On Friday evening it was great to have a moth trap out at Mum and Dad's. I haven't trapped here for a few years now, after a couple of years of fairly intense trapping - so I do feel like I know the site quite well.
The weather was perfect, and although there was no evidence of any long-distant migration it was a super catch with 427 macro moths of 44 species. Absolutely no surprise that the most numerous three species were Heart and Dart (129), Dark Arches (102) and Large Yellow Underwing (42). Pleasingly Hawkmoths were well represented with 18 of four species...
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| L to R; Poplar Hawk, Elephant Hawk, Small Elephant Hawk and Privet Hawk. |
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| Two Privet Hawks were a bit of a surprise because I've only ever caught five here before! |
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| Privet Hawks are so HUGE! |
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| Poplar Hawks have the fluffiest of heads! |
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| Elephant and Small Elephant Hawks |
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| Same as above but a different view |
Out of the rest of the catch a White Satin was the pick of the bunch. On the first night I ever moth trapped in the garden (29th June 2009) I caught five of these, so at the time thought I may have stumbled upon a local population - but no - not a sniff of another until this one on Friday night...
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| Silky white wings and those zebra striped legs make this moth a bit of a cracker in my books! |
Hoping to get my Robinson trap repaired soon, so you have been warned - moth content is set to rise on the blog if that does happen...
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