Oh, What a Beauty !

At last ! Higher temperatures without the howling wind of previous nights.
All the garden traps went on along with the wall/shed lights and regular patrols were the order of the evening.
The lowest temperature was 5.5 deg C for a short period but it shot back up to 8deg shortly after when a cloud cover moved in.
Two Agonopterix heracliana were caught in the early evening, followed by a garden "first" Oak Beauty on the shed flourescent fitting.
A Satellite appeared on the shed wall followed by a new garden micro, Tortricodes alternella to end a long drought.
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one of two AGONOPTERIX HERACLIANA 688

A common micro but a Dells garden first for this.......

TORTRICODES ALTERNELLA 1025

688 Tortricodes alternella

This is the first "white eyed" Satellite record for the garden, the past captures have all been the form with orange "eyes".

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THE SATELLITE 2256

Last nights Piece de Resistance was undoubtedly this stunning Oak Beauty.

A new record for The Dells garden and a very welcome one.

UK Moths give the flight time as March, so the warm evening stirred this little beauty into action a little early.

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OAK BEAUTY 1930
Totals to date :-

4 Macro

4 Micro

10 moths in total