Well here goes, for better or worse, another year of moths. The old thread is here https://community.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/f/all-creatures/196070/mostly-moths-2018/1221500#1221500
To start us off a couple of silly ones that came to greet the first trap of the year on the night of the 1st to 2nd january. It was around 6-7°C all night & frosts ever since so I gave it a go.
A Double-striped Pug
& same one closed
& White Speck
Nothing earth-shattering, but a start!
Best wishes
Hazel in Southwest France
Think he's given up as working most evenings now & moved away too ... there was some interest shown but there was much bickering/bitching amongst new ranks so distanced myself from reserve this year! Did try sugaring there & here last year with no success at all but will give it another go!
My Emily has moved to a house with decent sized back garden & she's keen to have me run traps there, will be interesting to see what's around at hers being inland a bit & just outside of town ... she is developing a very decent variety of shrubs/flowering perennials!
2013 photos & vids here
eff37 on Flickr
Hi,Here is an Elephant Hawkmoth caterpillar crawling across the lawn in September.I don't know where he was going, but I hope he got there in one piece. He does look fat and juicy despite looking like a snake with its tongue out!Russ