2024

I ran my 20W Actinic Moth Trap from my garden,  overnight on 23rd July 2024 – Results as follows – Dusky Sallow (1); Leopard Moth (1); Pale Prominent (1); Small Phoenix (1); Riband Wave (18); Chinese Character (1); Marbled Beauty (4); Common Carpet (2); Brimstone Moth (1); Common Rustic agg (2); Uncertain/Rustic agg (3); Scalloped

I ran my 20W actinic light trap in garden overnight on 5th April 2024 – Results as follows: 1 male Brindled Beauty; 1 Oak-tree Pug; 1 Grey Shoulder-knot (NFG); 1 Chestnut; 4 Hebrew Character; 1 Clouded Drab; 1 Common Quaker:  

I ran my 20W actinic trap in my garden overnight on 30 March 2024 – results as follows: –  Early Grey 2; Clouded Drab 1; Small Quaker 1; Hebrew Character 3; Common Quaker 2:

I ran my 20W Actinic light trap in my garden overnight on 11th March 2024 – results were as follows: – 1 Oak Beauty; 1 Twin-spotted Quaker; 1 Hebrew Character; 3 Clouded Drab:

I ran my 20W garden actinic moth trap overnight on 5th March 2024 – Results were -Agonopterix heracliana 1; March Moth 3; Oak Beauty 2; Clouded Drab 1; Common Quaker 16; Hebrew Character 4.

I ran a garden moth trap overnight 9th February 2024 – results as follows:- 5 March Moth; 2 Common Quaker and singles of Oak Beauty, Pale Brindled Beauty, Hebrew Character, Tortricodes alternella (Winter Shade).

Mild conditions on 28th January persuaded me to run an overnight moth trap. Return was just 1 Pale Brindled Beauty, slightly disappointing. Nevertheless, the earliest date that I’ve ever recorded a moth in my garden in 20 odd years of moth recording.