Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Pale Tussock, Cambridge

23 April 2007

The first female of this species in the garden.
Found lurking on an apple tree late afternoon,
but likely arrived at light the night before

pete
cambridge, vc29
22W actinic
Nikon cp4500

Scorched Carpet, Cambridge

22 April 2007

Another beutifully marked moth and only the second of this species in the garden

pete
cambridge, vc29
22W actinic
Nikon cp4500

Saturday, April 21, 2007

Pale Pinion, Earith


20th April 2007 (c) David Griffiths

Satellite, St Neots

Having missed out in 2005 and 2006 it was good to find my first garedn record in the trap on the morning of 20th


19th April 2007, Priory Park, St Neot's (c) Bob Scott

Thursday, April 19, 2007

Scarce (?) Tissue, Cambridge

This moth came to light on 15 April, when i considered it to be The Tissue, a new species for the garden.

Scarce Tissue, a species recorded here once before, could be the correct id. Comments welcome!

pete
cambridge, vc29
22W actinic
Nikon cp4500

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Waved Umber Cambridge 17 April 2007


A beautifully marked moth and a first for the garden

pete
22W actinic
Nikon cp4500

Monday, April 16, 2007

Nut-tree Tussock, Earith

Nut-tree Tussock, new garden record, April 13th.

Jonathan Heath

Lime Hawkmoth, St Neots


15 April 2007
My first hawk moth of the year and the first example of the race brunnea that I have trapped.
Bob Scott

Streamer, St Neots

9 April 2007
This was a new moth for me - first for the garden, in fact first for everything!! What a cracker of a species.
Bob Scott

The Streamer, Cambridge

15 April 2007

Only the second example of this attractive species i've trapped.
Best night of 2007 so far: 9 species to light, including the first Tissue for the garden.

pete
cambridge, vc29
22W actiinc
Nikon cp4500

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Farcet Fen Easter offerings

The Herald, Farcet Fen, 09 April 2007

© Steve Dudley Toadsnatcher.com

A regular at summer wine rags, this is the first Herald I have caught at light.

I'm also one of those 'fair' season moth'ers and despite best intentions of doing some winter and early spring mothing, this is the earliest date I've managed to get my act together, empty the trap of spiders and detritus and get the thing running. The warm Easter weekend produced the following -

The Herald
Early Grey
Hebrew Character
Clouded Drab
Common Quaker
Powdered Quaker
Small Quaker
Red Chestnut
Angle Shades

Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Small Eggar, Cambridge

02 April 2007
One of just 5 moths/3 species from the first use of the trap this year; a very welcome addition to the garden list

pete
cambridge, vc29
22W actinic
Nikon CP4500