Garden Catch 28/06/18 - Just incredible After that huge catch from the field trip the previous night (Which I was still recovering from, having got home at nearly 4am and then up at 7am!) the weather still looked good enough to trap once again in the garden. This year I really have ran my trap a lot! The continued warm days and mostly warm nights have contributed to my efforts and I have been rewarded by bothering to get up at 4am, morning after morning. Of course garden mothing is a whole lot easier than lugging gear 300 metres in questionable terrain, and it's bad enough setting it all up in the daylight let alone packing it all away in the dark at 2am.

But still there is something special about attaining that garden list and it will and does constantly surprise me with what turns up.

Best Mcacros of the night were a fresh Leopard Moth, a garden 2nd Rufous Minor (checked) and a lovely Small Ranunculus. The best Micro was only the 2nd garden record of the Lesser Wax Moth, Achroia grisella.

Garden species count for 2018 now upto 283.

Here are the new for year species.

Catch Report - 28/06/18 - Back Garden - Stevenage - 1x 250w Clear MV Robinson Trap

Macro Moths

Leopard Moth Rufous Minor Small Ranunculus

Micro Moths

Achroia grisella Aphelia paleana Argyresthia albistria Carcina quercana