Whos keeping an eye on me....

Sunday 5 April 2015

April moths - at last a few species in better numbers

Winter for mothing is much of a write off so its nice to feel the slightly warmer mornings although as we know its sometimes undone with the rather lengthy month of April showers. Friday night lived upto expectations then.......

I place the trap slightly under cover to try to miss most of the night time rainfall and it worked with a relatively dry trap and my largest count of the early season upto now.

Hebrew Character


Small Quaker



this one confused me and is possibly a Clouded Drab



4 species from 19 individual moths, with the Hebrew Character being a lifer.

Orthosia cerasi Common Quaker x2
Orthosia incerta Clouded Drab x 6
Orthosia cruda Small Quaker x1
Orthosia gothica Hebrew Character x10

3 comments:

Margaret Birding For Pleasure said...

Lovely shots of the Moths. HAPPY EASTER.

Simon Douglas Thompson said...

I likee moth spotting outside at the pub in th evenings. Needs warmer nights though, and also everyone at the Prince Rupert thinks i'm insane

Dave said...

Cheers Margaret, and Simon I cant think of much better places to do some insane mothing while drinking..... Role on the warmer weather.