Ermine Invasion

I placed the trap in a different part of the garden tonight, there are a lot of gardens and trees to the rear of my garden and if I put the trap in the 'usual' place the light cant be seen from that direction so I thought I'd give it a try at the other side of the garden so it can be clearly seen from a greater distance. I don't know if it's the fact that it's a milder night but the moths came flooding in including a large amount(31) of what look to me like Orchard Ermine moths, I've had a few of these before but never such a large concentration and for a micro they are very pretty.

There were plenty of other bland micros and 2 of the obligatory Poplar Hawks as well as a good selection of macro moths, as wonderful as the Poplar Hawks are it would be nice to get a different type of Hawk moth occasionally!.

The trap was out from 9:30pm till 3:30am

Tonight's Log

2 Poplar Hawk

3 Ruby Tiger

3 Lesser Yellow Underwing

2 Large Yellow Underwing

7 Riband Wave

4 Brimstone

2 Early Thorn

5 Silver-Y

4 Mother Of Pearl

2 Phlyctaenia Coronata

3 Emmelina Monodactyla

4 Shuttle Shaped Dart

6 Marbled Beauty

2 Swallowtail

6 Dark Arches

4 Willow Beauty

3 Common Rustic

1 Cabbage Moth

3 Unidentified Browns

3 Grey Dagger

1 ????(see top photo above)

31 Orchard Ermine