March marches on

All this warm weather has been lovely, but comparing this years data with last years March records it appears that there is little to choose between them. The number of individual moths is actually down a little on last year despite the same number of traps but the number of species caught is up by 1 this year. Hopefully they'll turn up in April?

	2012			2011
	Number caught	No of traps	Avg	Number caught	No of traps	Avg
March	88	8	11	132	8	16.5

2011		2010
Agonopterix heracliana	7	Agonopterix heracliana	2
Amblyptilia acanthadactyla	1	Amblyptilia acanthadactyla	1
Chestnut	1
Clouded Drab	13	Clouded Drab	20
Common Quaker	21	Common Quaker	45
Diurnea fagella	1	Diurnea fagella	1
Double-striped Pug	7
Early Grey	8	Early Grey	12
Early Thorn	1	Early Thorn	1
Emmelina monodactyla	7	Emmelina monodactyla	2
Grey Shoulder-knot	1
Hebrew Character	12	Hebrew Character	38
Herald	1
March Moth	1	March Moth	5
Oak Beauty	1	Oak Beauty	1
		Oak Nycteoline	1
		Shoulder Stripe	1
Small Quaker	2	Small Quaker	1
Twin-spotted Quaker	3	Twin-spotted Quaker	1

And now the results of the trap from last night 29th March 2012
Two new for years came in the form of Diurnea fagella and Early Thorn, both cracking moths in their own special ways!

 

 

16 moths in total were caught - 6 potted last night, 2 potted from sheds this morning and 8 actually in the trap, so at least my new trap design is working fairly well.

A good hatch of Hebrew Character appeared to be evident with 5 individuals caught, also had a return of two Common Quakers.

Moth yearlist = 22