Update:
40 moths were caught in the light trap:
- Brimstone = 11
- Flame Shoulder = 9
- Scalloped Hazel = 2
- Marbled Minor = 3
- Heart & Dart = 2
- Silver-ground Carpet = 2
- Small Clouded Brindle = 2
- Bright-line Brown-eye = 1
- Common Marbled Carpet = 1
- Dusky Brocade = 1
- Figure of 80 = 1
- Garden Carpet = 1
- Light Brown Apple Moth = 1
- Magpie = 1
- Riband Wave = 1
- Small Fan-foot = 1
To see pictures of any of these moths copy the name in to the search box on www.ukmoths.org.uk/
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If you want to take part in this year's National Moth Night, you are very welcome to join us at Kincraig Lake on Saturday 7th June from 9.30pm to midnight.
Blackpool Council's Sustainability Manager, Dave McGrath, and members of the Ranger Service will be running light traps to record the different species of moths in the area.
What is National Moth Night?
National Moth Night is Britain’s celebration of moths and moth recording. It was launched in 1999 and has taken place annually since then; the date varying each year in order to focus recording effort on different parts of the season.
Atropos (the journal for butterfly, moth and dragonfly enthusiasts) and InsectLine (the telephone information service for butterfly, moth and dragonfly enthusiasts) originally launched the event, but it is now run jointly by Atropos and Butterfly Conservation.
On the designated date, participants throughout the British Isles are encouraged to record the moths in their chosen location and the results are pooled into Britain’s largest survey of what species are flying around the country. Much important information has been generated, including new county records, new sites for scarce species and records of rare immigrants.
The last time that National Moth Night was held in June was the year 2002, when 740 species were recorded at 458 sites around Britain and Ireland. June is a particularly colourful time of year for moths when some of the most attractive species may be encountered, including the spectacular hawk-moths. Immigration may also be a feature at this time of year with insects arriving from the Continent or even further afield, including the striking Striped Hawk-moth Hyles livornica.