Winter for mothing is much of a write off so its nice to feel the slightly warmer mornings although as we know its sometimes undone with the rather lengthy month of April showers. Friday night lived upto expectations then.......
I place the trap slightly under cover to try to miss most of the night time rainfall and it worked with a relatively dry trap and my largest count of the early season upto now.
4 species from 19 individual moths, with the Hebrew Character being a lifer.
I place the trap slightly under cover to try to miss most of the night time rainfall and it worked with a relatively dry trap and my largest count of the early season upto now.
Hebrew Character
Small Quaker
this one confused me and is possibly a Clouded Drab
4 species from 19 individual moths, with the Hebrew Character being a lifer.
| Orthosia cerasi | Common Quaker x2 | |
| Orthosia incerta | Clouded Drab x 6 | |
| Orthosia cruda | Small Quaker x1 | |
| Orthosia gothica | Hebrew Character x10 |
3 comments:
Lovely shots of the Moths. HAPPY EASTER.
I likee moth spotting outside at the pub in th evenings. Needs warmer nights though, and also everyone at the Prince Rupert thinks i'm insane
Cheers Margaret, and Simon I cant think of much better places to do some insane mothing while drinking..... Role on the warmer weather.
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