A slump in Micro's but a boost for Macro's Not had much time to trap lately, but did give it a go on Thursday night. About as warm as it could get for a clear night, with temperatures hovering around 12 degrees, and with little wind. The trap was a little wet so it had clouded up and rained during the night interestingly. I had an awful time trying to get to the moths before the birds did. In the Spring it was a problem with Great Tits....now it is Magpies and yes they had a bit of a feast, namely with my second garden Eyed Hawk-moth :( you will remember that my first garden specimen got had by an Orb Web Spider. I also didn't expect Common Footman and Common Wainscot already, and I am still getting good numbers of Nutmegs, in fact beating Heart & Dart again...but not for not much longer I suspect.

Hope to trap again Sunday night where we may get some warmer more settled weather.

Catch Report - 05/06/14 - Back Garden Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap

Macro Moths

1x Flame [NFY] 2x Peppered Moth [NFY] 1x Middle-barred Minor [NFY] 1x Mottled Beauty [NFY] 1x Common Footman [NFY] 1x Common Wainscot [NFY] 1x Small Dusty Wave [NFY] 1x Clouded Brindle [NFY] 1x Clouded Border 1x Bright-line Brown-eye 2x Tawny Marbled Minor 1x Large Nutmeg 3x Mottled Rustic 3x Ingrailed Clay 2x Setaceous Hebrew Character 2x Garden Carpet 1x Eyed Hawk-moth 2x Common Marbled Carpet 3x Willow Beauty 3x Rustic Shoulder-knot 12x Nutmeg 11x Heart & Dart 1x Orange Footman 3x Common Pug 9x Common Swift 1x Light Emerald 6x Vine's Rustic 1x Brimstone Moth 1x Green Silver-lines 2x Shuttle-shaped Dart 2x Pale Mottled Willow

Micro Moths

1x Eudonia mercurella [NFY] 2x Eurrhypara hortulata 1x Epiblema cynosbatella