The conditions looked good for moth trapping last night so
John Edwards came over to the village to set three traps in the Magic Garden. Whilst
we were setting up I spotted my first Comma of the year…
It proved to be an excellent catch, with these boxes representing
just the moths found on the outside of
the traps!
In total there were over 750 moths of 117 species (with
another half dozen to be confirmed). By some way the largest catch we have ever
had in the parish.
Perhaps the most interesting find was nine of the rare micro
moth Prochoreutis myllerana one of which we caught in June
(see blog entry 14th June). At that time that was the first record for
North-west Yorkshire. I think this now means there have been more recorded in
this one garden than in the rest of Yorkshire put together!
There were a number of new additions to the parish list including
an exquisite Beautiful China Mark and Blue-bordered Carpet. I’ll include more
details and some pictures in a later post.
As usual there were some striking species including a
handful of these Garden Tigers
And this smaller, subtler Ruby Tiger…
Burnished Brass...
A Grey Dagger species..
And this Swallow Prominent...
There’s also usually a few other groups attracted to the traps
including this large beetle
I think it’s one of the carrion beetles, possibly Nicrophorus investigator.
Finally, I can’t resist another Whitethroat photograph. This
is a young bird photographed this morning…
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