Cold once more

After Thursday's bumper haul of 69 species, you would think that the night after would follow suit or be maybe a little bit less.

How wrong I was, with just 10 species, yes 10! A much cooler night though dropping to 6 degrees and with a cold northerly air mass sinking down upon us.

The only good thing was that there were 4 moths new in the pretty paultry haul for early May.

A stunning example of Red Twin-spot Carpet was the highlight, as was only my 3rd Powdered Quaker of the year. 

There were just two micros, a new for year Cochylimorpha straminea, a species I missed out on last year, the other one was the migrant/transient resident Plutella xylostella.

The nights since just haven't been worth writing about, as some nights it's been half of this catch, and i've either not bothered or only ran my trap up until bedtime. 

Moving forward, it warms up a bit at the weekend.

Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 168 species

02/05/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

 

Macro Moths

Blood-vein 1 [NFY]
Marbled Minor 1 [NFY]
Pebble Hook-tip 1 [NFY]
Lime Hawk-moth 1
Poplar Grey 1
Powdered Quaker 1
Red Twin-spot Carpet 1
Streamer 1

Micro Moths

Cochylimorpha straminea 1 [NFY]
Plutella xylostella 1

Red Twin-spot Carpet

Blood-vein

Cochylimorpha straminea

Marbled Minor

Pebble Hook-tip

Powdered Quaker