17th April 2011...Bad moon rising

Numbers were well down on previous nights, due to a big, bright, full moon in the clear night sky. Just 19 moths recorded of 14 species, mostly singles and for the first time in an age...no Common Quaker ! There were 4 more species to add to the year garden total and the weather looks like hitting high temps this week...could be a bonanza week if the clouds cover the big moon. ........ LIME HAWKMOTH 1979...first appearance this year, common in my garden

MUSLIN MOTH 2063.... another first for the year, also reasonably common.

MUSLIN MOTH...side view

COCHYLIS DUBITANA 964....First visit from this common micro

SCOPARIA AMBIGUALIS 1334 first for year Last nights results:-

3 x Emmelina monodactyla

2 x Garden Carpet

2 x Ruby Tiger

2 x Early Grey

1 x Double-striped Pug

1 x Least Black Arches

1 x Clouded Drab

1 x Pale Mottled Willow

1 x Powdered Quaker

1 x Muslin Moth * year first

1 x Lime Hawkmoth *year first

1 x Agonopterix heracliana

1 x Cochylis dubitana *year first

1 x Scoparia ambigualis *year first

Totals :-

835 moths caught (667 macro, 168 micro)

56/57 species (40 macro, 16/17 micro) one ID pending