A few Highlights.........

The warm nights have certainly boosted the tally of late, but where are the micros? I think the cold, extended Winter could have affected their numbers or at least delayed their emergence by a good few weeks.

Swallow Prominent

NFY, 16th May.

Mullein

Absent in 2012- NFY, 19th May.

 Pale Tussock

NFY- 19th May.

Cinnabar 

NFY- 20th May.

 Sallow Kitten

NFY- 20th May.

 Currant Pug

Probably.......but not well marked- NFY 20th May.

 Foxglove Pug

NFY- 20th May.

 White-spotted Pug

NFY- 20th May.

1428 Bee Moth Aphomia sociella

NFY- 20th May.

 Poplar Kitten

Best of the bunch and only my 2nd ever record- 21st May. 

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.

FUL vs. UV........13/05

Last night's trap battle was a touch one sided. At the top of the garden was the 'old faithful' fitted with 2 UV BL Blue tubes. At the bottom of the garden was the new 2x 25w FUL skinner.........
In short, the FUL won.

Pale Tussock

Spectacle

The conditions improved slightly over the last 24hours with the wind swinging round to the S. So for the 1st time in a while I put out 2 traps. A quick visit at 9.45pm last night produced a Pale Tussock at the UV and a Bright-line Brown Brown-eye at the FUL. Unfortunately both had gone by morning. Luckily I got a shot of the Tussock-

Twin UV trap

1. Pale Tussock- Year tick
2. Hebrew Character
3. Shuttle-shaped Dart

FUL trap

1. Bright-line Brown-eye- Year tick
2. Spectacle- Year Tick
3. Muslin Moth- 2
4. Shuttle-shaped Dart
5. Common Quaker

Pale Tussock

Not yet a moth, but this is a new species for the garden. Found by Louie underneath the trampoline!