Thursday, October 8
Like gardens, birds, and the weather, moths have seasons.Some of them are double brooded, appearing during two seasons, most are fairly faithfull to a usual period. There are exceptions of course. We trapped a Pine Hawkmoth this morning which is very late.
The Autumn months do hold some of my favourite moths.
Merveille du Jour
Red-line Quaker
Green-brindled Crescent
Large Wainscot
The migrant micro, Rusty-dot Pearl
The migrant Macro, The Delicate
Chestnut
Dark Chestnut
Barred Sallow
Pink-barred Sallow
A couple of interesting moth trap invaders last week too. Apart from the plague of Craneflies and Caddisflies.
Granulated Ground Beetle Carabus granulatus
The tiny Spotted Snake Millipede Blaniulus guttulatu (Thanks to Kath for help with ID)
We're off to a cottage in Kent, overlooking Romney Marsh, to-morrow, hoping for suitable weather for migrant birds and moths. Fingers crossed.
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