In spite of the promised heavy rain it is predicted to be quite windless and warm overnight. Secondly, my reading earlier of some of Jon Baker`s interesting write-ups in the Carms Moth Group Newsletters that were produced by him in the mid 2000s has inspired me to trap.
We`ll see what the morning will bring. Hopefully, `Pwll Passport Control` will intercept a migrant or two...well, perhaps!
Brief Postscript: The heavy rain did n`t materialise and it was dry all night! Whatever, the results were good this morning (c 60 spp.) and included two migrants - a rather light-coloured small mottled willow and a silver y. PPS. I`ve just found a diamond-back moth too, amongst the micros I collected for later inspection, and here`s the rather worn small mottled willow:
Privet hawk-moth was a FFY:
Magnificent Privet HM, Ian. I've only ever had two here, the last in 2013 so I'm due one! I only put a small actinic out last night because like you I expected rain, but it didn't materialize. Nothing of particular interest in the trap this morning but I caught the first Case-bearing CM of the year in the house yesterday.
ReplyDeleteJane trapped at Rhandirmwyn last night, with good numbers and some nice records - but she also had the heavy rain! Perhaps it was `hit and miss`. Don`t mention those case-bearing clothes moths - they`re out with me too!
ReplyDeleteSnap in Cardiff - the rain failed to turn up, and oddly I had a much better catch than on any of those hot nights last week (admittedly last night was cloudier, and still very warm). Just a couple of diamondbacks on the migrant front. Shoulder-striped Wainscot new for the garden.
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