All quiet and then a small successful window of opportunity

Thursday night was warm but breezy and thus only one moth was attracted to the trap, an Agonopterix heracliana, I expected more.

 

Last night however I counted 12 moths of 8 species, a vast improvement and the main deciding factor for the increased volume was? Yes you got it, the wind or distinct lack of.

 

Most species were potted up before I turned in for the night at 12am, just 1 moth was actually in the trap come the morning, one of two Spring Usher's.

 

Best moths were two Early Moths, not a common garden moth from my records.

Moth garden list for 2023 stands at 10 species

02/02/23 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

 

None Recorded!

Micro Moths

Agonopterix heracliana 1 [NFY]

03/02/23 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

 

Black-spotted Chestnut 1 [NFY]

Dark Chestnut 1 [NFY]

Early Moth 2 [NFY]

Spring Usher 2 [NFY]

Pale Brindled Beauty 1

Micro Moths

Tortricodes alternella 1 [NFY]

Agonopterix heracliana 3 

Epiphyas postvittana 1 

 

Black-spotted Chestnut & Dark Chestnut

Early Moth

Spring Usher

Tortricodes alternella