A great start to October The trap was out on Wednesday anticipating some more Autumn moths, and come the morning the trap was not as busy as it has been but the lack of moths was made up by new moths for the year and seasonal firsts, by seasonal firsts I mean the moths that I had trapped in the Spring, namely Grey Shoulder-knot ( Last seen 29/03/14), Chestnut (31/03/14) and Acleris schalleriana (17/02/14).

Firsts for the year included Blair's Shoulder-knot, Red-line Quaker and Acleris sparsana.

Catch Report - 01/10/14 - Back Garden - Stevenage - 125w MV Robinson Trap

Macro Moths

1x Blair's Shoulder-knot [NFY] 1x Red-line Quaker [NFY] 1x Grey Shoulder-knot 4x Shuttle-shaped Dart 1x Yellow-line Quaker 2x Snout 1x Rosy Rustic 7x Lunar Underwing 1x Common Marbled Carpet 1x Grey-pine Carpet 1x Vine's Rustic 5x Lesser Yellow Underwing 5x Large Yellow Underwing

Micro Moths

1x Acleris sparsana [NFY] 1x Acleris variegana 2x Acleris schalleriana 1x Clepsis consimilana 1x Archips podana