Sunday 18 February 2018

Bingo.....

Pale Brindled Beauty
Pale Brindled Beauty
Seeing a few posts on Twitter about a few Moths being about I thought I would give the trap a go. Trouble is most people I follow are a lot further South or South East. Anyway I thought, no bulb on equals no chance so I put it out Friday night despite it being 0.3C at the weatherstation in the garden. It rained lightly then steadily from midnight and on checking the trap it drew a blank.

Not to be undone I put it out again Saturday night as the night time temps were to be a touch higher and only a small chance of rain.


Pale Brindled Beauty

Pale Brindled Beauty

The temps actually went from 0.3C-3.2C with no rain recorded.

Bingo! the first eagerly awaited moth of 2018