6th April 2009

A pale but beautifully marked Shoulder-stripe was new for the year and the first for two years. It seems to be a bi-annual - I've only recorded it in 2005, 2007 and 2009!


The second Garden Carpet of the year came into the trap unlike the first, so I was able to get some pictures:


This Hebrew Character has quite unusual markings:


Trap list (15w Actinic)

Emmelina monodactyla - 2
Garden Carpet - 1
Double-striped Pug - 1
Shoulder-stripe - 1
Red Chestnut - 1
Common Quaker - 3
Hebrew Character - 11
Early Grey - 4

Some common moths - early spring 2009

Some of the regular occupants of the trap early in the year:

Agonopterix heracliana 17th February

Emmelina monodactyla 17th February

Common Quaker 23rd February

Hebrew Character 27th February

Clouded Drab 7th March

The Chestnut 13th March

Early Grey 14th March