April 2017

Only one nightly session for this month on the evening of 8th-9th April.

A small catch of just 5 moths of three species.

                                           1 - Hebrew Character, 

                                           2 - Common Quaker

                                           2 - Early Greys another first for the garden.

Early Grey Xylocampa areola

As the English name suggests, this is one of the earliest moths to emerge in the season, flying from March to May, mine caught early April. A member of the Noctuidae family of moths and described as moderately common. Wingspan 32-40 mm.

It tends to inhabit lightly wooded areas and suburban locations, where it is often a visitor to the garden light-trap.

The larvae of these moths feed on Honeysuckle which coincidentally is situated right next to my trapping area.

Garden list beginning August 28th 2016

1.- Brimstone

2.-Yellow Shell

3.-Silver-Y

4.-Straw Underwing

5 - Small Square-Spot

6.- Square Spot Rustic

7.- Lesser Yellow underwing

8.- Uncertain !

9.- Common Wainscot

10.-Light Brown Apple Moth

11.- Lime-Speck Pug

12.- Double-Striped Pug

13.-Brown House moth

14.-Common Plume

Additions to Garden list :-   15/8/16

15. Common Carpet
16. Copper Underwing
17. Spectacle
18. Scalloped Oak
19.Lesser Bordered Yellow Underwing
20.  Bright line, Brown Eye
21. Jersey Tiger.

Additions -  September 2016

22. The Snout *

23. Setaceous Hebrew Character *

24. The Clay *

25. Lunar Underwing (3) *

additions to garden list, March 2017

26. - Hebrew Character

27. - Common Quaker

28. - March Dagger Moth

29. - The Streamer

additions April 2017

30. - Early Grey