I put the moth trap out for the first time this year on Saturday evening. Despite a dry night being forecast, it rained! and I was faced with a lot of soggy egg boxes next morning :( No moths in the trap but I did find my first garden moth of 2015 on a nearby house wall. Its also a new species for the garden.
Spring Usher
(Sorry rubbish photo - the battery for the Olympus was charging up for a trip out later on Sunday so I used the bridge camera and, as you can see, I still haven't had the time to study the manual to find out how it actually works!).
Saturday, 14th February
Min Temp 4.7 degrees centigrade
15w Actinic Skinner Trap
Spring Usher (Agriopis leucophaearia) x 1 (NFY) (NFG)
8 comments:
I had the trap out last night. It rained. Not a single moth in sight this morning! Well done on yours, that's a new one on me. Very pretty :o)
Countryside Tales - Thanks :) It is rather nicely marked. I was surprised to find any moths as usually when I first put the trap out there is nothing to be seen for a few weeks. Hope you get some next time you put the trap out.
Great that you got a new moth species to add to your list.
Nice moth though I suspect if he'd been on a tree trunk you may have missed him.
John
Excellent stuff RR and a great start to the mothing year :-) Hopefully this will be a good year for all lepidoptera !
Margaret Adamson - Thanks very much Margaret.
John Wooldridge - Thanks John. lol - yes I am sure I would have missed if on a tree! :)
David@Rambling Birder - Thanks so much David. From memory I don't usually trap moths this early although to be honest usually don't have the trap on much in February! Here's hoping for a good lepidoptera year for us both :)
Well done on your first garden moth this year, I did see two queen wasps out, so made a note to look out at night at the outside light but nothing moving.
Amanda xx
Amanda Peters - Thank you. To be honest I was surprised as I haven't even seen any moths at lighted windows this year. Well done on the wasps - apart from Harlequin Ladybirds in our bathroom and Winter Gnats I have seen little in the way of invertebrates yet!
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