From the famous 1967 album "Sergeant Peppered Moths' Lonely Heart and Club Band".........OK, suit yourself.
The temperature dipped to 5 degrees last night, so not much about, lets hope this cold spell gives way to some warm, humid nights soon.
I've had a few Tawnys so I was pleased to record my first garden tick for......
THE SHEARS 2147
24th May :-3 x Willow Beauty
7 x Heart & Dart
3 x Garden Carpet
2 x Common Marbled Carpet
3 x Large Nutmeg
3 x Shuttle-shaped Dart
1 x Marbled Minor agg.
1 x Buff Ermine
1 x Dark Arches
1 x Small Waved Umber
1 x Turnip Moth
1 x The Shears ** garden first
1 x Aphomia sociella
1 x Endrosis sarcitrella
3 x Ephestia parasitella
1 x Argyresthia spp, probably conjugella ID pending ...Confirmed as "spinosella"
1 x Platyedra subcinerea
As a note of interest, 0808 Platyedra subcinerea, is listed as NA (nationally scarce)
To date I have recorded 4 in April and 27 so far this month
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179 species...118 macro, 61 micro
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