It has been a very cold start to May and yesterday the wind changed direction from a NE to a SSW and as a result daytime temperatures started to creep up to a peak of about 15c
I decided to therefore take two traps to the wood, set them up and leave them until dawn.
The night started mild but again the temperatures dropped away under clearing skies to 3c, thankfully just warm enough to halt a frost, which we have had here the past 3 nights.
The catch was not great as a result but I did add Lesser Swallow Prominent to the site list.
Interestingly the 160w MBT outperfomed the 125w MV in a less favourable position aswell (the MBT was put in a clearing, the MV was put under a group of large Oak & Beech trees.
Pictures
Lesser Swallow Prominents
Catch Report - Parndon Wood - 13/05/10 - 160w MBT Robinson Trap
Macro Moths
1x Nut-tree Tussock
1x Brindled Pug
1x Hebrew Character
1x Swallow Prominent
Micro Moths
2x Adela reaumurella
Catch Report - Parndon Wood - 13/05/10 - 125w MBT Robinson Trap
Macro Moths
3x Brindled Pug
2x Lesser Swallow Prominent
Micro Moths
None recorded
11th December
22 hours ago
Nothing to do with this post Ben, but i`ve just got back from walking my patch and not one micro was kicked up. The place should be crawling with em by now.
ReplyDeleteTerrible ain't it Dean, they just aren't showing anywhere!
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