31t May 2013

After a pretty dreadful season last year the start of 2013 has been just awful with the coldest spring in 50 years. Moths have been thin on the ground and last night's was just my ninth trapping session of the year so far. With less than 50 species recorded so far a warmish night at the end of May was almost bound to be a 'good' night and 50 moths of 25 species is a fairly respectable total. Nothing hugely exciting in the MV trap but The Shears is always welcome and Nephopterix angustella is only the 4th garden record and several weeks early - a far more photogenic specimen too!

Nephopterix angustella

The Shears

5th June 2010

An even busier night with 243 moths of 66 species across the 2 traps. 20 species were new for the year including several that didn't show up last year and one new species was added to the garden list - Pammene aurana.


Foxglove Pug (2nd garden record):

Orange Footman (2nd garden record):

Green Silver-lines (1st since 2006):

The Shears (1st since 2006):

Scorched Wing (1st since 2007):