Before bed I did a final check around the trap area, and saw a moth high up that I instantly knew was either Frosted Green or Yellow Horned.
As I came nearer to it using a kitchen chair and a pot I was very pleased that it was Yellow Horned, a species which i've waited for, for 7 years now.
There is hardly any Birch this side of the nearest woodland, and I suspect it was blown in like a lot of my moths are.
I was lucky last year to add not one, but two Frosted Green to my garden list last year on the 16th of April....there's still time to hopefully see another one.
The Yellow Horned is the 353rd Macro Moth for the garden and the 691st Moth overall to grace the garden list since 2012.
I also picked out a nicely marked Common Quaker, these have been super variable this year.
Here are my recent lists from last week.
Garden species count for 2019 now upto 28.
Catch Report - Back Garden - Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap
05/03/19
Macro Moths
Common Quaker 28
Hebrew Character 1
Satellite 1
Small Quaker 8
Micro Moths
None Recorded!
Catch Report - Back Garden - Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap
06/03/19
Macro Moths
Yellow Horned 1 [NFG]
Clouded Drab 2
Common Quaker 20
Hebrew Character 3
Small Quaker 5
Micro Moths
None Recorded!
Catch Report - Back Garden - Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap
08/03/19
Macro Moths
Common Quaker 4
Hebrew Character 4
Small Quaker 6
Micro Moths
None Recorded!
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| Common Quaker |
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| Yellow Horned |
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| Yellow Horned |