Saturday, 19 March 2016

Signs of things picking up?

Well it has certainly continued to be slow for me in my garden.
On Thursday night, over 12 hours of 125 watts burning bright yielded just one March Moth...hardly stellar and considering that it wasn't that cold with no wind and complete cloud cover, I was a bit surprised.
Last night however things did improve finally with 5 moths. Well 4 and a half moths. On inspecting the trap at 9pm before going to bed, there were no moths (something i'm getting use to) I did however scan the fence panels around the immediate trapping area and noticed how many Spiders there were, one had a cocoon with something in it.
'I bet it was a moth' I said and lo and behold it was a year first Hebrew Character, still fresh and not crispy.
Every night now I will have to dust the trapping area to remove all of these cobwebs that keep antagonising my moths.
Last year I had two garden first both succumb to these 8 legged menaces. Both Eyed Hawk-moth and Early Moth!
Anyway enough rambling on, here is my recent catches.

Catch Report -  17/03/16 - Back Garden - Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap

Macro Moths


1x March Moth

Micro Moths


None Recorded!


Catch Report -  18/03/16 - Back Garden - Stevenage - 1x 80w Actinic Robinson Trap

Macro Moths


2x Hebrew Character [NFY]

1x Small Quaker [NFY]
2x Common Quaker

Micro Moths


None Recorded!


Small Quaker & Hebrew Character











Deceased HC


 

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