Sticking around...

27-28 Apr 2013 | 25W Blacklight | @ home garden, Springmartin HVC39 J3074
8-7°C, Beaufort 2-3

Another wet night with very few flies arriving but, surprisingly, three moths in the egg boxes:

Diurnea fagella: 1♂
Hebrew Character: 2

On close inspection of the scales, I found the Diurnea to be the same individual caught on Tuesday night! It's a small world/garden.

Another sleepy Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica)

Butterflies and other Characters

19-20 Apr 2013 | 25W Blacklight Heath Trap | @ home garden, Springmartin HVC39 J3074
8-5°C, Beaufort 1, clear with FQ moon

Resting in a very dewy moth trap this morning was a sleepy...
Hebrew Character: 1 [Y] [GY]

Hebrew Character

20 Apr 2013 | Daytime observation | Glencairn Park, Belfast HVC39 J3075

My first butterfly of the year was quite a surprise!

Peacock: 1 [Y]
Small Tortoiseshell: 1 [Y]

Peacock

Small Tortoiseshell

You can read more about my butterflying afternoon at Glencairn Park on The Caterpillar.