Happy New Year everyone and welcome to 2023!
Lets see what this year brings on the moth front.
Thankfully it was rather mild last night, and so the trap was set-up, plugged in and ready for the anticipation of what might turn up.
Predictably there were Winter Moths, 4 of them to be precise which was a very welcome amount in my garden.
This was backed up by a nice, strongly marked Mottled Umber.
I also found my earliest diving beetle.
I get 3 species commonly here, but Dytiscus marginalis is the most regular, a chunky fellow that never seem to sit still for a photo, this one being of no exception.
The ball is rolling, but it's going to have to roll some distance to top last year's yearly total of 665 species, challenge accepted!
Moth garden list for 2023 stands at 2 species
01/01/23 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
Macro Moths
Mottled Umber 1 [NFY]
Winter Moth 4 [ NFY]
Micro Moths
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| Dytiscus marginalis |
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| Mottled Umber |
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| Winter Moth |