Wednesday 9 April 2014

7 degrees. Both dark and light phase Water Carpets were nice...

Taxa
  Agonopterix species (Agonopterix sp.)  1 heracliana or ciliella
0663  Diurnea fagella  1
1663  March Moth (Alsophila aescularia)  1
1750  Water Carpet (Lampropteryx suffumata)  3
1775  Mottled Grey (Colostygia multistrigaria)  1
2139  Red Chestnut (Cerastis rubricosa)  1
2182  Small Quaker (Orthosia cruda)  2
2186  Powdered Quaker (Orthosia gracilis)  1
2187  Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi)  1
2188  Clouded Drab (Orthosia incerta)  5
2190  Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica)  6
2243  Early Grey (Xylocampa areola)  1

24 moths of 12 sp
Water Carpet ( click image)

2 comments:

  1. Never caught a Water Carpet here, and we are on chalk, perhaps one I should expect sometime?

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  2. Hi Tony, over the past 4 years I've had -
    2010 - 44
    2011 - 47
    2012 - 14
    2013 - 29

    Water Carpets in the garden trap, of dark and light forms. We are on hard whin sill rock here, so no Limestone I'm afraid, but they are a common spring species....

    Cheers

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