tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29677096139910326552024-03-27T06:36:34.784+00:00FlyinginFordhamBennyboymothmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16982443515789714821noreply@blogger.comBlogger2117125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2967709613991032655.post-86775042609772338302024-03-26T20:45:00.006+00:002024-03-26T20:45:56.124+00:00Still mild but rather slow<p><span style="color: #990000;">The Orthosia species seem to have dropped in numbers lately, maybe the peak for them is now over? Coupled with a bright full moon in recent nights, that could be the main reason for the lull.</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Last night I ran the trap again for just 6 moths, fairly uninspiring but at least it includerd two new for the year species and one of them being my earliest ever Garden Carpet.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">It appears that my record, although early, isn't that abnormal and there are January records for a lot of counties, crikey!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Drizzly tonight and a bit of a cool breeze, lets see what turns up. </span><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u>Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 46 species</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u>25/03/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><u>Macro Moths</u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>Garden Carpet 1 [NFY] </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Early Grey 1</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Hebrew Character 1 <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">March Moth 1</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Small Quaker 1<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><u>Micro Moths</u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Agonopterix arenella 1 [NFY] </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIwQQvh96Fg2VFudybbXUl4yNZa-gNg3bjH3aHdAe7TDHtAuEwO4BCLumhSWBuIEsXuE1QfqvN6TSeSyzJ0dIjSRr9c-s5v-fdD7ztlhLDDt07Eh8dQ3qgYjLIDl5h2R0-qZJfVOjFm-c3q-mZyfGRrvY9WwD1LMtT9-eNI444xv3Em_xHw1pBmK6qko21/s2000/Garden%20Carpet.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1531" data-original-width="2000" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIwQQvh96Fg2VFudybbXUl4yNZa-gNg3bjH3aHdAe7TDHtAuEwO4BCLumhSWBuIEsXuE1QfqvN6TSeSyzJ0dIjSRr9c-s5v-fdD7ztlhLDDt07Eh8dQ3qgYjLIDl5h2R0-qZJfVOjFm-c3q-mZyfGRrvY9WwD1LMtT9-eNI444xv3Em_xHw1pBmK6qko21/s320/Garden%20Carpet.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Garden Carpet</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRyfPMirauu5nJfGH1P3HKwQnzXvhFQGqfCYlCvpkenpeIqmtJQqJvSo2m3W3mgR5SN26WKXyE6-Z1tO4L9wAl8mM8q7L0B9yroJYkTkapsyNhRg-5X_0459nVchRxlgDuhu3SKK_xTaDQDD9MgZwn38NUMtT0WoFswglZwnAz9pILFyfyvYLgGAMBZgiK/s2000/Agonopterix%20arenella%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1634" data-original-width="2000" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRyfPMirauu5nJfGH1P3HKwQnzXvhFQGqfCYlCvpkenpeIqmtJQqJvSo2m3W3mgR5SN26WKXyE6-Z1tO4L9wAl8mM8q7L0B9yroJYkTkapsyNhRg-5X_0459nVchRxlgDuhu3SKK_xTaDQDD9MgZwn38NUMtT0WoFswglZwnAz9pILFyfyvYLgGAMBZgiK/s320/Agonopterix%20arenella%20(2).JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Agonopterix arenella</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span><br /></span></span></div>Bennyboymothmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16982443515789714821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2967709613991032655.post-48106877467563370192024-03-24T11:14:00.003+00:002024-03-24T11:14:37.660+00:00Windy and cool<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">A bit rubbish the weather at the moment. I chanced my arm and stuck the trap out until bedtime last night, just two moths were attracted to it, abysmal to say the least, but you sometimes have to look at the bigger picture, it was breezy, below 7 degrees, clear sky and a bright full moon, so yeah it's not going to be great even in the height of summer, let alone March!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Luckily there was a third moth, as I was just doing my last garden rounds, scouring the walls and fences, I turned around and my torch cast a beam of light on to a moth in the grass, halfway down the garden! It was to be a bonus Red-green Carpet and species number 44 for the year.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u>Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 44 species</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u>23/03/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><u>Macro Moths</u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>Red-green Carpet 1 [NFY] </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Early Grey 1<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Red Chestnut 1</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><u>Micro Moths</u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>None Recorded!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><u><br /></u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5vK4zn9uBJcy4AXMdnQW1JLHb8TW9POkNhS6YV43EbBI9pRYqJ4vFKaublx5-yVqFeetj-GtlHnSTQ15WwhYPANpy3PGoYmWqNEDGWeL-0ZOhuS01XNPfm6xXngcg7PWMLWlqE0kQVPxTv9SPljH7tdPB6cNk7EBhhbtMFTCscYtenHv70JJ7GLzeScFu/s2000/Red-green%20Carpet.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1623" data-original-width="2000" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5vK4zn9uBJcy4AXMdnQW1JLHb8TW9POkNhS6YV43EbBI9pRYqJ4vFKaublx5-yVqFeetj-GtlHnSTQ15WwhYPANpy3PGoYmWqNEDGWeL-0ZOhuS01XNPfm6xXngcg7PWMLWlqE0kQVPxTv9SPljH7tdPB6cNk7EBhhbtMFTCscYtenHv70JJ7GLzeScFu/s320/Red-green%20Carpet.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Red-green Carpet</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><u><br /></u></span></span></div>Bennyboymothmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16982443515789714821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2967709613991032655.post-14682619670854340852024-03-23T16:14:00.004+00:002024-03-23T16:14:34.335+00:00A walk through the woods yields just one moth.<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">A breezy cool day with sunny intervals and just the one moth found walking on the trunk of a White Willow tree in my local woodland, a rather pale example of a Caloptilia stigmatella.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">An uncommon moth in my garden, with just one record in 2022. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqEPaEZUA8IKbCxtBcCV0BLF2BxOaY7fcKAUmXATwOSyHgnz6A5fUEnGVHvF9XiD6OZlUnZFTxQkFaGnWtuFyuU-dJWfUcMpWwfNWu0qGHAXiGKs2fn8EijDR331chrXGvVbaf0DTjZOuhJnErtXTmHCXvKh4gUwcaWEDFgOt-1FA1bQUp_-umDpv2nxF5/s2000/Caloptilia%20stigmatella.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1572" data-original-width="2000" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqEPaEZUA8IKbCxtBcCV0BLF2BxOaY7fcKAUmXATwOSyHgnz6A5fUEnGVHvF9XiD6OZlUnZFTxQkFaGnWtuFyuU-dJWfUcMpWwfNWu0qGHAXiGKs2fn8EijDR331chrXGvVbaf0DTjZOuhJnErtXTmHCXvKh4gUwcaWEDFgOt-1FA1bQUp_-umDpv2nxF5/s320/Caloptilia%20stigmatella.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Caloptilia stigmatella</u></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Bennyboymothmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16982443515789714821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2967709613991032655.post-75211738416739275982024-03-22T20:41:00.005+00:002024-03-22T20:41:47.755+00:00Latest from the garden moth trap, a new species.<p></p><p><span style="color: #990000;">I've been running my trap most nights here and it's been pretty good to say the least, plenty of the regular species have been in good supply during these mild nights.</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Best catch of the week was on Wednesday night where I counted 31 moths of a fabulous 16 species. 2 of the species were netted at dusk on the patio, a very effective way of adding bonus micro moths to the garden and year list.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Best moth of the night went to the 798th species for the garden, an Agonopterix ocellana, a moth i've taken before at nearby Chippenham Fen.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Oak-tree Pug was the only new species of macro moth added, but a real cracker of a specimen, and oddly before any Brindled Pugs here (Although both are scarce in my garden).<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">The 2 that I netted before the trap was lit were also new for the year, the Autumn form of Caloptilia semifascia and an early (Probable overwintering) Phyllonorycter sagitella. The latter will be retained just in case of the outside chance of apparella.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Last night, less moths but a similar amount of species, the best was an obscure form of Twin-spotted Quaker.<br /></span></div><p><span style="color: #990000;">Tonight the temperature is set to slide away to low single figures, so i'm off.</span></p><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u>Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 43 species</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u>20/03/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><u>Macro Moths</u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>Oak-tree Pug 1 [NFY] </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Brindled Beauty 2<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Clouded Drab 1<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Common Quaker 3</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Double-striped Pug 5 <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Early Grey 2<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Red Chestnut 2<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Small Quaker 2<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><u>Micro Moths</u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">Agonopterix ocellana 1 [NFG]</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">Caloptilia semifascia 1 [NFY]</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">Phyllonorycter sagitella/apparella 1 [NFY]</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;">Agonopterix alstromeriana 2</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;">Alucita hexdactyla 4<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;">Emmelina monodactyla 2</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;">Epiphyas postvittana 1</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;">Eudonia angustea 1</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYlLiWjw8sjrFmFimlRaUZr4MvQB9tqU9xvIhzGa4CSnWXMwpKZkchypI_qaYYv-QWSbX9CmVZWA5ejf2JoXCV4WSpQ2aDTMyPq4NQiZoqd6JGm-n7TKgiz_jWHJnlhtTAukdTlmXXXv6WrYxknn0Q5LwG72bbVaK4X56DwndYOR0WJQCZ42pIB6uu_7aA/s2000/Agonopterix%20ocellana%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1904" data-original-width="2000" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYlLiWjw8sjrFmFimlRaUZr4MvQB9tqU9xvIhzGa4CSnWXMwpKZkchypI_qaYYv-QWSbX9CmVZWA5ejf2JoXCV4WSpQ2aDTMyPq4NQiZoqd6JGm-n7TKgiz_jWHJnlhtTAukdTlmXXXv6WrYxknn0Q5LwG72bbVaK4X56DwndYOR0WJQCZ42pIB6uu_7aA/s320/Agonopterix%20ocellana%20(2).JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>Agonopterix ocellana</u></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh3uL_tJp1eV-rDHTmvbRztw789c0nUF4JGSvipWbgCimg9qoiQtqT6-kOB4Cki3m4UO8y2lzEm7d_3VT178ZtrlHyLLc3PPAfLp4vL4Cn6iaojescT7NDQTZk-2_OhhLsPiCf0LBeDvcbJ-F_uO3mrS35MmmQhhEomWGHUjbCL8rzzr_MktqCUBSETTMk/s2000/Caloptilia%20semifascia.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1486" data-original-width="2000" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh3uL_tJp1eV-rDHTmvbRztw789c0nUF4JGSvipWbgCimg9qoiQtqT6-kOB4Cki3m4UO8y2lzEm7d_3VT178ZtrlHyLLc3PPAfLp4vL4Cn6iaojescT7NDQTZk-2_OhhLsPiCf0LBeDvcbJ-F_uO3mrS35MmmQhhEomWGHUjbCL8rzzr_MktqCUBSETTMk/s320/Caloptilia%20semifascia.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>Caloptilia semifascia</u></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdtWpJSZLPazOxmabvBDfQfUzmofaCklT-oMVwkdaAtLXAcZtet2ivPE3G_TXhtoP2WkcGl8l7DGjRduYsFbE6HvocFl6cxj9JVcymyr3tYkZKofbJHi0xO6k9hM56idGG6VvTLCeJpzH6Y167mPPV0wF_BF70AZuGG-U6XPUlc2A5uqDHY2n3T5l24n8U/s2000/Oak-tree%20Pug.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1407" data-original-width="2000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdtWpJSZLPazOxmabvBDfQfUzmofaCklT-oMVwkdaAtLXAcZtet2ivPE3G_TXhtoP2WkcGl8l7DGjRduYsFbE6HvocFl6cxj9JVcymyr3tYkZKofbJHi0xO6k9hM56idGG6VvTLCeJpzH6Y167mPPV0wF_BF70AZuGG-U6XPUlc2A5uqDHY2n3T5l24n8U/s320/Oak-tree%20Pug.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Oak-tree Pug</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR2m3IHQABE_-LNL6e4Go6TIYs3kMHrACQ7NFYXo2ixgC_3IloRLEqQzoR-cl1P_ZBzTS1WhAaW53U6ul9gmWFHXPP_hdvTtt8CZGZrRkZ-yzq6X56-3sfeTD91RVrQMtSR1DoyWa6ltRPS2AvPODcOrQ6M98AQWwUFEBN3SlwUJXtnhZma-Lxn87ERrKv/s2000/Phyllonorycter%20sagitella%20apparella.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1570" data-original-width="2000" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR2m3IHQABE_-LNL6e4Go6TIYs3kMHrACQ7NFYXo2ixgC_3IloRLEqQzoR-cl1P_ZBzTS1WhAaW53U6ul9gmWFHXPP_hdvTtt8CZGZrRkZ-yzq6X56-3sfeTD91RVrQMtSR1DoyWa6ltRPS2AvPODcOrQ6M98AQWwUFEBN3SlwUJXtnhZma-Lxn87ERrKv/s320/Phyllonorycter%20sagitella%20apparella.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Phyllonorycter sagitella/apparella</u></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHuOWbrzRfWbU03IqNNL-e40D_0S5HkbQBk8QENNPL1w5heBJm23kArS6OxmrrviGDPNpJCxNzEhMhcGR-yZqsGrMdgMqW0dyQoDqwQP-9oniDEZkaWp9DLbDwXrE-_CiuoBm7lLTbjuWPrA_Ra0yvN2opjo2gQUUAhlum4QmCwAbC9YtotM8xz0XWZen3/s2000/Twin-spotted%20Quaker.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1980" data-original-width="2000" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHuOWbrzRfWbU03IqNNL-e40D_0S5HkbQBk8QENNPL1w5heBJm23kArS6OxmrrviGDPNpJCxNzEhMhcGR-yZqsGrMdgMqW0dyQoDqwQP-9oniDEZkaWp9DLbDwXrE-_CiuoBm7lLTbjuWPrA_Ra0yvN2opjo2gQUUAhlum4QmCwAbC9YtotM8xz0XWZen3/s320/Twin-spotted%20Quaker.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Twin-spotted Quaker</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>Bennyboymothmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16982443515789714821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2967709613991032655.post-73802419413599091972024-03-18T19:41:00.003+00:002024-03-18T19:41:54.642+00:00Mr. Consistent<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Yep, that goes to the Lead-coloured Drab, 3 years on a trot now it's turned up on the 17th of March, even more odd is that I usually only get one year!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">A cracking dark specimen it was, with just a little bit of wear & tear.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">This species is very similar to Common Quaker and it nearly got discounted as one (If it wasn't for the row of distinct black dots along the sub-terminal line, although these can appear brown and obscured so care must be taken)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">The feathered antennae identity was also out, as it was a female and had very fine antennae.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Just 9 other moths made their way to the trap, very slow indeed but it did drop to 6 degrees this morning. </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u>Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 39 species</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u>17/03/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><u>Macro Moths</u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Lead-coloured Drab 1 [NFY] <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Clouded Drab 1<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Common Quaker 2</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Early Grey 1 <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Hebrew Character 2<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Small Quaker 1<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><u>Micro Moths</u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;">Emmelina monodactyla 1 </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjglXYq7-_xIpZEkhE8FzhHUYx8kdNnIUYIYjQm_7pOUA8e_sRx5gTY-VOUsZbbIeXllrjkOE9i5V4qYY2CtL8A8r9Jw7SUrt0YK6yvx9uycUKKWHYkznzSye_no-x87pmYsWVy_ks4IdmaZ4TX3cLjO_sQuyllR4Ojpsv_6TqYzFMiHh29Ii_BXvz8Vj5K/s2000/Lead-coloured%20Drab%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1693" data-original-width="2000" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjglXYq7-_xIpZEkhE8FzhHUYx8kdNnIUYIYjQm_7pOUA8e_sRx5gTY-VOUsZbbIeXllrjkOE9i5V4qYY2CtL8A8r9Jw7SUrt0YK6yvx9uycUKKWHYkznzSye_no-x87pmYsWVy_ks4IdmaZ4TX3cLjO_sQuyllR4Ojpsv_6TqYzFMiHh29Ii_BXvz8Vj5K/s320/Lead-coloured%20Drab%20(2).JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Lead-coloured Drab</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> </span></div><p></p>Bennyboymothmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16982443515789714821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2967709613991032655.post-63914340850431836012024-03-16T14:31:00.001+00:002024-03-16T14:31:06.518+00:00WOW! A new moth for my records<p><span style="color: #990000;">Last night, I could not believe my eyes when I stepped out at around 9pm, a cracking Small Eggar was sitting on the white ground sheet around the trap, luckily I spotted it as I may have trodden on it! </span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Even better, it's not only the first one i've ever seen, bur it's a rarely seen (in the wild) Female. Even Male's are rare to traps.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">From the records available to me, the easiest way to still find these, is in the silken webs that the caterpillars spin within Hawthorn thickets.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Other moths of note this week were another lovely Oak Beauty, and a new for year Brindled Beauty. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Hebrew Characters are my most commonest species currently, with Common Quaker a close second. A garden record 18 Hebrew Characters were recorded on the 13th.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Pammene giganteana are busy today with several to the MOL lure, and i've had the EMP lure out for the Emperor Moth, warm in the sunshine but a shade early I feel.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u>Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 38 species</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u>13/03/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><u>Macro Moths</u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Clouded Drab 4<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Common Quaker 6</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Early Grey 1 <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Hebrew Character 18</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">March Moth 1 <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Oak Beauty 1<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><u>Micro Moths</u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;">Agonopterix alstromeriana 2</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;">Agonopterix heracliana 1 </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;">Emmelina monodactyla 1 <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u>15/03/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><u>Macro Moths</u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Brindled Beauty 1 [NFY] <br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Small Eggar 1 [NEW!] <br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Common Quaker 7</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Early Grey 1 <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Hebrew Character 6</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">March Moth 1 <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Small Quaker 1 <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><u>Micro Moths</u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;">Agonopterix alstromeriana 5</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;">Diurnea fagella 1 <br /></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;">Emmelina monodactyla 1 </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCUU68y3qRQiGszq93quxBvcwQ6kv4DDWW6GHsK5Q7-DWFhN1jQOWFHUvb4wiYKb57rmfkZygsZUmsaiEbiffyzj3ifsSwwGBDgD2hRBsCi218aOeoHyNvY3NgwXXvxLKwq0GAKeC7Cgf1PKhXpiLStT_lof-yd7SSqxs9bysi6yyVqsEA7EvJqjQgcMuj/s2000/Oak%20Beauty.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1531" data-original-width="2000" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCUU68y3qRQiGszq93quxBvcwQ6kv4DDWW6GHsK5Q7-DWFhN1jQOWFHUvb4wiYKb57rmfkZygsZUmsaiEbiffyzj3ifsSwwGBDgD2hRBsCi218aOeoHyNvY3NgwXXvxLKwq0GAKeC7Cgf1PKhXpiLStT_lof-yd7SSqxs9bysi6yyVqsEA7EvJqjQgcMuj/s320/Oak%20Beauty.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Oak Beauty</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdzaXxySzv3GUODt83vzKQN2GfPR1UVa4Ylmlw007GCoOumNJhNuySTr8Pj0oWoCZ-kMh9262YY5dEdA9Ifn4peU9xZ6S7HMEAPEXKYhkSpohfFiEakuYEZEnHn3zQiJSWa1pHZ5KYP8AuzENJROoUJYLf08GcCsV9eML5osuo7dbT_wdQ62l8_TaNjAOa/s2000/Brindled%20Beauty%20(3).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1490" data-original-width="2000" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdzaXxySzv3GUODt83vzKQN2GfPR1UVa4Ylmlw007GCoOumNJhNuySTr8Pj0oWoCZ-kMh9262YY5dEdA9Ifn4peU9xZ6S7HMEAPEXKYhkSpohfFiEakuYEZEnHn3zQiJSWa1pHZ5KYP8AuzENJROoUJYLf08GcCsV9eML5osuo7dbT_wdQ62l8_TaNjAOa/s320/Brindled%20Beauty%20(3).JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Brindled Beauty</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig2A_uMCZrc2pqUti4ufEPzEqUUMqSuBW3L9hiroowF1qS5TfjdSZTxyGdCpJCvquqv1OfeM0l81mzjUJFOqFOSvrf1tHIg1eRKmlWrLhBki2w9fqFKIhd2FlUTwrx1MkR20xWaqOASfE36IW75yKbcjdl2neQAxMQtUBxrZMHCZu63W0rL4eRrwMq_zkM/s2000/Diurnea%20fagella.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1548" data-original-width="2000" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig2A_uMCZrc2pqUti4ufEPzEqUUMqSuBW3L9hiroowF1qS5TfjdSZTxyGdCpJCvquqv1OfeM0l81mzjUJFOqFOSvrf1tHIg1eRKmlWrLhBki2w9fqFKIhd2FlUTwrx1MkR20xWaqOASfE36IW75yKbcjdl2neQAxMQtUBxrZMHCZu63W0rL4eRrwMq_zkM/s320/Diurnea%20fagella.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Diurnea fagella</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicDfYKvwG3ISH_0x1J6O4VvVe3zFvSDo9jhFKhXF5suk5OCMBJ4IzaXfW6LnRsf6XgOvTliuddfAy_AsDfNorkwdoPcoHK29VXsq1Hhs1ELOPmxc_zRF_2RTKWcPkhfqiMVMpsplEJBbOLQZsAIP-G1VUo8-_HZV88TYfioiQJlkyytYIqrAT79FiyKQYf/s2000/Small%20Eggar%20(3).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1493" data-original-width="2000" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicDfYKvwG3ISH_0x1J6O4VvVe3zFvSDo9jhFKhXF5suk5OCMBJ4IzaXfW6LnRsf6XgOvTliuddfAy_AsDfNorkwdoPcoHK29VXsq1Hhs1ELOPmxc_zRF_2RTKWcPkhfqiMVMpsplEJBbOLQZsAIP-G1VUo8-_HZV88TYfioiQJlkyytYIqrAT79FiyKQYf/s320/Small%20Eggar%20(3).JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Small Eggar</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> </span></div>Bennyboymothmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16982443515789714821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2967709613991032655.post-62937207256499763682024-03-13T20:24:00.003+00:002024-03-13T20:24:35.239+00:00Some new welcome faces<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">I ran the trap once more during this incredibly mild spell that we are having.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Sadly, it's been very windy recently, and that has hampered my catches here, as my garden is really exposed on the edge of the fens.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Two Double-striped Pugs were nice to see, both slightly different and in good condition. There was also a really pale Twin-spotted Quaker on the back door, another year lister.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">The rest of the catch was made up of Quakers, Drabs and Hebrews, with only a smidgen of micros.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">During the day today, my pheromone bucket traps attracted two Pammene giganteana, one each to the FUN & SKI lures.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u>Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 36 species</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u>12/03/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><u>Macro Moths</u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Double-striped Pug 2 [NFY]</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Twin-spotted Quaker 1 [NFY] <br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Clouded Drab 5<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Common Quaker 6</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Hebrew Character 3</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Small Quaker 1 <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><u>Micro Moths</u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">Pammene giganteana 2 [NFY] - to FUN & SKI </span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;">Agonopterix alstromeriana 1</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;">Agonopterix heracliana 1 </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsxJ4ZiwjIk4_ccRBkUuc_Qgcmy6jVQ2WsuP9S4P9e5F0cM04z8wQ1aSOkYuGbbiA-Gx2osXScFHKY7o8hVA9CifkoCV1PTTozgHsZF2N4tPykv5A1551PWwasTG-wKtFVLqFQZZyglE3iAi-qE0Zu6pffljEyecOCH76bo6sdxlshNjJXLoowrwJqhyKk/s2000/Double-striped%20Pug%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1514" data-original-width="2000" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsxJ4ZiwjIk4_ccRBkUuc_Qgcmy6jVQ2WsuP9S4P9e5F0cM04z8wQ1aSOkYuGbbiA-Gx2osXScFHKY7o8hVA9CifkoCV1PTTozgHsZF2N4tPykv5A1551PWwasTG-wKtFVLqFQZZyglE3iAi-qE0Zu6pffljEyecOCH76bo6sdxlshNjJXLoowrwJqhyKk/s320/Double-striped%20Pug%20(2).JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><u>Double-striped Pug 1<br /></u></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkG1CUQdyt_n6jnmYlx6xzWNyIJCq3c5BGjZrVpUvu72Jlb3dm6JMtOgsWhlPvX6S4b6Oy2wWKiJOctz4rMc-RE1A0P-xFs4fVAgzGC_V_sj5AG5LnYwnMkRMksuNF4l92AYDZbMTnGt6OarLQ9cFCzILF-Vnjzu2AmEdvYjvAKB-ld71XQvt150N2V-zv/s2000/Double-striped%20Pug%20(4).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1439" data-original-width="2000" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkG1CUQdyt_n6jnmYlx6xzWNyIJCq3c5BGjZrVpUvu72Jlb3dm6JMtOgsWhlPvX6S4b6Oy2wWKiJOctz4rMc-RE1A0P-xFs4fVAgzGC_V_sj5AG5LnYwnMkRMksuNF4l92AYDZbMTnGt6OarLQ9cFCzILF-Vnjzu2AmEdvYjvAKB-ld71XQvt150N2V-zv/s320/Double-striped%20Pug%20(4).JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><u>Double-striped Pug 2</u></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy74WNERIsR8V3kst5QODijOc3ssLsQWCnM5mI-r9kq6kILUMrrXz-NXexJnsApmvlpJ9yNrvVDeqvziEwsyOlpRvf6JI8s2pGsJzo6GKVs_LuTGw2r9IIZHAgGIyQvpfTrfk9RhYOKBvtLms0A0al3KSZ65Ah3yhNpow8tVMjwTx0OCtbH9fk3MwlU33C/s2000/Pammene%20giganteana.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1510" data-original-width="2000" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy74WNERIsR8V3kst5QODijOc3ssLsQWCnM5mI-r9kq6kILUMrrXz-NXexJnsApmvlpJ9yNrvVDeqvziEwsyOlpRvf6JI8s2pGsJzo6GKVs_LuTGw2r9IIZHAgGIyQvpfTrfk9RhYOKBvtLms0A0al3KSZ65Ah3yhNpow8tVMjwTx0OCtbH9fk3MwlU33C/s320/Pammene%20giganteana.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Pammene giganteana</u></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirwLn7eYEOUVujUfn8Y7I-Nt2hsNfmqRJDL7mOy3FyYEK4dHnKVT0kSr4u2NSmD-GV-QdiPp8GnL03q_7e8MqSkTFRUo0v-IIw-urpeWy7fC8GS46Rt_fct8R0y6YDh2yAoRgo1NlUV_03xAQkfmVHpP5Hf5yHbN_weSH20AhnuEIhPmezGX2rilIsfWqd/s2000/Twin-spotted%20Quaker.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1751" data-original-width="2000" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirwLn7eYEOUVujUfn8Y7I-Nt2hsNfmqRJDL7mOy3FyYEK4dHnKVT0kSr4u2NSmD-GV-QdiPp8GnL03q_7e8MqSkTFRUo0v-IIw-urpeWy7fC8GS46Rt_fct8R0y6YDh2yAoRgo1NlUV_03xAQkfmVHpP5Hf5yHbN_weSH20AhnuEIhPmezGX2rilIsfWqd/s320/Twin-spotted%20Quaker.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Twin-spotted Quaker</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"> </span><br /></div>Bennyboymothmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16982443515789714821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2967709613991032655.post-57617391268589034052024-03-12T20:02:00.004+00:002024-03-13T20:11:58.560+00:00Slow and steady builds the year list<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">It's certainly been very steady here, but the year list is starting to build and now surpassing last years figure on the same date (Not by much though).</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">I seem to be averaging 1 new species per night recently, which certainly makes lighting up worthwhile.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">It was the turn of the aptly named Red Chestnut last night, not a common moth here, and i'm lucky if I see a couple a year.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Temperatures have now risen and there is a little bit of activity around the trap tonight already, after a day of heavy rain.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u>Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 33 species</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u>11/03/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><u>Macro Moths</u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>Red Chestnut 1 [NFY] </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Clouded Drab 2<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Common Quaker 4</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Hebrew Character 2</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><u>Micro Moths</u></span></span></div><p><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;">None Recorded!</span></p><p><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXJaRxU9woYcJX52i8l0GvL7Msmk9VZtxg6qq9hdQ5pVN-et1Gcn-LTUZMrOLPuRKxJjJIisR9EShnlzZbRYUt-0lhxQKrHOK-lSsSEpFNA6l1YOe6pEdotLo3l8CTVJP8hlR3x6K_inM9Bf3qmYJmlovlO949pDD5syJR6d0NpnDuMjrxCMLQ5WI87L13/s2000/Red%20Chestnut.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1783" data-original-width="2000" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXJaRxU9woYcJX52i8l0GvL7Msmk9VZtxg6qq9hdQ5pVN-et1Gcn-LTUZMrOLPuRKxJjJIisR9EShnlzZbRYUt-0lhxQKrHOK-lSsSEpFNA6l1YOe6pEdotLo3l8CTVJP8hlR3x6K_inM9Bf3qmYJmlovlO949pDD5syJR6d0NpnDuMjrxCMLQ5WI87L13/s320/Red%20Chestnut.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Red Chestnut</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><br /> </span><br /><p></p>Bennyboymothmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16982443515789714821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2967709613991032655.post-63825336785252442132024-03-11T19:10:00.000+00:002024-03-11T19:10:37.613+00:00A few more treats<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Still cooler than predicted by those folk on the weather channels. It's barely got above 8 degrees this weekend with a biting North/North-East wind, it's felt much colder.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Subsequently, there have been no moths to any of the lures in the garden bucket traps this year yet (But it's still very early).</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">I ran my trap on Saturday night as it was dry, but the temperature fell away again to 5c.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">The main reward was a great Pale Pinion, a moth I get annually but usually just one per year.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">I also got this cracking Carabus granulatus, spotted by my Son.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">I will try again tonight, after having last night off.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">The temperatures are set to rise here in the East, which will be very welcome. </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u>Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 32 species</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u>09/03/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><u>Macro Moths</u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>Pale Pinion 1 [NFY] </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Angle Shades 1</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Clouded Drab 3<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Common Quaker 2</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Early Grey 2</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Hebrew Character 2</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Small Quaker 5 <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><u>Micro Moths</u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><span>Agonopterix alstromeriana 2</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><span>Agonopterix heracliana 1</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><span>Alucita hexadactyla 1 <br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;">Emmelina monodactyla 2</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEaqRyq0fdZF1fAc9OxRsdPWBDgsWyGfow9w5w7jB-6XTZQ8ryMxR9sKgUG8AM5NnItGdQppO2VBxhdckxJmTwbT4OjP-nkTys_0uAigHzwwDCyVIJ0hRFlrT_p1VwvTKl62rgrE-R5Z8BHr9WVH8LazxdvigBlMVY-Rt4Pcb7525ofm7YdXM8OuJXV-UR/s2000/Carabus%20granulatus.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1452" data-original-width="2000" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEaqRyq0fdZF1fAc9OxRsdPWBDgsWyGfow9w5w7jB-6XTZQ8ryMxR9sKgUG8AM5NnItGdQppO2VBxhdckxJmTwbT4OjP-nkTys_0uAigHzwwDCyVIJ0hRFlrT_p1VwvTKl62rgrE-R5Z8BHr9WVH8LazxdvigBlMVY-Rt4Pcb7525ofm7YdXM8OuJXV-UR/s320/Carabus%20granulatus.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Carabus granulatus</u></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga1w5N1AoCy6AAFeTfuaaXUNCKXBhVaCc37RibgiUpstRUFUr9-1M82RZzhbsueTnGd2iabq7-8E3qJ5gu9f0uPg2i_CtWkX3CIl9cachYRUj7WsU5h-ADTGpO4X_T2IMjRFWcM2RSVOdhUXKJ09-kllsiGwgfURyxGk8JJpNXYlcrLSb0wlmhBliBaYxM/s2000/Pale%20Pinion.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1990" data-original-width="2000" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga1w5N1AoCy6AAFeTfuaaXUNCKXBhVaCc37RibgiUpstRUFUr9-1M82RZzhbsueTnGd2iabq7-8E3qJ5gu9f0uPg2i_CtWkX3CIl9cachYRUj7WsU5h-ADTGpO4X_T2IMjRFWcM2RSVOdhUXKJ09-kllsiGwgfURyxGk8JJpNXYlcrLSb0wlmhBliBaYxM/s320/Pale%20Pinion.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Pale Pinion</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>Bennyboymothmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16982443515789714821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2967709613991032655.post-64816315503175426952024-03-08T21:03:00.004+00:002024-03-08T21:03:28.555+00:00The March of the Orthosia!<p><span style="color: #990000;">The march has begun here of the genus Orthosia, with great numbers of several species recorded this week, and Wednesday night was certainly a peak with 34 moths of 11 species, a really good total for my garden in early March.</span></p><p><span style="color: #990000;">Tuesday night I added two Small Quaker's to the year list, and on Wednesday night a couple of Early Greys were very welcome and the 31st moth species of the year so far.</span></p><p><span style="color: #990000;">Still cold at nights and clear skies aren't great either, o and the wind has picked up once more. Tomorrow night could be warmer but still windy.</span><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u>Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 31 species</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u>05/03/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><u>Macro Moths</u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>Small Quaker 2 [NFY]</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Clouded Drab 3<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Common Quaker 4</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><u>Micro Moths</u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;">Diurnea fagella 1</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;">Emmelina monodactyla 1 </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u>06/03/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><u>Macro Moths</u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>Early Grey 2 [NFY]</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Clouded Drab 7</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Common Quaker 8</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Hebrew Character 8</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">March Moth 1</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Small Quaker 3 <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><u>Micro Moths</u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;">Agonopterix alstromeriana 1</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;">Agonopterix heracliana 1 <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;">Diurnea fagella 1</span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;">Emmelina monodactyla 1 </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;">Eudonia angustea 1</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO3Izg2YPLN1pM_1mHH446DySMz70F-pxZy3ykOMEMq7HW1JdNCcdIlrLafKgVSVEy6x7wYGt5hvMOECgtZZgMzfW1twkp-Q4gML2zvof_oQaYwc0NS43YoTL_CL3JVN-ZPtmNLVJqUnZlJR3mvbJJ9h8FVjPZQuAxB5Sl10hxceGoXHtIa4azT8mjWKb1/s2000/Clouded%20Drab%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1824" data-original-width="2000" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO3Izg2YPLN1pM_1mHH446DySMz70F-pxZy3ykOMEMq7HW1JdNCcdIlrLafKgVSVEy6x7wYGt5hvMOECgtZZgMzfW1twkp-Q4gML2zvof_oQaYwc0NS43YoTL_CL3JVN-ZPtmNLVJqUnZlJR3mvbJJ9h8FVjPZQuAxB5Sl10hxceGoXHtIa4azT8mjWKb1/s320/Clouded%20Drab%20(2).JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Clouded Drab</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaf7CUn73jRmXn6BQTMqeLS65cr8xbxIV89nylgijI5CmPk330eJ8fK38kfJ2gttHBEN_b78p3M-GVBEQgxPVx44hkGyTiM2dRV_l_7ObDcpYzLaPvojBwpYIg_bpjRn1PGOqEY_CJGv8dATSzUo6wPXqzT1DopvU26ZrERWNopCOb2vQq1_Do7kfWdgWf/s2000/Small%20Quaker%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1825" data-original-width="2000" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaf7CUn73jRmXn6BQTMqeLS65cr8xbxIV89nylgijI5CmPk330eJ8fK38kfJ2gttHBEN_b78p3M-GVBEQgxPVx44hkGyTiM2dRV_l_7ObDcpYzLaPvojBwpYIg_bpjRn1PGOqEY_CJGv8dATSzUo6wPXqzT1DopvU26ZrERWNopCOb2vQq1_Do7kfWdgWf/s320/Small%20Quaker%20(2).JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Small Quaker</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjGuAkHTqV651J23OR25rhC0EyIfBRGSrBEBQ476uPsoWK96IuVEIU1oNJCB-8bZpiXfKkCa0MrtM_2UeL4JWZIWb014alg-qjxQWNhYGyzpqgc8dOhs8KOO1qsXhI6tPSjLe1orDhytV5IKgsCc2xCDi1oKyIuAZLJMuh49KfA9rDXXgAfrE_hz5-UiSK/s2000/Small%20Quaker.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1952" data-original-width="2000" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjGuAkHTqV651J23OR25rhC0EyIfBRGSrBEBQ476uPsoWK96IuVEIU1oNJCB-8bZpiXfKkCa0MrtM_2UeL4JWZIWb014alg-qjxQWNhYGyzpqgc8dOhs8KOO1qsXhI6tPSjLe1orDhytV5IKgsCc2xCDi1oKyIuAZLJMuh49KfA9rDXXgAfrE_hz5-UiSK/s320/Small%20Quaker.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Small Quaker</u></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2y8NtT0hlGNwxHYD7h3HCwKTYfzq131LBcoMQ_GWl_jqJkHb6MI54newv5kQAfK2o88J2zduENNt_uLu9m8H-cO6hO9A8EIZegodg__SxTPEK8fcURVbrdQ8yUs3ZZMYxV9AnMpY3IXrIXW4aq_G_OWw3gRfMm-DxC4VzSGYu9lNpqP_YFqGMXc-TZHXd/s2000/Early%20Grey.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1949" data-original-width="2000" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2y8NtT0hlGNwxHYD7h3HCwKTYfzq131LBcoMQ_GWl_jqJkHb6MI54newv5kQAfK2o88J2zduENNt_uLu9m8H-cO6hO9A8EIZegodg__SxTPEK8fcURVbrdQ8yUs3ZZMYxV9AnMpY3IXrIXW4aq_G_OWw3gRfMm-DxC4VzSGYu9lNpqP_YFqGMXc-TZHXd/s320/Early%20Grey.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Early Grey<br /></u></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU6Jt3EUs_RlppZ3hd3kM5tEyqbxbXsdnQuK2BtsGKzzlSTX8ECXgJr-t9zYZTXU6_OkORza8MrX-uSySAiH_Ofsc1ASkkOTfPc8sbFLKhzTrXA4ATQWMKfVjcDfkPU1Z6WtvAIZ8g7iCyg0RFwiwFxawrEOizy5qEDPOSQQhDsI6eP55GeLpWM9K5hQ7f/s2000/Hebrew%20Character.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1887" data-original-width="2000" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU6Jt3EUs_RlppZ3hd3kM5tEyqbxbXsdnQuK2BtsGKzzlSTX8ECXgJr-t9zYZTXU6_OkORza8MrX-uSySAiH_Ofsc1ASkkOTfPc8sbFLKhzTrXA4ATQWMKfVjcDfkPU1Z6WtvAIZ8g7iCyg0RFwiwFxawrEOizy5qEDPOSQQhDsI6eP55GeLpWM9K5hQ7f/s320/Hebrew%20Character.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Hebrew Character</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDfmvS7hQpnBzJAwSCQqa8F7ZTXRaEvWNpFWbZJabpeB2eHO7CsbvFXmTvBvlfh1yHU0ibykR3jYso5GsYD5IncWk1nunAl3CwJIRcIbgM_VEdRFUR5NwhFb8hHIkH87sRcA0-HFqRb4HpxJDM3P9YiTPJ4VJH9W8XeVfHXJczujDTZHZYuag0pEYEbbnh/s2000/Early%20Grey%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1554" data-original-width="2000" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDfmvS7hQpnBzJAwSCQqa8F7ZTXRaEvWNpFWbZJabpeB2eHO7CsbvFXmTvBvlfh1yHU0ibykR3jYso5GsYD5IncWk1nunAl3CwJIRcIbgM_VEdRFUR5NwhFb8hHIkH87sRcA0-HFqRb4HpxJDM3P9YiTPJ4VJH9W8XeVfHXJczujDTZHZYuag0pEYEbbnh/s320/Early%20Grey%20(2).JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Early Grey<br /></u></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>Bennyboymothmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16982443515789714821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2967709613991032655.post-19020434953779216182024-03-07T20:37:00.002+00:002024-03-07T20:37:18.218+00:00Latest from the garden moth trap - Dotty!<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Into March we go, and things have slightly improved despite the heavy rains of late, and cooler temperatures at night due to a biting easterly.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">But, things are flying, and under some cloudy evenings i've actually managed a list for once.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Below are the results from Mondays catch, Tuesday was fairly similar, but last night was a vast increase.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Best moths from Monday night were a year first Dotted Chestnut (Always a pleasure to see these as they are quite a sort after pretty species) and Diurnea fagella (An uncommon moth away from woodland).</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Still a bit cool at night for my liking, but it is still only early March.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u>Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 29 species</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u>04/03/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><u>Macro Moths</u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>Dotted Chestnut 1 [NFY]</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Clouded Drab 4 <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Common Quaker 6</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Grey Shoulder-knot 1 <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Hebrew Character 1</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">March Moth 1 <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><u>Micro Moths</u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">Diurnea fagella 1 [NFY]</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;">Agonopterix alstromeriana 1</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;">Agonopterix heracliana 4 <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;">Epiphyas postvittana 1</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMOQK8iCyxnVKImhOYqGFBEnrMltU212hzbFxOT8MYrimXfDbUvg9-n6mqGjvtC5xFeRcOI_2933zaevM9888-ttzbyaQQaFHs06UPRqS5pah5WlHHIJ7Iqtq2Go9TXRcjVbdPU5v9SAIChyphenhyphendYv57hE3zvXfwiLlBlTGmTXDoGsw5BmcO-CbcPvpOcdfjd/s2000/Diurnea%20fagella.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1787" data-original-width="2000" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMOQK8iCyxnVKImhOYqGFBEnrMltU212hzbFxOT8MYrimXfDbUvg9-n6mqGjvtC5xFeRcOI_2933zaevM9888-ttzbyaQQaFHs06UPRqS5pah5WlHHIJ7Iqtq2Go9TXRcjVbdPU5v9SAIChyphenhyphendYv57hE3zvXfwiLlBlTGmTXDoGsw5BmcO-CbcPvpOcdfjd/s320/Diurnea%20fagella.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Diurnea fagella</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsYJu_QYEL6xMZj4x_9faPY8zoYJOQtqDDO9oOoilDigTKFP0xk-_67T2S9g2m8E9irAU7HZmdlgvLgx2v45ornHmwLLnkGz008kSAzO1RFgYEDTFrPJHdmaqhY8fb_CNEYH5wnjTzNVFPHE5GVSw5Hsm5POcaIHDv-yoYTVGI9qp_3vI4ROT4NfW7K1G0/s2156/Dotted%20Chestnut.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2156" data-original-width="2000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsYJu_QYEL6xMZj4x_9faPY8zoYJOQtqDDO9oOoilDigTKFP0xk-_67T2S9g2m8E9irAU7HZmdlgvLgx2v45ornHmwLLnkGz008kSAzO1RFgYEDTFrPJHdmaqhY8fb_CNEYH5wnjTzNVFPHE5GVSw5Hsm5POcaIHDv-yoYTVGI9qp_3vI4ROT4NfW7K1G0/s320/Dotted%20Chestnut.JPG" width="297" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Dotted Chestnut</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> </span></div>Bennyboymothmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16982443515789714821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2967709613991032655.post-40955329886628627532024-03-01T20:16:00.005+00:002024-03-01T20:16:52.687+00:00Weekly moth round-up<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Very quiet in the garden this week, only two nights I ran the trap all night, but night time temperatures have struggled. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">The warmest night was Wednesday with lows of 11 degrees, the temperature during the day was also the same!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Just the the 1 new moth this week, a smart Grey Shoulder-knot, and very fresh out of hibernation.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Things are looking iffy next week with cool temperatures at night, but maybe the daytime will be warm enough to tempt some to the trap? Failing that, some lures will be deployed in the garden for a couple of early flying species.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u>Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 27 species</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u>27/02/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><u>Macro Moths</u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Common Quaker 3</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Hebrew Character 2</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><u>Micro Moths</u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;">Emmelina monodactyla 1</span><br /><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;">Epiphyas postvittana 1</span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u>28/02/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><u>Macro Moths</u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Grey Shoulder-knot 1 [NFY] </span><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #990000;">Clouded Drab 1 <br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Common Quaker 3</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Hebrew Character 3</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">March Moth 1 <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Oak Beauty 1<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><u>Micro Moths</u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><span>Emmelina monodactyla 2</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLpICMuW5l3m8EGvVCIzvwS5ATcnbKt18h07vK3IfFOShXt1mBvFb5MgdJvz3lTVVGnDpGlE6Is6v8KFE-ZBahD6CDaFij_oM-ZSmG_P9feagvA0Rqxj_RfFAsi6ucJHle2hC84ObIQ2RiQBIxn-dY-l9dAFYKyD1ayWfABvhHbs7IhY-zmiDvKoZHA_hb/s2000/Epiphyas%20postvittana.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1658" data-original-width="2000" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLpICMuW5l3m8EGvVCIzvwS5ATcnbKt18h07vK3IfFOShXt1mBvFb5MgdJvz3lTVVGnDpGlE6Is6v8KFE-ZBahD6CDaFij_oM-ZSmG_P9feagvA0Rqxj_RfFAsi6ucJHle2hC84ObIQ2RiQBIxn-dY-l9dAFYKyD1ayWfABvhHbs7IhY-zmiDvKoZHA_hb/s320/Epiphyas%20postvittana.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Epiphyas postvittana</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw_vFDFLb1xV9gd3RGGJ2pBOkhlySPDkCDJitTN37vJo2QbTdcgTwepiBjvYMpryiKpXAVb3TJKl6R8tvczqtkNGOpdC4ywB3fajY13hvaVEdQnQIvpCvtR42W5wg6zf3Ubn2O7EsRQ9OyigUGKGXrOvMCC83gUYfDc1-csO-MpjA5q6JdQm2oRhmpcLWm/s2000/Grey%20Shoulder-knot.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1709" data-original-width="2000" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw_vFDFLb1xV9gd3RGGJ2pBOkhlySPDkCDJitTN37vJo2QbTdcgTwepiBjvYMpryiKpXAVb3TJKl6R8tvczqtkNGOpdC4ywB3fajY13hvaVEdQnQIvpCvtR42W5wg6zf3Ubn2O7EsRQ9OyigUGKGXrOvMCC83gUYfDc1-csO-MpjA5q6JdQm2oRhmpcLWm/s320/Grey%20Shoulder-knot.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Grey Shoulder-knot</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span><br /></span></span></div>Bennyboymothmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16982443515789714821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2967709613991032655.post-61526633218556831592024-02-23T21:09:00.002+00:002024-02-23T21:09:34.487+00:00Weekly moth round-up<p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Another mixed week of fortunes, some nights were quite cool windy and wet, and others were nigh on perfect and very unseasonably warm, with nights not dropping below 12 degrees, what a crazy February 2024 we've had.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Because I don't get time to take photos at the moment during the week (because the light is awful before 7am after 4pm) hopefully that'll change in a few weeks and I can keep up.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Fortunately moths are safe to keep in a fridge for a few days, sometimes longer if needed, regularly open the lid to allow fresh air in, and use the biggest container possible. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">This week has yielded 3 new for year species including a new moth for the garden, a smart Acleris literana and the second new garden Acleris species this year!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">The Pine Beauty is always a great moth to get, one that I dipped on last year.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">A bit nippy notes over the weekend so the trap stays in shelter. </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u>Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 26 species</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u>18/02/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><u>Macro Moths</u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #990000;">Clouded Drab 1 <br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Common Quaker 4</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Hebrew Character 2</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">March Moth 1<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><u>Micro Moths</u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Acleris literana 1 [NFG] </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><span>Agonopterix alstromeriana 1</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><span>Agonopterix heracliana 1 </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u>19/02/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><u>Macro Moths</u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #990000;">Clouded Drab 1 <br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Common Quaker 4</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Hebrew Character 8</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Oak Beauty 1<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><u>Micro Moths</u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><span>Agonopterix heracliana 1 </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><span>Emmelina monodactyla 1 </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u>20/02/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><u>Macro Moths</u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #990000;">Black-spotted Chestnut 1 [NFY]</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #990000;">Pine Beauty 1 [NFY]</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #990000;">Angle Shades 2 <br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #990000;">Clouded Drab 1 <br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Common Quaker 3</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Dotted Border 1<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Hebrew Character 4<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><u>Micro Moths</u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><span></span></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;">None Recorded!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ZMOaWP_2ZxWu4N6DaKaIYwtplKTbNZr38fGgzDz9vzgqFIitRh1zxMh_KTxfOYxI1GxMRXPRZxXvwcU4yX81hcVjQgmY45Njo8Ql8mUqZ8bOEDdsPET71ci1NkMV3U7a9E7M7HlYT0tdN_n33mB4g2a635hhoQ8nUqVVlHnJJB46fADo2eKdwl7YGbOj/s2000/Acleris%20literana%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1952" data-original-width="2000" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ZMOaWP_2ZxWu4N6DaKaIYwtplKTbNZr38fGgzDz9vzgqFIitRh1zxMh_KTxfOYxI1GxMRXPRZxXvwcU4yX81hcVjQgmY45Njo8Ql8mUqZ8bOEDdsPET71ci1NkMV3U7a9E7M7HlYT0tdN_n33mB4g2a635hhoQ8nUqVVlHnJJB46fADo2eKdwl7YGbOj/s320/Acleris%20literana%20(2).JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Acleris literana</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnh9AFt4WFo9E8f0qD-r40U1sNZ9_McR7868MgRsw9wgSB1DPmUJhSytvLikzCIG5l3MvpbklS_Zrj3vJkmyCRP3Woba7u2JwjNDyOSLI9bMub_CEMiz88uwrwUG2R_XLomD84aWf_Wmjte5L1fCgi__gFLh0ZQRlOuMbXMkwrmJXUV532rHF0QNHY-Sdg/s2064/Black-spotted%20Chestnut.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2064" data-original-width="2000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnh9AFt4WFo9E8f0qD-r40U1sNZ9_McR7868MgRsw9wgSB1DPmUJhSytvLikzCIG5l3MvpbklS_Zrj3vJkmyCRP3Woba7u2JwjNDyOSLI9bMub_CEMiz88uwrwUG2R_XLomD84aWf_Wmjte5L1fCgi__gFLh0ZQRlOuMbXMkwrmJXUV532rHF0QNHY-Sdg/s320/Black-spotted%20Chestnut.JPG" width="310" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Black-spotted Chestnut</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6AatrmZhdcA4q8LTi8EtvGX1r1nPh8hGMJABE5zSauqjsB7xgGHPa8GmgOt09c5LtOHaOafP3G_uuHi4Io_ebm1N5MXuYgfOI6356QHHrFWStqqNuN6OHAXFyvvXOZgdQFN6duJZECCPHwsyPi47AZXfT8d0J0_tGv6SsvI4cNEw3dOROXN65qZSddVO7/s2000/Pine%20Beauty.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1554" data-original-width="2000" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6AatrmZhdcA4q8LTi8EtvGX1r1nPh8hGMJABE5zSauqjsB7xgGHPa8GmgOt09c5LtOHaOafP3G_uuHi4Io_ebm1N5MXuYgfOI6356QHHrFWStqqNuN6OHAXFyvvXOZgdQFN6duJZECCPHwsyPi47AZXfT8d0J0_tGv6SsvI4cNEw3dOROXN65qZSddVO7/s320/Pine%20Beauty.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pine Beauty<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> </span><br /></div>Bennyboymothmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16982443515789714821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2967709613991032655.post-54726794742276197372024-02-18T19:19:00.003+00:002024-02-18T19:19:32.206+00:00Rain, rain and more rain<p><span style="color: #990000;">It rained all evening, all night and till about 9am this morning, the patio was flooded and the grass was like a moss-covered waterbed. </span></p><p><span style="color: #990000;">Just 5 moths of 5 species ventured out in the wind and rain. Despite the dismal conditions, the temperature remained above 12 degree all night.</span></p><p><span style="color: #990000;">Best moth was a much paler Chestnut than the year first example on the 13th. </span><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u>Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 23 species</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u>17/02/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><u>Macro Moths</u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Chestnut 1 </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Common Quaker 1</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Dotted Border 1</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Hebrew Character 1<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><u>Micro Moths</u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><span>Agonopterix alstromeriana 1</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj23481H8rslaRPEqiy9m88XQd4LgGz93ZpojIfkwh-g9H_dufIvI_54svUs5WXYKdLLYRThP0YBcHOB7neXrwjk-e9mARM4x1IE55Oe_cJucXo9TvsqTYu2RcuQQq9pyKydfMl-Cizm-I01h1sNEguL1SZf5Ca4QwO0C8QPybQV9Rj8N5AGw4PKfPB6YJY/s2000/Chestnut.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1793" data-original-width="2000" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj23481H8rslaRPEqiy9m88XQd4LgGz93ZpojIfkwh-g9H_dufIvI_54svUs5WXYKdLLYRThP0YBcHOB7neXrwjk-e9mARM4x1IE55Oe_cJucXo9TvsqTYu2RcuQQq9pyKydfMl-Cizm-I01h1sNEguL1SZf5Ca4QwO0C8QPybQV9Rj8N5AGw4PKfPB6YJY/s320/Chestnut.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Chestnut</u></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> </span></span></div><p></p>Bennyboymothmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16982443515789714821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2967709613991032655.post-57223075823400885132024-02-17T11:04:00.003+00:002024-02-17T11:04:38.395+00:00Catch-up time with multiple catches<p><span style="color: #990000;">It's been a week of illnesses again, but i've managed to flick the switch on the wall next to the trap during this unseasonably mild spell we are still experiencing.</span></p><p><span style="color: #990000;">I ran the trap all night on the 13th and 14th, and ran the trap on the 15th and 16th from 5:30pm until roughly 9pm (As we've been using the pull out sofa so the light is too bright to leave on).</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">In total, 6 new for year species have graced the trap this week, boosting my yearly total to 23 species, a full 4 species ahead of this date last year.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u>Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 23 species</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u>13/02/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><u>Macro Moths</u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">Chestnut 1 [NFY]</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Common Quaker 1</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Pale Brindled Beauty 2<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><u>Micro Moths</u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><span>Agonopterix alstromeriana 1</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u>14/02/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><u>Macro Moths</u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Common Quaker 2</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Dotted Border 2 <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Pale Brindled Beauty 2<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><u>Micro Moths</u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Epiphyas postvittana 1 [NFY] </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #990000;">Acleris kochiella 1</span><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><span>Agonopterix alstromeriana 1</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><span>Agonopterix heracliana 2</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><span>Emmelina monodactyla 4 </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u>15/02/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><u>Macro Moths</u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>March Moth 1 [NFY]</span><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>Oak Nycteoline 1 [NFY]</span><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Common Quaker 2</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Hebrew Character 1<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Pale Brindled Beauty 2<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><u>Micro Moths</u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Alucita hexadactyla 1 [NFY] </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><span>Agonopterix alstromeriana 1</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><span>Agonopterix heracliana 4</span></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><span>Emmelina monodactyla 2 </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u>16/02/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><u>Macro Moths</u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Common Quaker 5</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><u>Micro Moths</u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Eudonia angustea 1 [NFY] </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><span>Agonopterix alstromeriana 1</span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl3Rq8ocuyT5W1dsPheaPqGZ3d0wLegUt4EgXhtteqLOLUMdVUQjNEB-h82ygbEnHJmVEm6e6r2hyphenhyphen-ytZEmvPb75P6CrkoQ7GnbG2l_H5jg_FWUPPp4NmKxKQZSwfSGtn_IIX4LbX_iO7ag5CBV8fvBab_lzIfKafhVjhwo1q-dpkbFsTXesy-F47GiHvl/s2278/Chestnut.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2278" data-original-width="2000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl3Rq8ocuyT5W1dsPheaPqGZ3d0wLegUt4EgXhtteqLOLUMdVUQjNEB-h82ygbEnHJmVEm6e6r2hyphenhyphen-ytZEmvPb75P6CrkoQ7GnbG2l_H5jg_FWUPPp4NmKxKQZSwfSGtn_IIX4LbX_iO7ag5CBV8fvBab_lzIfKafhVjhwo1q-dpkbFsTXesy-F47GiHvl/s320/Chestnut.JPG" width="281" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Chestnut</u></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh80fKbzMlll09TTQoSXWG2Cwop_Gup_bp5HzHtA9DTwd6HOdI1IOuD3b4WvXshrxbNuMRj2s5fSIFQhDBJO6jOZLVYTDdm3DIMWjaODhn4eRnT-nehFNs5sL2Oo-uzuJpOTTM2f-q3eWtlGspBzsGcwZ9vXtn9dS-jQnxxCsk9uEDdagxo8DBGFfZfhXKL/s2000/Dotted%20Border.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1507" data-original-width="2000" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh80fKbzMlll09TTQoSXWG2Cwop_Gup_bp5HzHtA9DTwd6HOdI1IOuD3b4WvXshrxbNuMRj2s5fSIFQhDBJO6jOZLVYTDdm3DIMWjaODhn4eRnT-nehFNs5sL2Oo-uzuJpOTTM2f-q3eWtlGspBzsGcwZ9vXtn9dS-jQnxxCsk9uEDdagxo8DBGFfZfhXKL/s320/Dotted%20Border.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Dotted Border</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8YnzaVzosohjHpooTvyR826NqkJP-ePOoO8qPXFN8iBh-Dgp-Ax471ihcPQO5lFdDDC_KuU1JZRr59nIOTZ0-7aykAQRZ_YVh7yilVS94B2OB_MiCDXXCvpv5_MMlbL9GB6kd454l-RdUXbAvKJZ0ABJ2kFhGs9eQOGHP3gkIRBLFZIF4SDy_fhc7rMqn/s2134/Epiphyas%20postvittana.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2134" data-original-width="2000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8YnzaVzosohjHpooTvyR826NqkJP-ePOoO8qPXFN8iBh-Dgp-Ax471ihcPQO5lFdDDC_KuU1JZRr59nIOTZ0-7aykAQRZ_YVh7yilVS94B2OB_MiCDXXCvpv5_MMlbL9GB6kd454l-RdUXbAvKJZ0ABJ2kFhGs9eQOGHP3gkIRBLFZIF4SDy_fhc7rMqn/s320/Epiphyas%20postvittana.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Epiphyas postvittana</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge-Dk8wap9WQxNxV2FubLhWd5Gw0doZuR5xlspBtGRgOc3K3VoVJMtSxR6Eph4GubkxDfZ0GSJ1KIGvWrz52-VwjVodSGZW_K78N2W4zvTAJ1wRCxoZiBwgnDVO6S4cS5R9UTajy3yNj0uWZ_qiD7TCXURL8v1lJM5Cc90U6kX-y-Vf3v5CdEbdfmUTAzw/s2000/Alucita%20hexadactyla.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1777" data-original-width="2000" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge-Dk8wap9WQxNxV2FubLhWd5Gw0doZuR5xlspBtGRgOc3K3VoVJMtSxR6Eph4GubkxDfZ0GSJ1KIGvWrz52-VwjVodSGZW_K78N2W4zvTAJ1wRCxoZiBwgnDVO6S4cS5R9UTajy3yNj0uWZ_qiD7TCXURL8v1lJM5Cc90U6kX-y-Vf3v5CdEbdfmUTAzw/s320/Alucita%20hexadactyla.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Alucita hexadactyla</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZUY3qKvZZMsgfrDD9FnitaxQf6cDdNLXKEd3y18rrCvS3vi_KA9loxaO3dweH9jFQml0QVwDqttEDeF__cHixClxCTwTgb0LV9QniNX23QPIoh-ZpW9aJxO-4voqglaGimeKxyiDelZjEdkmylBnWM-A2VHCMSESb7SI9PiyMDzn4EIVMp5HrNM9zXNvg/s2000/March%20Moth.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1497" data-original-width="2000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZUY3qKvZZMsgfrDD9FnitaxQf6cDdNLXKEd3y18rrCvS3vi_KA9loxaO3dweH9jFQml0QVwDqttEDeF__cHixClxCTwTgb0LV9QniNX23QPIoh-ZpW9aJxO-4voqglaGimeKxyiDelZjEdkmylBnWM-A2VHCMSESb7SI9PiyMDzn4EIVMp5HrNM9zXNvg/s320/March%20Moth.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>March Moth</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyCfpBA4_q50DVYBIURFgbAUojik_3QDaHF7IqAbO2R_lLAcsjzwsfzESgmb4va5w8VcVESqE7vJAZeA7FwGISUuMOPgax5UjyA2YS1SCnz2AwgdvxJMHTGKIDyQoggJ8me5UnaBhutxeKExOa9H-BJhagLn07B0rkJtndIJm6CYkaS4dqyySKdlhjl6q_/s2145/Oak%20Nycteoline%20(3).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2145" data-original-width="2000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyCfpBA4_q50DVYBIURFgbAUojik_3QDaHF7IqAbO2R_lLAcsjzwsfzESgmb4va5w8VcVESqE7vJAZeA7FwGISUuMOPgax5UjyA2YS1SCnz2AwgdvxJMHTGKIDyQoggJ8me5UnaBhutxeKExOa9H-BJhagLn07B0rkJtndIJm6CYkaS4dqyySKdlhjl6q_/s320/Oak%20Nycteoline%20(3).JPG" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Oak Nycteoline</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhDGO9f8plDcoaLsiPA_fQlPGOvFqSesw3hLx7nUzHlZpicl0B73pa6Nm2myS4HW0DgpvGjNOqpFSUenRfMMCmMqGbFp0DANFaPalDCS1Cnq0HexhGD-otYwMgc3SurQfzRi6dUIHwgxHyzmUY-X-3TZfHo4L6OxVSgps-dbigndW_wKNbLMW5Jnm1JYG1/s2000/Eudonia%20angustea.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1848" data-original-width="2000" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhDGO9f8plDcoaLsiPA_fQlPGOvFqSesw3hLx7nUzHlZpicl0B73pa6Nm2myS4HW0DgpvGjNOqpFSUenRfMMCmMqGbFp0DANFaPalDCS1Cnq0HexhGD-otYwMgc3SurQfzRi6dUIHwgxHyzmUY-X-3TZfHo4L6OxVSgps-dbigndW_wKNbLMW5Jnm1JYG1/s320/Eudonia%20angustea.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Eudonia angustea</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></div>Bennyboymothmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16982443515789714821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2967709613991032655.post-4364305598601409592024-02-11T19:38:00.002+00:002024-02-17T10:00:13.747+00:00Another excellent night and a surprise<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Well what a terrible night weather-wise it was. The rain was extremely heavy at times and it was still raining at midnight when I decided to turn in.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Despite the awfully wet conditions, the moths were not bothered, and with a temperature of 10 degrees at midnight, there were a few moths to be had and even by the morning I found a few extras.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">The garden was soaked, and everything was so damp and cold come the morning, and I was just hanging up the sheet and towels on the washing line to dry and drain off during intermittent sunny periods...Then I spotted a moth huddled on the fence, another Acleris! brilliant! This one a little darker and is either logiana or kochiella, although many favour kochiella. The moth will be dissected soon.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>EDIT: CONFIRMED BY COLIN PLANT AS KOCHIELLA </span><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">There were plenty of other good moths, in fact 5 species were added to the 24' list. Some were a little worn (Satellite & Dotted Border) but there were a couple of nice fresh Noctuids and a scale perfect Tortricodes alternella.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">A little cooler now for a few nights so I will trap until bedtime. <br /></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u>Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 17 species</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u>10/02/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><u>Macro Moths</u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">Clouded Drab 1 [NFY]</div><div style="text-align: left;">Dotted Border 1 [NFY]</div><div style="text-align: left;">Oak Beauty 1 [NFY]</div><div style="text-align: left;">Satellite 1 [NFY] <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Common Quaker 1</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Pale Brindled Beauty 4 <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Early Moth 1</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><u>Micro Moths</u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Tortricodes alternella 1 [NFY] <br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Acleris kochiella 1 [NFY]</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><span>Agonopterix alstromeriana 2 </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDKxiQwJYIWwyDN129Jrc03ySukfdnD5g3UFK0I91ULdehOvihYcR9EaV6ikJU22tEUwlGNQRiVuoieomyMqSWpxFbC_NDc3g5TQOPyOTmNd_YoXeEnrSps9Rfsub5J0U3HijIjnXI_YEicu5YB9EqsnzACsQ8WdVUsh5X8kb_6It4ClAJuUYc9d_6Vy2P/s2000/Acleris%20prob%20kochiella.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1866" data-original-width="2000" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDKxiQwJYIWwyDN129Jrc03ySukfdnD5g3UFK0I91ULdehOvihYcR9EaV6ikJU22tEUwlGNQRiVuoieomyMqSWpxFbC_NDc3g5TQOPyOTmNd_YoXeEnrSps9Rfsub5J0U3HijIjnXI_YEicu5YB9EqsnzACsQ8WdVUsh5X8kb_6It4ClAJuUYc9d_6Vy2P/s320/Acleris%20prob%20kochiella.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Acleris kochiella</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCg1QzpxficAbsqx-owgFgPN-eU2AnSGuMMaf-Fzygl-0FPhnqMzbqLpi7ZhdEUxUM4S8AOxATS7SAamcEZguuH8l78FwV8PfRQPAlqHJ0lkZMYORzeDk2ZsQvfB3BqKZ2YB9ZcYvSbJx6La4p9s-cw0Q1i17TADmrTUBCMEc4eEYdkx_fnufAJR5VrrnF/s2000/Clouded%20Drab.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1424" data-original-width="2000" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCg1QzpxficAbsqx-owgFgPN-eU2AnSGuMMaf-Fzygl-0FPhnqMzbqLpi7ZhdEUxUM4S8AOxATS7SAamcEZguuH8l78FwV8PfRQPAlqHJ0lkZMYORzeDk2ZsQvfB3BqKZ2YB9ZcYvSbJx6La4p9s-cw0Q1i17TADmrTUBCMEc4eEYdkx_fnufAJR5VrrnF/s320/Clouded%20Drab.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Clouded Drab</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ3q9nmgcR6kWzZE1KCPgzsZ9bB2UpwnQuGIz980ywKoIAHIqkXUmVNelXpjqEK9gzm8PRl4wdSi3SgNTHDSktJDP1adKXAfRfqbtnxpz9wfPA0pawTcFkrevKCvc6p2AipPTAKIW9iA_mYki7g3UGrEKVuxVIImR4VaBhJLfjKXTs_sK06TM-lGUvXYrl/s2000/Common%20Quaker.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1473" data-original-width="2000" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ3q9nmgcR6kWzZE1KCPgzsZ9bB2UpwnQuGIz980ywKoIAHIqkXUmVNelXpjqEK9gzm8PRl4wdSi3SgNTHDSktJDP1adKXAfRfqbtnxpz9wfPA0pawTcFkrevKCvc6p2AipPTAKIW9iA_mYki7g3UGrEKVuxVIImR4VaBhJLfjKXTs_sK06TM-lGUvXYrl/s320/Common%20Quaker.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Nicely marked Common Quaker</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiApCMjFhEear6Y3wIQ3ixsjX9R8g9vZD_eimJ3k3m4UgE3MPHhIBQ-Jq_ubmTCwJfC8pI4wipsXXqMmfQutv802qzYrk5FhCm826GJwxv35qnO4RT-yXpyIG9EiVm-B8AgJeW5fyERoBbv3PJKRIbzgboPyic2cYakx1HIXXznwL_z5g8YHPJ0K6UrDggr/s2000/Dotted%20Border.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1544" data-original-width="2000" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiApCMjFhEear6Y3wIQ3ixsjX9R8g9vZD_eimJ3k3m4UgE3MPHhIBQ-Jq_ubmTCwJfC8pI4wipsXXqMmfQutv802qzYrk5FhCm826GJwxv35qnO4RT-yXpyIG9EiVm-B8AgJeW5fyERoBbv3PJKRIbzgboPyic2cYakx1HIXXznwL_z5g8YHPJ0K6UrDggr/s320/Dotted%20Border.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Dotted Border</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWOhDdQJNb4P1xmFisB86nixjTegclFbugPIchzz3x1DIWWexCUwMItuDLzHTspfdM8e0OrC8gALfCZKVpezFdhyphenhyphen2c0fhflaOwCBK4JZZo1otIIJEGBdUcHD7gq7lVKtHbIe3lgAJNRfXkDvLvgWCsdvVDG3h6UA7CzIuKLpKe-8Bc_ORQwec9MBdp1G0T/s2000/Oak%20Beauty.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1559" data-original-width="2000" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWOhDdQJNb4P1xmFisB86nixjTegclFbugPIchzz3x1DIWWexCUwMItuDLzHTspfdM8e0OrC8gALfCZKVpezFdhyphenhyphen2c0fhflaOwCBK4JZZo1otIIJEGBdUcHD7gq7lVKtHbIe3lgAJNRfXkDvLvgWCsdvVDG3h6UA7CzIuKLpKe-8Bc_ORQwec9MBdp1G0T/s320/Oak%20Beauty.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Oak Beauty</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8-VOWJlzqHoRWELzj9ikvnPCz80SMEYJf3mH4xfAgaRJNA1H4NxjDeShe9rYc6tyuKTXnsS7FItOxPaVZFRoLYDuOh1gQL8pNY1VXo2RG6nEZVA53dLcUZluao_CvuhPVGEjjokb9xsffO8SHrHkWcsho-V3oKn7fC02EDUvo69_aswNLVTmVcGN48PtB/s2087/Satellite.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2087" data-original-width="2000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8-VOWJlzqHoRWELzj9ikvnPCz80SMEYJf3mH4xfAgaRJNA1H4NxjDeShe9rYc6tyuKTXnsS7FItOxPaVZFRoLYDuOh1gQL8pNY1VXo2RG6nEZVA53dLcUZluao_CvuhPVGEjjokb9xsffO8SHrHkWcsho-V3oKn7fC02EDUvo69_aswNLVTmVcGN48PtB/s320/Satellite.JPG" width="307" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Satellite</u></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWm10YL-_zj6jJHq4-lUj3DSGWH27bF4OMi540Sghd6dIG3zecCHcmyvsbGWL5Ga893f-nEcSHt9l8aHbp-TD9fVD5D0C4FKaMjSEPeotx33SMI_FLpV3thIwRR5VN2pu0Q8Vk0ZgoeUJWWG2SgO_dKV7AXq1AzLZpg2jKKqwp-uxJKbYkTi2A_p0iN08C/s2000/Tortricodes%20alternella.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1530" data-original-width="2000" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWm10YL-_zj6jJHq4-lUj3DSGWH27bF4OMi540Sghd6dIG3zecCHcmyvsbGWL5Ga893f-nEcSHt9l8aHbp-TD9fVD5D0C4FKaMjSEPeotx33SMI_FLpV3thIwRR5VN2pu0Q8Vk0ZgoeUJWWG2SgO_dKV7AXq1AzLZpg2jKKqwp-uxJKbYkTi2A_p0iN08C/s320/Tortricodes%20alternella.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Tortricodes alternella</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span></span></div>Bennyboymothmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16982443515789714821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2967709613991032655.post-60202408677233805902024-02-10T15:15:00.002+00:002024-02-10T15:15:44.793+00:00Finally, some welcome visitors<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">After what seemed like ages since I last had a good selection of moths, last night delivered in spades. Well for my garden at least!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">I've only had two new for year species since the 5th of January, over a month! </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">The garden list before last night was on 6 species, that has now risen to 11 with 5 new additions overnight.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">What's more, one species was completely new for the garden, the first new species of the year and moth no.795.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">The micros all came in before midnight (Bar the Acleris). The 3 macro species came in after I went to bed.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">I will try again tonight as it is very calm and relatively mild, but it will drop a little lower than last nights 10c minimum.</span><br /></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u>Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 11 species</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u>09/02/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><u>Macro Moths</u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">Common Quaker 1 [NFY]</div><div style="text-align: left;">Hebrew Character 1 [NFY]</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Early Moth 1 </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><u>Micro Moths</u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Acleris logiana 1 [NFG] </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Agonopterix alstromeriana 2 [NFY] </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Emmelina monodactyla 2 [NFY] </span><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #990000;">Agonopterix heracliana 1 </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkWJD2xuftb2-2d2pZdIPeYiGe-lYJdsugLaMhBF2uDSmYuQBikjMOZE4xvrbgG6tcwvoOMLyLBB5bpB4rrnOckRhy5psykqAEoGNPqrGcNCTl21MQ_kmZOmofj2TIbylr30rIWRyNiWcvMo4pn05kPzrcjZvQwpkiZeSTLSZvX2UhUgt1UX-7gXrROjYz/s2000/Acleris%20logiana%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1914" data-original-width="2000" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkWJD2xuftb2-2d2pZdIPeYiGe-lYJdsugLaMhBF2uDSmYuQBikjMOZE4xvrbgG6tcwvoOMLyLBB5bpB4rrnOckRhy5psykqAEoGNPqrGcNCTl21MQ_kmZOmofj2TIbylr30rIWRyNiWcvMo4pn05kPzrcjZvQwpkiZeSTLSZvX2UhUgt1UX-7gXrROjYz/s320/Acleris%20logiana%20(2).JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Acleris logiana</u></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRHrODN2qEZK47FKQnbFOwnJ566vdMA26_hwQrgiZldRQv8WiygImTDtVECdYh-XaMo8EsJrqxetX0AtAt71E1OBE8CLn9zWEwiYosVdGXv-xGKAB3Ynu8tsRN0-Lrut7bDsjn1nPJ16Hmf0SlR9UJuFYcveJ-4fkGR8QeoYStL_ATporER18z8whjo9h7/s2000/Common%20Quaker.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1968" data-original-width="2000" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRHrODN2qEZK47FKQnbFOwnJ566vdMA26_hwQrgiZldRQv8WiygImTDtVECdYh-XaMo8EsJrqxetX0AtAt71E1OBE8CLn9zWEwiYosVdGXv-xGKAB3Ynu8tsRN0-Lrut7bDsjn1nPJ16Hmf0SlR9UJuFYcveJ-4fkGR8QeoYStL_ATporER18z8whjo9h7/s320/Common%20Quaker.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Common Quaker</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmekyfOR5QzdCheU3ne23uTnJ2bDhqWFvSGCQVZd2U5FDVdO5Z4JykW1rrINx5t27Tk0k2as2uLoZmyncjCzoq3NW0hWx2kXyIgsWsjTRy4uU5uflFR7Hbo1eupgYhDxegp0eIkmrC-rVL15ZdkSs354gQiB-QZ9vBV8eFz2ElKpAEM1oKjaMB5dhUf1_f/s2000/Early%20Moth.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1628" data-original-width="2000" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmekyfOR5QzdCheU3ne23uTnJ2bDhqWFvSGCQVZd2U5FDVdO5Z4JykW1rrINx5t27Tk0k2as2uLoZmyncjCzoq3NW0hWx2kXyIgsWsjTRy4uU5uflFR7Hbo1eupgYhDxegp0eIkmrC-rVL15ZdkSs354gQiB-QZ9vBV8eFz2ElKpAEM1oKjaMB5dhUf1_f/s320/Early%20Moth.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Early Moth</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiruAwmnorlf-7eL38sotiXnzAmqLqUuiY2G6IgVxl-86E2nsNMEJHjPLM8mhYwJ8rEi2OsPHVJ1Cf13SyMvyd2wVsBkcHBSSrRTiznyfZB2-3ELKvWi3edkUSufbKQpejF93vCZY-H6zfaaLAqJo1X0tao2UByzNRDSDWf4YrUCRMvlAjwcEQh0dqhfX68/s2000/Emmelina%20monodactyla.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1591" data-original-width="2000" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiruAwmnorlf-7eL38sotiXnzAmqLqUuiY2G6IgVxl-86E2nsNMEJHjPLM8mhYwJ8rEi2OsPHVJ1Cf13SyMvyd2wVsBkcHBSSrRTiznyfZB2-3ELKvWi3edkUSufbKQpejF93vCZY-H6zfaaLAqJo1X0tao2UByzNRDSDWf4YrUCRMvlAjwcEQh0dqhfX68/s320/Emmelina%20monodactyla.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Emmelina monodactyla</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFkyKWWIUAKpAxZvTMrjM7C7FRGbYbswzcrFIpWnVNWNeE2OIOB_OOliRU4KLtxriTML1nY8hUnkpns35EbUgGzrTRxt5cNibObZC3y8faGAftvZT5JdmRuQ4cjnd3ZGxikTpFlLRaN81OTO2PUI7eEolXYg9LIQTVuy15OkkIGdveFwZG50JMvd2E2TWZ/s2000/Hebrew%20Character%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1970" data-original-width="2000" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFkyKWWIUAKpAxZvTMrjM7C7FRGbYbswzcrFIpWnVNWNeE2OIOB_OOliRU4KLtxriTML1nY8hUnkpns35EbUgGzrTRxt5cNibObZC3y8faGAftvZT5JdmRuQ4cjnd3ZGxikTpFlLRaN81OTO2PUI7eEolXYg9LIQTVuy15OkkIGdveFwZG50JMvd2E2TWZ/s320/Hebrew%20Character%20(2).JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Hebrew Character</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxOadNJ-vBhGsNkCO9gH0UIDc-7YKdr6OwGzMvTZ_JMz4mZFIn2L_nFVXj8dpyXeVEBzFEiH2vLmMoT6NvB70NF2F2SlNz01ajBQz_0lbVGDLMzsgeumPixoBbRTj2dRRbIg7MAw0gftqvoBI0082-0Lb-2SsSlOpiEWLbX5Qg4dRXuxu83ZYCIYqZEG8p/s2000/Agonopterix%20alstromeriana.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1657" data-original-width="2000" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxOadNJ-vBhGsNkCO9gH0UIDc-7YKdr6OwGzMvTZ_JMz4mZFIn2L_nFVXj8dpyXeVEBzFEiH2vLmMoT6NvB70NF2F2SlNz01ajBQz_0lbVGDLMzsgeumPixoBbRTj2dRRbIg7MAw0gftqvoBI0082-0Lb-2SsSlOpiEWLbX5Qg4dRXuxu83ZYCIYqZEG8p/s320/Agonopterix%20alstromeriana.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Agonopterix alstromeriana</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span></span></div>Bennyboymothmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16982443515789714821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2967709613991032655.post-75855200130277167232024-02-04T15:51:00.002+00:002024-02-04T15:51:13.489+00:00Home and away<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Warm days at 14 degrees and mild nights above 11c have spurred me on to try and catch some moths once more, but it's still not happening here locally.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Last night the garden yielded just 4 moths of 2 species, despite being mild all night, although the breeze did kick up around midnight, so that may have hampered things.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">I seem to be stuck on 6 species for the year, on this exact date last year I was on 10 species, so not a massive difference.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">I dropped a couple of traps off at my local nature reserve just before dusk, and went back at 8pm to see what I had caught.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Very little unfortunately, to the 125w MV trap were just 6 moths, the Actinic trap faired better with 13 moths.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Luckily all was worth it for two cracking micro moths. Nice examples of both Acleris ferrugana/notana & Caloptilia elongella.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Next mild and settled spell, I shall try again.</span><br /></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u>Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 6 species</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u>03/02/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><u>Macro Moths</u></span></span></div><p><span style="color: #990000;">Pale Brindled Beauty 3</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><u>Micro Moths</u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #990000;">Agonopterix heracliana 1 </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u>03/02/24 - Chippenham Fen - East Cambridgeshire - 1x 125w Trap & 1x 62w Actinic Bucket Trap</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><u>Macro Moths</u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Chestnut 1 <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Pale Brindled Beauty 14</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Spring Usher 1 <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><u>Micro Moths</u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #990000;">Acleris ferrugana/notana <br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #990000;">Agonopterix heracliana 1 </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #990000;">Caloptilia elongella 1 </span></span> </div><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij8AdqymdcOuT67ijchgOaIsKRCEwHtE6FU76A9p9lryxal2390xu828bEae4y3FxJKssMDJrgAxm8Lmryf41u2Ky_BKiQOYzgzj_PWqBmaByWaNNdf-XLfL0vklkalepnn1hWcERO-QN5_sxAFoKnpk5wNWlKKULyLEK1kVDowd2zIroG0orBHlLgwzCx/s2000/Pale%20Brindled%20Beauty.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="2000" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij8AdqymdcOuT67ijchgOaIsKRCEwHtE6FU76A9p9lryxal2390xu828bEae4y3FxJKssMDJrgAxm8Lmryf41u2Ky_BKiQOYzgzj_PWqBmaByWaNNdf-XLfL0vklkalepnn1hWcERO-QN5_sxAFoKnpk5wNWlKKULyLEK1kVDowd2zIroG0orBHlLgwzCx/s320/Pale%20Brindled%20Beauty.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>One of the better marked Pale Brindled Beauties from last night</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGHi8olH9kcfnS4u1bqb4bD-e72yLQIk7fiG8CzCamV4OK44fJ6MSYCpGt9P_CxInwO6NgbOK7CLGM7-N1XLJenbVCrtzb66KL9PAX3Y9vjvTh_faVzl4fAMFA5Kjx-HNCQdfEbI4XsnDgX8csgQsQ8MrRxLbl_u8ArRu_iS-wFlYQqHd0YF43JZ5Ua6fN/s2167/20240203_193509.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2167" data-original-width="2000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGHi8olH9kcfnS4u1bqb4bD-e72yLQIk7fiG8CzCamV4OK44fJ6MSYCpGt9P_CxInwO6NgbOK7CLGM7-N1XLJenbVCrtzb66KL9PAX3Y9vjvTh_faVzl4fAMFA5Kjx-HNCQdfEbI4XsnDgX8csgQsQ8MrRxLbl_u8ArRu_iS-wFlYQqHd0YF43JZ5Ua6fN/s320/20240203_193509.jpg" width="295" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Pale Brindled Beauty dominated the away catch</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcnnyOLesXKBHYevI9rsYROoI_GBiaKY-niZMD54ney_umTxeHM804ZGUyjuyDpmmXPld18yHiYrSybnEFCOg-z6By7_RhZtjahNS3jTKZTUSIfMMOsMV7myic96H05GdAtrmVIiq7IDmyvjGqkeTMzbqzILW3aAFUMoA6Qr1_Ymn9LThaGVcp7ZAauK9v/s2000/Acleris%20ferrugana%20notana.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1712" data-original-width="2000" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcnnyOLesXKBHYevI9rsYROoI_GBiaKY-niZMD54ney_umTxeHM804ZGUyjuyDpmmXPld18yHiYrSybnEFCOg-z6By7_RhZtjahNS3jTKZTUSIfMMOsMV7myic96H05GdAtrmVIiq7IDmyvjGqkeTMzbqzILW3aAFUMoA6Qr1_Ymn9LThaGVcp7ZAauK9v/s320/Acleris%20ferrugana%20notana.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>A rather dotty Acleris ferrugana/notana (Like a mini Dotted Chestnut)</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggWql5FoUk5ZeRpI9xGPk8TIyRVIApv3DkEq_4K01lAIWFWBnnGBThRxgwvkVbCEI_PqZdhNzWcQDR8xducJFrgybN9OpYTaVBkuwco8jcngvA1rW_qHmOOPT4ZL3bqRFovpsDdJq1vMHOOvHaq7hYboafV-SqZiVOMUy7o13ngxkgFQN3wgA4UpypS9yi/s2000/Caloptilia%20elongella.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1492" data-original-width="2000" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggWql5FoUk5ZeRpI9xGPk8TIyRVIApv3DkEq_4K01lAIWFWBnnGBThRxgwvkVbCEI_PqZdhNzWcQDR8xducJFrgybN9OpYTaVBkuwco8jcngvA1rW_qHmOOPT4ZL3bqRFovpsDdJq1vMHOOvHaq7hYboafV-SqZiVOMUy7o13ngxkgFQN3wgA4UpypS9yi/s320/Caloptilia%20elongella.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>The sleek looking Caloptilia elongella, an Alder feeder</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> </p>Bennyboymothmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16982443515789714821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2967709613991032655.post-63180299459676480922024-01-28T19:18:00.000+00:002024-01-28T19:18:00.099+00:00Another night, another moth<p><span style="color: #990000;">It wasn't very warm last night, but it was calm cloudy and there was no rain, so I thought why not!<br /></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">By 8.30pm there was a moth sat behid the trap on the house wall, a new for year Pale Brindled Beauty, great!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">But by 9pm it was already feeling too cchilly and damp and misty, so the trap was turned off at bedtime.<br /></span></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u>Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 6 species</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u>27/01/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><u>Macro Moths</u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Pale Brindled Beauty 1 [NFY] <br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Phvt0_b_zLvGO6qtyYZ8oOdxhRi0lt7yqdbYpilIvY_sygG4EQlcD9bWFggYsef3Q3e1-6mdGh1gl2LOSKA9qrjP-G7xGpWnEW3vJmc2bAMk9LLQxy3fVxZ-TvrEqJ1LZRvdUl0NIbI7o-a4PJjG81c37Ebf6AEvgXAyCQRw_Fxh8s6a_wo0CEgRxa_l/s2000/Pale%20Brindled%20Beauty%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1376" data-original-width="2000" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Phvt0_b_zLvGO6qtyYZ8oOdxhRi0lt7yqdbYpilIvY_sygG4EQlcD9bWFggYsef3Q3e1-6mdGh1gl2LOSKA9qrjP-G7xGpWnEW3vJmc2bAMk9LLQxy3fVxZ-TvrEqJ1LZRvdUl0NIbI7o-a4PJjG81c37Ebf6AEvgXAyCQRw_Fxh8s6a_wo0CEgRxa_l/s320/Pale%20Brindled%20Beauty%20(2).JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p>Bennyboymothmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16982443515789714821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2967709613991032655.post-2780256033466735322024-01-27T15:37:00.001+00:002024-01-27T15:37:49.615+00:00Still quiet despite milder nights<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">January is cruel for us moth enthusiasts, there is little to find this time of year unless you make the effort to go out into a good wooded habitat.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">For the last 3 or so weeks i've been struggling with my health, the weather hasn't been great for moths and i've been relieved in that fact, so that I can recover fully.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">On Thursday night I flicked my light on, and left it running all night. Given that it didn't drop below 11c, I was hopeful of some moths.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Unfortunately there was only one moth found nestled in an egg tray on the outside of my trap, a tiny grey Agonopterix heracliana.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Well at least it was a new for year tick!</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u>Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 5 species</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u>25/01/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>Micro Moths</u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Agonopterix heracliana 1 [NFY] </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguUEC2fpkX21NCyKijWE7WDKqTB3cYVvYoto70r48CGz4U5x0_1vpqTIaxTEBTAB8ggTdCClvF-8caXNX36N9_lg4Ohw3479N77SotHGmAd27cCk7VWAdzzvIhEwAeQ1k3r_ccp9b2re5V_zEWdF0sG8I2DAsBQRlez1b8HIUpKzMRNQLVkOPvVjZz6Ui2/s2000/Agonopterix%20heracliana.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1953" data-original-width="2000" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguUEC2fpkX21NCyKijWE7WDKqTB3cYVvYoto70r48CGz4U5x0_1vpqTIaxTEBTAB8ggTdCClvF-8caXNX36N9_lg4Ohw3479N77SotHGmAd27cCk7VWAdzzvIhEwAeQ1k3r_ccp9b2re5V_zEWdF0sG8I2DAsBQRlez1b8HIUpKzMRNQLVkOPvVjZz6Ui2/s320/Agonopterix%20heracliana.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Bennyboymothmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16982443515789714821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2967709613991032655.post-17426833363406505542024-01-06T21:32:00.002+00:002024-01-06T21:32:27.262+00:00Latest from the garden trap<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">A couple of more moths have been recorded this week, just two moths mind, but thankfully both were new for the year.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">A single Dark Chestnut on a wet Thursday night was all I could muster. The weather got so bad at 10pm that I had to shut it down.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Last night again I tried but it was rather chilly, and by 11pm it was far too cold. Luckily an Angle Shades was spotted on the wall behind the trap, my earliest record of this species.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">The trap is now away for a bit as the weather deteriorates.</span><br /></div><p><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u>Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 4 species</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u>04/01/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>Macro Moths</u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Dark Chestnut 1 [NFY] </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u>05/01/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>Macro Moths</u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div>Angle Shades 1 [NFY] </div><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Mf88bf1N9dzm_qM3mGj1IiPRpRc1IMJgqC4zIK4SspU1uWXMVWUAQt34ICoyZDjLMRdBknrAaD9SDytPzBabDMCWbCt7e8PDx3g2pIroLN18LuF4EwajXi8hD0cNFaG3bbVNisKEAI_9RUzGkotWdsTOBvTxb1aSkn1wjQW75LSKTUv3uRt3PkrN64LT/s2322/Dark%20Chestnut.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2322" data-original-width="2000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Mf88bf1N9dzm_qM3mGj1IiPRpRc1IMJgqC4zIK4SspU1uWXMVWUAQt34ICoyZDjLMRdBknrAaD9SDytPzBabDMCWbCt7e8PDx3g2pIroLN18LuF4EwajXi8hD0cNFaG3bbVNisKEAI_9RUzGkotWdsTOBvTxb1aSkn1wjQW75LSKTUv3uRt3PkrN64LT/s320/Dark%20Chestnut.JPG" width="276" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Dark Chestnut</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz70NVk6zVJ_FMu9xzzJEi53ubpfBalMfB7uKMnlLGwx__q6KH4tkc5y4MdLiVDuvrzuxSDGKKwy0YoBfLhMYMvIWpxSW6X5D-Vxrmtlo9F_IQu2sBiXM0Whgt8b35ZSKAK2PBQ9s-YLO1Y3oPvj_V6_IEyHntYkO3-zeWGMBnp-QClzixzGQBVpISxkJp/s2093/Angle%20Shades%20(3).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2093" data-original-width="2000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz70NVk6zVJ_FMu9xzzJEi53ubpfBalMfB7uKMnlLGwx__q6KH4tkc5y4MdLiVDuvrzuxSDGKKwy0YoBfLhMYMvIWpxSW6X5D-Vxrmtlo9F_IQu2sBiXM0Whgt8b35ZSKAK2PBQ9s-YLO1Y3oPvj_V6_IEyHntYkO3-zeWGMBnp-QClzixzGQBVpISxkJp/s320/Angle%20Shades%20(3).JPG" width="306" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Angle Shades</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>Bennyboymothmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16982443515789714821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2967709613991032655.post-19877510349751368932024-01-04T19:24:00.001+00:002024-01-04T19:24:19.930+00:00Ringing in the new year<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Welcome to another year, another year of some good moths we all hope.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">As always, lets see what turns up.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">The mothing new year got off to a good start with 7 Winter Moths and a single Early Moth to the actinic trap on new years day, super!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Since then there's been nothing and some nights i've either not run the trap, or switched off early because of worsening conditions.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">I shall try again tonight but after that, conditions look more like what Winter should be. </span><br /></div><p><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u>Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 2 species</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u>01/01/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>Macro Moths</u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Early Moth 1 [NFY] <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Winter Moth 7 [NFY]<br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg6RXZ03dkXX_-4MeN9yI5N6K9kEeKU1FCGsvY5b_EmEerpePJJVJGsza69ARJnkvtBzWCB4rrCY0_s7_tDW-I9GTf3M5O8ECoUzf8Yryuu5mFF8gz2tSIszNGLUR7ZbNerSQmT8rJxCiZHUgpZd0o-1a2iVotxmif32UV9hpAuqFJy8gBveORIJFiS_5w/s2000/Early%20Moth.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1599" data-original-width="2000" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg6RXZ03dkXX_-4MeN9yI5N6K9kEeKU1FCGsvY5b_EmEerpePJJVJGsza69ARJnkvtBzWCB4rrCY0_s7_tDW-I9GTf3M5O8ECoUzf8Yryuu5mFF8gz2tSIszNGLUR7ZbNerSQmT8rJxCiZHUgpZd0o-1a2iVotxmif32UV9hpAuqFJy8gBveORIJFiS_5w/s320/Early%20Moth.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Early Moth</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2bOlHjdtAB3-XEXIl4ZEVt9ZbMIm9M8HjaH3fj65VZwqMdWf8k__AaoC__NL2NYYDsu_RxBpBRrRi95xu-93hBcRh7QmPC6TaXRRWLorADrebFu6oXLMkq4Kb_DqcKLHqilxaDS0sdtGQKNBKyrGNlUZ8bjpmjkCtRQZ6fF8czxWa4VVMHiHie8sdhCem/s1500/Winter%20Moth.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1209" data-original-width="1500" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2bOlHjdtAB3-XEXIl4ZEVt9ZbMIm9M8HjaH3fj65VZwqMdWf8k__AaoC__NL2NYYDsu_RxBpBRrRi95xu-93hBcRh7QmPC6TaXRRWLorADrebFu6oXLMkq4Kb_DqcKLHqilxaDS0sdtGQKNBKyrGNlUZ8bjpmjkCtRQZ6fF8czxWa4VVMHiHie8sdhCem/s320/Winter%20Moth.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Winter Moth</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div>Bennyboymothmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16982443515789714821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2967709613991032655.post-83724289100012857622023-12-31T17:39:00.000+00:002023-12-31T17:39:05.989+00:00Best Moths of 2023 Roundup<p><span style="color: #990000;">Welcome to the best moths I personally recorded in 2023.</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">2023 was an odd year weather-wise, summer took ages to come, and when it did it was fairly brief. We also recorded the least 30c+ temperature days in the last decade, despite last year being one of the hottest! </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">It was a hot start to September, recording our hottest day of the year on the 10th of the month.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">It was also a very wet year after a dry spring and the grass did not stop growing. Usually around early August the grass is like straw, not this year! it continued to grow and I was still cutting my lawn at the start of November!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Subsequently it was very hit and miss for moth recording, the weather rarely played ball.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">This wasn't a problem at home, with a fairly sheltered and rain-guarded trap up against the back wall of the house, it was almost too easy to be lazy and just trap from home every night.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">But the rewards were there out in the field once more and every single small window of opportunity, I was out.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">So here are my best moths of 2023, enjoy and I hope you all have a good year in 2024 and thank you for the continued support. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span>1. </span></span>Antispila metallella<span> </span><span style="color: #990000;">27/05/23 - </span><span style="color: #990000;">Fordham Meadow</span><span style="color: #990000;">, East Cambs (New species) A very pretty little micro moth that has avoided me over the years, it feeds from Dogwood which is now a fairly common urban development shrub. I expect these to increase in years to come.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span><span><span>2. </span></span>Lampronia morosa<span style="color: #990000;"> 27/05/23 - Fordham Meadow, East Cambs (New species) Another new moth for me was netted along the edge of a nearby meadow, some 400 metres from my garden. I netted not just one, but 4 of them. There is plenty of Dog-rose interspersed between Hawthorn and Privet.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">3. </span></span>Commophila aeneana<span style="color: #990000;"> 28/05/23</span><span style="color: #990000;"> - Lawshall, West Suffolk (Not seen for many years) One of, if not the prettiest micro moth. 2 were netted at a nearby nature reserve to where my parents live, not easy to pot up once netted I must add! I also managed a pair of scarce Pammene trauniana on the same short walk around.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"><br /><span style="color: black;">4. </span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="font-size: small;">Thisanotia chrysonuchella</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #990000;"> 06/06/23 - Fordham, East Cambs (New species) New to Cambridgeshire and my first British record of this species (Having seen them previously in SW France). There are a rash of records in the NW corner of Suffolk on the edge of the brecks, and a mere 10 miles away from our village, so it's likely to be a wanderer.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">5. </span></span>Epinotia granitana<span style="color: #990000;"> 10/06/23 - Chippenham Fen, East Cambs (New for Cambs) I was incredibly lucky to record two of these tiny non-descript tortrix moths at my local nature reserve on a clear night. I was surprised I spotted them amongst the c.1000 Tortrix viridana!<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">6. </span></span><span>Rannoch Loope</span><span>r
</span><span style="color: #990000;"> 11/06/23 - Fordham, East Cambs (New Species) Another good migration of
Rannoch Looper occurred this year during June. Apart from a record of a
caterpillar at Wicken Fen (Which is dubious) this is the first adult
record for Cambs. It's one I've never come across before, mainly because
I rarely travel in this country. 4 days later I took a pair of them at
nearby Chippenham Fen, another super addition to the ever-growing site
list that will rival Wicken Fen eventually.</span><span style="color: #990000;"> <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"><br /><span style="color: black;">7. </span></span>Dusky Clearwing<span style="color: #990000;"> 17/06/23 - Fordham, East Cambs (New for Cambs) This moth came completely out of the blue and rocked the mothing world for a good few weeks after this first intial specimen was found.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">I had purchased the TAB lure from Jon Clifton in early spring, and having a bit of knowledge of it being a bi-yearly emerging species (Much like Sallow Clearwing), 2023 seemed worth a punt. The punt turned into reality when upon checking the lure trap at around 4pm on a warm Saturday there was a rather large Clearwing inside, and the rest was history! Subsequently I recorded 12 over nearly 3 months, never more than one at a time mind. The moth turned up in no less than 6 new counties in 2023.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"><br /><span style="color: black;">8</span></span><span><span>. </span>Cloaked Pug </span><span style="color: #990000;">21/06/23 Fordham, East Cambs (New species) A new pug moth is always rather special, there aren't many more to see for me, so what a pleasant surprise to trap a Cloaked Pug, what a right brute of a Pug. My appetite for this species was already heavily whetted with local moth'er Leslie Gardiner bringing round a mint example for me to photograph and look at, just a week prior. Mine, was very tatty! But you can't have it all.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span><span><span>9. E</span>ucosma metzneriana</span><span style="color: #990000;"> 23/06/23 - Fordham, East Cambs (New species) Following on from the Cloaked Pug, another species that I was hoping to see that Leslie has already recorded just round the corner, was the striking Eucosma metzneriana with its monochrome shades. My specimen was a little darker than the one Leslie trapped on the 12th of June. Yet another tick for the list!<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"><br /><span style="color: black;">10. </span></span>Monochroa tenebrella<span style="color: #990000;"> 24/06/23 - Fordham, East Cambs (New to Cambs) I've swept this moth in the daytime before in other counties, and had a few to light traps. I so nearly disregarded this as just a new species for the garden, when in fact it seems that it is new to Cambridgeshire? We shall see when the record is submitted. A fairly distinct metallic Monochroa species with sharp wing-tips and a purple glossy head and large upturned palps.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>11. Shaded Fan-foot </span><span style="color: #990000;">24/06/23 - Ditton Park Wood, East Cambs (2nd Cambs Record) A first for me in this country, I've taken this species numerous times before abroad but never here. A very unexpected record in a newly recorded woodland right on the Cambs/Suffolk border. I managed a second one nearly 4 weeks later, suggesting a possible breeding population.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>12. Neosphaleroptera nubilana</span><span style="color: #990000;"> </span><span style="color: #990000;">24/06/23 - Ditton Park Wood, East Cambs (New Species) A species that has been long overdue, though never a common moth in any county, I was lucky to spot this species on top of the rain guard of the mercury vapor trap. I just could not pin it down initially and Tim Green was spot on with suggesting a well-marked </span><span style="color: #990000;">Neosphaleroptera nubilana, only the 6th county record.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">13. </span></span>Acrobasis tumidana<span style="color: #990000;"> 07/07/23 - Fordham, East Cambs (3rd Cambs Record) I remember seeing the first Hertfordshire record of this species, a tentative tumidana was brought round to my old Stevenage home by Keith Cherry, I was blown away in seeing it, and Keith was suitably very chuffed to record the first for Hertfordshire in 2018. It's a Pyralid that I've seen sparingly in Europe, to get one in the garden is fantastic. It's worth checking and advenella throughout the year and particularly during strong migration periods.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>14. </span>Elachista subocellea<span> </span><span style="color: #990000;">07/07/23 - Ditton Park Wood, East Cambs (New Species 2nd & 3rd for Cambs)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Another new moth at the new woodland, 3 in two trips is mind-blowing. It just shows you that there must be so many surprises hidden across the country in remote wooded areas. This dinky little micro moth is very distinct for the genus Elachista, with It's orange transversal bands and over-sized cilia. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>15. Eudemis porphyrana</span><span style="color: #990000;"> </span><span style="color: #990000;">23/07/23 - Ditton Park Wood, East Cambs (New Species & New to Cambs) Nearly a month had passed since I last trapped at this woodland. Summer of 2023 proved tricky indeed, and windows or opportunity were scarce in peak moth season. Nevertheless the rewards were still there, with another 2 new species for me, the best was this colourful tortrix. We counted no less than 6 of them! It is also new to Cambridgeshire.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>16. Phyllonorycter kuhlweiniella</span><span style="color: #990000;"> </span><span style="color: #990000;">23/07/23 - Ditton Park Wood, East Cambs (New Species & 2nd for Cambs) </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Phyllonorycter species can be notoriously difficult to separate in adult form due to the similarities in forewing markings, most have to be dissected or bred through from their mines. This species however is a rather unusual long-winged species very similar to aceris & comparella...almost a cross-breed in appearance, but the bands are at a slightly different angle. An incredible new species for my records to boot.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>17. Ypsolopha sylvella</span><span style="color: #990000;"> </span><span style="color: #990000;">01/08/23 - Fordham, East Cambs (2nd Cambs Record) A new Ypsolopha for the garden records, this species I took nearly annually in Hertfordshire, but with a lot more mature woodland habitat on my doorstep in my previous haunt, this was to be expected. Here in Cambs it is a rare species, this being only the 2nd at the time. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">18. Triple-spotted Pug<span style="color: #990000;"> </span><span style="color: #990000;">14/08/23 - Chippenham Fen, East Cambs </span><span style="color: #990000;">(Not seen for many years) I was delighted to record two Triple-spotted Pugs in mid-August at my local nature reserve. It's a pug that goes under the radar a bit and it never seems very common anywhere. This cracking example was the best marked of the two.</span></div><p>19. Oblique Striped<span style="color: #990000;"> </span><span style="color: #990000;">15/08/23 - Fordham, East Cambs (New for garden) This fairly regular moth out on the fen, graced my trap on a warm and humid night in mid-August. Suddenly August was making up for the poor weather in July. Not only 1, but 3 examples were in and around the trap. A great night which included 2 new for garden species and a further 7 new for the year taking the year list to 567.</span></p><p><span>20. Ypsolopha alpella</span><span style="color: #990000;"> </span><span style="color: #990000;">20/08/23 - Fordham, East Cambs (2nd Cambs Record) Another second county record Ypsolopha was attracted to the garden actinic trap, this time it was alpella. A familiar moth for me in woody Hertfordshire, but here with less mature habitat, it is a very rare moth.</span></p><p>21. Bedstraw Hawk-moth<span style="color: #990000;"> </span><span style="color: #990000;">21/08/23 - Fordham, East Cambs (New Species) Cooler nights had now started here in the east by this point, and temperatures went as low as 8.9c during this week.<br />The humidity had abated, which was a welcome change for working outdoors as I do, but not so good for mothing, you can't have it both ways!<br />So you can imagine my surprise on a cool Tuesday morning, when I opened the trap at 5am and saw a large Hawk-moth clinging to the top egg tray, I was like wow, Striped Hawk... then later on after posting a picture it was pointed out to me that it was a Bedstraw, oops a bit of a brain fart moment! A great moth and probably the best macro moth all year.</span></p><p><span>22. Psoricoptera gibbosella </span><span style="color: #990000;">21/08/23 - Ditton Park Wood, East Cambs (New to Cambs) Another good night in this woodland, although conditions felt perfect with no wind, cloudy and humid. Yet there was very little moth activity over the various lights. I guess because of the slightly later time of the year and it being past it's mothing best. Best moth of the night was a new species for Cambridgeshire, the unusual looking pi</span><span style="color: #990000;">ne feeder</span><span style="color: #990000;"> Psoricoptera gibbosella. It is a moth I've seen before in pine woodland in other counties.</span></p><p>23. Falseuncaria ruficiliana<span style="color: #990000;"> 23/08/23 - Chippenham Fen, East Cambs (New Species & 2nd Cambs Record) Late August I recorded 136 species at nearby Chippenham Fen, there were some real cracking moths recorded over the 4hr session. The best moth of the night was this tortix moth, not seen in the county for 115 years!! Sadly, it was wriggling around in a nearby spider web. I managed to rescue it but it was rather tatty. Dissection proved to be Falseuncaria ruficiliana as suspected.</span></p><p><span>24. Archer's Dart</span><span style="color: #990000;"> </span><span style="color: #990000;">06/09/23 - Cavenham Heath,West Suffolk (New Species) Dipping my toes into Suffolk at a fantastic breckland site towards the end of the year was very much worth the effort, recording 2 new species for my records, Heath Rustic and this belter of an Archer's Dart. Archer's Dart is a species I always hoped to see over a decade ago, when I use to trap on the Essex coast with Graham Bailey & the late Don Down.</span></p><p><span>25. </span><span>Euspilapteryx auroguttella</span><span style="color: #990000;"> </span><span style="color: #990000;">08/09/23</span><span style="color: #990000;"> </span><span style="color: #990000;"> - Fordham, East Cambs (New for Garden) </span><span style="color: #990000;">Another small beauty that I've caught elsewhere but always yearned for a garden specimen. This absolutely mint example didn't disappoint, and was very photogenic.<br /></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span>26. Palipta vitrealis</span><span style="color: #990000;"> </span><span style="color: #990000;">30/09/23 - Chippenham Fen, East Cambs (New Species) </span><span style="color: #990000;">I set up 3 traps in anticipation for a good night at the end of September, but moths were rather slow to the lights and it took a few hours to start seeing the numbers I would have expected given the perfect conditions. In fact, I found 1/3rd of my species list nectaring on a nearby large ivy bush. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">By 11pm the wind had really picked up and scuppered the catch a bit, but then... what was that bright white Box-moth, surely not..YES! my first British record of Palpita vitrealis, what a stunningly delicate little moth. Slightly smaller than the similar Cydalima but so much more beautiful, result!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>27. Vestal</span><span style="color: #990000;"> 19/10/23 </span><span style="color: #990000;"> - Fordham, East Cambs (2 Vestals in one night) Not new, but I just couldn't leave this beauty out. I've been lucky to record several Vestals in my garden as well as the neighbouring hedgerows over the past few years. This specimen though was the best looking one I've ever seen, with its hot pink striations. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinDVK9HyBVTODi_AE9KFhhQZ-EM8481xpbMWAPRH5yDsRXeNjV7ChhAG8WqdKFPDzLiwrUZV9p2cqUlSfclmlIwGKVpVe0e9-5u7LX7xl2ZhMZ10AsgY50Z1ZViRAamzWrVbeIa-G4M_oT2BIgXPjeWASLbHmpdKoX3L5tFyMBLl7mpgcwXOpY-5UOS2Hp/s3264/Best%20Moths%20of%202023%20pt1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="3264" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinDVK9HyBVTODi_AE9KFhhQZ-EM8481xpbMWAPRH5yDsRXeNjV7ChhAG8WqdKFPDzLiwrUZV9p2cqUlSfclmlIwGKVpVe0e9-5u7LX7xl2ZhMZ10AsgY50Z1ZViRAamzWrVbeIa-G4M_oT2BIgXPjeWASLbHmpdKoX3L5tFyMBLl7mpgcwXOpY-5UOS2Hp/s320/Best%20Moths%20of%202023%20pt1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjudy66j-RpblZRhyE9o_OuzIahQD_rNc6kEO23DqurUHkEaXqJN7N2gyisPVPXT4Yvd10esdgIRMCimVTb9kiJiH3Hb1YUWVM8b_KSpEBBxw8qKlN-xLfvTMjG02qBV9Xua4k0gNXH32uMxK6zdMbfgQC0GiTdf28fiVSSlBCoUqun-qijqwdhiHv6Zinv/s3264/Best%20Moths%20of%202023%20pt2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="3264" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjudy66j-RpblZRhyE9o_OuzIahQD_rNc6kEO23DqurUHkEaXqJN7N2gyisPVPXT4Yvd10esdgIRMCimVTb9kiJiH3Hb1YUWVM8b_KSpEBBxw8qKlN-xLfvTMjG02qBV9Xua4k0gNXH32uMxK6zdMbfgQC0GiTdf28fiVSSlBCoUqun-qijqwdhiHv6Zinv/s320/Best%20Moths%20of%202023%20pt2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTqBniWzuBDqLB-qJpDzhHyOgaA6VSR9S2yIKPKNjm5M0aU04ZwjcANEzd-xpCpZ6YT72xcLBcuswXDAaehFlub86gEZW2YEHBzkzGf5cNtSa2Pm6da6-GteuvKrx_l8b3ZGOM_tCBYVrDdtStPveKeeY6mpirFE7ScM8AEI3uIxT7Gae6ScrObighvsAy/s3264/Best%20Moths%20of%202023%20pt3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="3264" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTqBniWzuBDqLB-qJpDzhHyOgaA6VSR9S2yIKPKNjm5M0aU04ZwjcANEzd-xpCpZ6YT72xcLBcuswXDAaehFlub86gEZW2YEHBzkzGf5cNtSa2Pm6da6-GteuvKrx_l8b3ZGOM_tCBYVrDdtStPveKeeY6mpirFE7ScM8AEI3uIxT7Gae6ScrObighvsAy/s320/Best%20Moths%20of%202023%20pt3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span></div>Bennyboymothmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16982443515789714821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2967709613991032655.post-84602291341458814872023-12-22T22:06:00.004+00:002023-12-22T22:06:59.891+00:00Merry Christmas!<p><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="color: #990000; text-overflow: unset;">Merry Christmas to all of my followers. </span></p><p><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="color: #990000; text-overflow: unset;">She might not be much to look at, but this female Winter Moth spotted on the white wall at the front of our house, as I pulled on the drive yesterday, was the first female record for my garden. Fordham, East Cambs</span></p><p><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="color: #990000; text-overflow: unset;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdx5k1ncvvmnmDS3bDqVGmLoF9XSVdXztSGFBZtdFcjhPp-Lx2tnBb2NzXRbdGi6ybaRgUFua6OP76tc37ScoHsgZwXOnHbAE_b5aXg5MfhjrnTVrmlUankeij6vfFr8ZRh4ZIJDf_Y4c3T2nkaSIZk3WwuN16SNtashPoTDRozEv8rxeWYfb3b_v805nV/s2000/Winter%20Moth%20Female.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1724" data-original-width="2000" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdx5k1ncvvmnmDS3bDqVGmLoF9XSVdXztSGFBZtdFcjhPp-Lx2tnBb2NzXRbdGi6ybaRgUFua6OP76tc37ScoHsgZwXOnHbAE_b5aXg5MfhjrnTVrmlUankeij6vfFr8ZRh4ZIJDf_Y4c3T2nkaSIZk3WwuN16SNtashPoTDRozEv8rxeWYfb3b_v805nV/s320/Winter%20Moth%20Female.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Bennyboymothmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16982443515789714821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2967709613991032655.post-3600402200079407862023-12-10T15:23:00.002+00:002023-12-10T15:23:08.001+00:00Back to the trap<p><span style="color: #990000;">It has seemed like ages since I last ran my trap, November the 22nd to be precise, where I managed just one Mottled Umber. </span><br /></p><p><span style="color: #990000;">We then had a week of frosts and then a week of unsettled cool and windy conditions with flash floods, far from ideal mothing conditions.</span></p><p><span style="color: #990000;">The end of last week saw a rise in daytime temperatures and also by night as well, with highs of 12 degrees on Friday and not dipping below 9c all night, a bit breezy mind, but the moths didn't mind the SW breeze and I recorded 10 moths of 4 species, finally catching up with a much needed December Moth tick, 3 of them at once!</span></p><p><span style="color: #990000;">It was also great to see the first dainty Winter Moths of the year and a pair of cracking Chestnuts, one dark on the 8th and a pale Chestnut last night, the only moth before I switched off because of the gale.</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">I did also notice a few Caddis-flies last night and the strking ichneomon wasp, Amblyteles armatorius.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">It's the latest i've ever seen a wasp of this kind.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">I think that might be it for this year now, species wise, not far shy of last years 665 species total, so i'm very pleased.<br /></span></div><p><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u>Moth garden list for 2023 stands at 643 species</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u>08/12/23 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>Macro Moths</u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><p>December Moth 3 [NFY]<br />Winter Moth 4 [NFY]<br /><span style="color: #990000;">Dark Chestnut 1<br />Mottled Umber 2</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u>09/12/23 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>Macro Moths</u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;">Chestnut 1</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;">December Moth 1 </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuRsmY1egEU2SyUS0edEj54sQNsJKINabpVgAYmYOjXWr9oXMnLeZboeHGBSZDE5Qh8cwKUVfcGiIo8m-jn4IM9wapTAZitYZWn3UzWw8eoBPdG8aeABoPu3gjpk-cqrcZUVrbTAxfR9y9HL4Pm0Rc0fD5cDIpGxx4Uh9Pndw8qqmSH79DoOvBtURH6POT/s2000/Amblyteles%20armatorius%20.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1578" data-original-width="2000" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuRsmY1egEU2SyUS0edEj54sQNsJKINabpVgAYmYOjXWr9oXMnLeZboeHGBSZDE5Qh8cwKUVfcGiIo8m-jn4IM9wapTAZitYZWn3UzWw8eoBPdG8aeABoPu3gjpk-cqrcZUVrbTAxfR9y9HL4Pm0Rc0fD5cDIpGxx4Uh9Pndw8qqmSH79DoOvBtURH6POT/s320/Amblyteles%20armatorius%20.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Amblyteles armatorius</u></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK1zyiVNRa-Vey4x_Ca2GzIT607oOUL8V8UE77NRbpdfLTN5cVg3ATa1hUcSK7rI25VDUr_KAEDtsPsrlakiVXjAn8qEkd7b8S0-7eSK6HwMBRAMtyO6235o751rQ9BRxgZlX5IpaTMdhHo4ghZaFTLoJeGxc11a_uBWdiqjitwZLeZDybfnU4VHJsjJSy/s2000/Chestnut%20&%20Dark%20Chestnut.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1575" data-original-width="2000" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK1zyiVNRa-Vey4x_Ca2GzIT607oOUL8V8UE77NRbpdfLTN5cVg3ATa1hUcSK7rI25VDUr_KAEDtsPsrlakiVXjAn8qEkd7b8S0-7eSK6HwMBRAMtyO6235o751rQ9BRxgZlX5IpaTMdhHo4ghZaFTLoJeGxc11a_uBWdiqjitwZLeZDybfnU4VHJsjJSy/s320/Chestnut%20&%20Dark%20Chestnut.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Chestnut & Dark Chestnut</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWVgE_GFGFon4yb56OScKWEPLKIDDJOsGEcHdoOz5BlaFqpgZJ3DjX2YzWakFPt4GE7RLzHS-udWKJGbXWDMArVKg-o7Wh3hWYiArqJVUvrosxzHkKfdM5R3q8Ror942XnwSclotF_uZ1G5ruYXHpg-ixw85VWKEtg-nd_Se7s5gMq4GtiglzwIjv9OnrW/s2249/Chestnut%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2249" data-original-width="2000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWVgE_GFGFon4yb56OScKWEPLKIDDJOsGEcHdoOz5BlaFqpgZJ3DjX2YzWakFPt4GE7RLzHS-udWKJGbXWDMArVKg-o7Wh3hWYiArqJVUvrosxzHkKfdM5R3q8Ror942XnwSclotF_uZ1G5ruYXHpg-ixw85VWKEtg-nd_Se7s5gMq4GtiglzwIjv9OnrW/s320/Chestnut%20(2).JPG" width="285" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Chestnut</u></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOwuFmmPrny5SXHjig0fSIdsyF3OtA3fmT5niA1Yd1F7mpb2QoYrseGwBeHsy995twMEJ2uCdPZaSdUI9tbe0AuGvzu6pm9QQBr8MzvXbgiTQ47jleFC4v7o6GOq464UAo7JFY7fGMAqceaFjfgPLmAFi3SvsskPdkaSTUtEVUSEFjOfGvrTl5XD3CysU2/s2129/Dark%20Chestnut.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2129" data-original-width="2000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOwuFmmPrny5SXHjig0fSIdsyF3OtA3fmT5niA1Yd1F7mpb2QoYrseGwBeHsy995twMEJ2uCdPZaSdUI9tbe0AuGvzu6pm9QQBr8MzvXbgiTQ47jleFC4v7o6GOq464UAo7JFY7fGMAqceaFjfgPLmAFi3SvsskPdkaSTUtEVUSEFjOfGvrTl5XD3CysU2/s320/Dark%20Chestnut.JPG" width="301" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Dark Chestnut</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRqlt9j_KWYaqopr6SKM68cGSGR-01hJtJjcxxkspJ-GByc2GlYMEH0qZ4zpBVv0dPLGAXZxzX5qCq-OxYzCiiknsh41wfpS0BonqqIwmobm4ORzf6XUGXtWs4a0CBkdvN5kwfzTbup98g6jwTggY3tcDBRJVoOb_ShYC4hXbNjma-WmtmjDGRQH4evVVS/s2000/December%20Moth%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1700" data-original-width="2000" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRqlt9j_KWYaqopr6SKM68cGSGR-01hJtJjcxxkspJ-GByc2GlYMEH0qZ4zpBVv0dPLGAXZxzX5qCq-OxYzCiiknsh41wfpS0BonqqIwmobm4ORzf6XUGXtWs4a0CBkdvN5kwfzTbup98g6jwTggY3tcDBRJVoOb_ShYC4hXbNjma-WmtmjDGRQH4evVVS/s320/December%20Moth%20(2).JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>December Moth</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgzACwpW5eFjz65CXeSoLT4up2Lz9cCTW6P90VgFWih9Z7_OgmgbkytBr_yYXqfVwv4ebhr1T10en4D08BUMNXhT7aez8ZhZTyOR0uyw1sFsilgsnpYGIeVTPEsrTwwCb-eCK0_w3t8R6uZQv3Vm1rauTa7jwNdqhOrjPjWR0r13cRLLeC_A3Sss5UqEvo/s2000/Winter%20Moth%20(3).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1954" data-original-width="2000" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgzACwpW5eFjz65CXeSoLT4up2Lz9cCTW6P90VgFWih9Z7_OgmgbkytBr_yYXqfVwv4ebhr1T10en4D08BUMNXhT7aez8ZhZTyOR0uyw1sFsilgsnpYGIeVTPEsrTwwCb-eCK0_w3t8R6uZQv3Vm1rauTa7jwNdqhOrjPjWR0r13cRLLeC_A3Sss5UqEvo/s320/Winter%20Moth%20(3).JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Winter Moth 1</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhalYOWqMCazTubIZbMOHQkHSsUJaIBYLNl1PeOakvBgTBlcIVvNYKzAftqxdWxsTNXHijR1jOxiJkVxpmJ7ynQsYRQjsUE19WjY6ezbM2OpDn5H2XF16QEzhU3DE8xNIlIlWZe5mHfLrOs4o3t3VGRv0GX6qvuLSMADr18jW-T-VieoWua2gIjXUBycGKC/s2000/Winter%20Moth.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1971" data-original-width="2000" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhalYOWqMCazTubIZbMOHQkHSsUJaIBYLNl1PeOakvBgTBlcIVvNYKzAftqxdWxsTNXHijR1jOxiJkVxpmJ7ynQsYRQjsUE19WjY6ezbM2OpDn5H2XF16QEzhU3DE8xNIlIlWZe5mHfLrOs4o3t3VGRv0GX6qvuLSMADr18jW-T-VieoWua2gIjXUBycGKC/s320/Winter%20Moth.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Winter Moth 2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><p></p>Bennyboymothmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16982443515789714821noreply@blogger.com0