Hill of Beath, 8th March 2015

Another cold night in high pressure with clear skies. Only two moths - A Hebrew Char and a Clouded Drab, along with a Black Sexton Beetle

Hill of Beath, 6th March

New 30Ah battery acquired so trap run overnight on a cold night. Only one moth trapped (and still present in the morning) - a Clouded Drab. To me they always resemble buffaloes from head on

Cullaloe 4-5 March, 2015

Without moth trap, poking around in Sallow catkins with a headtorch. Also scattered around the place and netted were a few Agonopterix ocellana (new for the reserve).

On the Sallows ... Common Quaker and Hebrew Character. Not photographed was also a single Chestnut. MIght have been worth spending some more time, but I only gave it an hour and a quick couple of tours up and down the path. Looking forward to more willow catkins opening up for further headtorch fun.

Cullaloe 27th March, 2015

A bit of a washout with fuse issues sidelining the MV traps and not much to show from the heath trap, whose battery seems to be on the wane. The only moth picked up by wandering around with headtorches was this lonely Hewbrew Character

Falkland Palace, 20/03/2015

Trap run from 18:45 to 21:00. A steady trickle, with one target species gathered for square NT20. One of the Satellites I found sitting on the bridge and resolutely stayed there, either oblivious to, or not caring about, the light. One of the other highlights was a flurry of stoneflies on the wooden bridge above the stream.

Yellow Horned (1)
Common Quaker (2)
Hebrew Character (3)
Agonopterix heracliana (2)

Satellite

Hebrew Char

Common Quaker

Stonefly

Office wall, 17/03/15 - Common Quaker

In the usual place. The second external wall light doesn't seem to have caught anything so far. I wonder what the difference is.

Office 'trap' strikes again

Wandering out to the baker's van for lunch I noticed that my office trap has worked again - this time a solo March Moth graced the wall. It seems that the wall only does one moth at a time, but that's better than nowt, and also better than my garden moth trap did last night (a few winter gnats only)

I only took one record picture before releasing it, although I should have checked the quality first!