As long as it is warm the rain doesn't seem to bother the moths and last nights catch was good despite the rain covers being on the traps with their associated restrictions.
In fact it was the best night of the year so far with 41 species recorded
New for 2015 were ...
Straw Dot
Agapeta hamana
Treble Brown Spot
Eudonia mercurella
Miller
Aethes smeathmanniana
Riband Wave
Epinotia bilunana
Bactra furfurana, 2nd record, previous in July 2013 (gen det DVM)
Uncertain ... fairly certain !
June 12th
0464 Plutella xylostella, 1
0937 Agapeta hamana, 1, year first
0947 Aethes smeathmanniana, 1, year first
0998 Epiphyas postvittana, 1
1110 Bactra furfurana, 1, year first
1133 Epinotia bilunana, 1, year first
1174 Epiblema cynosbatella, 1
1301 Crambus lathoniellus, 1, year first
1344 Eudonia mercurella, 3, year first
1356 Evergestis forficalis, 1
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata, 5
1428 Aphomia sociella, 1
1474 Ephestia unicolorella, 1
1707 Small Dusty Wave, 2
1711 Treble Brown Spot, 3, year first
1713 Riband Wave, 1, year first
1728 Garden Carpet, 3
1819 Mottled Pug, 2
1834 Common Pug, 4
1837 Grey Pug, 3
1860 Green Pug, 1
1867 Treble-bar, 1
1906 Brimstone, 3
1937 Willow Beauty, 1
2069 Cinnabar, 1
2089 Heart and Dart, 12
2092 Shuttle-shaped Dart, 3
2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character, 1
2154 Cabbage Moth, 1
2160 Bright-line Brown-eye, 1
2280 Miller, 1, year first
2284x Dark/Grey Dagger agg, 1
2321 Dark Arches, 1
2333 Large Nutmeg, 2
2337x Marbled Minor agg.
2381 Uncertain, 1, year first
2384 Vine's Rustic, 3
2389 Pale Mottled Willow, 2
2450 Spectacle, 1
2474 Straw Dot, 1, year first
2489 Buttoned Snout, 1
Not too many pics on the web showing Buttoned Snout playing dead.
They will curl up tightly and sometimes lay on their backs when harassed, but tip them out of the pot and they are off like a rocket.
The previous two I caught this year did exactly that ... one disappeared in my dining room, the other in the shed. Third time lucky for a half decent pic.
