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| Howick Village Hall in the moonlight. |
On Friday night, for the garden moth scheme, I had two moth traps running in the garden.
What I failed to realise was that the skinner I had positioned out to the front in a more open, south facing, aspect to entice a Convolvulous Hawk-moth, was also perilously close to a heavily fruiting yew tree. These soft red fruits has attracted the attentions of hundreds of Common Wasps, that were, in turn, drawn to the light from the MV bulb.
When I came to check the traps in the morning I found not only a few moths in this one, but about 500 groggy wasps! As it was cool early on I managed to gingerly lift each egg tray out and rescue some of the moths. The trays were replaced and the trap left for the squatters to escape in due course.
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| Illegal occupants of trap 1. |
Luckily the other trap around the other side was less like a bomb disposal, containing only a few wasps from the ripe brambles, so I managed to get a few nice autumn moths. Who would have thought there would be danger in moth trapping?
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| Black Rustic, looks like a vampire's curtains... |
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| Pink barred Sallow. |
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| Great camouflage from the Angle Shades. |
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| New for the year, 4 Canary shouldered Thorns brightened things up a bit. |
2 comments:
The angle shades and canary shoulder are things of beauty, the black rustic is of the tomb
Like it Simon, 'of the tomb'!
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