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

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

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

Early Spring Moths in Elton

Some early spring moths from my Elton garden. Species recorded so far:
Agonopterix heracliana/ciliella
Agonopterix alstromeriana
Tortricodes alternella
Emmelina monodactyla
Brindled Beauty (Lycia hirtaria)
Oak Beauty (Biston strataria)
Spring Usher (Agriopis leucophaearia)
Dotted Border (Agriopis marginaria)
Bright-line Brown-eye (Lacanobia oleracea)
Small Quaker (Orthosia cruda)
Lead-coloured Drab (Orthosia populeti)
Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi)
Clouded Drab (Orthosia incerta)
Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica)
Grey Shoulder-knot (Lithophane ornitopus)
Early Grey (Xylocampa areola)

Grey Shoulder-knot (Lithophane ornitopus)
Regular in the garden if rather scarce, this one was quite early on 9 March.


Lead-coloured Drab (Orthosia populeti)
This species failed to show in 2006 when March was very poor for recording moths, but otherwise is expected here on this date (14 March).


Bright-line Brown-eye (Lacanobia oleracea)
A bizarre record for 26 January, this flew into the house defying it's usual flight period by a good three months or more.


Nikon Coolpix P4 © Brian Stone