9 Species have been added to the site this month - bringing the total presented to 1576 species.
August started, as July ended, in Cumbria with two trapping sessions at Cliburn Moss; later I returned to Essex and did trapping sessions at Pound Wood and on Foulness Island. 4 new species identified from these sessions have not yet been added to the site and will follow in September. 
Also this month I have written a page on separation of Spilonota species.
I have doubts about whether any external or genital feature reliably separates Eucosma aemulana from E.tripoliana - if anyone believes they know how this can be done, or feels able to confirm or refute my identification of E.aemulana, I would be pleased to hear from you.

The 12 species shown below have been added this month - bringing the total presented to 1567.
​Visitors to the site continue to rise with 3700 in the last week of July.

​In the early months of this year I have been adding images and text to existing pages and making some progress with installing forward and back buttons (which are now complete as far as Geometridae: Larentiinae: Eupitheciini).

I am concentrating my trapping efforts on ancient woodland sites in 2019. In May and June I have visited Pound Wood in Essex (3 trapping sessions), Cliburn Moss in Cumbria (2 trapping sessions) and Orlestone Forest in Kent. I have also paid a 2 night visit to Dungeness in Kent and made daytime visits to Duxford, Arnside Knott and the Cumbrian hills.

The 17 species with images below have been added to the site, bringing the total presented to 1555.

​There has been a steady increase in the number of visitors to this website with 2800 in the past week.

Just one species added this month - total 1533:

After last year's blank, this was an exceptional year for rare migrants on the Isles of Scilly.

​Migrant totals are recorded below - the numbers show total obtained in 18 nights of trapping / highest number for a single night and / number of nights on which the species was obtained.

Those species with images above have been added to the site this month - bring the total to 1532 species.

Forward and back buttons added to families and species in the 'Families 1' group and Gelechioidea as far as Gelechiidae
Pages written on identification of Yponomeuta, Bryotropha and Monochroa species
Prays fraxinella page revised following identification of specimens as P.ruficeps and P.ruficeps page added

Total number of species presented: 1524

Dissecting specimens from Orlestone Forest from 26th July identifed three new species:
​49.233 Epinotia solandriana; 62.033 Acrobasis tumidana and 70.148 Eupithecia inturbata (Maple Pug)

Trapping in my garden on 2nd produced an Aplasta ononaria (Rest Harrow) and one new species for the (web)site: 71.001 Thaumetopoea processionea (Oak Processionary). 
Trapping on Foulness on 3rd produced another 9 Rest Harrow - which must be an Essex record? and one new species for the (web)site - 49.122 Aethes dilucidana.
Trapping on Foulness on 11th provided my 2nd Essex Jersey Tiger - unfortunately it escaped before I could gets its photo.

Total number of species presented: 1518

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This month I made visits to Cranwich Heath (5th), Strumpshaw Fen (6th&7th), Orlestone Forest (11th&26th) and Dungeness (12th&13th) as well as trapping in my usual locations - Westcliff-on-sea and Foulness. Two species worthy of note from my garden trap were a Plumed Fan-foot (25th) and a Jersey Tiger (30th).
​Species new to me (all of which have been added to the site) were:
4th & 25th 15.085 Phyllonorycter joannisi, 1 in my garden
5th 33.001 Ethmia dodecea, 3 at Cranwich Heath
5th 73.282 Hadena compta (Varied Coronet) 1 at Brundall (provided by Ben) 
6th 37.032 Coleophora albitarsella, 1 at Strumpshaw Fen
11th 35.070 Monochroa lutulentella, 1 at Orlestone Forest
11th 37.036 Coleophora conyzae, 1 at Hamstreet
11th 70.020 Scopula nigropunctata (Sub-angled Wave), 1 at Orlestone Forest and another at Dungeness on 12th
11th 70.304 Thalera fimbrialis (Sussex Emerald), 1 present on arrival at Dungeness Obs, 1 trapped on 12th and another on 13th.
12th 49.061 Acleris holmiana, 2 at Dungeness
12th 49.081 Acleris permutana, 4 at Dungeness, and another 1 on 13th
12th 63.023 Anania verbascalis, 1 at Dungeness
18th 45.022 Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla, 1 at Foulness
18th 49.278 Gypsonoma minutana, 1 at Foulness
25th 04.076 Ectoedemia decentella, 1 in my garden
26th 13.002 Roeslerstammia erxlebella, 2 at Orlestone Forest
26th 28.001 Bisigna procerella, 1 at Orlestone Forest
26th 35.060 Apodia bifractella, 2 at Orlestone Forest