Drinks'er on me! On Saturday night I ran the trap after 4 nights break trapping elsewhere it was time to find out what was lurking in the garden at night. The trap was pleasingly full come the morning and a plethora of new for year moths were headed up by two new Macro moths, the Drinker and a Small Elephant Hawk-moth.

The Small Elephant Hawk-moth seems to be quite localised in East Herts, as opposed to West Herts where it is relatively frequent.

Two Common Rustics trapped, looked good candidates for Lesser Common Rustic, both will be examined soon.

Also, where are all the Willow Beauties this year? Plenty of Mottled, but Willow seem to be quite scarce.

Back to trapping tonight if this storm subsides.

Catch Report - 05/07/14 - Back Garden Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap

Macro Moths

1x Drinker [NFG] 1x Small Elephant Hawk-moth [NFG] 2x Small Blood-vein [NFY] 1x Yellow-tail [NFY] 1x Cloaked Minor 3x July Highflyer 15x Common Footman 3x Heart & Club 1x Large Nutmeg 2x Double Square-spot 1x Privet Hawk-moth 1x Fan-foot 1x Nut-tree Tussock 2x Brimstone Moth 5x Riband Wave 10x Dark Arches 14x Uncertain 1x Bright-line Brown-eye 10x Common Rustic 7x Heart & Dart 1x Peppered Moth 1x Single-dotted Wave 1x Common White Wave 2x Marbled Minor 1x Mottled Rustic 3x Buff Arches 3x Small Emerald 1x Lesser Yellow Underwing 1x Small Fan-footed Wave 1x Willow Beauty 1x Rustic 2x Large Yellow Underwing 1x Clay 5x Dun-bar 13x Dot Moth 1x Brown Rustic

Micro Moths

1x Lozotaeniodes formosanus [NFY] 1x Pleuroptya ruralis [NFY] 1x Rhopobota naevana [NFY] 1x Pandemis heparana [NFY] 1x Acleris forsskaleana [NFY] 2x Endotricha flammealis 2x Emmelina monodactyla 1x Eurrhypara hortulata 1x Carpatolechia proximella 1x Udea olivalis 1x Udea prunalis 1x Crambus pascuella 1x Archips xylosteana 1x Aleimma loeflingiana 1x Archips podana 1x Spilonota ocellana 1x Hypsopygia costalis 1x Coleophora sp 2x Celypha lacunana 1x Clepsis consimilana 1x Pseudargyrotoza conwagana 1x Hedya nubiferana 3x Zeiraphera isertana 1x Amblyptilia acanthadactyla 1x Celypha striana 3x Gypsonoma dealbana 7x Chrysoteuchia culmella 1x Dipleurina lacustrata 1x Blastobasis lacticolella 1x Alucita hexadactyla