Tuesday, 22 August 2017

Moth Broth

It was a nice warm night last night so I put the moth trap in the window-sill and it produced the following:

Marbled Beauty - 6 or 7
Marbled Green - 1 or 2
Brimstone 1
Garden Carpet 3
Willow Beauty 1
Yellow Shell 1
Copper/Underwing sp. 5
Setaceous Hebrew Character 1
Mother of Pearl 1
Rustic/Uncertain 2
Square-spot Rustic 1
Light Brown Apple Moth 1
Small Dusty Wave 3
Double-striped Pug 1
Large Yellow Underwing 2
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 3
Mint Moth Pyrausta aurata
Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix 1

Also a couple of Birch Shieldbugs and a Green Lacewing agg. in the trap.

Birch Shieldbug

Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix

Copper Underwing sp.

Double-striped Pug

Large Yellow Underwing

Heart and Dart

Green Lacewing

Garden Carpet

Light Brown Apple Moth

Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

Marbled Beauty

Marbled Green

Small Dusty Wave

Setaceous Hebrew Character

Rustic/Uncertain

Mother of Pearl - it could fly well despite the wing deficit!

Square-spot Rustic

Yellow Shell



No comments:

Post a Comment