Is it Summer yet? No seriously... it's less than two weeks until June and it feels morelike the beginning of April out there.
We've certainly been spoilt with warm Springs in recent years, not this one however!
Two more year-listers were added to the tally.
Best of all, I had a brief 20 minute sweeping session in the long grass at the bottom of the Cemetery, mainly targetting micro moths, I got a few Glyphipterix and Nematopogon, and then, what was that in the bottom of the net! Crikey, a Female Muslin Moth, a first for me.
I never thought I would actually ever get to see one, as they rarely (if ever) come to light.
I also found an Orange Sallow caterpillar feeding from Lime in the same area yesterday, not a common moth for me and a caterpillar I have never seen either.
Moth species for 2021 in the garden now stands at 52.
17/05/21 - Back Garden - Stevenage - North Herts - 125w MV Robinson Trap
Macro Moths
Brimstone Moth 1 [NFY]
Turnip Moth 1 [NFY]
Brindled Beauty 1
Nut-tree Tussock 2
Shuttle-shaped Dart 2
Micro Moths
Epiphyas postvittana 1
2x Elachista apicipunctella to MOL lure daytime
17/05/21 - Work - Bishop's Stortford - East Herts - 40w Actinic + 15w Twin Synergetic/Actinic Trap
Garden Carpet 1
Silver Y 1
Daytime
Muslin Moth 1
Glyphipterix fuscoviridella 2
Nematopogon swammerdamella 4
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| Muslin Moth - Female whilst sweeping |
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| Garden Carpet |
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| Muslin Moth - Female |
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| Orange Sallow Caterpillar |
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| Turnip Moth |