Common Pug

Common Pug

This was the only interesting thing in the trap this morning, accompanied by the usual three Housing Association Microlepidoptera and a caddisfly.

Plus another moth that got away as soon as I lifted the lid. D'oh!

Trap Report 25-26 May 2013

25W Blacklight | @ home garden, Springmartin
11-12°C, B0-1, clear to cloudy

Endrosis sarcitrella: 2
Common Pug: 1 [Y]
Mompha subbistrigella: 3
Hofmannophila pseudospretella: 1

DJ MSub in da house!

Yesterday I was out and about in Murlough NNR and saw some real goodies. Once I have clarified that my photographic activities in relation to a particular species at the reserve are not infringing legislation, I'll be able to report on that!

Updates on Projects 36A, 37A and 38A

None of the three pupae have emerged yet. (The second Lozotaenia is keeping the first one waiting!)

The first visitor at the trap

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)

Common Quaker

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...

Brown House-moth larva