shuttle service

My catches have been poor lately, despite the warm days, presumably due to clear skies at night and a full moon. But I'll put a couple of recent shots up for the record.

lunar marbled brown


shuttle-shaped dart

Still plenty of moths about - and predators

I had the trap on overnight on Thursday (5th August). The catch was not huge but included a couple of wasps and a dozen hornets - with the resultant carnage. I don't enjoy identifying moths from odd wings but I found a lesser swallow prominent's forewing and that of one of the kittens (probably sallow). A number of moths made their first appearance for some months - pale prominent, nut-tree tussock, coxcomb prominent. There were three September thorns, a scalloped oak, yellow-tail and a very faded common emerald.
A few random pictures follow:

straw underwing

shuttle-shaped dart

cloaked minor

The clay

common emerald

chocolate tip

Agapeta zoegana

Spilonota ocellana

Cochylimorpha straminea

German wasp Vespula germanica

1st May

Managed a quick trapping session in between a heavy rain shower which produced reasonable results. Highlight was a very possible Oak-tree Pug that is being confirmed by the CR as I write this...

1x Oak-tree Pug (awaiting confirmation)
2x Brindled Pug
1x Double-striped Pug
1x Waved Umber
1x Twenty-plume Moth
1x Brown-house Moth
1x Shuttled-shaped Dart

The stunning Waved Umber...

Shuttle-shaped Dart...

Bill