Best Night So Far for 2018

[melbellingham]

Best Night So Far for 2018:

56 moths of 14 species is by far my best night this year.

23 Common Quaker, 10 Hebrew Character, 7 Early Grey, 4 Clouded Drab, 2 Oak Beauty, 1 Small Quaker, 1 Double-striped Pug, 1 Chestnut, and 1 each if Oak Nycteoline Nycteola revayana and Pale Pinion Lithophane socia both NFY. This latter moth is only my 5th record and the first since 2010. Micros included 1 Agonopterix heracliana agg., 2 Diurnia fagella, 1 Carpatolechia decorella and 1 Light-brown Apple-moth.

Mel.

Oak Nycteoline - SJ381751 - 06/04/2018

Pale Pinion - SJ381751 - 06/04/2018

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[melbellingham]

Meanwhile, back in the real world .......

Last night (07/04/2018) with an overnight minimum temperature of 4.1C (compared with 8.2C the night before) numbers and species were well down.

3 Common Quaker, 2 Clouded Drab, 4 Early Grey and 5 Hebrew Character.

Mel.

[SteveH]

That's my world for about the next month Mel ......



Cheers,
Steve

[Mallyc]

My best night of the year so far last night with 1 x yellow Horned.

Things can only get better.

Mal

[mikew]

Put my trap out for the first time this year on the 6th April. I was pleasantly surprised to have 103 moths of 12 species including Twin-spotted Quaker, Shoulder Stripe, Pine Beauty, Oak Beauty & 47 Common Quaker.

Last night 64 from 6 species with Grey Shoulder-knot.

Mike

[Greg]

Hi Mike,

A couple of good catches there, with some nice moths. It's good to hit the ground running.
Not that I ever have.

Regards,
Greg