I put a small actinic trap out last evening and rescued it from the rain at 5.45am. It contained 20 moths of 8 species, half of them Hebrew Characters, nothing new. Things are taking a long time to get going around here. I might try again tonight, it will be the last opportunity for me until early May due to other commitments.
As I mentioned to Vaughn below, I was lucky with the rain but glad that you tried Chris. I was wondering when calthella would appear only yesterday. Please do try again tonight - the weather is supposed to be ok and moths can vary on consecutive nights, as I found.
ReplyDeleteI've been looking for M. calthella on marsh marigold for a couple of weeks, but haven't found any yet - it's still quite cold at night up here. I've trapped a couple of times since my last post, but with low counts and no further FFYs, so not worth blogging. Friday could be o.k., perhaps.
ReplyDeleteI saw them on Marsh Marigold last year Steve but it was much later, in mid-May. Most of my sightings have been on Buttercups.
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