June Moths

 This post has been long-delayed, but here are most of the moth species which visited our moth trap in June.  there are a few which managed to escape before they were snapped.  Moth identification is a bit of a minefield.  I knew a few already, and some are so distinctive that they were soon added to the list.  However, others  don't appear to stand out from any other in the 2000+ species seen in the UK.  Even more tricky are some species which have so many varieties that none of them look like each other!  Anyway, what follows are the moths we trapped in June, some of which I've been able to identify, but others remain unidentified so far...  If anyone viewing this blog is able to add any quick identifications, please do not hold back.
Swallow Prominent
4th of June
Carpet Moth Species
 Figure of Eighty
 Figure of Eighty
 Golden Twin Spot
 Heart and Dart
 Ditto
 Ditto
 Unidentified
 Figure of 80?
 Unidentified
 Heart and Dart?
 Unidentified
 Unidentified
 Figure of 80?
 Sebaceous Hebrew Character
10th of June
 Brimstone Moth
 Ditto
 Brown-line Bright-Eye
 Ditto
 Dark Arches
 Ditto
 Heart and Dart
 Silver-Y Moth
 Sloe Pug
Moths from 12th of June  
Large Yellow Underwing
Unidentified
 Swallow Prominent
 Ditto
 18th June
Buff Ermine 
 Flame Shoulder
Small Fan Foot?
 Unidentified
 Unidentified
 Unidentified
 Unidentified
 Unidentified
19th June 
Unidentified
 Unidentified
25th June
Common Footman
 Unidentified
 As above?
Common Emerald
 Ghost Moth?
 Variation of Ghost Moth?

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