At Last !

TWO PUGS attracted to last nights trap lights. Maybe COMMON PUG but could well be BRINDLED
COMMON PUG
thanks Melissa and Ben,

COULD THIS BE THE END OF THE LONG WINTER ??

Night-time temperatures were much higher last night with a min of 7 deg C which stirred a few moths into action. They look set to be getting warmer over the next week so I am expecting some good returns from the traps at long last..

27 moths of 11 species appeared, with a couple of garden firsts including two pugs pictured above.

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STREAMER, clinging to the side of the funnel trap. A garden First.

CODLING MOTH, Cydia pomonella.

A garden first and a threat to my apple trees !

Totals :-

10 x Shuttle-shaped Dart

5 x Brimstone Moths

2 x Small-waved Umber

2 x Dark/Grey Dagger

1 x Small Quaker (very worn)

1 x Hebrew Character

1 x Streamer garden first

Micros :-

1 x Argyrotaenia ljungiana

1 x Emmelina monodactyla

1 x Codling Moth garden first

13th May '10

A little warmer following the last 2 frosty nights, down to 4deg C.
Set the funnel trap for 3 x Shuttle-shaped Darts. Installed an Argos blind on the shed to replace the Tesco value bedsheet, ready for the warmer weather next week.

Traps on hold...Too bloody cold

"Trappingsof success" u/v sheet must surely be the undoing of the Dells totals this season.
The v.a.p.o.u.r.e.r looks to be a formidable piece of kit !

Instead of warming up, it's got even colder. Temps last night dropped to -1C and are set to do so again tonight. I had to scrape ice from my windscreen this morning. There is a slim chance the weather may be warm enough on Friday night so I will set the traps. I think I am going to be blitzed for moth numbers by the Caldecote "Trappings" after seeing their upgraded version of the Tescoe "Value" bedsheet...... The "Value Argos Pulley Operated, Uv Reflective, Extendable Roller", or v.a.p.o.u.r.e.r. looks to be the Dogs Bollox !

Cold wet and windy

Foul weather seems to be the order of the day. Just three moths in the traps that went in with the sole purpose of keeping warm !
1 x S.S.Dart
1 x Pale Mottled Willow
1 x Garden Carpet (rather a battered looking example)

Too Cold

Temperatures dropped to 3degC last night and therefore very little activity.
2 x SSDart
2 x Early Grey
1 x Hebrew Character
The weekend weather looks awful and the cold northerlies are forecast right through next week.