From the garden trap - 05/05/2008

Not unsurprisingly, after a very warm sunny afternoon, things picked up a bit with seven firsts for the year in the traps (or trap - they were all in the actinic).

Total catch 16 of 13sp.
(125W MV 5 of 4sp., 80W actinic 11 of 11sp.)

Agonopterix arenella 1
Twenty-plume Moth (Alucita hexadactyla) 1
Emmelina monodactyla 1
Grey Pine Carpet (Thera obeliscata) 1
Green Carpet (Colostygia pectinataria) 1
Common Pug (Eupithecia vulgata) 1
Double-striped Pug (Gymnoscelis rufifasciata) 1
Yellow-barred Brindle (Acasis viretata) 1
Purple Thorn (Selenia tetralunaria) 1
Pale Tussock (Calliteara pudibunda) 1
Muslin Moth (Diaphora mendica) 1
Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica) 3
Early Grey (Xylocampa areola) 2


Green Carpet


Purple Thorn


Pale Tussock


Yellow-barred Brindle - unidentifiable from Skinner 2nd Edition!