Spring under the full moon

After the promising early start to the spring I decided to continue during the clear moonlit nights. I think it was worth it as along with daytime catches I added a number of site firsts as well as new for the year in my Hollesley garden. Last night (18th) was cloudy but cold and breezy and has shown the Shuttle-shaped Dart and Flame Shoulder taking over from the orthosias. One light frost at dawn and most nights turning cold.  Newcomers in the last 7 days have been; Pebble Hook-tip, Brimstone, Waved Umber, Swallow Prominent, Pale Prominent, Lychnis, Mullein, Dotted Chestnut, Oak Nycteoline, Epermenia chaerophyllella, Pseudoswammerdamia combinella, Elachista apicipunctella, Incurvaria masculella and with ID assistance from Tony Prichard a Luffia ferchautella larva.

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