The macros were Oak Beauty (1), Pale Pinion (1), Hebrew Character (3), Clouded Drab (1), Common Quaker (2), Small Quaker (3), Early Grey (1), and finally what I think is a rather worn Dark Chestnut - picture below.
Steve Trigg
Cookham
A Blog for moth recorders in Bucks, Berks and Oxon
Wednesday, 15 March 2017
Double figures, and a Dark Chestnut?
My Cookham garden trap can never match the numbers found in Westcott, but I have now managed to reach double figures. 14 moths of 9 species in last night's trap, of which only 1 was a micro - a single Emmelina monodactyla.
The macros were Oak Beauty (1), Pale Pinion (1), Hebrew Character (3), Clouded Drab (1), Common Quaker (2), Small Quaker (3), Early Grey (1), and finally what I think is a rather worn Dark Chestnut - picture below.
Steve Trigg
Cookham
The macros were Oak Beauty (1), Pale Pinion (1), Hebrew Character (3), Clouded Drab (1), Common Quaker (2), Small Quaker (3), Early Grey (1), and finally what I think is a rather worn Dark Chestnut - picture below.
Steve Trigg
Cookham
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Yes to Dark Chestnut and that's quite an acceptable selection of moths, Steve! Shoulder Stripe, Early Thorn & Engrailed seem to me to be having a very good season so I'm sure you'll pick those up soon too. I find that Shoulder Stripe usually needs searching for on vegetation or nearby fencing. I had six here last night, none of them within six feet of the trap.
ReplyDeleteThanks Dave. Shoulder Stripe is a moth I have yet to record in my garden, so that is very useful advice about searching the area away from the trap.
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