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A longer break than expected... Well I am back after a break from blogging and mothing, another break this weekend, this time to Cornwall! The week has been dreary and cool, but we have had plenty of cloud cover, but the temperatures...my god they have struggled to get to 12 degrees day time. From tomorrow and into the weekend and hopefully fingers crossed next week, it looks set to warm up again. Another good catch despite everything getting a soaking. It was certainly a Minor night with both Marbled and Tawny Marbled turning up and a good candidate for Rufous Minor...it will be examined in due course. An absolutely mint Brown Rustic was also a first for the year, I don't get many of these.

Pseudargyrotoza conwagana was new for the garden (strangely I thought I had recorded it last year, apparently not!)

Also a bit of migrant activity with Silver Y and Plutella xylostella showing up.

Back to trapping on Sunday night!

Catch Report - 28/05/14 - Back Garden Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap

Macro Moths

2x Marbled Minor [NFY] 1x Tawny Marbled Minor [NFY] 1x Brown Rustic [NFY] 4x Garden Carpet 1x Orange Footman 3x Common Pug 1x Silver-Y 1x Buff-tip 1x Buff Ermine 4x Heart & Dart 2x Rustic Shoulder-knot 2x Flame Shoulder 7x Vine's Rustic 1x Pale Mottled Willow 7x Common Swift 1x Maiden's Blush 1x Brimstone Moth 3x Shuttle-shaped Dart 3x Common Marbled Carpet 2x Treble Lines 1x Silver-ground Carpet

Micro Moths

1x Pseudargyrotoza conwagana [NFG] 1x Crambus lathoniellus [NFY] 1x Dipleurina lacustrata [NFY] 1x Celypha lacunana [NFY] 1x Plutella xylostella [NFY] 1x Udea olivalis 7x Epiphyas postvittana 1x Phyllonorycter harrisella