FlyinginFordham: Two latest catches

It's been rather quiet here lately, species and numbers have nose-dived in the last few nights.

So here's two catches from Wednesday and Friday night, both only featured between 20 and 30 species.

Luckily there's been a few new moths for the year showing up, and even three new garden moths.

A second Gelechia nigra was noteworthy, as were 2 Royal Mantle's on the same night.

The first new moth in question, was a confirmed Hoary Footman. Hindwing checked and run past Bill, it was a moth I saw frequently in Hertfordshire.

The second was Buff Footman, an expected tick at some point.

And the third was a Lunar-spotted Pinion, a welcome addition and completes the full set of Cosmia species here.

Not only has the trap been quiet, but the lure traps have also been very poor. Until Friday evening when I was going around all of the bucket lures, and noticed a Raspberry Clearwing in the TAB lure (I've got the HYL out as well for this particular species). I can't believe it came to the lure in all of that rain and wind, proving that Clearwings don't need sunshine to be on the move.

And just today, during all that wind.. another has turned up to the HYL this time!