A surprising 10:6 from the garden last night. Oak Beauty (2), Common Quaker (4), Chestnut, Early Grey, March and Tufted Tortrix (Acleris cristana) all NFY! North Staffs (VC39) #TeamMoth - ThreadSky

sj84turner.bsky.social • 20 days ago

A surprising 10:6 from the garden last night.
Oak Beauty (2), Common Quaker (4), Chestnut, Early Grey, March and Tufted Tortrix (Acleris cristana) all NFY!
North Staffs (VC39) #TeamMoth

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cliveaderbys.bsky.social•18 days ago

Very nice indeed, Steve 🙂. Never had cristana 😒

sj84turner.bsky.social•18 days ago

Thanks Clive 🙂
It’s only my second, following the first last year which was new for SJ84.

cliveaderbys.bsky.social•18 days ago

That explains it then 🫡

pertonmoths.bsky.social•19 days ago

Just a single Hebrew Character here way down south.

sj84turner.bsky.social•19 days ago

Not had one of those yet.

By the way, sorry I missed you at SISF! Not sure how I did that, just a bit distracted with Isaac.

pertonmoths.bsky.social•19 days ago

It's the way it goes sometimes with the youngsters 🙂 next year 😁

sj84turner.bsky.social•19 days ago

😄👍

entomolojosh.bsky.social•18 days ago

Oak Beauty and Tufted Tortrix both wishlist species of mine! Nice going!

sj84turner.bsky.social•18 days ago

Cheers!
Oak Beauty should be a good bet for you this month 👍

lesevanshill.bsky.social•20 days ago

Glad you've had your fix mate 👍

sj84turner.bsky.social•20 days ago

Nice feeling to be back in the moths 🙂👍

marburybirds.bsky.social•19 days ago

That's a fantastic haul!

sj84turner.bsky.social•19 days ago

Thanks! Yes, a bit surprised by it to be honest.

claretaz.bsky.social•20 days ago

Nice!! I'm hoping for some mothing luck from Thursday onwards. Mild nights at last. I could really do with an Oak Beauty 🤔

willowglass12.bsky.social•17 days ago

Nice set, Steve.

sj84turner.bsky.social•17 days ago

Cheers Dave 😄👍

ruthnewby.bsky.social•20 days ago

That’s impressive, what was the temperature with you last night? I noticed here when I took the dog out at around 10pm that it had clouded over & wished I’d stuck the trap out.

sj84turner.bsky.social•20 days ago

Forget to check my thermometer, but it was around 5 degrees at ~8:30pm. Think temps nose dived after midnight, so most stuff probably came in before then.

ruthnewby.bsky.social•20 days ago

That does seem to be the way of things at present. Might be tempted to stick the trap out tonight, I’m sure the daytime temperatures are encouraging emergence.

sj84turner.bsky.social•20 days ago

Might be worth it for a few hours after dark, although it looks a bit colder tonight with no cloud cover forecast.
Weds & especially Thursday look a much better bet.

ruthnewby.bsky.social•20 days ago

Definitely, but I guess I’m feeling impatient, no harm to stick a toe in the metaphorical water…

sj84turner.bsky.social•20 days ago

😄 indeed…

dominiccollins.bsky.social•19 days ago

I managed 5/4 - but temperatures started tanking by 8.30 and nothing happened except an unsatisfactorily NFY Agonopterix h/c after that. Not bothering tonight. Friday night looks good, if the MET is to be trusted.

dominiccollins.bsky.social•19 days ago

I've flip-flopped. We have some cloud-cover and 6° and so I'm going to give it a few hours.

sj84turner.bsky.social•19 days ago

Fair enough 👍

wheatersdave.bsky.social•20 days ago

Nice one Stevie boy 👍🏻
Maybe I should be trapping but the frosts have put me off as I didn’t think there would be any moffs

wilderhomestead.bsky.social•20 days ago

Nice! We’ve been getting such hard frosts overnight here I haven’t bothered putting the trap out

sj84turner.bsky.social•20 days ago

Had frosts here too, but the temperatures have been holding up until ~midnight. Worth a go as it’s been so nice during the day 🙂

dominiccollins.bsky.social•19 days ago

Yeah - we've been getting those too Hannah. Hence not much trapping being done. Think they've killed my delphiniums too. I planted too soon!

wilderhomestead.bsky.social•19 days ago

Ohh ouch that’s a shame! 8C when I left swimming lessons tonight, 4C at home a few miles away - Thursday nights looking more promising 🤞

dominiccollins.bsky.social•19 days ago

I've stuck my trap out again 🙈 - and all because of a little cloud cover. I'll probably be bringing it back in again in an hour...

sj84turner.bsky.social•19 days ago

Hopefully you’ll get something before the temps drop.
I was planning to trap tmrw night under similar conditions, so will be interested to see if you get much/anything…

dominiccollins.bsky.social•19 days ago

One Dotted Border thus far. I think that night be it.

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