Clearly the night time temperatures did not manifest through to the morning as at 5-30am there was a slight nip in the air which is possibly why the trap and the trip to Odiham was disappointing on the face of things.
Very low numbers was the biggest shock as I expected to be deluged with moths based on daytime temperatures.
It would possibly be nice just for the once to not find zillions of Shuttle-shaped Dart in the trap,a moth that seems to never end and yet later when I checked the moths again I figured I had caught 2 NFW moths but another check pre-midday actually produced another micro looking moth that actually is a noctuid and an immigrant,namely the Small Mottled Willow a totally new moth for me, so all said and done another good trapping, if only for the new ones.
Very low numbers was the biggest shock as I expected to be deluged with moths based on daytime temperatures.
It would possibly be nice just for the once to not find zillions of Shuttle-shaped Dart in the trap,a moth that seems to never end and yet later when I checked the moths again I figured I had caught 2 NFW moths but another check pre-midday actually produced another micro looking moth that actually is a noctuid and an immigrant,namely the Small Mottled Willow a totally new moth for me, so all said and done another good trapping, if only for the new ones.
73.039 - Sycamore (Acronicta aceris) (Linnaeus, 1758) - NFW moth - seeing this moth through bleary eyes this morning my first reaction was it might be The Miller but a later check was abvious
73.039 - Sycamore (Acronicta aceris) (Linnaeus, 1758)
49.005 - Epagoge grotiana - (Fabricius, 1781) - hardly a flattering name is it? Yet another NFW moth
49.005 - Epagoge grotiana - (Fabricius, 1781)
73.087/5 - Small Mottled Willow Spodoptera exigua - (Hübner, [1808]) Another NFW moth and an immigrant. This is a very small moth indeed.
73.087/5 - Small Mottled Willow Spodoptera exigua - (Hübner, [1808])
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