Small Dusty Wave

Warmer calmer night yields a better catch including a new for garden micro.

 

On Sunday it was of course Father's Day, and after a busy day seeing both sides of the family, the trap was switched on when I returned home.

 

A muggy and warmer night, with lighter winds was on the cards but it did cool down a little more than predicted and we lost the humidity with lows of 11c.

 

8 new for year species were recorded including a new for garden record.

 

I was convinced I had recorded the odd little 'white eye-capped' Opostega salaciella before, but I got mixed up with taking it on a field trip and in France on holiday, a nice feeling to know that I was wrong and that it was indeed to be the 344th species of Micro Moth for the garden

 

So close to 700 species, Opostega salaciella makes it 699 for the garden since 2012

 

Garden species count for 2019 now upto 177.

 

Catch Report - Back Garden - Stevenage - 125w MV Robinson Trap

 

16/06/19

 

Macro Moths

 

Barred Yellow 1 [NFY]

Brown Rustic 2 [NFY]

Common White Wave 1 [NFY]

Small Dusty Wave 1 [NFY]

Straw Dot 1 [NFY]

 

Micro Moths

 

Eudonia mercurella 1 [NFY]

Lozotaenia forsterana 1 [NFY]

Opostega salaciella 1 [NFG]

Done