Tuesday 31st Cold overnight temperatures hampered the catch in the trap but a few Nemophora degeerella were along the Worth track. A Water Ermine in the trap was new for the year. Monday 30th Nematopogon metaxella was the highlight in the moth trap. The nights are cold, down to 4.5°C last night so an overall catch of 65 moths of…
Saturday 30th Ditto, ditto. Although the temperature stayed above the dizzy heights of 8.3°C the moths were not impressed and there were just five- two Common Quakers and singles of Oblique-striped,Shuttle-shaped Dart and Powdered Quaker. Friday 29th Weather – ditto, moths not ditto. There were 21 of 16 species. This included the first Pinion-spotted Pug and Poplar Hawk-moth for…
Wednesday 30th Another overcast night, this time with drizzle, kept the catch to 36 moths of 10 species. For the first time Common Quaker outnumbered Hebrew Character ten to nine. Two Early Greys were the first since last week. With strong winds and sleet forecast the trap will be kept inside for a few days. Tuesday 29th A return to…
The Kent Moth Group have a new revamped website https://kentmoths.org/ It has lots of new features including maps and details of flight times. Give it a look. Thursday 17th Two Tortricoides alternella in The Elms were our first records since 2011. Wednesday 9th Another, and possibly the last chance for a few days, night when conditions were mild for…
Tuesday 4th Although there has been an amazing run of mild weather it has been too windy and/or wet to run the trap. However, last night it seemed as if there would be one relatively calm evening before the colder air sweeps in. The temperature did not fall below 8.1°C and there were four moths in the trap – two…
