I had figured that this was too cold and decided to turn off the lights, but to my surprise there was a Common Quaker shivering in the egg boxes.
This was the first moth found IN the traps this year, the rest were all found on the illuminated walls. Strike one for the upgraded Skinner !
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The new toy, which I find useful at this time of year as the local weather forecast
is often quite a few degrees out on local temperature predictions.
As can be seen, yesterdays maximum was 7.2 and last nights min was 1.7....the current temp is 7.1
This is a quality version, made in Germany, and automatically resets daily.
Vorsprung durch technik !
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COMMON QUAKER 2187
Year tally:-
Year tally:-22 moths of 11 species (6 macro, 5 micro)
Hi Trent, by 11pm it was -2 here, crystal clear with a very hard hoar frost. It may be a week or two before we see any Quakers this far north...
ReplyDeleteHi Stewart....Last year I got my first Common Quaker on the 14th March ! It's interesting to see what is being caught up North, and the differences in the time of year.
ReplyDeleteTonight is quite clear here,with a big bright full moon, but temperatures are set to stay above 4deg C and some cloud cover later. If the breeze dies down a bit there's a chance of getting something...we'll see