October 10th

There was not a lot in the moth trap this morning, so it was a pleasant surprise to get 4 new garden species. The Box Tree Moth is a recent immigrant from South-East Asia that only arrived (presumably from imported plants) in UK in 2007 and is spreading pretty fast across the country - it is bad news if you have a box hedge as its caterpillars will eat all the leaves. Green-brindled Crescent and Canary-shouldered Thorn are both rather attractive native species with a single generation in the Autumn. The large and delicately marked caddisfly Halesus radiatus was also a welcome addition to the list.

#825 Box-tree Moth (Cydalima perspectalis)

#826 Green-brindled Crescent (Allophyes oxyacanthae)

#827 Canary-shouldered Thorn (Ennomos alniaria)

#828 Halesus radiatus (Caddis fly)