Good Night Last Night

Adam Cheeseman · #1 (**permalink**) 26-05-2009, 05:36 PM

Despite it pouring down most of the night I had the best haul of the year so far last night, including four new species for my garden taking my list up to 213.
I've still got a fridge of pots to go through too.

Light Emerald
Lime-speck Pug
Pug sp.
Elephant Hawk-moth
Brimstone
Common Wave
Oligia sp.
Treble Lines
White-spotted Pug
Light Brown Apple Moth
Garden Carpet
Spectacle
Dark Arches
Waved Umber
Pale Mottled Willow
Willow Beauty
White Ermine
Diamond-backed Moth
Angle Shades
Heart and Dart
Burnished Brass
Setaceous Hebrew Character
Straw Dot
Common Marbled Carpet
Bright-line Brown-eye
Common Swift
Miller
Clouded Brindle
Varied Coronet
Platyptilia gonodactyla

Cheers,

Adam

aeshna5 · #2 (**permalink**) 26-05-2009, 05:58 PM

A good haul there Adam!

Adam Cheeseman · #3 (**permalink**) 26-05-2009, 06:14 PM

Plus Elachista argentella another new one for the garden, 214.
Green Pug

pete76 · #4 (**permalink**) 27-05-2009, 12:37 PM

I'm in Woking, not too far away from you. I had a good night on Sunday, with nine new for me:

Poplar Lutestring
Alder Moth
May Highflyer
Bordered White
Tawny-barred Angle
Orange Footman
Dingy Shell (seen them before but first time id)
Tawny Marbled Minor
Least Black Arches

plus the usual selection of Brimstones, Peppered Moth, carpets, Heart and Darts, etc

Adam, what bulb do you use, out of interest?

Jenny W · #5 (**permalink**) 27-05-2009, 03:52 PM

On Monday night this week I got the same number of moths in my garden trap from a 15W actinic as I did from 2 (not one but 2!) traps both with 125W lamps at work! Something wrong going on there! Maybe my garden is just really, really good!

Adam Cheeseman · #6 (**permalink**) 27-05-2009, 09:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pete76

I'm in Woking, not too far away from you. I had a good night on Sunday, with nine new for me:

Adam, what bulb do you use, out of interest?

125 MV bulb in a Robinson trap. I have also done some trapping at Mayford Pond in the past. Cracking spot if you have a silent running generator, which I unfortunately no longer have access to.

Cheers,

Adam

Clouded Brindle

pete76 · #7 (**permalink**) 30-05-2009, 05:40 PM

I'm using 2x 15w actinic tubes, I spend a lot of time wondering how much better my catch would be with an mv bulb. Gotta think about the neighbours though!

Adam Cheeseman · #8 (**permalink**) 30-05-2009, 08:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pete76

I'm using 2x 15w actinic tubes, I spend a lot of time wondering how much better my catch would be with an mv bulb. Gotta think about the neighbours though!

You would draw in more moths and all those other inverts that come in with an MV. I believe 50m is the distance from which an MV can bring stuff in from, though I would suspect given a clear sight line probably further. I run it all night in my back garden, which is overlooked, regularly(for the past 4 years) and I have not had a single complaint from anyone. Just hope your neighbours are as understanding as mine.

Cheers,

Adam