Things just get better and better After Monday night's successful field trip, it was back to the trusty old garden and it wasn't a bad catch at all. Almost all of the night's recently have been clear but warm (up to 25 degrees daytime) with no moon and with little wind, it hasn't hampered things too much at all in fact my catches are slightly above average to what I normally expect this time of year.

There was a mini explosion of Epiphyas posvittana the Australian adventive that has well and truly taken over this Country, and there's a new(ish) kid on the block that could go the same way soon. 2 year first Tachystola acroxantha, a regular Aussie in my garden now.

Syndemis musculana also reappeared after a year's absence.

Another 9 new for year's was most welcome!

Catch Report - 23/05/17 - Back Garden - Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap

Macro Moths

1x Large Nutmeg [NFY] 2x Marbled Minor [NFY] 1x Small Waved Umber [NFY] 1x Yellow-barred Brindle [NFY] 1x Brimstone Moth 3x Common Marbled Carpet 1x Flame Shoulder 2x Garden Carpet 1x Heart & Dart 1x Mottled Pug 1x Orange Footman 1x Pale Tussock 4x Rustic Shoulder-knot 3x Shuttle-shaped Dart

Micro Moths

1x Blastobasis lacticolella [NFY] 1x Endrosis sarcitrella [NFY] 1x Eulia ministrana [NFY] 1x Syndemis musculana [NFY] 2x Tachystola acroxantha [NFY] 1x Alucita hexadactyla 1x Caloptilia robustella/alchimiella 14x Epiphyas postvittana