Good conditions this evening, 8c, cloudy and quite still. My wife came home after dark saying she'd seen moths flying around in the car headlights not far away. No luck with the trap though If nothing else it got a bit rained on so I was able to give it a good clean off to get rid of the winter's dust. Lots of nocturnal insects about though so things are starting to get more active.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
I tried again last night and only managed to attract flies. Two nights of decent weather and no luck so it's a good sign that I need to wait a few weeks. I did find this moth inside the house though. I think it's one of the pine carpets and shouldn't be on the wing until May. My only guess is that it had a pupa in the soil of our Christmas tree and woke up early because the house was warm. Sadly it has deformed wings and won't survive outside.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
Although it's going to be fine tonight, with moderately light winds, it's still pretty cold with temperatures of about 3°c overnight, so I'm going to give it a miss too.
Looking forward to the warmer weather and some more Gold Spots.
Ran the trap last night, colder than expected and a few showers about kept the numbers low...just a moth and a fly, beginning to think that February trapping is not worth bothering with if you live in Yorkshire
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I had a total of 0/0, nothing, not one jot.
But...if you don't try, you don't get
Looking forward to the warmer weather and some more Gold Spots.
so here it is...a Common Quaker I think.