Flying Tonight

The following species have been recorded flying on this same date, 20/05/13, in the past decade. The list is ranked by descending order of number of records on the county database (only the 200 most commonly recorded species are shown)

Alternatively, select any week of the year:
For each of the last ten years, the relative abundance is indicated by a graphic, as follows:
- 100 or more records
- 50-99 records
- 20-49 records
- 10-19 records
- 5-9 records
- 1-4 records
- No records in this week

Code / Vernacular / ScientificFamilyImage Total
Records
0405 0607080907 101112
2092 Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta Noctuidae970
2380 Treble Lines Charanyca trigrammica Noctuidae869
2102 Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta Noctuidae715
2089 Heart and Dart Agrotis exclamationis Noctuidae711
1906 Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata Geometridae572
2060 White Ermine Spilosoma lubricipeda Arctiidae566
0998 Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana Tortricidae565
2028 Pale Tussock Calliteara pudibunda Lymantriidae525
1834 Common Pug Eupithecia vulgata Geometridae472
1776 Green Carpet Colostygia pectinataria Geometridae461
2384 Vine's Rustic Hoplodrina ambigua Noctuidae453
1764 Common Marbled Carpet Chloroclysta truncata Geometridae428
2043 Orange Footman Eilema sororcula Arctiidae389
1981 Poplar Hawk-moth Laothoe populi Sphingidae357
2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum Noctuidae337
1937 Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria Geometridae302
1994 Buff-tip Phalera bucephala Notodontidae296
2160 Bright-line Brown-eye Lacanobia oleracea Noctuidae290
2069 Cinnabar Tyria jacobaeae Arctiidae273
2450 Spectacle Abrostola tripartita Noctuidae266
2441 Silver Y Autographa gamma Noctuidae262
1728 Garden Carpet Xanthorhoe fluctuata Geometridae255
2063 Muslin Moth Diaphora mendica Arctiidae235
2157 Light Brocade Lacanobia w-latinum Noctuidae233
2389 Pale Mottled Willow Paradrina clavipalpis Noctuidae233
0017 Common Swift Hepialus lupulinus Hepialidae228
1174   Epiblema cynosbatella Tortricidae224
1909 Speckled Yellow Pseudopanthera macularia Geometridae221
1931 Peppered Moth Biston betularia Geometridae218
1902 Brown Silver-line Petrophora chlorosata Geometridae217
1076   Celypha lacunana Tortricidae216
1920 Scalloped Hazel Odontopera bidentata Geometridae206
2334 Rustic Shoulder-knot Apamea sordens Noctuidae200
1819 Mottled Pug Eupithecia exiguata Geometridae198
1727 Silver-ground Carpet Xanthorhoe montanata Geometridae197
1961 Light Emerald Campaea margaritata Geometridae189
2061 Buff Ermine Spilosoma luteum Arctiidae181
1724 Red Twin-spot Carpet Xanthorhoe spadicearia Geometridae173
2306 Angle Shades Phlogophora meticulosa Noctuidae166
2190 Hebrew Character Orthosia gothica Noctuidae165
1334   Scoparia ambigualis Crambidae164
1680 Maiden's Blush Cyclophora punctaria Geometridae156
2003 Pebble Prominent Notodonta ziczac Notodontidae156
2123 Small Square-spot Diarsia rubi Noctuidae155
1738 Common Carpet Epirrhoe alternata Geometridae154
2078 Least Black Arches Nola confusalis Nolidae154
1648 Pebble Hook-tip Drepana falcataria Drepanidae151
0464 Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella Yponomeutidae150
0648 White-shouldered House Moth Endrosis sarcitrella Oecophoridae145
2000 Iron Prominent Notodonta dromedarius Notodontidae145
2011 Pale Prominent Pterostoma palpina Notodontidae145
1768 Grey Pine Carpet Thera obeliscata Geometridae138
2425 Nut-tree Tussock Colocasia coryli Noctuidae138
1356 Garden Pebble Evergestis forficalis Crambidae136
1827 Freyer's Pug Eupithecia intricata Geometridae132
2289 Knot Grass Acronicta rumicis Noctuidae129
1904 Scorched Wing Plagodis dolabraria Geometridae126
1773 Broken-barred Carpet Electrophaes corylata Geometridae124
2463 Burnet Companion Euclidia glyphica Noctuidae124
1936 Waved Umber Menophra abruptaria Geometridae123
2107 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba Noctuidae123
2120 Ingrailed Clay Diarsia mendica Noctuidae122
2199 Common Wainscot Mythimna pallens Noctuidae122
1890 Sharp-angled Peacock Macaria alternata Geometridae118
2005 Great Prominent Peridea anceps Notodontidae118
2014 Marbled Brown Drymonia dodonaea Notodontidae117
0647 Brown House Moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella Oecophoridae116
2462 Mother Shipton Callistege mi Noctuidae113
1958 Clouded Silver Lomographa temerata Geometridae109
0986   Syndemis musculana Tortricidae108
1956 Common Wave Cabera exanthemata Geometridae108
1862 Double-striped Pug Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Geometridae107
1825 Lime-speck Pug Eupithecia centaureata Geometridae106
2006 Lesser Swallow Prominent Pheosia gnoma Notodontidae106
1778 May Highflyer Hydriomena impluviata Geometridae105
1817 Foxglove Pug Eupithecia pulchellata Geometridae105
1887 Clouded Border Lomaspilis marginata Geometridae103
2147 Shears Hada plebeja Noctuidae103
1853 Oak-tree Pug Eupithecia dodoneata Geometridae101
1361   Pyrausta aurata Crambidae100
1376 Small Magpie Eurrhypara hortulata Crambidae100
1883 Yellow-barred Brindle Acasis viretata Geometridae100
1651 Chinese Character Cilix glaucata Drepanidae99
1852 Brindled Pug Eupithecia abbreviata Geometridae97
0892   Mompha subbistrigella Momphidae96
1646 Oak Hook-tip Watsonalla binaria Drepanidae96
2019 Chocolate-tip Clostera curtula Notodontidae95
1682 Blood-vein Timandra comae Geometridae94
1428 Bee Moth Aphomia sociella Pyralidae93
2087 Turnip Moth Agrotis segetum Noctuidae92
1288 Many-plumed Moth Alucita hexadactyla Alucitidae91
1955 Common White Wave Cabera pusaria Geometridae91
2326 Clouded-bordered Brindle Apamea crenata Noctuidae91
1979 Lime Hawk-moth Mimas tiliae Sphingidae90
2194 White-point Mythimna albipuncta Noctuidae83
1769 Spruce Carpet Thera britannica Geometridae82
2187 Common Quaker Orthosia cerasi Noctuidae81
2007 Swallow Prominent Pheosia tremula Notodontidae78
1860 Green Pug Pasiphila rectangulata Geometridae77
1980 Eyed Hawk-moth Smerinthus ocellata Sphingidae76
0150   Adela reaumurella Incurvariidae74
2173 Lychnis Hadena bicruris Noctuidae72
1711 Treble Brown Spot Idaea trigeminata Geometridae71
0966   Cochylis atricapitana Tortricidae66
1944 Pale Oak Beauty Hypomecis punctinalis Geometridae66
2474 Straw Dot Rivula sericealis Noctuidae65
1893 Tawny-barred Angle Macaria liturata Geometridae63
1957 White-pinion Spotted Lomographa bimaculata Geometridae63
2098 Flame Axylia putris Noctuidae63
1342   Eudonia angustea Crambidae61
2477 Snout Hypena proboscidalis Noctuidae61
0656   Tachystola acroxantha Oecophoridae60
1759 Small Phoenix Ecliptopera silaceata Geometridae60
1882 Small Seraphim Pterapherapteryx sexalata Geometridae59
0779   Bryotropha affinis Gelechiidae58
1261 Codling Moth Cydia pomonella Tortricidae57
1301   Crambus lathoniellus Crambidae57
0409a   Argyresthia trifasciata Yponomeutidae56
0247   Tinea trinotella Tineidae55
0285 Azalea Leaf Miner Caloptilia azaleella Gracillariidae55
1888 Scorched Carpet Ligdia adustata Geometridae55
2302 Brown Rustic Rusina ferruginea Noctuidae55
0140   Nematopogon swammerdamella Incurvariidae54
1837 Grey Pug Eupithecia subfuscata Geometridae54
1952 Common Heath Ematurga atomaria Geometridae54
2340 Middle-barred Minor Oligia fasciuncula Noctuidae54
1645 Scalloped Hook-tip Falcaria lacertinaria Drepanidae53
1835 White-spotted Pug Eupithecia tripunctaria Geometridae52
2008 Coxcomb Prominent Ptilodon capucina Notodontidae52
2154 Cabbage Moth Mamestra brassicae Noctuidae52
1707 Small Dusty Wave Idaea seriata Geometridae51
2321 Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha Noctuidae51
0808   Platyedra subcinerea Gelechiidae50
2410 Marbled White Spot Protodeltote pygarga Noctuidae50
1136   Epinotia immundana Tortricidae49
2291 Coronet Craniophora ligustri Noctuidae49
1722 Flame Carpet Xanthorhoe designata Geometridae48
1771a Cypress Carpet Thera cupressata Geometridae48
1879 Seraphim Lobophora halterata Geometridae48
2337 Marbled Minor Oligia strigilis Noctuidae48
0391 Cocksfoot Moth Glyphipterix simpliciella Glyphipterigidae47
1976 Privet Hawk-moth Sphinx ligustri Sphingidae47
1693 Cream Wave Scopula floslactata Geometridae44
1760 Red-green Carpet Chloroclysta siterata Geometridae44
1846 Narrow-winged Pug Eupithecia nanata Geometridae44
2205 Shoulder-striped Wainscot Mythimna comma Noctuidae44
1654 Figure of Eighty Tethea ocularis Thyatiridae43
0148   Nemophora degeerella Incurvariidae42
1524   Emmelina monodactyla Pterophoridae42
1781 Small Waved Umber Horisme vitalbata Geometridae42
1725 Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet Xanthorhoe ferrugata Geometridae41
1878 Drab Looper Minoa murinata Geometridae41
1997 Sallow Kitten Furcula furcula Notodontidae41
0587   Coleophora caespititiella Coleophoridae40
1474   Ephestia parasitella Pyralidae40
1638 Fox Moth Macrothylacia rubi Lasiocampidae40
2281 Alder Moth Acronicta alni Noctuidae39
1015   Eulia ministrana Tortricidae38
1901 Little Thorn Cepphis advenaria Geometridae38
1995 Puss Moth Cerura vinula Notodontidae38
2434 Burnished Brass Diachrysia chrysitis Noctuidae38
0385   Anthophila fabriciana Choreutidae37
1082 Plum Tortrix Hedya pruniana Tortricidae37
1111   Bactra lancealana Tortricidae37
1857 Dwarf Pug Eupithecia tantillaria Geometridae37
1858 V-Pug Chloroclystis v-ata Geometridae37
0228   Monopis weaverella Tineidae35
1392   Udea olivalis Crambidae35
1676 Mocha Cyclophora annularia Geometridae35
2339 Tawny Marbled Minor Oligia latruncula Noctuidae35
2387 Mottled Rustic Caradrina morpheus Noctuidae35
0005   Micropterix calthella Micropterigidae34
1991 Elephant Hawk-moth Deilephila elpenor Sphingidae34
2382 Rustic Hoplodrina blanda Noctuidae34
1255   Cydia ulicetana Tortricidae33
0649   Esperia sulphurella Oecophoridae32
1293 Garden Grass-veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella Crambidae32
1677 Birch Mocha Cyclophora albipunctata Geometridae32
1742 Yellow Shell Camptogramma bilineata Geometridae32
1868 Lesser Treble-bar Aplocera efformata Geometridae32
1968 Yellow Belle Semiaspilates ochrearia Geometridae32
1998 Poplar Kitten Furcula bifida Notodontidae32
2278 Poplar Grey Acronicta megacephala Noctuidae32
0610   Elachista argentella Elachistidae29
1398 Rush Veneer Nomophila noctuella Crambidae29
1999 Lobster Moth Stauropus fagi Notodontidae29
2015 Lunar Marbled Brown Drymonia ruficornis Notodontidae29
2188 Clouded Drab Orthosia incerta Noctuidae29
0774   Teleiodes luculella Gelechiidae28
1063   Celypha striana Tortricidae28
1336   Eudonia pallida Crambidae28
2179 Pine Beauty Panolis flammea Noctuidae28
0544   Coleophora albicosta Coleophoridae27
1844 Ochreous Pug Eupithecia indigata Geometridae27
0141   Nematopogon schwarziellus Incurvariidae26
0652   Alabonia geoffrella Oecophoridae26
1689 Mullein Wave Scopula marginepunctata Geometridae26
1832 Currant Pug Eupithecia assimilata Geometridae26
1652 Peach Blossom Thyatira batis Thyatiridae25
1874 Dingy Shell Euchoeca nebulata Geometridae25