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

Bits and pieces

Too windy last night for anything decent to the trap:

5 Epiphyas postvittana
Early Grey
Angle Shades




Dusking (in the lee of any shelter) was slightly more productive:

7 Cosmiotes freyerella
Depressaria heraclei
Brimstone Moth
2 Green Carpet



Fingers crossed that the forecast for the weekend holds true and that the wind dies down a bit...

Dave