As you can see in the details below, it was a wet and windy night on Sunday. But with temperatures far higher than they've been the moth trap got its first patron of the year!
14-15 Apr 2013 | 25W Blacklight Heath Trap | AT HOME GARDEN, SPRINGMARTIN HVC39 J3074 | 11-9°C, Beaufort 4-3, rainy
Common Quaker: 1 (N) (Y) (GN) (GY)
The Common Quaker is one of the commonest spring moths, but not one I'd seen before. A great sight to see after a long winter!
Another record came in on Monday evening (14 Apr) with the discovery of a
Brown House-moth (Hofmannophila pseudospretella) larva (Ye) (GYe) (GB) on my wall. I've seen plenty of adults, but never the larva. And what an extraordinary creature it is - just look at the internal details you can see through its translucent skin! Hopefully it hadn't been getting fat on anything important...
