Garden Moth Recording 2011

Gardener3

Life went too pear-shaped to keep the winter GMS together (:()but I've got the back door light on tonight and so far recorded Double-striped Pug, Early Thorn and Diurnea fagella.

littlebug

Gardener3 wrote: »

Life went too pear-shaped to keep the winter GMS together (:()but I've got the back door light on tonight and so far recorded Double-striped Pug, Early Thorn and Diurnea fagella.

I've seen no evidence of moth existence through winter anyway G3 :pac:

Nice to see those at the back door. Just a regular bulb? So far I'm seeing a lot of flies. There are some little things in there that could be moths but I won't look any closer til the morning... that light is very bright!

Mothman

littlebug wrote: »

.. that light is very bright!

You may divert some planes bound for Knock

I did get a few species last Friday night.
It was 16C here today, maybe even higher tomorrow!

thebishop

Ive put the trap out tonight too.First time this year. 12c at the minute very strong wind. Only thing in there so far are a couple of cow dung flies.Made a new PVC trap during the winter,waiting for its first moth.

littlebug

one very worn dotted border, alive at 8.30am and dead when I went back to it at 9.30am

V_Moth

Hebrew Character and Common Quaker (New) in the trap last night. Incredibly mild this morning.

thebishop

Empty trap here.

V_Moth

Four moths this morning. The Common Quaker was present again, as were an unidentified Pug, Plume Moth and a Micro.

Gardener3

Nice to see those at the back door. Just a regular bulb?

Yes, just an ordinary 75W on a whitish wall.
I put the 6W Actinic out last night for the first time this year and recorded:

Pale Brindled Beauty
Double-striped Pug x 2
Chestnut x 2
March Moth
Clouded Drab x 2
Common Quaker
Hebrew Character

The light seemed much dimmer than I remembered - do the battery or light bulb weaken over time as I've had the trap about 18 months?

Half-cocked

1 Common Quaker and 1 Emmelina Monodactyla last night.

V_Moth

Gardener3 wrote: »

Yes, just an ordinary 75W on a whitish wall.
I put the 6W Actinic out last night for the first time this year and recorded:

Pale Brindled Beauty
Double-striped Pug x 2
Chestnut x 2
March Moth
Clouded Drab x 2
Common Quaker
Hebrew Character

The light seemed much dimmer than I remembered - do the battery or light bulb weaken over time as I've had the trap about 18 months?

Nice list. Might be time to get a new bulb, they do tend to wear out.

Common Quaker, Hebrew Character and the Plume Moth from this morning.

Half-cocked

Gardener3 wrote: »

The light seemed much dimmer than I remembered - do the battery or light bulb weaken over time as I've had the trap about 18 months?

Yes, they weaken with use. If you roughly add up how many nights you've used it, it could add up to an awful lot of hours. I reckon my 15W needs replacing after 2 years.

littlebug

I've been wondering the same about my actinic bulb after just one year. I'll be retiring it after tonight anyway and switching to MV for Friday nights.
I'll get another actinic bulb anyway as backup as I only want to use the mv once a week.

Half-cocked

MV isn't an option for me, it would upset the neighbours. Does anyone know if I upgrade from 15w actinic to 40w would I see a noticeable increase in catch size? I'm using a skinner trap.