Falling behind and flagging now, but my goodness. Finally the moths are back! (Although not quite in this post, from last Friday & Saturday night)
As this blog post goes out, I am recovering from two back to back trips out, the first night was a success and a pleasing catch with one moth new for Hertfordshire, the second (Last night) was just heaving, and i'm currently at around 235 species over 3 traps.
Back to the garden and the tail end of last week was really good and was boosted by a plethora of new for year species gracing the trap.
Temperatures hovered around 20 degrees and dropped to 13 degrees, not really the height of Summer temperatures, but the moths have to fly at some point don't they!
Highlights were a really fresh Acleris schalleriana that initially threw me off the scent, a nice Green Pug (Most I trap are quite faded) and the beautiful Broad-barred White, a favourite of mine. ''In fact your all my favourites'' (As Brucey once use to say on Strictly Come Dancing).
The best moth was a Tawny-barred Angle, only my second garden record and last seen 4 years ago, as usual with this species, I could not coax it to sit flat!
A Coleophora is still to be checked.
Only new for year species listed below.
Moth species for 2021 in the garden now stands at 202.
25/06/21 - Back Garden - Stevenage - North Herts - 125w MV Robinson Trap
Macro Moths
Blood-vein 1 [NFY]
Cabbage Moth 1 [NFY]
Double Square-spot 2 [NFY]
Dwarf Cream Wave 1 [NFY]
Micro Moths
Pammene fasciana 1 [NFY]
26/06/21 - Back Garden - Stevenage - North Herts - 125w MV Robinson Trap
Macro Moths
Scorched Wing 1 [NFY]
Tawny-barred Angle 1 [NFY]
Coleophora sp 1 [TBC]
Micro Moths
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| Acleris shalleriana |
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| Barred Straw |
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| Blood-vein |
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| Cydalima perspectalis |
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| Double Square-spot |
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| Green Pug |
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| Pammene fasciana |
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| Broad-barred White |
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| Coleophora sp |
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| Tawny-barred Angle |