First March trapping at IGC.

Like others, numbers now starting to pick up in the traps here, although I’ve not operated the traps as much as I would have liked due to time constraints. First Orthosias now recorded with 22 Common quaker, a few Hebrew character and Clouded drab but only a single Small quaker, normally the commonest species here, all on the 6th. The 6 Yellow horned were also new for the year. No Spring usher or Pale brindled beauty so they could now be over. I’ve not had Early moth this year and maybe won’t get it now.
Had the first Diurnea fagella as well that night but not in the traps but on the kitchen window.

Neil

To add to the above, ran 2 traps in the garden again last night (8th), pretty similar numbers of the commoner species to the previous trapping attempt but a few new for the year sightings – Pine beauty, Oak nycteoline (f. ramosana, not a type I’ve seen very much of) and E.monodactyla. Best species count for the year so far with 12 seen. More moths in the twin actinic than the MV last night however for unknown reasons.

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