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Tuesday, 23 March 2010

The Garden Moth Trap - Monday night

Well feeling abit better now, so the trap was out, very windy and cooling temperatures.
I saw a few Moths flitting about the bulb before going to bed.
In the morning, shock horror! a frost! and -0.5c so I didn't expect much at all.

19 Moths in total which was pleasing, most of them in the trays around the trap.



Pictures


Clouded Drab











Catch Report - Hatfield Broad Oak - 22/03/10 - 160w MBT Robinson Trap


Macro Moths


1x Clouded Drab
6x Common Quaker
1x Small Quaker
7x Hebrew Character
1x Twin-spotted Quaker
2x Early Grey
1x Oak Beauty


Micro Moths

None recorded.
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 12:40

4 comments:

  1. Stewart23 March 2010 at 20:06

    Ben, what do you mean by trays around the trap? Show us a picture? My trays are all inside......Cheers Stewart.

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  2. Bennyboymothman24 March 2010 at 09:33

    Hi Stewart
    Sorry I haven't a picture at hand but around the trap I place egg boxes on the outside of the trap vertically. Alot of Moths tend to settle in these.
    Also I have seed trays at the base of the hanging sheet, the theory behind it is the Moths fly at the sheet, and then drop down into the tray alot of the time choosing to stay there, it works so i've stuck with it.

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  3. Stewart24 March 2010 at 21:05

    Nice tip Ben, I'll be trying that one...

    Cheers

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  4. Tony Morris25 March 2010 at 11:22

    Hi Ben, moths have re-appeared at St Margaret's after several bank nights. Species much the same as yours but no Small Quakers yet.
    Tony

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