FlyinginFordham: National Moth Week starts and the weather say no

You would be hard pushed to believe it's July out there today, cool very wet and windy, in fact it's rained constantly since 9am this morning and has only just eased.

With high temperatures of an incredible 16 degrees, it's set to stay that temperature for most of the night under thick blankets of cloud.

I did run my trap last night, the results were quite disappointing with very little in the trap at 5am. A few new species were potted up.

But before I get ahead of myself (Which rarely happens this time of year) this post is about Thurday night's catch, a warmish day after spending it with my son, it rained a little but was fairly humid.

The results were quite good, with around 40 species present, some in good numbers, with Yponomeuta rorrella over 50, Least Carpet, 22.. Nutmeg, 14 and Cnephasia sp, 12.

A super selection of new species for the year as well were potted up, and photographed on Friday after work.

The Mouse Moth was super fresh and really shiny which doesn't show up in my photo.

I also confirmed my first Svensson's Copper Underwing for the garden, a really dark specimen, with a the flush of copper extending broadly all the way to the abdomen. This is currently the only reliable way of seperation (bar dissection).

Still wet and miserable as I look out into the garden.