First night back in the UK after a month in the Cayman Islands (one week extra thanks to volcanic disturbances in Iceland.... I'm NOT shopping THERE again !) Despite being tired after 18hours travelling, I set up two traps in the garden and I'm glad I did. RESULTS :- 27 moths of 11 species...
Early Grey x 7 my highest count
3 x Powdered Quaker, garden first
3 x Shuttle-shaped Dart, 2 x Dark & 1 x light form
2 x Common Quaker
2 x Clouded Drab
2 x Hebrew Character
2 x Brimstone Moth
1 x Red Twin-spot Carpet, (not verified)
1 x Bright-line Brown-eye
2 x E. monodactyla
2 x Brown House Moth, H. psuedospretella
PLUS....2 x Hornets and 5 x Caddis Flies
BRIGHT-LINE BROWN-EYE
If you didn't already know, the dark Shuttle-shaped Dart's are females, wheras the light coloured ones are males.
ReplyDeleteGood catch and welcome back! the weather is fair which is great, although not quite as hot as the Cayman Islands!
Cheers Ben, I didn't realise they were different sexes. Got a long way to go before I lose the "L" plates (:D
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