Its late....

Blair's Shoulder Knot

7 degrees.

Taxa
1631 December Moth (Poecilocampa populi) 1
2240 Blair's Shoulder-knot (Lithophane leautieri) 1

2 moths of 2 sp.

The Blair's is the latest county record by more than a month!

Christmas Mothing!

Winter Solstice at 5.30am this morning, 8 degrees.

Taxa
1631 December Moth (Poecilocampa populi) 6
2258 Chestnut (Conistra vaccinii) 1

7 moths of 2 sp.

Christmas mothing ! Excellent.....

The last post...again.

I'm having more come backs than Status Quo this year!

A short session from 4pm - 10.45pm. Weather mild 4 degrees and overcast cleared and dropped to 1 degree.

My first ever moth trapping in December means I have trapped in every month of 2011 without blank!

Taxa
1631 December Moth (Poecilocampa populi) 1
1799 Winter Moth (Operophtera brumata) 1
2258 Chestnut (Conistra vaccinii) 1

3 moths of 3 sp.

A record catch...

...of December Moths.

9 degrees midnight but 4 degrees at dawn.

Taxa
0874 Blastobasis lacticolella 2
1631 December Moth (Poecilocampa populi) 28
2441 Silver Y (Autographa gamma) 1

31 moths of 3 sp

Remember that mystery yellow moth?

Well, it is certainly a good'un and we would never have id'd it. I knew it wasnt quercana!

Please see here for the answer....

Last night had -

0464 Diamond-back Moth (Plutella xylostella) 1
0874 Blastobasis lacticolella 1
1631 December Moth (Poecilocampa populi) 12
2264 Yellow-line Quaker (Agrochola macilenta) 1

15 moths of 4 sp.

Last night 7 degrees min. Its getting late now, but still no 'blanks'...

1631 December Moth (Poecilocampa populi) 2

2 moths of 1 sp.

Anyone out there....

...know what on earth this is? It was found in a house in Gateshead in early October...pic from Keith Robson....

Answers on a postcard....