This was a new venue for an ENHS moth night, but I have been recording moths here for many years. Conditions were almost ideal. Two traps were used: the society’s mercury vapour and my actinic. These were switched on at 9pm, and the session ended at midnight. There were no surprises, but a reasonable list of regular visitors, listed below with number of individuals caught in parentheses if more than one.
Brimstone (Opisthograptis luteola)
Chequered fruit-tree tortrix (Pandemis corylana)
Clay (Mythimna ferrago)
Codling (Cydia pomonella)
Common carpet (Epirrhoe alternata)
Copper underwing (Amphipyra pyramidea) (2)
Double-striped pug (Gymnoscelis rufifasciata)
Flame shoulder (Ochreopleura plecta)
Garden carpet (Xanthorhoe fluctata)
Large yellow underwing (Noctua pronuba) (2)
Lesser broad-bordered yellow underwing (Noctua janthe) (8+)
Marbled beauty (Cryphia domestica)
Mother-of -pearl (Pleuroptya ruralis) (2)
Old lady (Mormo maura)
Riband wave (Idaea aversata)
‘Rustic’ (Hoplodrina sp.) (3)
Setaceous Hebrew character (Xestia c-nigrum)
Sharp-angled carpet (Euphyia unangulata)
Shuttle-shaped dart (Agrotis puta) (4+)
Small blood-vein (Scopula imitaria)
Small dusty wave (Idaea seriata)
Turnip (Agrotis segetum)
Willow beauty (Peribatodes rhomboidaria) (4)
Yellow shell (Camptogramma bilineata) (4+)
An oak leaf roller (micro-moth) (Phycita roborella) (2)
This list will go to Graham Collins, Surrey Moth Recorder, but the venue is outside Elmbridge District. It is hoped that next year we will find new sites to record within Elmbridge. Suggestions are welcome!
DICK ALDER