A rather quiet night on Monday, with just the one new moth for the year and what a cracker. The hot pinky flushed Small Elephant Hawk-moth, my little boy loved him! He said that it has mummy's favourite colour (pink) and my favourite colour (green).
A smart dark Turnip Moth also warranted a photograph, and some action at the lure traps also, with Cydia pomonella and Grapholita funebrana to their repective scents.
The night was fairly mild at 10c but with a keen breeze from the East again.
By Friday we should see the wind swing round to the South-east and on Saturday it looks to be the warmest day of the year.
Moth garden list for 2023 stands at 183 species
05/06/23 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
Macro Moths
Garden Carpet 1
Heart & Dart 4
Light Brocade 1
Marbled Minor 6
Sycamore 1
Treble Lines 3
Turnip Moth 4
Vine's Rustic 2
Willow Beauty 2 Cydia pomonella 2 to POM lure
Vine's Rustic 2
Willow Beauty 2
Micro Moths
Endrosis sarcitrella 1
Epiphyas postvittana 1
Grapholita funebrana 1 to FUN lure 1 to light
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| Marbled Minor sp |
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| Small Elephant Hawk-moth |
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| Turnip Moth |