Luddenden Moths February 2024 so far

 LUDDENDEN Feb 2024 so far

Off to a slow but steady start this year in Luddenden, the first Moth was 2 Pale Bridled Beauty on the 3rd. Since then we have had

Pale Bridled Beauty  20

Oak Beauty  2  14th & 15th - earliest record here

March Moth  6  1st on the 11th 

Chestnut 6

Common Quaker  5  1st on the 14th

Hebrew Character  2  1st on the 16th - earliest record here

Pale Brindled Beauty

Pale Brindled Beauty

March Moth

                                              Oak Beauty 

 

Lee Mount -17th and 19th Feb

Light on till the heavy drizzle, turned the light off at 11 pm - nothing doing. 

In the trap this morning (17th) a Satellite was a nice surprise.

(19th) - Dotted Border and (20th) 2 March Moths

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 Dotted Border

Lee Mount - 14th Feb

At last some mild weather but then the rain set in so it curtailed matters.

Pale Brindled Beauty x 3 (typical forms)

March Moth x 1

Agonopterix heracliana x 4

Tortricodes alternella x 1