File:(1980) Eyed Hawk-moth (Smerinthus ocellata) (14296070230).jpg

Broken trap - Bring out the reserve! A bit of a nightmare last night, I went to switch the trap on and....nothing! Ah nuts. It was late and I was tired, so I brought the trap in to look at it this morning. In place of it, I ran my 160w Mercury Blended Robinson Trap, which usually catches a lot less but the bonus is that it does attract different things. A trip down memory lane HERE is a catch from the same date using the same trap, five years ago in 2009. The weather was perfect, no wind and plenty of cloud cover, although it did clear sometime during the night as it was clear at 5.30am this morning. The emergency change of trap didn't disappoint.... Micro's have definitely increased in numbers over the last few days with 9 new ones for the year last night Pandemis cerasana finally turned up (2 worn examples)...after seeing these for weeks out in the field.

It was lovely to see my third garden Eyed Hawk-moth and a second Phoenix.

Luckily my MV Robinson Trap is back in action!

Catch Report - 21/06/14 - Back Garden Stevenage - 1x 160w MBT Robinson Trap

Macro Moths

1x Phoenix [NFY] 1x Foxglove Pug [NFY] 1x Marbled Minor 2x Dark Arches 1x Buff Ermine 1x Willow Beauty 1x Buff-tip 2x Common Wainscot 2x Flame 1x Privet Hawk-moth 1x Eyed Hawk-moth 1x Grey Pug 4x Common Footman 1x Flame Shoulder 2x Bright-line Brown-eye 1x Heart & Club 1x Fan-foot 1x Nutmeg 2x Dot Moth 1x Clouded Brindle 3x Treble Brown Spot 1x Brimstone 9x Uncertain 4x Mottled Beauty 5x Riband Wave 1x Light Emerald 3x Double Square-spot 9x Heart & Dart 5x Mottled Rustic

Micro Moths

1x Batia lunaris [NFY] 1x Coleophora mayrella [NFY] 2x Pandemis cerasana [NFY] 2x Blastodacna hellerella [NFY] 1x Lozotaenia forsterana [NFY] 1x Argyresthia albistria [NFY] 1x Gypsonoma dealbana [NFY] 1x Phycita roborella [NFY] 1x Spilonota ocellana [NFY] 1x Udea prunalis 4x Acleris schalleriana 1x Aphelia paleana 4x Udea olivalis 2x Aphomia sociella 3x Aleimma loeflingiana 2x Tortrix viridana 1x Crambus pascuella 6x Chrysoteuchia culmella 3x Ditula angustiorana 2x Eurrhypara hortulata 1x Hedya pruniana 2x Celypha striana 2x Epiblema uddmanniana 4x Celypha lacunana 1x Archips podana 3x Scoparia ambigualis 1x Epiphyas postvittana 1x Ephestia parasitella unicolorella 2x Dipleurina lacustrata