GMS Fail

In spite of the warm sunny weather yesterday and a realtively mild night, I caught nothing in my GMS trap last night. There was a pretty much clear sky and a full moon, though, so I guess that may have had an influence.

Meanwhile, in the local woods, 1 Dotted Border, and three new species for my year list in the shape of 3 Engrailed, 2 Diurnea fagella and 1 Agonopterix ocellana.

Looks like things are remaining mild for at least a bit, so hopefully some of the moths will move out of the woods and into the gardens...

Ah! Moths!

As last night was looking slightly milder, I thought I'd run the trap. In the end, it was pretty windy, but I was pleased to see my first Satellite of the year hiding in the boxes.

Also, at my local woodland site, 2 Chestnuts, 2 Hebrew Characters and 1 Small Brindled Beauty.

Nothing special

As a round-up of my winter GMS season I had a grand total of 4 Chestnuts. That is all. Last year, I had 9 moths all winter, which I thought was poor. Oh very dear.

Last night, I put the trap out in the garden on the promise of a mild night, even running the MV for a bit, but all I caught was 2 Tortricodes alternella and a Brown House Moth. I think the wind didn't help...

I've also been looking at security lights at my favourite local woodland park, which have been managing to attract a few Dotted Borders, with last Tuesday peaking at 4, plus a brace of Spring Ushers.

First Garden Moths!

For the first time since 1st Nov I had two whole moths in the trap, in the shape of these two Chestnuts. It's a start I guess!

Another indoor moth

My indoor mothing continues, with a White-shouldered House Moth in the bathroom this morning. Also had an Early Moth at my regular woodland.

Now that I'm in my third full season of mothing, and having checked my records, I'm not really expecting to see too much for another couple of weeks or so, but I would like to see some moths...!

Woodland Moths

After running a 6w actinic trap in a local woodland for the winter GMS scheme, my first outdoor moth of the year was a Winter Moth. Not at the trap, but nearby, were two Early Moths.

First Moth of the Year!

It's not very exciting, but I was pleased to find my first moth of the year, resting on the window blind on my landing. Not surprised to find nothing outside, given the amount of wind and rain we are having in these parts. In fact, I haven't trapped a singe moth at home for two full months. Let's hope things get underway soon...

Oh, the moth, it's a Twenty-plume Moth (Alucita hexadactyla).