up and running!

I saw my first identifyable moth of the year on our local station today - mottled umber. The attached pic is not the same moth... it was in our garden on 30th December.

An Umber of Autumn Moths

In what will probably be my last garden trapping this year, wet and cloudy conditions produced a better-than-expected ten moths last night. Amongst these were a new one for the garden and another couple new for the year. The garden tick was a couple of nice Mottled Umber.

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26th October:

3 Red-line Quaker

2 Mottled Umber NFG

1 November Moth sp. NFY

1 Yellow-line Quaker

1 Feathered Thorn NFY

1 Blair's Shoulder-knot

1 late Common Marbled Carpet

and the remarkable micro, Acleris cristana

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Garden Macro Year List: 215, Garden Macro Life List: 233
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Acleris cristana

Blair's Shoulder-knot

November Moth (Epirrita) sp.

Feathered Thorn
Two different forms of Mottled Umber