Thursday, 24 February 2011

Two early surprises...

A very mild February night for rural Northumberland last night. The trap was on from 6pm - 11pm and the temp was no lower than 8 degrees. As a result a few moths were caught including some early examples...

Taxa
0688 Agonopterix heracliana 1
1663 March Moth (Alsophila aescularia) 1
2139 Red Chestnut (Cerastis rubricosa) 1 NFY only 2 previous county Feb records.
2179 Pine Beauty (Panolis flammea) 1 NFY only 1 county Feb record.
2190 Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica) 1 NFY
2258 Chestnut (Conistra vaccinii) 3

Trap only on from 6 pm - 11pm. Down to 8 degrees.
8 moths of 6 species...

2139 Red Chestnut
2179 Pine Beauty
2190 Hebrew Character





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2 comments:

  1. Bennyboymothman24 February 2011 at 19:39

    Beautiful Pine Beauty! that would make my day opening my trap tomorrow morning and finding one of those! still yet to see one.
    I have a trap out in mixed woodland as it is very mild again, who knows!

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  2. Broom Birder24 February 2011 at 23:00

    Brilliant Stewart! I caught just 1 Pine Beauty last year- but it wasn't as photogenic as that one, Red Chestnut is hard round here too......

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