For the parched landscape of the East Kent farmland, parks and gardens, the recent spell of "unsettled" weather has been an absolute blessing. Lots of rainfall, yet spread across several days, has meant that it has been extremely beneficial for the local vegetation and my lawn is no exception. The flip side to the weather has been the negative impact upon my ability to get out with Bruno for any extended wanderings, thus I've had very little to blog about. So it has fallen upon the results from the garden moth trap to provide some content. Sadly, there's been nothing "mega" yet still a few decent bits have turned up which are worthy of sharing?
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| Tree-lichen Beauty - double figure counts on several nights recently |
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| Reed Dagger - nowhere close to an annual visitor, so very welcome. |
Last night produced an exceptional catch and included seventeen Jersey Tigers, a Small Elephant Hawk-moth (the first since May) plus my first Poplar Hawk-moth of 2025. The two stand out individuals were Dewick's Plusia and The Vestal so I really enjoyed examining the egg trays this morning.
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| The Vestal |
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| Dewick's Plusia |
Other migrant species included Dark Sword-grass, Silver Y's and Diamond-backs. Under no circumstances is my mothing anything more than fun. What I fail to id doesn't cause a second of lost sleep.
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| Hawthorn Knot-horn |
The Tiger moth that I have in my garden appears to be the Cream-spot Tiger.
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