Sadness and shock

It was a funny old morning in the saddest way possible.

 

I was scouring the patio and trapping area at 5am on Friday morning looking for moths that had been attracted to my trap the night before, and then it happened, crunch! I had stepped on a bloody moth and a big one at that, a female Puss Moth, gutted beyong belief.

I took a quick photo and I guess she would of ended up as food for something or other.

That was the sadness.

The shock was observing a Tortrix at 5:15am fluttering around the FUN bucket lure, potted up it was to be a lovely fresh Epiblema scutulana, a known lure for this species having recorded it now three years in a row.

Other bits included a slightly early Male Common Swift and a couple of Chocolate-tips.

 

Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 108 species

 

02/05/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

 

Chocolate-tip 2 [NFY] 

Common Swift 1 [NFY]

Puss Moth 1 [NFY] (Female, sadly trodden on)

Common Pug 1

Garden Carpet 2

Hebrew Character 1

Swallow Prominent 1

Muslin Moth 4

Yellow-barred Brindle 1

 

Micro Moths 

Epiblema scutulana 1 [NFY] )To FUN Lure)
Emmelina monodactyla 1
Epiphyas postvittana 3

Chocolate-tip

Common Swift

Epiblema scutulana

Puss Moth