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My Blog's aim is to promote and encourage others to participate in the wonderful hobby that is Moth-trapping.
So why do we do it? well for some people it is to get an insight into the world of Moths, for others it is to build a list of species much like 'Twitching' in the Bird world.
The reason I do it....you never know what you might find when you open up that trap!
I hope to show what different species inhabit our Country by getting people aware of what is out there.
On this Blog you will find up-to-date records and pictures.
I run a trap regularly in my garden here in Hertfordshire and enjoy doing field trips to various localities within Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire.

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NFY = New Species For The Year
NFG = New Species For The Garden
NEW! = New Species For My Records

Any Species highlighted in RED signifies a totally new species for my records.

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Saturday, 8 September 2018

Garden Catch 29/06/18 - A right old mixed bag

A right old mixed bag of moths greeted me on Saturday morning, with plenty of time to peruse being the weekend and no work it's always easier to sort at a more leasurely pace.


As it was a cooler night, I dropped down to half the wattage to the old faithful and with it beong cooler the ctch was decreased.
There were still however 6 new for year species, 3 a piece for the Macro's and Micro's.

Garden species count for 2018 now upto 289.

Here are the new for year species.

Catch Report - 29/06/18 - Back Garden - Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap

Macro Moths

Dingy Footman
Maple Prominent
Yellow-tail

Micro Moths

Athrips mouffetella
Pleuroptya ruralis
Zeiraphera isertana

Athrips mouffetella

Dingy Footman

Maple Prominent

Zeiraphera isertana

Posted by Bennyboymothman at 21:37

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