Six NFY

[SteveH]

Six NFY:

Morning Folks,

So at least there were some moths in the trap this morning - but the bulb may well have passed away in the night - need to re-check later on when its stopped raining. If it has then it had a very long life, and was possibly only the third bulb we've had pop since 1991 !

Anyway, from 15 moths of nine species that couldn't be bothered escaping there were one or two highlights, namely Cinnabar, Pale Pinion and Diurnea fagella, which takes the year list to a heady 17 species.

Cheers,
Steve

[stevehind]

Hi Steve,

The cold front last night brought a welcome cloudy, so warm, night and all the moths which had emerged during the recent warm weather were now flying. The temperature here over recent clear nights has dropped to 1-2 degrees and I have caught less than a handful of moths, whereas last night the temperature stayed above 10 degrees resulting in a catch of 62 moths of 27 species. New for 2018 were Tinea trinotella; Caloptilia azaleella; Tachystola acroxantha; Common Carpet and Oak-tree Pug.

Once this cold front moves through, we are in for a further spell of clear nights but with cold northerlies as well, so I suspect it'll be back to very low numbers again for a day or so.

Regards,
Steve

[SteveH]

..... seems our bulb wasn't at fault, but the box of electrics, which is distinctly odd and will mean we're out of action until replacement can be acquired. Fortunately, the timing doesn't look too bad and hopefully we will be back up and running by the time we get some more warm nights.

Cheers,
Steve