I could have trapped on any of the last few warm nights, but I decided instead to give the moths a chance to hatch. I trapped last night, but actually got a lot less than five days ago for some reason. Only one moth was of note, my second ever Yellow Horned. Unfortunately, it was found deceased near the trap, for no obvious reason.
28th Mar:
55 Small Quaker
8 Common Quaker
8 Brindled Pug
3 Hebrew Character
3 Clouded Drab
1 Chestnut
1 Yellow Horned NFY
You do wonder why this moth got this name. Okay, its got yellow antennae, but could they really be described as horns? Well, back in the day when these things were being named, having a dead moth to study was the done thing, so I suppose this would be the standard appearance of this species:
Yellow Horned
Sorry about the mess this post is in, but for some reason Blogger is not allowing me to edit it.
ReplyDeleteSean, if you have a look at the picture of one I put up here
ReplyDeletehttp://surreymothing.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/another-good-night.html
....you can see the yellow horns that give it it's name.