9th April 2015 ... Ochreous Pug is out of shape

5 deg C minimum, calm and hazy.
Another Ochreous Pug was found amongst the Double-striped Pugs and a Pale Mottled Willow was added to the year list, exactly a month later than 2014.

Last nights catch:-
1524 Emmelina monodactyla, 1
1844 Ochreous Pug, 1
1862 Double-striped Pug, 12
2063 Muslin Moth, 1
2182 Small Quaker, 1
2187 Common Quaker, 2
2188 Clouded Drab, 7
2190 Hebrew Character, 3
2243 Early Grey, 4
2389 Pale Mottled Willow, 1, year first

2389 Pale Mottled Willow

Ochreous Pug
Rests with wings drooping or below the horizontal.
That's what all the literature tells you and I found this a bit misleading.
In actual fact, Ochreous Pug when it first alights will sit with wings above the horizontal or level and remain in that position for quite some time.
When it is completely settled it usually droops its wings.

The top pose is unnatural, it was wind assisted by blowing from behind its forewings, although it made no attempt to change its position. The rest are natural positions after short flights around the inside of my garden shed windows.

Settled with wings above the horizontal

This time with wings horizontal

The text book positions

8th April 2015 ... Garden Moths Latest

5.6 deg C minimum
chilly light breeze, cloud cover.
Coniferous woodland moth species are few and far between in towns but I record a few annually, probably due to the large Scots Pine growing in the garden a couple of doors down.
This really is the "Lonesome Pine", standing tall in the middle of two rows of houses.

Bordered White and Pine Beauty are two examples of pine feeding moths that come to the traps on occasions, Ochreous Pug is another, . . .

1844, Ochreous Pug

  ... not in its normal resting pose, having just been tapped down to the lid of the pot for a photo.
The rest of the nights mothing was unspectacular ...
0483 Epermenia chaerophyllella, 1
0892 Mompha subbistrigella, 1 (bathroom window)
1524 Emmelina monodactyla, 3
1728 Garden Carpet, 1
1844 Ochreous Pug, 1, year first
1862 Double-striped Pug, 11
1917 Early Thorn
2187 Common Quaker, 5
2190 Hebrew Character, 2
2243 Early Grey, 4

Song Thrushes are still hanging on around town with about half a dozen pairs in the vicinity.
This one was in the conifer next door.
As far as bird song goes these guys really are tops ...

Song Thrush

7th May 2011...Local snouts

Perfect weather conditions almost, lots of warm humid air and light wind.
Midnight onwards it was cover up the traps as some much needed rain arrived.
Plenty of year first moths turned up so it was a pity the rain came.
BUTTONED SNOUT 2480

THE SNOUT 2477

ORANGE FOOTMAN 2043

YELLOW-BARRED BRINDLE

TREBLE-LINES 2380

THE MILLER 2280

ANGLE SHADES 2306

(((FREYER'S PUG 1827)))........OCHREOUS PUG 1844

GREEN CARPET 1776

COMMON WAVE 1738

Garden last night :-

30+ Shuttle-shaped Dart
2 x Brimstone Moth
2 x Garden Carpet
6 x Turnip Moth
1 x Pale Tussock
1 x Willow Beauty
3 x Scalloped Hazel
4 x Large Nutmeg
1 x Orange Footman * year first
1 x The Snout * year first
1 x Ruby Tiger
1 x Small Waved Umber
1 x Green Carpet * year first
2 x Marbled Minor agg.
1 x Toadflax Brocade possible revisit from previous evening
1 x Common Wave * year first
1 x The Miller * year first
1 x Yellow-barred Brindle * year first
2 x Mottled Pug
1 x Angle Shades * year first
4 x Heart & Dart
1 x Grey Dagger agg.
1 x Buttoned Snout * year first
1 x Treble-lines * year first
1 x Ochreous Pug ** Garden first
1 x Brindled Pug
5 x Common Pug
3 x Vine's Rustic
1 x Puss Moth
1 x Buff Ermine
3 x Bright-line Brown-eye
1 x Esperia sulphurella
2 x Tinea trinotella
1 x Epiblema cynosbatella
5 x Platyedra subcinerea
1 x Mompha subbistrigella
2 x Elachista argentella ** Garden first
1 x Dichrorampha simpliciana ** Garden first
1 x Agonopterix heracliana
1 x Agonopterix arenella
1 x Emmelina monodactyla
4 x Argyrotaenia ljungiana
3 x Argyresthia trifaciata
1 x Cydia pomonella
3 x Aphomia sociella
2 x Alucita hexadactyla
3 x Epiphyas postvittana