More species, less moths A great catch last night and a few to bang the head against the wall with! Firstly a Caloptilia which resembles both betulicola and elongella, photo later, but may need to be dissected. betulicola due to the huge amounts of Birch in the vicinity.

Secondly a Phyllonorycter that I have no clue on, and looks different to the species I have already recorded in the garden, which looks to me now like blancardella. Another Early Grey makes it my whole second one for the year! 6 Double-striped Pugs was noteworthy for my garden.

Another Lead-coloured Drab, makes it 3 for the year so far (none last year). New for the year were Nut-tree Tussock (1), Brindled Pug (2), Amblyptilia acanthadactyla (2), Tinea pellionella (1) and the above 2 micros to identify.

I look forward to hopefully going out on a field trip on Wednesday night as the weather looks to stay mild at present.

Catch Report - 30/03/14 - Back Garden Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap

Macro Moths

1x Nut-tree Tussock [NFY] 2x Brindled Pug [NFY] 6x Double-striped Pug 1x Lead-coloured Drab 10x Hebrew Character 14x Common Quaker 11x Small Quaker 2x Clouded Drab 1x Chestnut

Micro Moths

1x Phyllonorycter sp pos blancardella [NFG] 1x Tinea pellionella [NFY] 1x Caloptilia betulicola [NFG] 1x Agonopterix heracliana 2x Mompha subbistrigella 1x Emmelina monodactyla