24th Feb 2011....Quaking all over

Another favourable evening certainly suited Common Quaker, I had 7 in the trap this morning plus one from earlier which I had removed.
The shed blacklights lured a Chestnut and Satellite but the Dotted Border still remains on The Dells "most wanted" list.
The competition for the most species between myself and Matt (http://trappingsofsuccess.blogspot.com/) took a turn for the worst as he had a good night last night and eased into the front with a "mickey taking" Dotted Border and a Small Quaker plus a Clouded Drab.
I did manage to cling on to a very close 2nd position with a year first Epiphyas postvittana with hundreds more to come.
They probably enjoy my old variety apples, a Lord Lambourne cooking apple, Charles West dessert apple plus a Golden Hornet crab apple.
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EPIPHYAS POSTVITTANA 998 (Light Brown Apple Moth)

COMMON QUAKER 2187

THE SATELLITE 2256

CHESTNUT 2258 8 x Common Quaker

5 x Agonopterix heracliana

1 x Satellite

1 x Chestnut

1 x Tortricodes alternella

1 x Epiphyas postvittana

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Garden total for 2011 = 52 moths of 16 species, (10 x macro, 6 x micro)