When will these nights warm up so the moths can come out to play again? The trap is running but the temperature is heading to single figures and the moon is bright.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
I've just found 6 eggs that I think came from the Oak Eggar. I don't know whether to scatter them or try and raise them. They're quite easy feeders by the looks of it.
Three weeks later and they hatched out this morning. They seem to like eating bramble so that should be an easy one to keep alive in a bug box for them to eat. Apparently they grow like crazy once they get going and I've got six of them to look after now.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
Well I got a 100 moths in pots in Monday nights trap. 15 of them riband wave. Some easy to recognise, others a bit of a nightmare when they pose with wings flat out when the book shows them with wings flat to side. Moths fluttering in pots drive the cat crazy. Not a single hawmoth though, bit disappointing. I'm going to put it out again tonight as its nice and warm, but move it to under the oak tree that has the brown long eared bats in.
I tried to trap last night and had to turn the light off after half an hour when about a thousand flying ants turned up. The trap was swarming with them and they were driving the moths away. By the time they'd gone and I could restart, the moon came over the hill and the wind started gusting. I took it as a sign and went to bed.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
Under the Oak tree I got lots of caddis flies, a lacewing, some forest shield bugs I had not seen before, we usually get green shield bugs and the occasional hawthorn shieldbug. Alo some acorn weevils. Oh and I did get some moths, about 40 for the night altogether.
Another disappointing night of trapping. Perfect conditions last night and I even had a huge moth fly into the house and straight back out again but the only visitors to the trap were low numbers of common moths and no sign of the huge moth. Maybe it's the full moon effect but I hope the drought isn't causing them problems. I did get this Canary-Shouldered Thorn though and they're such a ridiculous looking muppet of a moth that I love taking photos of them.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
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