Late May roundup and a late NFG

Things beginning to pick up with the warm spell from mid-May though still well behind last year in species variety and numbers for the equivalent period. Finally picked up a Powdered Quaker as new for the garden at the end of their season just as I thought it might have slipped past me for the second year on the trot. 

Powdered Quaker - new for garden 27th May

Scalloped Hazel - showing the close relationship with the thorns

Nut-tree Tussock - inside the pub umbrella on my deck

Scorched Carpet - I get a handful of these each year, trapped in all months May to August

First ten days of May

A selection of moths from early May as the variety starts to increase. There always seem to be a couple of species that are in the majority and the best moths come in the ones or twos. I am now getting a good array of carpets (Gardenn, Common Marbled, Red Twin-spot) and some other geometers but the garden is currently being avoided by any of the prominents and I am still awaiting my first hawkmoth. The honeysuckle is out now so that bodes well for the next few nights. Just need one more species to reach the garden 200 with 22 days left to go until the first anniversary of mothing activity so hoping its something spectacular to mark the occasion.

Heart&Dart and Shuttle-shaped Dart now getting to double figures and the first Setaceous Hebrew Characters have appeared also adding to numbers in the catch but just getting in the way really. Pugs are a pain too but getting there slowly...

Scorched Carpet

Small Waved Umber

Miller

Treble Lines

Scalloped Hazel (had a few of these)

Pug sp. (most of mine start as this then get called "Common") though got to grips with Mottled, Oak-tree, Brindled and White-spotted ok and the V-Pug last week was easy enough !

Mottled Pug

White-spotted Pug (getting these most nights)

Common Pug