Today the temperature reached 16c at around midday before plummeting to 9c by the afternoon (this rarely happens) as a cold front swept further south.
This whole week until possibly Saturday, looks far too cold to be trapping with possible frosts.
The last 3 nights really has been a burst of fresh emergences and close to 30 species have been added to the year list.
Pale Oak Beauty was my earliest ever by 19 days, and Hedya pruniana was my earliest ever by 18 days respectively.
Amazingly I missed out on Green Carpet last year here... a common moth, so it was nice to get one on the board last night.
My son was very interested in some of the catch whilst I went through the trap again after his breakkfast.
Garden species count for 2020 now upto 120.
28 moths of 14 species to 250w Clear MV Robinson Trap min 10c at 4:30am
Catch Report - 09/05/20 - Back Garden - Stevenage - North Herts
Macro Moths
Green Carpet 1 [NFY]
Maiden's Blush 1 [NFY]
Mottled Pug 1 NFY]
Orange Footman 1 [NFY]
Pale Oak Beauty 1 [NFY]
Chocolate-tip 1
Brimstone Moth 2
Heart & Dart 4
Nut-tree Tussock 3
Shuttle-shaped Dart 4
Micro Moths
Hedya pruniana 1 [NFY]
Phyllonorycter leucographella 1 [NFY]
Tinea trinotella 1 [NFY]
Epiphyas postvittana 6
Epiphyas postvittana - Female |
Epiphyas postvittana - Female |
Green Carpet |
Hedya pruniana |
Maiden's Blush |
Mottled Pug |
Orange Footman |
Pale Oak Beauty |
Phyllonorycter leucographella |
Tinea trinotella |
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