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A week passes with little to report Well we are firmly into the slow part of the year now, with flash floods, cool breezes and clear nights, but it has been mild enough to run the trap on just two occasions this past week.

On Sunday night it was mild but clear and the trap went on as usual, but waking up to find five moths in 10 hours of light trapping (1 moth every 2 hours) was solely depressing to put it bluntly, with nothing new for the year, still I expected this after such a high a few weeks back.

Ho hum, I had to wait until Thursday for another favourable night, well it chucked it down for two hours solid at around 4pm, but then it turned to light drizzle and it seemed a tad warmer, so the egg trays were lined in the trap, collar on, funnel and bulb on and away we go again, this time with a better return than Sunday night, with 8 moths of 7 species. Still no Merveille du Jour or Brick (I didn't get any last year) or Dark Chestnut, and still getting Carcina quercana! Results are below.

Catch Report - 05/10/14 - Back Garden - Stevenage - 1x 125x MV Robinson Trap

Macro Moths

1x Common Wainscot 1x Red-line Quaker 1x Sallow 1x Large Yellow Underwing 1x Brown-spot Pinion

Micro Moths

None Recorded!

Catch Report - 09/10/14 - Back Garden - Stevenage - 1x 125x MV Robinson Trap

Macro Moths

1x Large Yellow Underwing 1x Lesser Yellow Underwing 1x Angle Shades

Micro Moths

1x Acleris schalleriana 1x Amblyptilia acanthadactyla 2x Emmelina monodactyla