This is an entry to the Amazing Nature Competition run by 
Sharing the results from my latest Moth Trap Session. I have written posts about setting up a moth trap and on collecting the results if you want some more background info on how and why I use a Moth Trap.
Date: 12/08/2020
Weather: Very warm and mild, 22C when I started at 9pm, 18C when I finished at 2am. No wind, no moon, and clear skies.
Results: 84 moths of 34 species
Summary of Results:
The numbers were not bad for the time of year. In August, we are now past the peak numbers, so to see 34 species in a suburban garden is pretty good. The weather conditions were perfect though, so I was hoping for better than this. Having spoken to several other local trappers, there was a lot of migrant activity last night due to the good conditions and the wind direction.
Tree Lichen Beauty Cryphia algae
The only moth of note was this Tree Lichen Beauty Cryphia algae which was new to my garden list. It only appeared in the country in 1991, and in the past few years it has started to expand its range northward. Here are some pictures of some of the other species seen:
Dusky Thorn Ennomos fuscantaria
Lime Speck Pug Eupithecia centaureata
Chinese Character Cilix glaucata
All ID's have been checked and confirmed, and I have added the details of the session to the spreadsheet. I will try again next week, and see if I can get better results, although as previously mentioned we are past the Summer peak, so numbers will slowly drop away as we head through to Autumn
Notes on Pictures: Since I started moth trapping 4 years ago, I have been slowly building up collection of Library Images. The idea being that once I have taken a picture of a particular species of Moth, I don't need another picture of the same species a year later. It's a waste of time and energy. I only take pictures of new species, or of moths that are difficult to ID, so I can get the records verified.
While in my care, all individuals are looked after, and after Photographs have been taken, they are all released safely outside.
All names confirmed and checked via Wikispieces