By Day and Night Yesterday was a gloriously sunny and warm day with a mixture of cloud and clear blue sky.

Whilst enjoying a BBQ round my inlaws I spotted a Esperia sulphurella land on the outside window.

When I got home I did some gardening just before dusk and I noted three species of moth flying around, they were Anthophila fabriciana (1), Cauchas rufimitrella (20+) and Glyphipterix simpliciella (10+). Two of those species were new for the year.

Also whilst weeding I found an Elephant Hawk-moth pupa lying above he ground, it must be vry close to hatching considering how dark it is. The rain started just after dark but it didn't come to much and it remained around 11 degrees with complete cloud cover. It did however clear by this morning, and a slight nip in the breeze showed 7 degrees.

Another good haul for this time of year with 5 new for year in the trap this morning. Not much of note and the usual fair really, best was a Bucculatrix nigricomella which use to be an uncommon moth but seems to be popping up everywhere now and I regularly record a few individuals per year but not in the garden, making it new for the garden list which was nice.

Catch Report - 22/05/16 - Back Garden - Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap

Macro Moths

1xTreble Lines [NFY] 1x Mottled Pug [NFY] 1x Angle Shades 1x Garden Carpet 1x Bright-line Brown-eye 1x Common Pug 1x Shuttle-shaped Dart

Micro Moths

1x Bucculatrix nigricomella [NFG] 1x Anthophila fabriciana [NFY] (daytime) 10+ Glyphipterix simpliciella [NFY] (daytime) 1x Aphomia sociella [NFY] 1x Notocelia cynosbatella [NFY] 1x Alucita hexadactyla 1x Epiphyas postvittana 20+ Cauchas rufimitrella