Last night in the garden

After a wet and cool day yesterday with temperatures struggling to reach 15c and with a minimum of around 7c this morning with a mixture of clear and cloudy spells the moth catch was a bit down on what I had hoped for, given how still the conditions were.

Nevertheless a new species was recorded for the year, and not one but 3 individuals.

Lunar Underwing is quite a variable moth but apart from one being lighter, the other two were near identical and they can be almost sandy coloured in appearance.

Catch Report - 16/09/17 - Back Garden - Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap

Macro Moths

3x Lunar Underwing [NFY]

1x Brimstone Moth

13x Large Yellow Underwing

4x Lesser Yellow Underwing 

1x Setaceous Hebrew Character

2x Snout

7x Square-spot Rustic

Micro Moths

1x Amblypilia acanthadactyla

2x Epiphyas postvittana

Lunar Underwing

Lunar Underwing

A slight improvement on Thursday night

I ran the trap on Thursday night as it wasrelatively mild and the predicted temperatures weren't expected to get as low as 6c which it was around the two previous nights.

It was also cloudy and this time of year if it isn't cloudy it just isn't worth bothering in my garden.

14 species braved the night, which did drop down to 8c, and not the minimum of 12c predicted. A reasonable haul and an expected amount as we are shift from late Summer to early Autumn.

On the contrary despite the cool temperatures at the moment, the trap is always worth a punt as it is peak migrant season.

Best moth of the night was a third yearly record of White-point.

Catch Report - 14/09/17 - Back Garden - Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap

 

Macro Moths

2x Angle Shades 

2x Brimstone Moth

3x Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

8x Large Yellow Underwing

5x Lesser Yellow Underwing 

1x Light Emerald

3x Setaceous Hebrew Character

1x Small Blood-vein

3x Square-spot Rustic

4x Vine's Rustic

1x White-point

Micro Moths

1x Agriphila geniculea

1x Pandemis corylana

White-point