Musotima nitidalis
L-album Wainscot
Feathered Ranunculus
Agonopterix nervosa
Blossom Underwing
Beautiful Marbled
Lampronia fuscatella
Gravitarmata margarotana
Perittia obscurepunctella
Black-spotted Chestnut
Cydia pactolana
Last night I set the trap up as it was quite mild and
cloudy and the temperature looked to hold up at least for the first part of the
night, but by the morning it was a little cool and clear and I was like 'where
are the moths?'
There were just two moths! One in the trap and one on the
fence, that was it.
Often this is a slow period as we shift from Spring to
early Summer and the Orthosia species drop off, and every year it nearly grinds
to a halt with just the odd moth to save me from the dreaded blank.
Double-striped Pug was the moth on the fence and in the
trap was a new for year Rustic Shoulder-knot.
But...better things were to happen this afternoon, I
thought I'd just pop the Emperor moth pheromone lure out in the garden whilst I
did some gardening in the vain attempt of actually attracting one and
blow me down, it worked!
Within 5 minutes I was up and down the garden with my net
trying to catch it.
He was very lively indeed with his antennae flickering
and we popped him in a large food tub in the kitchen to let him settle down
then it was back outside on the grass for a very quick photoshoot and off he
zoomed over our back fence.
Result! And Macro moth no.582 for the garden.
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| Emperor Moth |
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| Rustic Shoulder-knot |
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