Ouch!!!!

Well I guess I shouldn't have been surprised, with just six moths in the trap this morning. It was very windy last night, and moths really don't like flying in windy conditions.

However what was a surprise, was the fact that I still managed to trap a new moth for the year, bringing my first for the year species to 50 and my 49th species for the garden since 16 April 26. I wonder what number fifty will be!!!

Key
  *First for year
**New for P&W moth list

2026 Moth List Here.

So what I did I catch:

#1   Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta x4

#2   White-point Mythimna albipuncta x1

#3 *Heart & Dart Agrotis exclamationis x1

#1 Shuttle-shaped Darts Agrotis puta

#1 Shuttle-shaped Dart

#2 White-point Mythimna albipuncta 

#3 *Heart & Dart Agrotis exclamationis

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Also in the trap was a cranefly.

A Short-palped Cranefly Limonia nubeculosa. with a fallen dead cherry flower.