Encouraged by the appearance of a Peacock butterfly in the garden yesterday we put a moth trap out over night. What a lovely surprise to find 40 moths this morning (the same trap in the same position two nights ago gave us one Common quaker). 14 macro moth species: Early grey 8, Oak beauty 6, Common quaker 6, Pale brindled beauty 2, Grey shoulder-knot 2, Clouded drab 2, Hebrew character 2, Small quaker 2, Chestnut 2, singletons of Early moth, Double-triped pug, Brindled pug, Satellite, Red chestnut. We were pleased to see our first Early moth of the year wondering if they had suffered in the cold weather last year.
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| Early moth |
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| Red chestnut |
Just two micros, a Common plume and a Mompha divisella/bradleyi, further investigation needed to determine which it really is.
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| Mompha divisella/bradleyi (Wing length 6mm) |
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