tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789886813706673673.post5955168033221702886..comments2024-03-27T13:25:59.811+00:00Comments on Upper Thames Moths: Mild night but few mothsPeter Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10828069795222628270noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789886813706673673.post-52258065405970741972015-01-27T07:05:01.623+00:002015-01-27T07:05:01.623+00:001 Fly and 2 Gnats were my garden results - still o...1 Fly and 2 Gnats were my garden results - still only seen four moths this year.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08603843537112944294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789886813706673673.post-46346116008515049512015-01-26T17:44:19.865+00:002015-01-26T17:44:19.865+00:00Similar results for me Dave, so reassuring in a wa...Similar results for me Dave, so reassuring in a way. I put 2 MV traps and an Actinic out overnight at Harcourt arboretum last night having seen the forecast and needing to complete Jan survey. I also spent an hour after dark searching tree trunks for female moths. In that hour I managed to see just 3 moths of any description: 1 x male Winter Moth, 1 x Ypsolopha ustella and 1 x Agonopterix heracliana agg. The traps were extremely poor. 1 MV had a single Chestnut underneath it, the second had a single Chestnut in it with a Spring Usher and a Pale Brindled Beauty both outside. The actinic trap however did a little better with 15 Chestnut, 4 Mottled Umber, 1 Winter Moth, and 1 Pale Brindled Beauty. I really was expecting it to be considerably better, and certainly had hoped for Early Moth. Odd. Winter has been pretty poor in my experience.Marc Bothamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13450563399415585204noreply@blogger.com