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Moth trappings

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  • ShepsSheps Posts: 2,236
    Fantastic @fidgetbones agreed re the Blue Underwing... though the Mervs are a superb substitute.

    I think Black Rustic is my favourite moth, the more you look at it the more you see with all those subtle patterns in black and brown.

    That Sallow flavecens is a real looker.
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    @wild edges  I do wonder how many moths I lose to the cat. He likes to play whack a moth as they come in. He's a hunter, if it moves he chases it.
  • ShepsSheps Posts: 2,236
    Too cold last night so didn't bother setting up, but here are a couple from last week.

    Silver Y and Black Rustic.




  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    People round here who set up Friday night got about 4 apiece, although November moth seems to be coming out now.  I spent yesterday picking the last of the apples off the gala tree, and then doing cuttings of osteospermum and salvia. We had a frost on the garage roof last night.
  • ShepsSheps Posts: 2,236
    Setaceous Hebrew Character...first for the garden.


  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    I'm already starting to get itchy fingers waiting to start trapping this year. I've seen people's reports coming in and some videos of early trapping on Youtube, like this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCXvf4Bu3OI
    Conditions haven't been favourable here yet though and the earliest I've tried in previous years has been mid-March :|  Last year it was April before I finally got a chance to do it. Has anyone tried yet?
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    Some trapping going on round here, average  of 1 to 4.
  • ShepsSheps Posts: 2,236
    Mine is out tonight, a bit windy but 12°c might lure something to the shiny lights.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    It was looking good earlier but it turned wet and wild before dark.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • ShepsSheps Posts: 2,236
    edited 6 February
    At least it's dry here but, definitely blowing gale now and the gusts are pretty constant too, but you've got to be in it to win it  :*
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