Some Moths during April

 April is generally the month when the number of different moth species, coming to the moth-trap, significantly increases. 

By the middle of the month, the cool easterly breeze had gone and high pressure gave us warm and sunny weather for the rest of the month.

Great Prominent (Peridea anceps)

Swallow Prominent (Pheosia tremula)

Lesser Swallow Prominent (Pheosia gnoma)

Pale Tussock (Calliteara pudibunda) (male)

Lunar Marbled Brown (Drymonia ruficornis)

Muslin Moth (Diaphora mendica) (male)

Frosted Green (Polyploca ridens)

Maiden's Blush (Cyclophora punctaria)

Common Pug (Eupithecia vulgata vulgata)

Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata)

Early Thorn (Selenia dentaria) (male)

Scalloped Hazel (Odontopera bidentata)

Mullein (Shargacucullia verbasci)

Nut-tree Tussock (Colocasia coryli)

Powdered Quaker (Orthosia gracilis)

Twin-spotted Quaker (Orthosia munda)

Red Chestnut (Cerastis rubricosa)

Spectacle (Abrostola tripartita)

Knot Grass (Acronicta rumicis)

Flame Shoulder (Ochropleura plecta)

Treble Lines (Charanyca trigrammica)

Angle Shades (Phlogophora meticulosa)