Saturday 17 February 2024

Catch-up time with multiple catches

It's been a week of illnesses again, but i've managed to flick the switch on the wall next to the trap during this unseasonably mild spell we are still experiencing.

I ran the trap all night on the 13th and 14th, and ran the trap on the 15th and 16th from 5:30pm until roughly 9pm (As we've been using the pull out sofa so the light is too bright to leave on).

In total, 6 new for year species have graced the trap this week, boosting my yearly total to 23 species, a full 4 species ahead of this date last year.
 
Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 23 species
 
13/02/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths
 
Chestnut 1 [NFY]
Common Quaker 1
Pale Brindled Beauty 2
 
Micro Moths
 
Agonopterix alstromeriana 1
 
 
14/02/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths
 
Common Quaker 2
Dotted Border 2
Pale Brindled Beauty 2
 
Micro Moths
 
Epiphyas postvittana 1 [NFY]
Acleris kochiella 1
Agonopterix alstromeriana 1
Agonopterix heracliana 2
Emmelina monodactyla 4 


15/02/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths
 
March Moth 1 [NFY]
Oak Nycteoline 1 [NFY]
Common Quaker 2
Hebrew Character 1
Pale Brindled Beauty 2
 
Micro Moths
 
Alucita hexadactyla 1 [NFY]
Agonopterix alstromeriana 1
Agonopterix heracliana 4
Emmelina monodactyla 2 
 
 
16/02/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths
 
Common Quaker 5
 
Micro Moths
 
Eudonia angustea 1 [NFY]
Agonopterix alstromeriana 1

Chestnut

Dotted Border

Epiphyas postvittana

Alucita hexadactyla

March Moth

Oak Nycteoline

Eudonia angustea


 
 
 

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