Warm and Wet 24/03/10

Very warm and very wet last night, but a good return from the traps. Also set up a sheet on the side of the shed with a 20watt "disco" lamp . Was able to compare Lead-coloured Drab alongside Clouded Drab in the Skinner but the pic doesnt show the wide feathery antennae of the Lead-coloured as it refused to pose. Another first for the garden was an Early Grey, one in each trap and on the shed sheet a Double-striped pug paid a visit. Not a garden first as I had a few of these last year. Results :-
Common Quaker x 7
Hebrew Character x 1
Lead-Coloured Drab x 1
Clouded Drab x 1
Early Grey x 2
Double-striped Pug x 1
E. monodactyla x 2
A. heracliana x 2
plus one more unidentified tortrix EARLY GREY

LEAD-COLOURED DRAB

EMMELINA MONODACTYLA

HEBREW CHARACTER

DOUBLE-STRIPED PUG

AGONOPTERIX HERACLIANA

TORTRIX spp

Many thanks to Bennyboymothman for identifying this critter as a LIGHT BROWN APPLE MOTH, Epiphyas postvittana. This particular species was a very common visitor to my garden last summer, but I had just started "mothing" and at the time micro moths were not being counted. This year however I am going to record them. (If i can get a photo that is) otherwise my knowledge of these micros would be insufficient to make an ID without the help of the experts.