A week ago I was enjoying a 17 point lead over "Captain Trappings" for the most macro moths caught during the year.
Having lost the bottle of grape juice for the two previous years since the bets conception, I was feeling rather confident, but in just 5 days my 17 moth cushion has been whittled down.
17, then 13, 11, 10, now 7
The school summer hols were bad news for The Dells last year, as Matts rug-rats, Keely & Louie found all kinds of moths, peering into every known "kid height" crevice, producing many rabbits out of the hat to obliterate my then 15 point lead.
With the school break up a week or so away, my 7 point lead is looking extremely vunerable.
(it's back to 10 if Upper Caldecote drew a blank last night)
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16th July, overnight low...12.1 deg, windy.
A brief early evening power cut was a set-back.
My RCD protected sockets tripped out and I missed the first hour of darkness before I realised the traps were off.
Garden Traps :-
1 ... 0424 ... Yponomeuta evonymella
1 ... 0455 ... Ypsolopha scabrell, *year first, (Below)
1 ... 0464 ... Plutella xylostella
1 ... 0937 ... Agapeta hamana
1 ... 0972 ... Pandemis heparana,
1 ... 1063 ... Celypha striana
1 ... 1175 ... Epiblema uddmanniana
2 ... 1261 ... Cydia pomonella
10+.1293 ... Chrysoteuchia culmella
10+.1294 ... Crambus pascuella
1 ... 1302 ... Crambus perlella
1 ... 1334 ... Scoparia ambigualis
2 ... 1424 ... Endotricha flammealis
3 ... 1428 ... Aphomia sociella
2 ... 1524 ... Emmelina monodactyla
1 ... 1653 ... Buff Arches, (Below)
1 ... 1673 ... Small Emerald
1 ... 1782 ... Fern, *year first, (Below)
1 ... 1862 ... Double-striped Pug
1 ... 1917 ... Early Thorn, (Below)
1 ... 1922 ... Swallow-tailed Moth
1 ... 2030 ... Yellow-tail *year first, (Below)
3 ... 2047 ... Scarce Footman
10+.2050 ... Common Footman
2 ... 2061 ... Buff Ermine
1 ... 2069 ... Cinnabar
1 ... 2077 ... Short-cloaked Moth
3 ... 2089 ... Heart & Dart
3 ... 2098 ... Flame
2 ... 2107 ... Large Yellow Underwing
1 ... 2109 ... Lesser Yellow Underwing
2 ... 2126 ... Setaceous Hebrew Character
2 ... 2128 ... Double Square-spot
1 ... 2154 ... Cabbage Moth, (Below)
1 ... 2198 ... Smoky Wainscot, *year first, (Below)
3 ... 2284x . Grey Dagger agg.
16 . 2321 ... Dark Arches
1 ... 2322 ... Light Arches
1 ... 2341 ... Cloaked Minor
12 . 2381 ... Uncertain
2 ... 2441 ... Silver Y
It's a lead of 9. 3 traps on tonight and next week the gazebo is going up for Louie!
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