WINE RACE 2016 .. MATTc380 .. TRENT 353 .. BEN 347 ...... Garden species:- Macros 357, Micros 365, Total 722

Friday 25 February 2011

24th Feb 2011....Quaking all over

Another favourable evening certainly suited Common Quaker, I had 7 in the trap this morning plus one from earlier which I had removed.
The shed blacklights lured a Chestnut and Satellite but the Dotted Border still remains on The Dells "most wanted" list.
The competition for the most species between myself and Matt (http://trappingsofsuccess.blogspot.com/) took a turn for the worst as he had a good night last night and eased into the front with a "mickey taking" Dotted Border and a Small Quaker plus a Clouded Drab.
I did manage to cling on to a very close 2nd position with a year first Epiphyas postvittana with hundreds more to come.
They probably enjoy my old variety apples, a Lord Lambourne cooking apple, Charles West dessert apple plus a Golden Hornet crab apple.
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EPIPHYAS POSTVITTANA 998 (Light Brown Apple Moth)
COMMON QUAKER 2187

THE SATELLITE 2256


CHESTNUT 2258 8 x Common Quaker
5 x Agonopterix heracliana
1 x Satellite
1 x Chestnut
1 x Tortricodes alternella
1 x Epiphyas postvittana
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Garden total for 2011 = 52 moths of 16 species, (10 x macro, 6 x micro)



2 comments:

  1. 16 species, not bad going at this time of the year, especially for the garden.

    I netted a pristine Shoulder Stripe yesterday evening. That along with March Moth at the window took my year`s tally to 8.

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  2. Nice one, I've not seen a Shoulder-stripe. This time last year I had 3 species ! It' now up to 18

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