Typical: I have a heavy workload and the weather changes and there are moths everywhere. Consequently, a quick check on the trap early this morning, basically listing macros and micros and potting as many as possible for identification at the weekend.
4 Old Ladies were new for the year, bashing around the trap along with a privet hawkmoth, which meant a most disturbed trap. Both species seem to take an age to roost and knock all other residents about.
Of the already identified micros: Epiblema uddmanniana (bramble shoot moth,) Blastobasis decolorella and a Batia sp, probably lunaris but will need dissecting to check not a Herts first, were all new for the year. In all, well over 120 moths of at least 36 species. I am expecting another good haul tonight, 18C and cloud cover. Again, I have an early start for work, so no long period of trapping and potting into the small hours. Hope the weather stays for the weekend.
Edit: Batia species now confirmed as the most common one for Herts. Batia lunaris
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| Blastobasis decolorella |
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| Batia lunaris |
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| dwarf cream wave |
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| single dot wave |
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