At this time of year moth trapping can get a bit samey with day after day producing the same half dozen similar species in varying quantities. This year has been even worse with a poor, cold, spring greatly reducing garden catches, so when I inspected last nights catch, this morning I was very pleased to find two quite sought after spring species.
The pick of the bunch were only my second garden record of
Red Sword-grass and, also hoped for each year, a
Pale Pinion.
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Pale Pinion |
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Red Sword-grass |
Other new species for the year this morning were Early Grey, Double Striped Pug, Red green Carpet and Diurnea fagella.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH1cYK6d5PjLhzeGZopN4XA5H00DrcnLHsLRqaeoTn_hMT8CtF7VMvDO5h2EqUUdWgWoS61jHyY-LtzwUTeOjrg4v4cJbRJVL7TdRCs4nqmESILDln8SWI4JiQJ59K7ZoO2kCq/s400/dsp.jpg) |
Double striped Pug |
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Red green Carpet |
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Early Grey |
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Diurnea fagella |
2 comments:
Very nice - I'd be very pleased to see Red Sword-grass again.
Yes, they're nice...
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