17th Feb 2014 ... Garden traps

Much warmer with the cloud cover and no sign of the large moon which inhibits moth flight.
Just 4 moths of 3 species were recorded, a tad disappointing....
Agonopterix heracliana was new for the year bringing the garden species total to 7

1 x 0688 Agonopterix heracliana ... YF
1 x 1524 Emmelina monodactyla
2 x 2259 Dark Chestnut

688 Agonopterix heracliana

2259 Dark Chestnut

7th Feb 2014 ... Early Grey

A window of opportunity opened for a brief while last night before the next Atlantic low hit.
On went the 15w actinic on the sheltered shed wall and an Early Grey duly obliged ...

2243 ... Early Grey

22nd Jan 2014

2 moths added for the year ...
The mild conditions (10 deg daytime) encouraged  a Hebrew Character to my shed light. This was my earliest garden record.
Last year, Hebrew Character was first recorded on 7th April, a reflection of the unusually cold spring.
0998 Epiphyas postvittana
2190 Hebrew Character

8th Jan 2014 ... 1st macro moth of the year

10 deg C last night with rain showers .... no arctic vortex here yet
Cooler conditions on the way tho.
No problem, after all it is January but let's hope that Spring is warmer than last year.
First macro of 2014 ...

Dark Chestnut

7th Jan 2014 ... It starts

Mild conditions for a couple of days so I put a trap on last night and a Common Plume duly obliged to kick off 2014 .... Happy New Year all.

Emmelina monodactyla ... Common Plume