As last night was the longest day, despite the heavy rain showers, I put the moth trap out and was rewarded with 84 moths of 31 species, eight of them being new for the year.
These were a
Poplar Hawkmoth,
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| Poplar Hawkmoth - My first of the year here but he's not too happy |
a
Burnished Brass,
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| Burnished Brass |
a
Wormwood Pug, a
Light Arches and four species of micro moth -
Scoparia ambigualis, Dipleurina lacustrata, Eucosma cana and a
Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix. Amongst the rest there were three
Green Arches and 9
Dark Arches, the numbers of the latter, together with
Large Yellow Underwings are starting to rise.
Heart & Darts (29 last night) should start to drop now.
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| The Three Arches - (front left to right - Dark Arches, Green Arches and Light Arches) |
A
Great spotted Woodpecker again flew over the garden as checked the the trap this morning and
Wood Burdock is now in flower under the big hedge.
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