Heatwave nights at Dingestow

While the country struggled to sleep during nearly a week of 30 degree daytime temperatures and >15 degree nocturnal minima, the moths went wild. Successive 04:30 starts played havoc with my sleep, albeit with lie-ins after late night 00:30 sessions with the generator on two nights, but it was well worth it. Five moths new to Dingestow came to my lights between 14th and 22nd July, taking the area total to 991 species. Highlights were:

14/7 Penyclawdd Wood: 1 Blackneck* (3rd Dingestow record), 1 Argolamprotes miceella (2nd), 1 Catoptria margaritella* (2nd), 2 Eudemis profundana* (2nd), 1 Mompha ochraceella* (3rd), 1 Ypsolopha alpella (3rd)

15/7 Dingestow Court: 1 Dingy Shears (8th) & 1 Lunar-spotted Pinion

16/7 Dingestow Court: 1 Round-winged Muslin* (4th), 1 Clouded Brindle* (4th) & 1 Lunar-spotted Pinion

17/7 Dingestow Court: 1 Scarlet Tiger* (NEW for Dingestow), 1 Broom Moth* (2nd), 1 Nutmeg* (2nd)

18/7 Dingestow Court: 1 Round-winged Muslin (5th), 1 Dioryctria sylvestrella* (NEW for VC35)

20/7 Dingestow Court: 1 Cypress Carpet* (2nd), 1 Clouded Brindle (5th), Ear Moth agg* (7th), 1 Dingy Shears, 1 Lunar-spotted Pinion, 1 Ancylis badiana* (NEW for Dingestow), 1 Bactra furfurana* (NEW for Dingestow), 1 Calamotropha paludella (7th)

21/7 Dingestow Court: 1 Langmaid's Yellow Underwing (NEW for VC35), 1 Small Rufous* (3rd), 1 Small Elephant Hawkmoth* (6th), 1 Mocha

22/7 Yew Tree Wood: 1 Red-necked Footman, 1 Fern, 1 Round-winged Muslin, 2 Devon Carpet, 1 Acleris umbrana* (NEW for Dingestow), 1 Prays ruficeps (2nd), 1 Ptycholomoides aeriferanus* (2nd), 1 Ypsolopha sequella* (2nd), 1 Acrobasis repandana* (2nd), 1 Coleophora albitarsella* (2nd), 1 Scoparia basistrigalis (3rd), 2 Argolamprotes miceella (3rd), 1 Dioryctria simpliciella* (4th), 1 Eana incanana (5th)