthinana - 1, Heart & Dart - 5, Large Yellow Underwing - 10, Mother-of Pearl - 1, Riband Wave - 3, Scalloped Oak - 2, Scarce Footman - 2, Silver Y - 1, Swallowtailed Moth - 1, The Flame - 1, Uncertain - 4, Willow Beauty - 4. Also in trap beetle, Necrodes littoralis.
Acleris forsskaleana - 1, Agapeta zoegana - 1, Bee Moth - 1, Box-tree Moth - 5, Brimstone - 1, Buff Ermine - 1, Buff-tip - 2, Chrysoteuchia culmella - 4, Codling Moth - 1, Common Footman - 8, Common Rustic - 1, Crambus pascuella - 6, Crassa unitella - 1, Cydia splendana - 3, Dark Arches - 3, Elephant Hawk-moth - 3, Euzophera pinguis - 1, Grapholita janthinana - 1, Heart & Dart - 5, Large Yellow Underwing - 10, Mother-of Pearl - 1, Riband Wave - 3, Scalloped Oak - 2, Scarce Footman - 2, Silver Y - 1, Swallowtailed Moth - 1, The Flame - 1, Uncertain - 4, Willow Beauty - 4. Also in trap beetle, Necrodes littoralis.
Middlewich 11-12.7.26, warm cloudless night between two really hot days, trap out until 7am. 113/40
Acrobasis advenella - 1, Anania coronata - 1, Aspilapteryx tringipennella - 1, Blastobasis adustella - 1, Box-tree Moth - 10, Bright-line Brown-eye - 2, Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing - 1, Buff-tip - 2, Burnished Brass - 1, Calamotropha paludella (Bulrush Veneer) - 1, Common Footman - 4, Common Rustic - 5, Dark Arches - 5, Dun-bar - 1, Elephant Hawk-moth - 3, Eudonia Mercurella - 1, Fanfoot - 1, Flame Shoulder - 1, Grey Dagger - 1, Heart & Dart - 10, Large Yellow Underwing - 30, Lime-speck Pug - 1, Lozotaeniodes formosana - 1, Marbled Beauty - 2, Mother-of-pearl - 2, Oegoconia quadripuncta - 1, Gold-fringed Drill Dichrorampha vancouverana - 1, Pebble Prominent - 1, Knot Grass - 3, Riband Wave - 4, Ruby Tiger - 3, Scalloped Oak - 1, Shuttle-shaped Dart - 2, Silver Y - 2, Single-dotted Wave - 1, Tachystola acroxantha - 1, Uncertain - 1, Vapourer - 1, Yellow Shell - 1, Yellow-tail - 1.
Acrobasis advenella - 1, Anania coronata - 1, Aspilapteryx tringipennella - 1, Blastobasis adustella - 1, Box-tree Moth - 10, Bright-line Brown-eye - 2, Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing - 1, Buff-tip - 2, Burnished Brass - 1, Calamotropha paludella (Bulrush Veneer) - 1, Common Footman - 4, Common Rustic - 5, Dark Arches - 5, Dun-bar - 1, Elephant Hawk-moth - 3, Eudonia Mercurella - 1, Fanfoot - 1, Flame Shoulder - 1, Grey Dagger - 1, Heart & Dart - 10, Large Yellow Underwing - 30, Lime-speck Pug - 1, Lozotaeniodes formosana - 1, Marbled Beauty - 2, Mother-of-pearl - 2, Oegoconia quadripuncta - 1, Gold-fringed Drill Dichrorampha vancouverana - 1, Pebble Prominent - 1, Knot Grass - 3, Riband Wave - 4, Ruby Tiger - 3, Scalloped Oak - 1, Shuttle-shaped Dart - 2, Silver Y - 2, Single-dotted Wave - 1, Tachystola acroxantha - 1, Uncertain - 1, Vapourer - 1, Yellow Shell - 1, Yellow-tail - 1.
Middlewich 17-18.7.26, a cooler night after several very hot days. Some cloud cover, trap out until 6am. 160/38
Acrobasis advenella - 2, Apple Ermine - 10, Bird-cherry Ermine - 40, Blastobasis adustella - 2, Box-tree Moth - 7, Buff Ermine - 1, Common Carpet - 3, Common Plume - 1, Common Rustic - 7, Cydia Splendana - 1, Dark Arches - 4, Dingy Footman - 1, Dot Moth - 1, Dun-bar - 2, Dusky Thorn - 1, Elephant Hawk-moth - 3, Eucosma obumbratana - 1, Flame Shoulder - 3, Heart & Dart - 5, Large Yellow Underwing - 24, Light Brown Apple Moth - 2, Marbled Beauty - 1, Pammene aurita - 2, Knot Grass - 2, Pyrausta aurata - 1, Riband Wave - 5, Ruby Tiger - 1, Rush Veneer - 5, Rustic - 1, Rusty Dot Pearl - 1, Scarce Footman - 5, Shuttle-shaped Dart - 5, Silver Y - 1, Small Mottled Willow - 2, Smoky Wainscot - 1, Tachystola acroxantha - 2, Water Veneer - 2, Willow Beauty - 2.
Acrobasis advenella - 2, Apple Ermine - 10, Bird-cherry Ermine - 40, Blastobasis adustella - 2, Box-tree Moth - 7, Buff Ermine - 1, Common Carpet - 3, Common Plume - 1, Common Rustic - 7, Cydia Splendana - 1, Dark Arches - 4, Dingy Footman - 1, Dot Moth - 1, Dun-bar - 2, Dusky Thorn - 1, Elephant Hawk-moth - 3, Eucosma obumbratana - 1, Flame Shoulder - 3, Heart & Dart - 5, Large Yellow Underwing - 24, Light Brown Apple Moth - 2, Marbled Beauty - 1, Pammene aurita - 2, Knot Grass - 2, Pyrausta aurata - 1, Riband Wave - 5, Ruby Tiger - 1, Rush Veneer - 5, Rustic - 1, Rusty Dot Pearl - 1, Scarce Footman - 5, Shuttle-shaped Dart - 5, Silver Y - 1, Small Mottled Willow - 2, Smoky Wainscot - 1, Tachystola acroxantha - 2, Water Veneer - 2, Willow Beauty - 2.
Middlewich 21-22.7.26, cool night, cloud cover, trap out until 5am. 136/47
Acrobasis advenella - 1, Agriphila straminella - 2, Anthophila fabriciana (Nettle-tap) - 1, Apple Ermine -20, Black Arches - 1, Blastobasis adustella - 6, Borkhausenia fuscescens - 2, Box-tree Moth - 8, Canary-shouldered Thorn - 2, Celypha striana - 1, Coleophora paripennella - 1, Common Carpet - 2, Common Footman - 1, Common Rustic - 6, Smoky Wainscot - 1, Cydia pomonella (Codling Moth) - 1, Cydia splendana - 1, Dark Arches - 2, Dewick's Plusia - 1, Dun-bar - 3, Dusky Thorn - 5, Euzophera pinguis - 1, Flame Shoulder - 4, Grapholita janthinana - 1, Iron Prominent (Notodonta dromedarius) - 1, Knot Grass (Acronicta rumicis) - 2, Large Yellow Underwing - 18, Leopard Moth - 1, Light Brown Apple Moth - 6, Metalampra italica - 1, Miller - 1, Mompha langiella - 1, Mother-of-pearl - 3, Oak Nycteoline - 1, Pebble Hook-tip - 1, Pyrausta aurata - 2, Ruby Tiger - 3, Rush Veneer - 1, Scarce Footman - 4, Shuttle-shaped Dart - 5, Silver Y - 2, Single-dotted Wave - 1, Small Phoenix - 2, Tachystola acroxantha - 2, White-shouldered House Moth - 1, White-spotted Pug - 1, Willow Beauty - 1.
Acrobasis advenella - 1, Agriphila straminella - 2, Anthophila fabriciana (Nettle-tap) - 1, Apple Ermine -20, Black Arches - 1, Blastobasis adustella - 6, Borkhausenia fuscescens - 2, Box-tree Moth - 8, Canary-shouldered Thorn - 2, Celypha striana - 1, Coleophora paripennella - 1, Common Carpet - 2, Common Footman - 1, Common Rustic - 6, Smoky Wainscot - 1, Cydia pomonella (Codling Moth) - 1, Cydia splendana - 1, Dark Arches - 2, Dewick's Plusia - 1, Dun-bar - 3, Dusky Thorn - 5, Euzophera pinguis - 1, Flame Shoulder - 4, Grapholita janthinana - 1, Iron Prominent (Notodonta dromedarius) - 1, Knot Grass (Acronicta rumicis) - 2, Large Yellow Underwing - 18, Leopard Moth - 1, Light Brown Apple Moth - 6, Metalampra italica - 1, Miller - 1, Mompha langiella - 1, Mother-of-pearl - 3, Oak Nycteoline - 1, Pebble Hook-tip - 1, Pyrausta aurata - 2, Ruby Tiger - 3, Rush Veneer - 1, Scarce Footman - 4, Shuttle-shaped Dart - 5, Silver Y - 2, Single-dotted Wave - 1, Small Phoenix - 2, Tachystola acroxantha - 2, White-shouldered House Moth - 1, White-spotted Pug - 1, Willow Beauty - 1.
Middlewich 24-25.7.26, cool night, breezy with cloud cover, trap out until 6am. 57/26
Acrobasis advenella - 1, Agriphila straminella - 3, Agriphila tristella - 1, Bird-cherry Ermine - 3, Blastobasis adustella - 5, Blood-vein - 1, Brimstone - 1, Brown House Moth - 1, Bryotropha affinis - 2, Common Rustic - 8, Flame Shoulder - 3, Gold Spot - 1, Grey Dagger - 2, Knot Grass - 2, Large Yellow Underwing - 6, Light Brown Apple Moth - 1, Lychnis - 1, Riband Wave - 4, Rush Veneer - 1, Rusty-dot Pearl - 2, Scarce Footman - 1, September Thorn - 1, Shuttle-shaped Dart - 2, Tacystola acroxantha - 1, Turnip Moth - 1, Willow Beauty - 2.
Acrobasis advenella - 1, Agriphila straminella - 3, Agriphila tristella - 1, Bird-cherry Ermine - 3, Blastobasis adustella - 5, Blood-vein - 1, Brimstone - 1, Brown House Moth - 1, Bryotropha affinis - 2, Common Rustic - 8, Flame Shoulder - 3, Gold Spot - 1, Grey Dagger - 2, Knot Grass - 2, Large Yellow Underwing - 6, Light Brown Apple Moth - 1, Lychnis - 1, Riband Wave - 4, Rush Veneer - 1, Rusty-dot Pearl - 2, Scarce Footman - 1, September Thorn - 1, Shuttle-shaped Dart - 2, Tacystola acroxantha - 1, Turnip Moth - 1, Willow Beauty - 2.
Wistaston 28-29.7.26, cloudy night some light rain, trap out until 8am. 75/29
Acrobasis advenella - 1, Agriphila straminella - 5, Agriphila tristella - 2, Aristotelia ericinella - 1, Blastobasis adustella - 4, Box-tree Moth - 4, Brimstone - 1, Brown House Moth - 2, Bryotropha affinis - 2, Bryotropha domestica - 2, Common Plume - 1, Common Rustic - 4, Cydia splendana - 8, Dusky Thorn - 2, Euzophera pinguis - 3, Large Yellow Underwing - 6, Least Yellow Underwing - 1, Light Brown Apple Moth - 7, Lime-speck Pug - 1, Marbled Beauty - 2, Pyrausta aurata - 2, Rustic - 2, Rusty Dot Pearl - 3, Small Mottled Willow - 2, Straw Dot - 1, Tachystola acroxantha - 2, White-shouldered House Moth - 1, Willow Beauty - 2, Yellow Shell - 1.
Acrobasis advenella - 1, Agriphila straminella - 5, Agriphila tristella - 2, Aristotelia ericinella - 1, Blastobasis adustella - 4, Box-tree Moth - 4, Brimstone - 1, Brown House Moth - 2, Bryotropha affinis - 2, Bryotropha domestica - 2, Common Plume - 1, Common Rustic - 4, Cydia splendana - 8, Dusky Thorn - 2, Euzophera pinguis - 3, Large Yellow Underwing - 6, Least Yellow Underwing - 1, Light Brown Apple Moth - 7, Lime-speck Pug - 1, Marbled Beauty - 2, Pyrausta aurata - 2, Rustic - 2, Rusty Dot Pearl - 3, Small Mottled Willow - 2, Straw Dot - 1, Tachystola acroxantha - 2, White-shouldered House Moth - 1, Willow Beauty - 2, Yellow Shell - 1.
Middlewich 30-31.7.26 dry night down to 8 degrees, trap out until 5.15am. 38/25
Agriphila straminella - 2, Agriphila tristella - 1, Blastobasis adustella - 2, Brimstone - 2, Celypha lacunana Dark Strawberry Tortrix - 1, Codling Moth - 1, Cydia splendana - 1, Dark Arches - 1, Flame Shoulder - 1, Gold Spot - 1, Grey Dagger - 1, Least Yellow Underwing - 1, Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing - 1, Light Brown Apple Moth - 4, Marbled Beauty - 3, Pale Mottled Willow Caradrina clavipalpis - 1, Riband Wave - 3, Rush Veneer Nomophila noctuella -1, Rusty Dot Pearl - 3, Small Dusty Wave - 1, Small Phoenix - 1, Spectacle - 1, Square-spot Rustic - 2, Turnip Moth - 1, Willow Beauty - 1.
Agriphila straminella - 2, Agriphila tristella - 1, Blastobasis adustella - 2, Brimstone - 2, Celypha lacunana Dark Strawberry Tortrix - 1, Codling Moth - 1, Cydia splendana - 1, Dark Arches - 1, Flame Shoulder - 1, Gold Spot - 1, Grey Dagger - 1, Least Yellow Underwing - 1, Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing - 1, Light Brown Apple Moth - 4, Marbled Beauty - 3, Pale Mottled Willow Caradrina clavipalpis - 1, Riband Wave - 3, Rush Veneer Nomophila noctuella -1, Rusty Dot Pearl - 3, Small Dusty Wave - 1, Small Phoenix - 1, Spectacle - 1, Square-spot Rustic - 2, Turnip Moth - 1, Willow Beauty - 1.
Middlewich 2-3.8.26 dry and warm night, some cloud cover, trap out until 5am.
Acrobasis advenella Grey Knot-horn - 1, Agriphila straminella - 3, Agriphila tristella - 2, Anania coronata - 1, Bee Moth - 1, Blastobasis adustella - 5, Brimstone - 4, Brown House Moth - 2, Caloptilia azaleella Azalea Leaf Miner - 1, Common Carpet - 1, Common Rustic agg. - 5, Copper Underwing - 1, Dark Strawberry Tortrix - 2, Dingy Footman - 1, Double-striped Pug - 1, Dusky Thorn - 2, Flame Shoulder - 5, Garden Pebble - 1, Grey Dagger - 1, Grey Pug - 1, Hawthorn Moth - 2, Iron Prominent - 1, Large Yellow Underwing - 12, Light Brown Apple Moth - 6, Lychnis - 2, Marbled Beauty - 1, Mother-of-pearl - 2, Poplar Hawk-moth - 1, Pyrausta aurata - 3, Ruby Tiger - 4, Rush Veneer Nomophila noctuella -1, Setaceous Hebrew Character - 4, Shuttle-shaped Dart - 3, Silver Y - 1, Small Mottled Willow - 1, Square-spot Rustic - 1, Tachystola acroxantha - 3, Turnip Moth - 1, Willow Beauty - 1.
Also in trap Nicrophorus investigator (beetle) - 1, Athripsodes albifrons (caddisfly) - 1.
Acrobasis advenella Grey Knot-horn - 1, Agriphila straminella - 3, Agriphila tristella - 2, Anania coronata - 1, Bee Moth - 1, Blastobasis adustella - 5, Brimstone - 4, Brown House Moth - 2, Caloptilia azaleella Azalea Leaf Miner - 1, Common Carpet - 1, Common Rustic agg. - 5, Copper Underwing - 1, Dark Strawberry Tortrix - 2, Dingy Footman - 1, Double-striped Pug - 1, Dusky Thorn - 2, Flame Shoulder - 5, Garden Pebble - 1, Grey Dagger - 1, Grey Pug - 1, Hawthorn Moth - 2, Iron Prominent - 1, Large Yellow Underwing - 12, Light Brown Apple Moth - 6, Lychnis - 2, Marbled Beauty - 1, Mother-of-pearl - 2, Poplar Hawk-moth - 1, Pyrausta aurata - 3, Ruby Tiger - 4, Rush Veneer Nomophila noctuella -1, Setaceous Hebrew Character - 4, Shuttle-shaped Dart - 3, Silver Y - 1, Small Mottled Willow - 1, Square-spot Rustic - 1, Tachystola acroxantha - 3, Turnip Moth - 1, Willow Beauty - 1.
Also in trap Nicrophorus investigator (beetle) - 1, Athripsodes albifrons (caddisfly) - 1.