With the temperature going up to 10 deg. today, I had high hopes that it might hold up for a while this evening. I did not get set up till after dark in the nearby oak wood, but with the temperature holding up around 6/7 degrees, it was good to find reasonable numbers of moths after nearly three blank weeks of very cold nights.
In 2 hours of trapping, T. alternella proved to be the most abundant species and over 50 caught amounted to half the catch. Pale Brindled Beauty (15) March Moth (12) a few Chestnut and 4 new ones for the year – Satellite, Dotted Border, Oak Beauty and Small Brindled Beauty made up the rest of the catch. More cold nights to come next week according to the forecast.
Brian
Brian, I ran the trap for a couple of hours this evening (6th March) in the garden and had a similar mix to you, with March Moth (8) and singles of Dotted Border, Oak Beauty and Hebrew Character.
Mark