After reading his post on Beds Moth group Facebook on 3rd May regarding the use of a pheromone lure to successfully attract a male Emperor Moth to his garden, I was prompted to get on to Anglia Leps and order one.
I made a net bag and hung it on the trellis fence at 10.00 am. where it sat all day until 16.45 pm. when a male Emperor turned up.
This is the first record for the garden and the lure has now gone into the freezer until next April.
I have tried a couple of times to "assemble" newly hatched female Emperors without success, mainly due to adverse weather conditions at the time of the hatching in 2013/14
By using a lure there's no waiting for a hatch and you can pick your weather, much easier.
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| Saturnia pavonia, Emperor Moth (male) |
A good day was followed by an equally good evening, warm, dry, maybe a tad too breezy at times for the micro moths, but 28 species were recorded with a possible 29 pending a Pug I.D.
The catch:-
11th May, warm, breezy, 9.9 degC min.
0648 Endrosis sarcitrella, 3
0697 Agonopterix arenella, 1
0892 Mompha subbistrigella, 3
0925 Phtheochroa rugosana, 1, year first
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| 925, Phtheochroa rugosana |
0964 Cochylis dubitana, 1, year first
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| 964, Cochylis dubitana |
0974 Argyrotaenia ljungiana, 1, year first
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| 974, Argyrotaenia ljungiana |
0998 Epiphyas postvittana, 3
1099 Endothenia marginana, 1, year first (to be confirmed)
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| 1099, Endothenia marginana |
1342 Eudonia angustea, 1
1428 Aphomia sociella, 1
1643 Emperor Moth, 1, garden first
1654 Figure of Eighty, 1, year first
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| 1654, Figure of Eighty |
1781 Small Waved Umber, 2
1819 Mottled Pug, 2, year first
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| 1819, Mottled Pug |
1834 Common Pug, 2
1862 Double-striped Pug, 1
1883 Yellow-barred Brindle, 2
1906 Brimstone Moth, 1
1920 Scalloped Hazel, 1
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| 1920, Scalloped Hazel |
2028 Pale Tussock, 1, year first
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| 2028, Pale Tussock |
2087 Turnip Moth, 1
2092 Shuttle-shaped Dart, 8
2160 Bright-line Brown-eye, 1, year first
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| 2160, Bright-line Brown-eye |
2166 Campion, 1, year first
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| 2166, The Campion |
2190 Hebrew Character, 2
2289 Knot Grass, 1
2306 Angle Shades, 3
2334 Rustic Shoulder-knot, 2, year first
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| 2334, Rustic Shoulder-knot |
2389 Pale Mottled Willow, 2
