The hopes of a hat-trick of garden firsts on three consecutive nights were soon put aside as the mist started to fall at around 10pm onwards. resulting in thick fog by dawn.
Up until then I had recorded 19 moths of 9 species.
The first Brimstone butterfly of the year was seen in the garden yesterday.
Traps :-
7 x 2187 Common Quaker......Orthosia cerasi
2 x 2188 Clouded Drab...........Orthosia incerta
2 x 2190 Hebrew Character....Orthosia gothica
1 x 2258 Chestnut...................Conistra vaccinii
1 x 2256 Satellite....................Eupsilia transversa
1 x 2243 Early Grey................Xylocampa areola
3 x 1524 Emmelina monodactyla
1 x 0688 Agonopterix heracliana
1 x 0663 Diurnea fagella (below)
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| Diurnea fagella |
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| Diurnea fagella |
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