28th Feb 2012 ... Garden trap results.....

Overnight min. temp.... 8.1deg,  low cloud, fine drizzle or heavy mist.
14 moths of  9 species was a good return with a year first Agonopterix alstromeriana.
A record number of Satellite (4) was nothing compared to the 20+ in Bennyboymothmans garden trap !

Trap results:-
2187.....Common Quaker....................Orthosia cerasi
2188.....Clouded Drab.........................Orthosia incerta
2243.....Early Grey...............................Xylocampa aereola
2256.....Satellite x 4.............................Eupsilia transversa
0688.....Agonopterix heracliana x 2
0695.....Agonopterix alstromeriana, ...  year first
0998.....Epiphyas postvittana
1025.....Tortricodes alternella x 2
1524.....Emmelina monodactyla

Epiphyas postvittana



Tortricodes alternella




Agonopterix alstromeriana



Common Quaker, ...Orthosia cerasi



Clouded Drab, ... Orthosia incerta



Satellite, ... Eupsilia transversa