Two days ago I didn't put out the trap because rain was forecast for four hours and of course it didn't rain.Last nigh I put the trap out even though they said it would rain at 6am and of course it did,right on time, and soaked the trap. I cant win!!!
This morning I decided to spend an hour or so filming the common butterflies but they just never stopped moving in the warm until eventually it rained and chased me off the common - I cant win.
Not finally beaten I decided to check on moths and had more success with a mixed bag plus others I would have liked to photograph but alas they had other ideas - I cant win.
The catch was Uncertain 1, Treble Brown Spot 1, Least Carpet 1, Large Emerald 1, Udea prunalis 2, Short-cloaked Moth 2, Old Lady 1, Riband Wave 4, Small Fan-footed Wave 2, Endotricha flammealis 1, Engrailed 3, Swallow-tailed Moth 1, Elephant Hawk-moth 1, Celypha striana 6, Carcina quercana 1
Indicated above are two new moths for the website which in total is now probably 70 for the year so far.
Here are a few from today with a couple from yesterday
This morning I decided to spend an hour or so filming the common butterflies but they just never stopped moving in the warm until eventually it rained and chased me off the common - I cant win.
Not finally beaten I decided to check on moths and had more success with a mixed bag plus others I would have liked to photograph but alas they had other ideas - I cant win.
The catch was Uncertain 1, Treble Brown Spot 1, Least Carpet 1, Large Emerald 1, Udea prunalis 2, Short-cloaked Moth 2, Old Lady 1, Riband Wave 4, Small Fan-footed Wave 2, Endotricha flammealis 1, Engrailed 3, Swallow-tailed Moth 1, Elephant Hawk-moth 1, Celypha striana 6, Carcina quercana 1
Indicated above are two new moths for the website which in total is now probably 70 for the year so far.
Here are a few from today with a couple from yesterday
63.034 - Udea prunalis - ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
16.004 - Spindle Ermine - Yponomeuta cagnagella (Hübner, [1813])
73.046 - Poplar Grey - Subacronicta megacephala - ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
70.013 - Small Fan-footed Wave Idaea biselata - (Hufnagel, 1767) - Similar to the Small Cream Wave this moth has dots along the termen whereas the latter has dashes. - see blog 1/7/2015 - this moth is a NFW species
31.001 - Carcina quercana - (Fabricius, 1775) - this moth is out on his own being the only moth in the family Peleopodidae
31.001 - Carcina quercana - (Fabricius, 1775) - another NFW species
63.063 - Scoparia basistrigalis - Knaggs, 1866 - another NFW moth
70.004 - Least Carpet - Idaea rusticata - ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
70.299 - Large Emerald Geometra papilionaria - (Linnaeus, 1758) a really beautiful moth
70.299 - Large Emerald Geometra papilionaria - (Linnaeus, 1758)
74.003 - Short-cloaked Moth (Nola cucullatella) (Linnaeus, 1758)
70.142 - The V-Pug - Chloroclystis v-ata - (Haworth, 1809)
70.142 - The V-Pug - Chloroclystis v-ata - (Haworth, 1809)
62.077 - Endotricha flammealis - ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
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