THE VARIOUS MOTH SPECIES FROM A BEDFORDSHIRE TOWN GARDEN.

Using home-made light traps and illuminated shed/garden walls to attract a huge variety of these seldom seen night creatures -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.

2012 Year Tally to date :-
Macros, 98 ... Micros, 52 ... Total, 150 species

This time last year
Macros, 128 ... Micros, 80 ... Total, 208 species

Macro "Wine Bet" race at a glance
Trent Duval, 98 ... v ... Captain Trappings, 85

Species total for The Dells garden ... 504
291 macro, 213 micro

Friday, 24 February 2012

23rd Feb 2012 ... Hello Shylock

Overnight min. temp.... 7.3 deg. with a gusty breeze.
Ten plus degrees for most of the evening and an acceptable wind.
Disappointingly, only one macro turned up after a crowd of early evening micros.

Agonopterix heracliana x 8
Emmelina monodactyla x 2
Hebrew Character ... year first



HEBREW CHARACTER




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