Ready for take-off?

Well an upturn at the garden trap last night, with a 'whopping' 12, yes twelve, species!  Lets hope it's a sign that things are starting to take-off, literally.

Catch report Back garden 17/5/2012

Prays fraxinella f. rustica


Eudonia angustea - 2
Epiphyas postvittana

Red Twin-spot Carpet
Garden Carpet


Green Carpet
Brimstone - 4
Waved Umber - 2
Shuttle-shaped Dart
Peppered Moth


Flame Shoulder


Cabbage Moth


Here's to the upward trend continuing.

Dave

Drip, drip, drip

No not the sound of rain, for once, but the excruciatingly slow trickle of moths to the garden trap. Micros to the trap are almost non-existent, thankfully dusking and early stage searches continue to prove fruitful.

Only three species to the trap last night:

Shuttle-shaped Dart, Brimstone and Chinese Character (nfy).



Dusking was much  better yesterday evening, with micros much better represented (more of which over on the kent micro moths blog: http://kentmicromoths.blogspot.co.uk/

The only macros on the dusking foray were Green Carpet and Spectacle.



Dave

Steady does it...

Nothing to set the world alight last night, but a few more new for year, highlight was the micro Phtheochroa rugosana.



Catch report

Epiphyas postvittana
Endrosis sarcitrella
Phtheochroa rugosana

Shuttle-shaped Dart



Waved Umber



Brimstone
Nut-tree Tussock


Early Grey