Moth Survey Results - 26/05/2026

We had 45 different species of moth and 188 moths overall in the moth trap this morning. 

A selection of the moths are available to view at our welcome desk today. Visit us next Tuesday morning from 7am if you would like to join staff in identifying moths from our light trap. If you are a WWT member you can show your card to the moth guide and gain early access to the reserve.

1. Green Carpet
2. White Ermine
3. Common Pug
4. Common wainscot
5. Burnished Brass
6. Common Swift
7. Pebble Prominent
8. Common Carpet
9. The Shark 
10. Cinnabar 
11. Middle barred Minor
12. Bright Line Brown Eye
13. Marbled Minor
14. Buff Ermine
15. Spectacle
16. Delicate
17. White point
18. Notocelia uddmanniana
19. Pine Hawkmoth 
20. Dog's Tooth 
21. Buff tip 
22. Cream Bordered Green Pea
23. Gold Spot
24. Heart and Dart 
25. Mottled Rustic
26. Pale Prominent
27. Eyed Hawkmoth 
28. Clouded Border
29. Shuttle shaped dart
30. Treble Lines 
31. Turnip 
32. Eudonia lacustrate
33. Dark Arches
34. Wax Moth 
35. Muslin Moth 
36. Angle Shade
37. Flame Shoulder
38. Setaceous Hebrew Character
39. Boarded Swallow
40. Minor Unknown species
41. Rustic Shoulder Knot
42. Dichrorampha species 
43. Light Emerald
44. Small Magpie
45. Evergestis forticalis

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