Species List for 21/6/2012

With wet weather forecast and the wind picking up to gale force my instincts were not to trap last night. But in the end I did run two traps (MV and Actinic). My instincts were right, it really isn't worth it when the wind is at 30+ mph with gusts up to 50mph. Every thing survived in tact but only 8 moths were brave enough to venture forth.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
1063	Celypha striana		1
1931	Biston betularia	Peppered Moth	1
2060	Spilosoma lubricipeda	White Ermine	1
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	4
2107	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	1

Out of curiosity I had a look at the last five years results for this, the shortest night of the year.

  

Year	Total	Species
2012	8	5
2011	95	28
2010	94	33
2009	107	32
2008	96	34
2007	210	55

That was a bad night last night!