With the warm weather continuing, I couldn't resist putting the trap out for another go. The final tally was 33 moths of 16 species.
New for the garden were five Lunar Marbled Browns, a Frosted Green, and a Pebble Prominent. When I say new for the garden this generally also means the first I have ever seen...as in this case.
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| Lunar Marbled Brown |
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| Frosted Green |
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| Pebble Prominent |
As far as I can tell, none of these moths is especially scarce. There are just an awful lot of moth species out there.
Firsts for the year were; Codling Moth, Oak-tree Pug, Common Plume, Chocolate-tip, and Maiden's Blush.
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| Chocolate-tip |
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| Maiden's Blush |
I spent much of the morning staring at the 10 Pugs I caught before deciding they were two Double-striped Pugs, six Brindled Pugs, and two Oak-tree Pugs. They are a bit of a nightmare to be honest.
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| Brindled Pug and Oak-tree Pug |
Brindled and Oak-tree are especially hard to tell apart, but there can be quite a size difference. The above rather crap photo shows two at either end of the size range.
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