Warm days at 14 degrees and mild nights above 11c have spurred me on to try and catch some moths once more, but it's still not happening here locally.
Last night the garden yielded just 4 moths of 2 species, despite being mild all night, although the breeze did kick up around midnight, so that may have hampered things.
I seem to be stuck on 6 species for the year, on this exact date last year I was on 10 species, so not a massive difference.
I dropped a couple of traps off at my local nature reserve just before dusk, and went back at 8pm to see what I had caught.
Very little unfortunately, to the 125w MV trap were just 6 moths, the Actinic trap faired better with 13 moths.
Luckily all was worth it for two cracking micro moths. Nice examples of both Acleris ferrugana/notana & Caloptilia elongella.
Next mild and settled spell, I shall try again.
Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 6 species
03/02/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
Macro Moths
Pale Brindled Beauty 3
Micro Moths
Agonopterix heracliana 1
03/02/24 - Chippenham Fen - East Cambridgeshire - 1x 125w Trap & 1x 62w Actinic Bucket Trap
Macro Moths
Chestnut 1
Pale Brindled Beauty 14
Spring Usher 1
Micro Moths
Agonopterix heracliana 1
Caloptilia elongella 1
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| One of the better marked Pale Brindled Beauties from last night |
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| Pale Brindled Beauty dominated the away catch |
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| A rather dotty Acleris ferrugana/notana (Like a mini Dotted Chestnut) |
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| The sleek looking Caloptilia elongella, an Alder feeder |
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