Argh! I did it again, a month without a blog.
Well, my only excuse I that I’ve been very busy. Although that’s not quite true, mostly it’s because instead of using Sunday evening as a relaxing time at home to cook, watch TV and write a blog post I’ve been going out and doing more exciting things.
Anyway, just a quick moth update for now since this is something that has definitely just picked up this week.
So since I last wrote I have run the trap another 3 times. On 24th March, I caught nothing. Very disappointing but it was a cool night and I also forgot to switch the trap on before dark which means I may have missed some species which tend to fly at dusk.
On 31st March I had 9 moths of 6 species, pictured and listed below:
2 Early Thorn (1♂, 1 ♀)
2 Early Grey
2 Common Quaker
1 Powdered Quaker
1 Hebrew Character
1 Shuttle-shaped Dart (♂)
Most recently the trap I ran on 8th April had 32 moths of 14 species including the stunning and crowd-pleasing Emperor Moth.
Full list and pics below:
7 Early Grey
5 Engrailed
4 Hebrew Character
3 Common Quaker
3 Waved Umber
2 Shuttle-shaped Dart
1 Muslin Moth (♂)
1 Emperor (♀)
1 Knot Grass
1 Coronet
1 Chinese Character
1 Light Brown Apple Moth
1 Least Black Arches
1 Early Tooth Striped
I’m afraid that’s all you’ll get today. Hopefully I’ll be back with a better update soon!
With the Changing Seasons 