Last night's results here for the final NMN session were as dismal as the previous two with 104 moths of 25 species to light in the back garden. Here's the full list:
Paraswammerdamia albicapitella (1),
Yponomeuta sp (1),
Celypha lacunana (2),
Agriphila tristella (7), Pale Eggar (4), Chinese Character (2), Garden Carpet (1), Brimstone Moth (6), Light Emerald (7), Large Yellow Underwing (18), Lesser Yellow Underwing (1), Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (1), Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (2), Setaceous Hebrew Character (4), Square-spot Rustic (3), White-point (1), Common Wainscot (3), Centre-barred Sallow (2), Angle Shades (3), Flounced Rustic (9), Rosy Rustic (3, having an excellent year locally), Vine's Rustic (16), Burnished Brass (1), Silver Y (5) & Snout (1). The wine rope in the front garden brought in Large Yellow Underwing (1), Square-spot Rustic (2) & Old Lady (2).
It was a pity that the weather didn't play ball. For the target species I had just the one Red Underwing (
Catocala nupta) on the first night with, much as expected, no sign of the crimson ones. Migrants were limited to
Udea ferrugalis on the first and second nights and Dark Sword-grass just on the first. Did anyone else have any luck?
Dave Wilton
Westcott, Bucks
No luck for me, Dave. The weather and the time I had available meant that I didn't run a trap (I hope to run one tonight, which won't count for NMN). However, I did use a wine rope on each of the three nights: I got Common Wainscot (2), Large Yellow Underwing, Old Lady and Setaceous Hebrew Character on the first night, Square-spot Rustic (4) on the second night, and a solitary Large Yellow Underwing last night.
ReplyDeleteEarwigs were common on the first and third nights (the second was probably too rainy), and although rook the risk of not taking in the "rope" until the morning, the only time wasps were a problem was this morning when there were 40+ buzzing around. I suspect that's in large degree because on the first two nights, much of the wine mixture had been washed away overnight.
For "rook" above, read "I took".
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