1st May 2009

Easily the night of the year so far with 42 moths of 25 species including one new species for the garden and eight new for the year. I ran both traps and this time the MV out-performed the actinic. I was up at dawn after I heard a commotion from the actinic - it looks like one of the fledgling Song Thrushes had an encounter with the trap but no harm done to either.

A very battered and unphotogenic Diamond-backed Moth was the first probable migrant of the year and a Gelechid remains to be identified.

The garden first was another micro - Eriocrania subpurpurella - this one also rather the worse for wear:


New for the year were:

Scrobipalpa acuminatella:


Cochylis atricapitana:


Chinese Character:


A rather worn Streamer:


Ruby Tiger:


Dog's Tooth:


The Spectacle:


Trap list (125w MV)

Eriocrania subpurpurella - 1
Agonopterix sp - 1
Scrobipalpa acuminatella
Gelechid sp - 1
Chinese Character - 1
Garden Carpet - 3
Double-striped Pug - 2
The Streamer - 1
Brimstone Moth - 4
Waved Umber - 1
Muslin Moth - 1
Iron Prominent - 1
Ruby Tiger - 1
Shuttle-shaped Dart - 1
Flame Shoulder - 2
Cabbage Moth - 1
Common Quaker - 1
Powdered Quaker - 1
Hebrew Character - 2
The Spectacle - 1

Trap list (15w Actinic)

Diamond-back Moth - 1
Cochylis atricapitana - 1
Garden Carpet - 1
Common Pug - 1
Brimstone - 1
Muslin Moth - 1
Shuttle-shaped Dart - 2
Flame Shoulder - 3
Dog's Tooth - 1
Hebrew Character - 1
Early Grey - 1