Thursday, May 10, 2012

Eye of the storm- 7/8th May

A brief warm interlude in an otherwise cold, wet and windy week allowed me to trap for a rare two nights in a row. Unfortunately this didn't last, so the the lights will be on standby for the near future. This is a selection of the new species over the two nights, others not pictured were Common Carpet and Pale Mottled Willow.

Nut-tree Tussock
NFY- 7th May

 Streamer
Left it late- NFY 7th May

672 Parsnip Moth Depressaria heraclei 
NFY- 7th May

 697 Agonopterix arenella
NFY- 7th May

808 Platyedra subcinerea
This nationally scarce species is a regular sight in the garden- NFY 8th May.

 Pale Tussock
NFY- 8th May

 Waved Umber
NFY- 8th May

 Nut-tree Tussock
This is the first time I have seen the dark form of the species.

1 comment:

  1. Nice catch!
    In contrast I never get the white form of Nut-tree Tussock!

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