Well we've reached the end of another month and indeed the end of the year. December was very mild, during which I recorded 12 species of moth in the garden trap. Ten of these species have never been recorded in the month of December before. Overall the year was a good one, being my best ever in the number of different species recorded: 294 (186 macros & 108 micros), which comfortably beat my 2011 total of 283 (187 macros & 96 micros). The total number of moths trapped has recoverd a bit from the low totals of recent years, although this might be partly explained by my trapping slightly more often this year. However, despite the latter consideration, the overall number is still 29% down on the 2010 figure.

	2010	2010	2011	2011	2012	2012	2013	2013	2014	2014	2015	2015
	No.	Species	No.	Species	No.	Species	No.	Species	No.	Species	No.	Species
Macro Moths	5090	180	4833	187	2972	160	2719	160	2273	164	3515	186
Micro Moths	1310	86	1215	96	1348	97	945	96	929	106	1006	108
Total	6400	266	6048	283	4320	257	3664	256	3202	270	4521	294