New Pine Knot-horn and other moths

Buff-tip, Phalera bucephala

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During the week 17 to 23 June we've had 29 species of moths on the balcony: Bright-line Brown-eye, Brown House Moth, Buff-tip, Clouded Border, Codling Moth, Common Pug, Common Wainscot, Dark Arches, Elbow-stripe Grass-veneer, Elder Pearl, Garden Carpet, Garden Grass-veneer, Heart and Dart (too many!), L-album Wainscot, Lime-speck Pug, New Pine Knot-horn (a new one), Pine Marble, Plum Tortrix, Poplar Grey, Riband Wave, Small Grey, Small Magpie, The Uncertain, Twin-barred Knot-horn, Vine's Rustic, White Satin, Willow Beauty. Plus a Cinnamon Sedge caddisfly.

  Yesterday the car park was full and the beach was packed from what we could see from the balcony - doesn't look good for the future.

Bright-line Brown-eye, Lacanobia oleracea 

Brown House Moth, Hofmannophila pseudospretella 

Buff Ermine, Spilosoma luteum 

Cinnamon Sedge caddisfly, Limnephilus marmoratus 

Clouded Border, Lomaspilis marginata

Codling Moth, Cydia pomonella

Common Pug, Eupithecia vulgata

Common Wainscot, Mythimna pallens 

Dark Arches, Apamea monoglypha

Garden Grass-veneer, Chrysoteuchia culmella

Elder Pearl, Phlyctaenia coronata 

Garden Carpet, Xanthorhoe fluctuata 

Garden Grass-veneer, Chrysoteuchia culmella

Heart and Dart, Agrotis exclamationis

L-album Wainscot, Mythimna l-album

Lime-speck Pug, Eupithecia centaureata 

New Pine Knot-horn, Dioryctria sylvestrella 

Olive Pearl, Udea olivalis 

Pine Marble, Piniphila bifasciana 

Plum Tortrix, Hedya pruniana 

Poplar Grey, Subacronicta megacephala 

Riband Wave, Idaea aversata

Riband Wave, Idaea aversata ab remutata

Small Grey, Eudonia mercurella 

Small Magpie, Anania hortulata 

Twin-barred Knot-horn, Homoeosoma sinuella

The Uncertain, Hoplodrina octogenaria 

White Satin, Leucoma salicis 

Willow Beauty, Peribatodes rhomboidaria