Friday, 2 March 2012

Catch Report - 01/03/12 - Farmland/Back Garden - Hertfordshire

Happy St.David's day and a memorable night for me as well with two species I didn't expect to find in my trap this morning, Ypsolopha mucronella and a Dotted Chestnut.
The Ypsolopha mucronella is my 3rd ever in 6 years and new for the garden.
The Dotted Chestnut is my 7th and first for my garden as well.

The rest of the catch comprised of the usual suspects.

The trap is now packed away for the weekend and possibly well into the week as chilly temperatures are once upon us (I wonder how many people made the mistake of planting bulbs already!)



Catch Report - 01/03/12 - 125w MV Robinson Trap - Back Garden/Farmland


Macro Moths

1x Dotted Chestnut [NFY]
3x Dotted Border
13x Hebrew Character
10x Satellite
1x March Moth
5x Oak Beauty
5x Pale Brindled Beauty
13x Small Quaker
1x Common Quaker
9x Chestnut

Micro Moths

1x Ypsolpha mucronella [NFY]
5x Tortricodes alternella


Dotted Chestnut












Ypsolopha mucronella
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2 comments:

  1. Skev2 March 2012 at 16:52

    To very nice moths there Ben. Y. mucronella is very rare here in VC55, whereas Dotted Chestnut doesn't even exist here!

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  2. Bennyboymothman4 March 2012 at 23:41

    Thanks Mark, I bet you get some that I don't get! Broom moth is non-existant here and would love to see one.

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